I have a interarms Virginian dragoon. 44 magnum. 7.5 inch barrel. Exact same date as the one in this video. It was my dad's gun he had for nearly 40 years in great shape and I got when he passed away in 2020. Great gun
Wow. Almost same exact story for me. I inherited mine in 2022 from my dad who had it also about 40 years. Mine is blued though but also 7.5. Our dads were badasses!
That is the date of the patent and will be the same on all models regardless of date of manufacturing. Much like no Remington new models were made in 1858 but they all say 1858 on them
I bought one of these from my cousin 19 years ago. The finish was pretty worn but it shot great. He let me have it for $120 ! It served as my truck and bedside revolver. But work got slow- and I was raising 3 boys by myself- so I sold it to a buddy. Damn, I'd love to have all the guns I've let go of over the years !
I bought one used from my foreman at work. It was a .45 Colt built by Hammerli in Switzerland. Built better than a Colt of the same type. Sadly a couple of years later he wanted to buy it back so I he now owns it again. A very fine gun.
To my knowledge they were manufactured by Sauer& Sohn in Germany for Interarms. And - yes Sauer&Sohn made very fine quality guns..! Great channel, keep going!
Some manufacturing of a .357 Magnum single action revolver was made overseas in Europe for Interarms, but the .44 and .45 caliber ones were all made in the US by Interarms themselves. They're pretty robust and well put together guns, though be wary that some of the very earliest ones can have very shoddy bores, as in you could be looking at one which is supposed to be a .44, yet a .429 caliber projectile just rattles down through it without stopping. The vast majority of the Virginian Dragoons are perfectly good to go, but if one finds one with a bad barrel, it should either be rebarreled or be stripped down for spare parts for the other revolvers.
@@michaelschweimler7292 I worked at the Midland, Virginia manufacturing facility in the late 70s. I was a bluer, those vats of acid baths ruined most of my clothes. There was some type of regulation that required the company to have a factory in the states, so they built one.
I had one once in .45 Colt. It was blued with a color case hardened frame and performed beautifully. I ended up selling it because I don't like adjustable sights. I have never regretted selling a handgun more. It was built like a Tiger tank, and never failed to fire and I never had a single problem with it. There are many floating around in .44 magnum that are in good shootable condition, but I'll never find another in .45, they're as rare as hen's teeth.
Many of the Virginian Dragoon revolvers also have things like Gadsen snakes and similar on the butt of the grip, there's a lot of variety, even a bicentennial one I think. A very American gun.
My dad just gave me my grandpas Dragoon 44 mag. I never met my grandpa, he passed away 4 years before I was born. I just watched some UA-cam videos on how to disassemble it and cleaned it and now ended up here. Great video! I can’t wait to get out and shoot this revolver 🙏🏼
I'm sorry to hear that you never got to meet your grandpa but you did inherit a fine revolver that will last you a lifetime. Enjoy your revolver and thank you for taking the time to watch and comment on my video.
Way back in the early 80's I had one identical to that revolver. The company I worked for did work for Interarms and I was able to purchase several firearms through them. That .44 was a great pistol but a bit more kick than I liked and costly to play with so I traded it years later. Thanks for the nostalgia trip.
Another great video sir! You and your son are the quintessential definition of a good father/son relationship. Exploring, looking for snakes, and shooting guns....doesn't get much better then that. Keep up the great work!
Tough to beat a nice single action.I like the look of the Virginian, the fluted cylinder and the rounded trigger guard. My old model Ruger Super Blackhawk has a square trigger guard that can be uncomfortable shooting. Love it, though. Thanks for another fun video, guys. Keep up the good work. Keep shooting, keep safe!
Another classic Mixup vid! And your son was with you which always makes it better. I remember those Virginian Dragoons - always compared to Rugers of course.
My son works full time but it is always nice when he can get out with me to shoot a video, especially a fun video. Maybe someday we will make a video comparing the Dragoon to my daughter's Ruger Super Blackhawk.
@@mixup98 Way I've heard it described is that the Virginian Dragoon and Ruger Blackhawk are supposed to be basically equal in strength, they're built tough and should handle hefty loads just fine.
I had one exactly like it around 36 to 38 years ago. I sold it and wish I had it back. mine had I think a 7or 71/2 inch barrel. and the hammer had a square notch in it to fit cylinder rod pushed back. once. safety set impossible to move hammer back or forward .the safest safety I ever saw.i don't know if it was factory or someone had a gunsmith to do it.papa wishing you well 😊
IIRC back in the early '80s there were several 'small' firearms manufacturers and/or importers that offerred SAA style revolvers in modern pistol calibers (357 mag, 44 spcl, 44 mag). They ran ads in the firearms magazines...the paper kind 😮, for those of us remember them.
Beautiful revolver and beautiful landscape. I love the desert, especially now that the weather has cooled down a bit. Looking forward to another 7-8 months of beautiful weather from here on out. Nice shooting guys. BTW, whatever happened to "Beautiful SUNNY Nevada?
Fun video! Also it's Great to see Father and Son spending time together. In my high school years I bought a Virginia Dragoon in .357 with 7.5 inch barrel in Blue. It was a pretty nice revolver. I took it on a lot of adventures. And Killed a number of rattlesnakes. after several years I sold it because it was just too long. It didn't fit anywhere comfortably and was so unhandy. Since then I've only purchased shorter barrels. I enjoyed your video and reliving my Virginia Dragoon days. Best Wishes from Montana! M.H.
Do you know anyone in Ireland with the last name Bridges ? Just curious since my folks came here to the US from Ireland in the nineteenth century . Thank you 🥃😎
You stirred up some memories with this one. My Dad owned two of these, but not at the same time. He traded his first one off to a neighbor for a trailer, but having regrets about letting it go, went and found him another one. As I recall, his was case hardened, with blued cylinder and barrel. I shot it one time at deer camp and found it to be very accurate and not unpleasant to shoot to due it's considerable weight. You've got a keeper there, and if I ever do find one available at a decent price, well.......
These are very under appreciated and under valued revolvers, I have 2 of them in my collection a stainless 44 magnum similar to yours but with a 7.5" barrel with the same "Liberty Forever" engraved on the bottom of the grip frame and a color cased and blued 357 magnum with "Don't Tread on Me" with a rattle snake on the bottom of the grip frame. I may be mistaken but I believe that Linebaugh first used these large frame 44 magnums for his original hand cannons. Love it when you show case one of my guns in your videos.
Have owned two, both 7 1/2. Sold one and highly regret it. The best s/a made. When I was young I could hit a Miller High Life can at fifty yards consistently. Thank you for the show.
I remember those guns being offered back when . Those were actually built a a bit heavier than Rugers' super blackhawk and quite possibly a little more accurate. Love that 4 click sound , I still see those from time to time at shows .
I have one of these with an 8" barrel in blue that I got at an auction years ago for $425. It's my hunting sidearm and I've carried it every hunting trip for going on 20 years or so. They do love the heavy loads!
It’s funny people complain about shooting canned food. Like you said, something will eat it. After Halloween we buy, at a cheap price, pumpkins that didn’t sell. Last year we blasted 78 of them with shotguns, pistols, and 10/22’s and Chargers with binary triggers. So much fun and after a couple weeks all the pumpkin scraps have been devoured by wildlife.
I have a 44 mag. Story. Last summer the wood chucks were causing trouble with equipment. Chewing wires on trucks. I was told to put the fear of God into them. I started talking .y Ruger super Blackhawk hunter 44 to work. I got a wood chucks at 55 paces,1 shot open sights. 240 grn hollow point. He didn't suffer 😊. I love the 44.
Maybe place a trail-cam where it's unlikely to be stolen and "spread" some of that hominy around it. You'd likely get some good footage showing how many desert creatures make use of the free eats. Good video, entertaining as always.
Aye, either scavenging the leftover pumpkin (a nice source of fiber), or other animals chancing on some bugs who came to feast on the remains. I think as long as it's something which the local fauna and weather can deal with, it's not a problem.
That first shot on the propane tank was funny I remember when I was 18 my dad bought me a Mosin-Nagant for my birthday and a spam-can it was that steel core 148 grain Bulgarian surplus we took it out to the middle of the desert and we set up some saw blades that were welded together at 200 yards or so and we were shooting and we thought that we were missing it but when we went up there to investigate they were going through without making a sound
I acquired one of these locally about 5 - 6 years back. Damn fine quality revolver. Built like a tank. Mine has the 7.5 inch barrel and has Sic Semper Tyrannis on the bottom of the grip frame. I do like the original grips but they do create a bit of a "slippery" hold with the heavy recoil.
Another great video. Earned a Like from me within the first minute. There's just something about single action revolvers...they feel like a natural extension of your hand. My curiosity got the best of me and so I Googled the patent. It is indeed for that base pin safety system.
Thanks for looking into that patent and now I know. And yes, there is something magical about handling and shooting a single action revolver, especially one chambered for a magnum cartridge.
I had carried one for armed security in Gary Indiana back in the mid 90s. I worked at a place that was nearly as bad as tombstone times 5! It was a very bad time. I was younger in my 20s and I guess I was challenging myself?? In a machine gun era. I usually carried a 40 caliber smith, a shotgun and a back up pistol 380. But, I decided to carry a cowboy gun. I hit everything I aimed at. But after I fired two shots. Nobody would fire back.. I had the beefest gun. And one time I needed the sheriff to back up us . He said get that cannon from behind me son... Lol
Watched this earlier from another account. Always love your vids. That's a cool revolver - I remember hearing about them - always being compared to Ruger's Super Blackhawk. My current 44 Mag revolver is a Taurus Tracker - love it but I miss the Rugers I once had... might have to solve that. Or maybe a Virginian! Thanks for anther great review and shoot vid!
I own several Taurus revolvers but not a .44 Tracker. I am hoping to pick one up someday and doing a review on it. Thanks for the feedback on our video....we appreciate it!
Awesome video! ongrats on the "new" revolver. I needed some SA revolver therapy! And by the way, I miss Interarms. They brought in some great guns, and in my experience their customer service was the best around.
I have one in Blue back in 1978, it was made in 1976 and had “ We The People “ on the butt. Mine had a over length cylinder pin, with 2 positions- further in was a hammer safety. Without loctite mine would disassemble itself in about 20 shots.
Agreed, the Virginia Dragoon is nice! 👍 And, since I'm not "some people" I absolutely love it when you blow up a can of hominy. That's a much better use of hominy in my view than regarding it as people food. As a bonus, it becomes a treat for wildlife. Win.✔ Win.✔ Win.✔
Hi from Pennsylvania. Awsome video. I love your channel. I just reloaded 100 rnds of . 44 mag for Deer season. I shoot a Henry and Ruger Blackhawk hawk. That revolver looks and shoots nice. God bless .y friend.
Hello and greetings from Nevada. It has been a few years but my son and I hunt mule deer here in Nevada. I assume you will be hunting whitetail, which I have never done. Thanks for watching my video and good luck with your deer hunt.
Had a Virginia Dragoon and a S&W Model 29...8 3/8 Barrel I sold the 29 about 20 yrs ago and kept the Virginia Dragoon a few years longer. The Dragoon was a smoothly handling gun because of the Grips. Those Cowboy type Grips would roll down in your hand during Firing lessening Recoil,...where the Model 29 the Recoil came right back into your Palm....and you felt it. I traded the Dragoon in on a 1903 Springfield, because the place doing my .44 Mag and .44 Spl Reloads, stopped Reloading because of Insurance reasons. The one other thing I remember was the word " Liberty" engraved on the metal on the bottom of the Grip.
I was glad to see that many of your viewers own a Virginian Dragoon. I am going to be using my pair of VD stainless Liberty Forever 5 inch .357 Mag units to do some Cowboy Action Shooting. Mine are standard models more like the Colt design without the adjustable rear sight or ramped front sight. They are a "little big", heavy and slow but so am I. Cowboy .38 SPL in them is easy to shoot and they look nice next to my stainless Rossi 92.
What a great gun. Thanks for sharing the video. I'm eyeballing a Taurus 44 to add to my little collection. Still working on mastering the model 66, though.
6:2010:36 🙂That's good that you feed the critters high quality Juanita's preservative free Hominy. Desert conditions are harsh and food is hard to come by. Without a doubt they love it
Love the scenery. At 72, I'd like to sign up for the inagural Mixup 98/Son handgun shooting class. You two do so well with handguns (and rifles too). Really appreciate your presentations. All the best to the Mixup 98 family. "The JJ" SW Penna.
I recently found this Dragoon at Bass Pro Shop, in the used gun section, and I fell in love with it as soon as I picked it up. And yes, it is a beautiful firearm.
I've owned one of those in blue steel and they are good pistols. Another good pistol is the EAA Bounty Hunter. I own 5 of them in .44 mag. If I just had the 7.5" blued version I would own every model of .44 mag they produce. The Bounty Hunter safely carries 6 rounds as they pay a royalty to Ruger to use a clone of their transfer bar safety. Got a Taylor's and Co. Cattleman in .44 mag. It's a 6" blued SAA copy made by Pietta in Italy and it is unique in that it has a firing pin mounted on the hammer but unless the trigger is fully depressed the firing pin sinks slightly into the hammer which keeps it from resting on the primer of the cartridge below it allowing you to safely carry 6 rounds. Going to look into a Traditions 1873 Frontier in .44 mag with 7.5" blued barrel and color case hardened frame. Buds has them with 4.75", 5.5" besides the 7.5" already mentioned and they run I believe around $589. your choice, delivered + tax and whatever your FFL dealer charges. Only drawback is they are not safe for 6 like your Virginian Dragoon, firing pin rest directly on primer. Thanks for a great video muchacho. Nice shooting as always!
By the way, you are still one of the best gun channels out there. I've been watching for years. Keep doing what you are doing. Don't change anything. Thank you!
Dan. some people sneer at the Virginian Dragoon, however, I found them to be a quality pistol, I don't see whare buying a Ruger single action has much advantage. I believe it is a "Name" thing. Way back the first .44 Mag I had was a Lamma, Here is the kicker, it came with 1000 pieces of brass. I shot, and shot, and shot that revolver and it never gave me any trouble, again it wasn't a fine Smith M-29, however it was early matrimony priced and started a long respect for the .44. this was another great Video, be careful out there, peace - Dave
The main sneering about the Virginian Dragoon was that the early production was just really shoddy, bad and oversized bores is something you could see on really early ones. They fixed up their production though and eventually turned them into a quality revolver which shoots very straight, and most of the Virginian Dragoons are good guns. These revolvers are more or less equal to a Ruger Blackhawk, comparable in build strength and everything, so they can handle some very hot loads just fine.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine I Heard the same thing about Interarms early production when they started producing firearms here in the States, I was only making that comment off of the ones that I seen and had a chance to shoot or saw in the guncase down at the gunshop. they were priced as entry level pistols from what I saw. Dans example is really nice coming from that standpoint. anyway Peace dude - Dave
As always great video y'all!! I love that gun. My son gave me one several year's ago it's longer barrel but looks just like yours has a different sayin on it. I have a lot of fun shootin it and it looks great with my Rossi 357 lever gun which I love also. Well you definitely fed the critters with the hominy scattered it all over lol. Thanks for sharing be safe have fun
Good morning Mike. The little critters always love it when my son and I show up to shoot a video. I have noticed that they seem to have picked up a little weight 😁👌 Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Beautiful firearm ! Really like the look better than my original Ruger Vaquero 45 Long Colt. I thought InterArms was just an import company. Either way I like the product ! Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed Day guys ! Always great informative videos 🇺🇸⚡️TCB⚡️
Interarms was mainly a firearm importer but they did make several firearms, including the Virginian Dragoon revolvers. You also have a Blessed Day, Michael.
That is as fine a hunk of steel as I've seen in a long while. The patent may have something to do with the placement of the ejector rod and its shroud on the opposite side from an SAA, the two dimples for indexing the empty chamber, and the frame-mounted firing pin. The screws on the L side are flat-headed countersink-style, which is also a departure. Otherwise, it resembles a Colt New Frontier. I wouldn't turn either one of those away if it came a' knocking at my door. That Dragoon would qualify for our short-range weapons only deer seasons and game management units, but I'd say that at 50 and maybe on out to 100 yards, you or your son would give old Butch and Sundance reason enough to wish they'd chosen another line of work. Fun and interesting video, as usual. Pumpkins are fun and the critters clean up the seeds and "guts" virtually overnight. Cheers.
One of my viewers looked up the patent number and the patent applies to the cylinder/safety pin. And yes, Butch and Sundance would be in serious trouble if...... Cheers 👍🤠 👍😎
I have a interarms Virginian dragoon. 44 magnum. 7.5 inch barrel. Exact same date as the one in this video. It was my dad's gun he had for nearly 40 years in great shape and I got when he passed away in 2020. Great gun
Wow. Almost same exact story for me. I inherited mine in 2022 from my dad who had it also about 40 years. Mine is blued though but also 7.5. Our dads were badasses!
I even have a walnut case for it that my dad had an old friend of his make for it. It was custom made just to fit that gun.
Just curious what does both of yours say below the handle, if different from Mixup’s?
That is the date of the patent and will be the same on all models regardless of date of manufacturing. Much like no Remington new models were made in 1858 but they all say 1858 on them
@@beargillium2369 I was referring to was is said at 2:24
Those rock formations look like a movie set!
Beautiful .44 🤠🇺🇸
It looks amazing at night with a campfire at the base of it.
After watching sci-fi and westerns for over 45 years I'm beginning to recognize some of these landscapes.
Looked a little bit Vasquez at a glance, yeah.
I bought one of these from my cousin 19 years ago. The finish was pretty worn but it shot great. He let me have it for $120 ! It served as my truck and bedside revolver. But work got slow- and I was raising 3 boys by myself- so I sold it to a buddy. Damn, I'd love to have all the guns I've let go of over the years !
One of the real good remaining gun channels on YT
Thanks!!
When I worked in the gun shop in the mid 70s the Virginian Dragoon was one of our best sellers. Thanks for another fun video.
I bought one used from my foreman at work. It was a .45 Colt built by Hammerli in Switzerland. Built better than a Colt of the same type. Sadly a couple of years later he wanted to buy it back so I he now owns it again. A very fine gun.
Love these single actions! One of the best gun channels still going strong!
Thank you Ruger44Redhawk. My son and I just might make another video on my son's Ruger .357 mag Redhawk, which has been in the family since 1986.
@@mixup98 Nice. Those Redhawks are definitely sexy revolvers.
I have the exact same pistol, picked it up back in 96 at an estate sale...love it
To my knowledge they were manufactured by Sauer& Sohn in Germany for Interarms. And - yes Sauer&Sohn made very fine quality guns..! Great channel, keep going!
Some manufacturing of a .357 Magnum single action revolver was made overseas in Europe for Interarms, but the .44 and .45 caliber ones were all made in the US by Interarms themselves.
They're pretty robust and well put together guns, though be wary that some of the very earliest ones can have very shoddy bores, as in you could be looking at one which is supposed to be a .44, yet a .429 caliber projectile just rattles down through it without stopping. The vast majority of the Virginian Dragoons are perfectly good to go, but if one finds one with a bad barrel, it should either be rebarreled or be stripped down for spare parts for the other revolvers.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarinemine had the habit of shaking itself apart, had to locktite half the screws
@@michaelschweimler7292 I worked at the Midland, Virginia manufacturing facility in the late 70s. I was a bluer, those vats of acid baths ruined most of my clothes. There was some type of regulation that required the company to have a factory in the states, so they built one.
I had one once in .45 Colt. It was blued with a color case hardened frame and performed beautifully. I ended up selling it because I don't like adjustable sights. I have never regretted selling a handgun more. It was built like a Tiger tank, and never failed to fire and I never had a single problem with it. There are many floating around in .44 magnum that are in good shootable condition, but I'll never find another in .45, they're as rare as hen's teeth.
I have a ruger in 45 colt . I don't have the "kick " the magnum has, but I do almost as much "horsepower ".. Reload, that's the ticket.
Pretty cool. Our local gun shop has one of those with an 8.5 inch barrel for sale at $600. Thanks for the info. Knew nothing about them
I paid $600 for mine and it was well worth it.
I think the grooves on the sides of the top strap are for scope mounts. They've become quite collectable for very good reason. Excellent guns.
Great looking gun. Beefed up Colt style action. Bigger than the Ruger Blackhawks in many respects.
Mine shot grate!!!
@@byronmartin6459poor grate
Your son continues to impress me with his shooting skills.
Another great vid!
Ed has a steady hand regardless of the firearm.
Indeed....
Thank you Keith 👍🤠 👍😎
That’s a beautiful revolver. Thank you for showing us around.
You are very welcome and thank you for watching our video.
Liberty Forever, love it!
Many of the Virginian Dragoon revolvers also have things like Gadsen snakes and similar on the butt of the grip, there's a lot of variety, even a bicentennial one I think. A very American gun.
My dad just gave me my grandpas Dragoon 44 mag. I never met my grandpa, he passed away 4 years before I was born. I just watched some UA-cam videos on how to disassemble it and cleaned it and now ended up here. Great video! I can’t wait to get out and shoot this revolver 🙏🏼
I'm sorry to hear that you never got to meet your grandpa but you did inherit a fine revolver that will last you a lifetime. Enjoy your revolver and thank you for taking the time to watch and comment on my video.
I have owned three of these. They had the tightest lockup, best bluing, and the finest fit and finish of any of the 44's I have owned.
I agree! The fit, finish and lockup are exceptional on the Virginian Dragoon and I will never sell mine.
Definitely one beautiful revolver! And indeed the animals enjoy the food that is left behind.
Way back in the early 80's I had one identical to that revolver. The company I worked for did work for Interarms and I was able to purchase several firearms through them. That .44 was a great pistol but a bit more kick than I liked and costly to play with so I traded it years later. Thanks for the nostalgia trip.
The one I had back then shot patterns, not groups. Traded for a Redhawk and found out I could actually hit what I was aiming at.
You can shoot .44 specials for less recoil
Can't get over how beautiful it is out there and such a nice place to shoot
That gun is a work of art! Too bad they don't make them anymore!
Thank you for another great video, I have loved my Virginian Dragoon 10" .44mag for roughly 40 years now, I would never even consider letting it go.
Came for the shooting. Stayed for the beautiful landscape and cinematography.
Thank you for the great feedback on our video and I also thank you for recently subscribing to my channel.
I stayed for the great legs !!!!
Beautiful looking revolver. Doesn't get much better than that.
Another great video sir! You and your son are the quintessential definition of a good father/son relationship. Exploring, looking for snakes, and shooting guns....doesn't get much better then that. Keep up the great work!
Tough to beat a nice single action.I like the look of the Virginian, the fluted cylinder and the rounded trigger guard. My old model Ruger Super Blackhawk has a square trigger guard that can be uncomfortable shooting. Love it, though. Thanks for another fun video, guys. Keep up the good work. Keep shooting, keep safe!
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Great video. You and your Son did some awesome shooting. The pumpkin had too much Shasta though.
Love the power and sound of the 44 magnum. Thanks guys for another cool video.
One of the very few channels ( if any ) where the scenery is as enjoyable as the shooting.
I actually figured out a long time ago you guys were helping to feed the wildlife. Good job!
Your videos keep getting better and better, great editing A+ for sure ..!!
Much appreciated!
Another classic Mixup vid! And your son was with you which always makes it better. I remember those Virginian Dragoons - always compared to Rugers of course.
My son works full time but it is always nice when he can get out with me to shoot a video, especially a fun video. Maybe someday we will make a video comparing the Dragoon to my daughter's Ruger Super Blackhawk.
@@mixup98 Way I've heard it described is that the Virginian Dragoon and Ruger Blackhawk are supposed to be basically equal in strength, they're built tough and should handle hefty loads just fine.
I had one exactly like it around 36 to 38 years ago. I sold it and wish I had it back. mine had I think a 7or 71/2 inch barrel. and the hammer had a square notch in it to fit cylinder rod pushed back. once. safety set impossible to move hammer back or forward .the safest safety I ever saw.i don't know if it was factory or someone had a gunsmith to do it.papa wishing you well 😊
I had one 19 years ago. That is a factory safety. I bought mine for $120. But I ended up letting it go. Sure wish I'd have kept it.
IIRC back in the early '80s there were several 'small' firearms manufacturers and/or importers that offerred SAA style revolvers in modern pistol calibers (357 mag, 44 spcl, 44 mag). They ran ads in the firearms magazines...the paper kind 😮, for those of us remember them.
Beautiful revolver and beautiful landscape. I love the desert, especially now that the weather has cooled down a bit. Looking forward to another 7-8 months of beautiful weather from here on out. Nice shooting guys. BTW, whatever happened to "Beautiful SUNNY Nevada?
That's a beauty of a gun, my Cimmaron cowboy gun has the same safety feature.
Love that action driving intro!
Fun video! Also it's Great to see Father and Son spending time together. In my high school years I bought a Virginia Dragoon in .357 with 7.5 inch barrel in Blue. It was a pretty nice revolver. I took it on a lot of adventures. And Killed a number of rattlesnakes. after several years I sold it because it was just too long. It didn't fit anywhere comfortably and was so unhandy. Since then I've only purchased shorter barrels.
I enjoyed your video and reliving my Virginia Dragoon days.
Best Wishes from Montana! M.H.
Your knowledge of all the guns you show is fantastic!
I learn things every time I watch your videos ! Thanks for all you do 😊
What a beautiful piece of weaponry!
Thank you, Sir, for the wonderful 15 minutes that I spent with you and your son in the beautiful Southern Nevada!
Wow, thank you! We really enjoyed making this video and your comment just made our day. Thank you!
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A man’s Gun thanks from Ireland 🇮🇪
You are very welcome and hello from the United States.
Do you know anyone in Ireland with the last name Bridges ?
Just curious since my folks came here to the US from Ireland in the nineteenth century . Thank you 🥃😎
You stirred up some memories with this one. My Dad owned two of these, but not at the same time. He traded his first one off to a neighbor for a trailer, but having regrets about letting it go, went and found him another one. As I recall, his was case hardened, with blued cylinder and barrel. I shot it one time at deer camp and found it to be very accurate and not unpleasant to shoot to due it's considerable weight. You've got a keeper there, and if I ever do find one available at a decent price, well.......
These are very under appreciated and under valued revolvers, I have 2 of them in my collection a stainless 44 magnum similar to yours but with a 7.5" barrel with the same "Liberty Forever" engraved on the bottom of the grip frame and a color cased and blued 357 magnum with "Don't Tread on Me" with a rattle snake on the bottom of the grip frame. I may be mistaken but I believe that Linebaugh first used these large frame 44 magnums for his original hand cannons. Love it when you show case one of my guns in your videos.
Have owned two, both 7 1/2. Sold one and highly regret it. The best s/a made. When I was young I could hit a Miller High Life can at fifty yards consistently. Thank you for the show.
You are very welcome and thank you for watching my video, Dexter.
I remember those guns being offered back when . Those were actually built a a bit heavier than Rugers' super blackhawk and quite possibly a little more accurate. Love that 4 click sound , I still see those from time to time at shows .
Great video. That's a nice gun. 😮 And wow, it really makes things explode. Thanks for showing us some of the scenery, it's very beautiful out there.
Yes indeed, a .44 magnum will certainly make things explode, which is why we shooting them.
Takes me back, thanks! I had a blue Virginian back in the 80’s. Nice solid .44 magnum, fun the shoot. Kinda miss it.
Here in the Iowa rust belt you’d never find a van that year in that good a shape.
I have one of these with an 8" barrel in blue that I got at an auction years ago for $425. It's my hunting sidearm and I've carried it every hunting trip for going on 20 years or so. They do love the heavy loads!
It’s funny people complain about shooting canned food. Like you said, something will eat it.
After Halloween we buy, at a cheap price, pumpkins that didn’t sell. Last year we blasted 78 of them with shotguns, pistols, and 10/22’s and Chargers with binary triggers. So much fun and after a couple weeks all the pumpkin scraps have been devoured by wildlife.
You hit the Hominy can and the first thing that popped in my head was " Here chick chick chick"😂
I have a 44 mag. Story. Last summer the wood chucks were causing trouble with equipment. Chewing wires on trucks. I was told to put the fear of God into them. I started talking .y Ruger super Blackhawk hunter 44 to work. I got a wood chucks at 55 paces,1 shot open sights. 240 grn hollow point. He didn't suffer 😊. I love the 44.
Maybe place a trail-cam where it's unlikely to be stolen and "spread" some of that hominy around it. You'd likely get some good footage showing how many desert creatures make use of the free eats. Good video, entertaining as always.
Aye, either scavenging the leftover pumpkin (a nice source of fiber), or other animals chancing on some bugs who came to feast on the remains. I think as long as it's something which the local fauna and weather can deal with, it's not a problem.
That first shot on the propane tank was funny I remember when I was 18 my dad bought me a Mosin-Nagant for my birthday and a spam-can it was that steel core 148 grain Bulgarian surplus we took it out to the middle of the desert and we set up some saw blades that were welded together at 200 yards or so and we were shooting and we thought that we were missing it but when we went up there to investigate they were going through without making a sound
I acquired one of these locally about 5 - 6 years back. Damn fine quality revolver. Built like a tank. Mine has the 7.5 inch barrel and has Sic Semper Tyrannis on the bottom of the grip frame.
I do like the original grips but they do create a bit of a "slippery" hold with the heavy recoil.
Interarms offered a smaller framed, .357 mag version but those are even harder to find. Thanks for another great video.
Another masterpiece--great video cinematography-combined with technical firearms knowledge & narration. Much respect from Colorado.🤠
Do you happen to have a relative with the first name Allan?
@@theoriginalDAL357 No.
Needs a car chase though - thought we were getting one at the outset.
@@paulbrungardt9823 Okay, thanks.
Another great video. Earned a Like from me within the first minute. There's just something about single action revolvers...they feel like a natural extension of your hand. My curiosity got the best of me and so I Googled the patent. It is indeed for that base pin safety system.
Thanks for looking into that patent and now I know. And yes, there is something magical about handling and shooting a single action revolver, especially one chambered for a magnum cartridge.
I had carried one for armed security in Gary Indiana back in the mid 90s.
I worked at a place that was nearly as bad as tombstone times 5! It was a very bad time.
I was younger in my 20s and I guess I was challenging myself??
In a machine gun era.
I usually carried a 40 caliber smith, a shotgun and a back up pistol 380.
But, I decided to carry a cowboy gun.
I hit everything I aimed at.
But after I fired two shots.
Nobody would fire back..
I had the beefest gun.
And one time I needed the sheriff to back up us . He said get that cannon from behind me son... Lol
Thanks for taking us along!
Our pleasure!
@@mixup98 I like the shotgun rack in your side-by-side. Sexy.
You guys make awesome videos 👍 cool guns, family ties, and beautiful remote southern nevada. Always brings a smile to my face. I watch every upload
Just received one from my father’s estate… fond memories of it in my childhood, now its mine… shoots like a dream
Based on this video, I found one that is the blued 8inch for 499.00 with the original box. Fantastic revolver!
I also wondered how that Scooby-Doo van van ended up out there in the desert. Lol.😊
Watched this earlier from another account. Always love your vids. That's a cool revolver - I remember hearing about them - always being compared to Ruger's Super Blackhawk. My current 44 Mag revolver is a Taurus Tracker - love it but I miss the Rugers I once had... might have to solve that. Or maybe a Virginian! Thanks for anther great review and shoot vid!
I own several Taurus revolvers but not a .44 Tracker. I am hoping to pick one up someday and doing a review on it. Thanks for the feedback on our video....we appreciate it!
The orange soda in the pumpkins is the best. The new location looks amazing too!
Really enjoy your videos. Its nice to see a dad and son out togeather.
Amigo you always come up great firearms & never fail to amuse! 😊
Awesome video! ongrats on the "new" revolver. I needed some SA revolver therapy! And by the way, I miss Interarms. They brought in some great guns, and in my experience their customer service was the best around.
I remember seeing those on the shelf in K Mart when I was growing up.
I have one in Blue back in 1978, it was made in 1976 and had “ We The People “ on the butt. Mine had a over length cylinder pin, with 2 positions- further in was a hammer safety. Without loctite mine would disassemble itself in about 20 shots.
I love the terrain there. Great place to go shooting.
Agreed, the Virginia Dragoon is nice! 👍 And, since I'm not "some people" I absolutely love it when you blow up a can of hominy. That's a much better use of hominy in my view than regarding it as people food. As a bonus, it becomes a treat for wildlife. Win.✔ Win.✔ Win.✔
That’s sweet! Beautiful gun! I’ve been debating getting some more single action revolvers. 44 special/magnum or 45 colt would be cool
Ruger, for one, makes a .45acp/long colt Redhawk DA. I seem to remember some single actions with interchangeable cylinders but could be full of crap
Well Mixup I see you are into the seasonal Pumpkin Spice thing. You spiced those pumpkins up quite nicely.
I put your videos right up there with hickock,and that’s one hell of a compliment,keep going strong sir’s.
Hello Timothy. Yes, it is one hell of a compliment and I sincerely thank you for the comparison.
Hi from Pennsylvania. Awsome video. I love your channel. I just reloaded 100 rnds of . 44 mag for Deer season. I shoot a Henry and Ruger Blackhawk hawk. That revolver looks and shoots nice. God bless .y friend.
Hello and greetings from Nevada. It has been a few years but my son and I hunt mule deer here in Nevada. I assume you will be hunting whitetail, which I have never done. Thanks for watching my video and good luck with your deer hunt.
Please try the shasta pumpkin again sometime in a future video. With a 12 ga slug. I think that will give the effect you were looking for.
I am really enjoying all your revolver videos 🤓
Had a Virginia Dragoon and a S&W Model 29...8 3/8 Barrel
I sold the 29 about 20 yrs ago and kept the Virginia Dragoon a few years longer.
The Dragoon was a smoothly handling gun because of the Grips.
Those Cowboy type Grips would roll down in your hand during Firing lessening Recoil,...where the Model 29 the Recoil came right back into your Palm....and you felt it.
I traded the Dragoon in on a 1903 Springfield, because the place doing my .44 Mag and .44 Spl Reloads, stopped Reloading because of Insurance reasons.
The one other thing I remember was the word
" Liberty" engraved on the metal on the bottom of the Grip.
I will say you guys live in a very beautiful place and I love the views you show. I hope you keep the video's coming.
One of my new favorite Channels
Awesome! Thank you Mr. Jefferson 👍👍😎😎
I was glad to see that many of your viewers own a Virginian Dragoon. I am going to be using my pair of VD stainless Liberty Forever 5 inch .357 Mag units to do some Cowboy Action Shooting. Mine are standard models more like the Colt design without the adjustable rear sight or ramped front sight. They are a "little big", heavy and slow but so am I. Cowboy .38 SPL in them is easy to shoot and they look nice next to my stainless Rossi 92.
What a great gun. Thanks for sharing the video. I'm eyeballing a Taurus 44 to add to my little collection. Still working on mastering the model 66, though.
Please let us know if you get the Taurus 44 and thoughts after shooting it.
I have the same Dragoon with the marking Yorktown 1781-1981 it’s a really nicely built revolver. I love the look of these
6:20 10:36 🙂That's good that you feed the critters high quality Juanita's preservative free Hominy. Desert conditions are harsh and food is hard to come by. Without a doubt they love it
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Love the scenery. At 72, I'd like to sign up for the inagural Mixup 98/Son handgun shooting class. You two do so well with handguns (and rifles too). Really appreciate your presentations. All the best to the Mixup 98 family. "The JJ" SW Penna.
GR8 VID !! Thanks for the info on the safety,, my father has this gun and it's wild to shoot !! 👍
My God, that is a BEAUTIFUL firearm.
I recently found this Dragoon at Bass Pro Shop, in the used gun section, and I fell in love with it as soon as I picked it up. And yes, it is a beautiful firearm.
I've owned one of those in blue steel and they are good pistols. Another good pistol is the EAA Bounty Hunter. I own 5 of them in .44 mag. If I just had the 7.5" blued version I would own every model of .44 mag they produce. The Bounty Hunter safely carries 6 rounds as they pay a royalty to Ruger to use a clone of their transfer bar safety. Got a Taylor's and Co. Cattleman in .44 mag. It's a 6" blued SAA copy made by Pietta in Italy and it is unique in that it has a firing pin mounted on the hammer but unless the trigger is fully depressed the firing pin sinks slightly into the hammer which keeps it from resting on the primer of the cartridge below it allowing you to safely carry 6 rounds. Going to look into a Traditions 1873 Frontier in .44 mag with 7.5" blued barrel and color case hardened frame. Buds has them with 4.75", 5.5" besides the 7.5" already mentioned and they run I believe around $589. your choice, delivered + tax and whatever your FFL dealer charges. Only drawback is they are not safe for 6 like your Virginian Dragoon, firing pin rest directly on primer. Thanks for a great video muchacho. Nice shooting as always!
Great revolver, and excellent scenery. I dunno how I missed this video.
By the way, you are still one of the best gun channels out there. I've been watching for years. Keep doing what you are doing. Don't change anything. Thank you!
That was cool seeing that can go up. Funny thing shooting pumpkin sometime they blow up sometime they don't.
probably the coolest single action ive seen
Dan. some people sneer at the Virginian Dragoon, however, I found them to be a quality pistol, I don't see whare buying a Ruger single action has much advantage. I believe it is a "Name" thing. Way back the first .44 Mag I had was a Lamma, Here is the kicker, it came with 1000 pieces of brass. I shot, and shot, and shot that revolver and it never gave me any trouble, again it wasn't a fine Smith M-29, however it was early matrimony priced and started a long respect for the .44. this was another great Video, be careful out there, peace - Dave
The main sneering about the Virginian Dragoon was that the early production was just really shoddy, bad and oversized bores is something you could see on really early ones. They fixed up their production though and eventually turned them into a quality revolver which shoots very straight, and most of the Virginian Dragoons are good guns.
These revolvers are more or less equal to a Ruger Blackhawk, comparable in build strength and everything, so they can handle some very hot loads just fine.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine I Heard the same thing about Interarms early production when they started producing firearms here in the States, I was only making that comment off of the ones that I seen and had a chance to shoot or saw in the guncase down at the gunshop. they were priced as entry level pistols from what I saw. Dans example is really nice coming from that standpoint. anyway Peace dude - Dave
You answered my question about leaving the pumpkins and hominy for the criters.
Nice looking revolver. I would have guessed it was a Ruger Blackhawk if you hadn't shown us what it is.
As always great video y'all!! I love that gun. My son gave me one several year's ago it's longer barrel but looks just like yours has a different sayin on it. I have a lot of fun shootin it and it looks great with my Rossi 357 lever gun which I love also. Well you definitely fed the critters with the hominy scattered it all over lol. Thanks for sharing be safe have fun
Good morning Mike. The little critters always love it when my son and I show up to shoot a video. I have noticed that they seem to have picked up a little weight 😁👌 Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Beautiful firearm ! Really like the look better than my original Ruger Vaquero 45 Long Colt. I thought InterArms was just an import company. Either way I like the product ! Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed Day guys ! Always great informative videos 🇺🇸⚡️TCB⚡️
Interarms was mainly a firearm importer but they did make several firearms, including the Virginian Dragoon revolvers. You also have a Blessed Day, Michael.
South Nevada has some really rugged landscape. Thanks for sharing. That revolver is a cannon.
That is as fine a hunk of steel as I've seen in a long while. The patent may have something to do with the placement of the ejector rod and its shroud on the opposite side from an SAA, the two dimples for indexing the empty chamber, and the frame-mounted firing pin. The screws on the L side are flat-headed countersink-style, which is also a departure. Otherwise, it resembles a Colt New Frontier. I wouldn't turn either one of those away if it came a' knocking at my door. That Dragoon would qualify for our short-range weapons only deer seasons and game management units, but I'd say that at 50 and maybe on out to 100 yards, you or your son would give old Butch and Sundance reason enough to wish they'd chosen another line of work. Fun and interesting video, as usual. Pumpkins are fun and the critters clean up the seeds and "guts" virtually overnight. Cheers.
One of my viewers looked up the patent number and the patent applies to the cylinder/safety pin. And yes, Butch and Sundance would be in serious trouble if...... Cheers 👍🤠 👍😎
Swiss-safe.@@mixup98