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YEAH, BABY! Got my .454 back from Freedom Arms
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Several years ago, I bought a second-hand .454 Casull Freedom Arms revolver with a spare .45 Long Colt cylinder at a gun show, which had a Mag-na-ported 8" barrel. Well, for my money, that is WAY too long a barrel, and with the porting, I hardly felt anything, even with magnum ammo. So I sent it back to the factory to be fitted with a 6" UNPORTED barrel, as well as a .45 ACP cylinder as long as it was there. Allow me to take a moment here to explain my motiviation. You need to understand that I have a BAD case of magnumitus. The symptoms are that I MUST regularly fire handguns that blow my hair back and drive my socks down around my ankles. For many years, I survived on hot-loaded .357s, but just as with any other drug, I acclimated, and needed a stronger dose. So, one day, I went into the local gun store, minding my own buisness, when I heard a small, plaintive voice saying, "Help me! Buy me! Take me home! Love me!" I sought out the voice, and lo! It was a S&W .44 Magnum Mountain Revolver! I don't need to tell you I bought it. But soon even that wasn't enough. And so I began to crave a .454. But as I described, it...it...didn't "scratch that itch", as I had been sure it would. Maybe, this devilish "Mag-na-porting" was to blame! And so I sent it back for a shorter, handier, UNPORTED tube. I got it back yesterday. I was, of course, having withdrawal symptoms wanting to shoot it, and tonight, I got my chance. I was good. I was patient. I worked my way up, from the .45 ACP cylinder, to the .45 Long Colt Cylinder, and finally to the .454 cylinder. But I was disappointed. I dropped in some 250 grainers, and while they were powerful and fun, it STILL wasn't enough! Then I dropped in the 300 grainers. KAAAABBBBOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!YYYYEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH BABBBYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Oh, Lord, I LOVE it!!! I SWEAR, it was JUST like a cartoon! You simply CAN NOT believe what just happened in...in...your own two hands!!!! The gun VIOLENTLY wrenches itself up in your hands, and it happens so quickly, it is instantaneous! Like seeing Elmer Fudd fire a weapon!!! Oh, God, I love it!!!! Can you BELIEVE the former owner had this .454 Mag-na-ported? Can you believe it? How could someone NOT love violent, wrist-snapping recoil? What a silly! Oh, Lord, after this, the only thing that will satisfy me will be a .375 Linebaugh...
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