This is why we have the .44 Magnum. Because Elmer Keith kaboomed this SAA cylinder in 1924 or 25 hot-rodding .45 Colt with .458 heavy bullets.
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This is a bonafide historical relic. “Dude! Elmer Keith played with this!”
It does not get any cooler.
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