My dad had a Ruger Black Hawk 70's vintage as I recall, it was chambered in .44 mag. and had a non fluted cylinder, the barrel length was 6-7". He ran a steady diet of max loads through this gun, I think the powders he used were 2400 and 4227 with bullet weights ranging from 180 to 240gr, with these powders there is little room for a gross over charge. My dad and brother and I were out shooting, my brother was shooting the Black Hawk when it came apart, I was standing to the left of the shooter about five feet back and I heard whizzing sounds, I looked at my brother and he was holding a haft of Ruger, 1/3 of the cylinder and the back strap blew off. No one was hurt, we all give GOD thanks
things could have been different.
Jaycolo, what you do is your business, until your gun comes apart injuring someone next to you, or if you sell this stressed out time bomb to some unsuspecting poor soul, the blood may be on your hands
