Review of ruger blackhawk 41 mag video
41 Magnum, in both bullets and loaded Vortex ammunition. This is a heavy-duty fixed sight revolver.īarnes offers an all-copper hollowpoint for the. Frankly, I have always been amazed at the history of the. Others wanted a big bore revolver that would offer good wound ballistics without Magnum recoil and penetration. 44 Magnum was too much and some wanted more than the. The idea was to offer American Police a superior revolver. The revolver went into production in 1964. 41 is the result of hard campaigning by Elmer Keith ‘The Dean of American Handgunners’ at the 1963 NRA show. I think the ammunition shortage of a few years ago really hurt the. There are but a fraction of factory loads available for the. 41 Magnum is a grand cartridge, but it is definitely a specialist or handloaders cartridge if the greatest versatility is to be enjoyed. 44 with 300-grain bullets, but this is difficult to prove. 41 has greater penetration with heavy 220-grain bullets than the. 44 Magnum.įiring from a solid rest, the Ruger. 41 Magnum has a shorter history than most handgun cartridges coming along almost 30 years after the. 41 Magnum with proper handloads will jolt a 210-grain Hornady XTP bullet to 1,400 fps. They are more efficient with the heaviest loads. 41 Magnum.Ī revolver cartridge is designed for a heavy crimp and headspaces on the cartridge rim. I can see the popularity of the 10mm in a double-action revolver intended for personal defense, but not at the expense of the. I understand the popularity of revolvers chambered for readily available self-loading cartridges. I have noted lately that even single-action revolvers are chambered for a relative upstart-the 10mm Auto. This is understandable in some ways, but the cartridge is just too good to die. Yet, it seems to be almost on its last leg, and far down the list in popularity compared to the. Perhaps, it is one of the best revolver cartridges ever designed. 41 Magnum is a useful, powerful, accurate, and well-balanced cartridge.