my father in-law has a 44mag 10 inch barrel first model black hawk that he bought new in ' 60 or ' 61 which has less than 100 rounds through it and i was wondering if it is strong enough to handle some stout hand laods. i assume that it will be but i just wanted to check with others to see if my assumption was right. i don' t want to put a bunch of rounds through it because i don' t want it lose any value but i would like to sight it in and harvest a deer with it for nostalgia factor of using a handgun like that.
thanks.
chuck.