{"id":221608,"date":"2025-10-26T18:52:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T23:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=221608"},"modified":"2025-10-26T18:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T23:53:58","slug":"ruger-blackhawk-taffin-perfect-packin-pistol-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ruger-blackhawk-taffin-perfect-packin-pistol-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruger Blackhawk Taffin Tribute: Packin\u2019 Perfection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Lipsey\u2019s honors John Taffin with a Ruger Blackhawk Flattop Bisley in .45 Colt with a .45 ACP cylinder. We shot real .45 Colt and .45 ACP loads, checked chrono and groups, ran leather, and asked if this tribute truly earns the title Perfect Packin\u2019 Pistol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another Legend Lost, A Sixgun Worthy of His Name<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Legend is a word that we do not hear or use very much anymore. It seems we tend to accept mediocrity as the new standard. They leave a lasting impact on their world and those around them. As Dan Brown wrote in Inferno<\/em>, \u201cSo long as they speak your name, you shall never die.\u201d Unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer that are still with us. Names like Cooper, Clapp, Keith, Rauch, and others are fading from the collective memory of many in the shooting community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In March of this year, we lost another, John Taffin. Taffin\u2019s first article was published in 1967, but most of us will remember his great articles in American Handgunner<\/em> and Guns Magazine<\/em>. His influence was felt throughout the industry. Taffin authored hundreds of articles and published five books. His passion was large bore revolvers, reloading, and handgun hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some years ago, he coined the phrase Perfect Packin\u2019 Pistol. Taffin preferred a single action revolver for most of his needs. He valued the strength, ergonomics, and versatility of the modern SA revolver, and he was especially fond of the Ruger Blackhawk. Introduced in 1955, the Blackhawk was Bill Ruger\u2019s answer to an improved and stronger version of the venerable Colt Model P single action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\uded2 Check Current Price for Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt on GunsAmerica\n<\/a>\n\n\n

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