"I have carried a 7.5” Blackhawk in .45 Colt crossdraw in a nylon holster while working at a gun store, and I was only carrying it a little ironically. At least it was one of the more upscale suede lined nylon holsters?I was being fundamentally unserious. In my defense, it was a long time ago.
Oh, and it was loaded with Glasers because of course it was. I mean at that point, why not?
Derpeste."
Oh, and "Derpeste" = "The derp in me recognizes and acknowledges the derp in you."
We've all been there before and we'll all be there again. Self-betterment in any field of endeavor is a constant process and not a destination.
I'm glad that stuff I wrote on gun forums twenty years ago...heck, stuff I wrote on this blog only five years ago...is still out there. Yeah, I cringe a little when reading it, but it keeps me grounded. I've said some dumb stuff in the past and I'll probably say more dumb stuff tomorrow, from the viewpoint of myself five years from now.
Here's one: I really dig this gun, but in retrospect, Mag-Na-Porting on a defensive gun isn't exactly optimal*, and any .41 Mag loads I'd carry for defense would hardly require the porting in a 4" N-frame, anyway.
*And not for the reason the internet told me twenty years ago, which was "You'll blind yourself at night with the flash from the ports." The fact of the matter is that any flash from the ports is going to be swamped by the flash from the muzzle anyway. The real reason is because porting (as opposed to actual expansion chamber compensators) tend to expel jacket or bullet shavings and unburned powder flakes, and if you're shooting from a good thumb-pectoral indexed retention position, you are likely to get tattooed by this ejecta.
