|
|
Post by mark500 on May 27, 2014 22:10:32 GMT -5
Hello folks,
Looking for a 5 hole Bowen 45 Colt. A Nimrod maybe? If you know of any for sale please send a message.
Thanks
Mark
|
|
|
|
Post by TERRY MURBACH on May 28, 2014 7:51:30 GMT -5
WHY NOT have Hambo of Tennessee make you one of your very own ?
|
|
|
|
Post by mark500 on May 28, 2014 15:32:16 GMT -5
It may come to that. Thought I would shop a little before committing to the mulitple (I think?) year wait.
|
|
|
|
Post by rolex24 on May 28, 2014 19:00:05 GMT -5
I don't think your wait would be multiple years and may be well less than a year depending on the package. More outside vendors drags out the production time. Bowen turned a a Lipsey's SBH 3-3/4" into a Nimrod early this year in about 3 months. Now I had two other guns with him at the time, one of which had been with him for 7 months, so I may have been the benefactor of good will on his part to move my additional work up in the queue to be completed with that first piece. I didn't get the full Nimrod 5 shot conversion but rather just the action job with RC rear site and added the Nimrod barrel. Best of both worlds for me and my use/intentions.  |
|
|
|
Post by ermont0825 on May 29, 2014 17:33:26 GMT -5
That's pretty nice. 3 months huh.....Ya got me thinkin'
|
|
|
|
Post by whitworth on May 30, 2014 5:31:04 GMT -5
That's pretty nice. 3 months huh.....Ya got me thinkin' But this revolver wasn't a conversion. Converting adds significant time IMO. |
|
|
|
Post by bushog on May 30, 2014 6:51:07 GMT -5
Ever consider a mid sized frame??? They're nice and "handy"!  |
|
|
|
Post by whitworth on May 30, 2014 7:16:08 GMT -5
Very nice, bushog!
|
|
|
|
Post by boxhead on May 30, 2014 7:58:41 GMT -5
WHY NOT have Hambo of Tennessee make you one of your very own ? Pizz on the fossil and give the builders a call. My guess is that, for some that are staffed beyond the one man shop such as Bowen and Huntington, times would be relatively favorable. The other one man shops will tell you no, unless you are a regular.  That said, I am wondering if we are max'ing out the influx of used six/five-gun's (like FA M83's) that real enthusiasts are willing to push the coin for something new? FA's are a dime a dozen and, frankly, I am stunned that FA is still in business. |
|
Fowler
.401 Bobcat
Posts: 3,629
|
Post by Fowler on May 30, 2014 9:09:50 GMT -5
WHY NOT have Hambo of Tennessee make you one of your very own ? Pizz on the fossil and give the builders a call. My guess is that, for some that are staffed beyond the one man shop such as Bowen and Huntington, times would be relatively favorable. The other one man shops will tell you no, unless you are a regular. That said, I am wondering if we are max'ing out the influx of used six/five-gun's (like FA M83's) that real enthusiasts are willing to push the coin for something new? FA's are a dime a dozen and, frankly, I am stunned that FA is still in business. FA is a class organization making a class revolver that a Ruger wishes they could make. FA starts with a perfected platform and builds the gun from there. Rugers, and I love them and have a pile of them, all vary and have various tweaks to them from the casting they begin life as. It is a very special and rare Ruger that can match almost any FA for accuracy, yes FAs are quite common now, and they all look the same basically, but man do FAs shoot. Yes they are fighting a limited market but to their credit they have never tried to grow too big for their britches and become the revolver for everyone. I hope I see FA revolvers being built for many more years to come. I know I have a couple more FAs I need... |
|
|
|
Post by TERRY MURBACH on May 30, 2014 9:34:49 GMT -5
WHY NOT have Hambo of Tennessee make you one of your very own ? Pizz on the fossil and give the builders a call. My guess is that, for some that are staffed beyond the one man shop such as Bowen and Huntington, times would be relatively favorable. The other one man shops will tell you no, unless you are a regular. That said, I am wondering if we are max'ing out the influx of used six/five-gun's (like FA M83's) that real enthusiasts are willing to push the coin for something new? FA's are a dime a dozen and, frankly, I am stunned that FA is still in business. WAIT A FREAKING MINUTE HERE !!! ARE YOU calling Hamilton Bowen a fossel and saying " piss on him" ? What the hell right do you have to call the finest custom pistolsmith in the history of custom pistolsmiths such names ?? As a matter of fact, while I do not know you I can tell from your comments YOU are not smart enough to make ANY comments on ANY custom pistolsmith in this country or any other for that matter. YOU do not have the right to be making smartassed judgements like that. YOUR comment on the FREEDON ARMS COMPANY negates anything you ever said or will ever say in the future about this subject. YOU are dismissed; Get out !!! |
|
|
|
Post by kings6 on May 30, 2014 9:53:30 GMT -5
I have a hunch Boxhead meant forget buying an existing gun someone else had made and just order one. I for one would not want to get into a mental wrestling match with Ed whether it be on custom revolvers or the engineering requirements of running a petro project of the magnitude he does but hey, I am just a dumb septic pumper from the wet NW.
|
|
Fowler
.401 Bobcat
Posts: 3,629
|
Post by Fowler on May 30, 2014 10:00:56 GMT -5
Here here I know Ed has a stack of custom revolver, at least a few of them Bowen's and I am going to bet there is or has been qa couple of FAs in the safe at one point or another. I will admit to not being 100% sure what Ed's point even was other than the market for FA is not huge and that they might have saturated it. That said when I toured the plant last summer they were backlogged a year so its still will hold a little more water...
|
|
|
|
Post by mark500 on May 30, 2014 11:23:01 GMT -5
Bushdog...nice gun, are you done with it?  I'm not set on a Nimrod. Just want 5 shot for heavy loads and adjustable sights. And there's nothing to say I can have only one. I don't know to what degree the Bowen revolver can be considered an investment (at least compared to other investment opportunities) but I expect it's as good as money in the bank. Regarding the FA, I while back I posted a picture of a 5 shot group from my FA83 454. At 25 yards, from a rest, with a scope, 4 out of the 5 went through the same hole...easily covered with a dime. Haven't been able to do that with anything else to now. But that's not saying too much, I need to work on consistency. |
|
|
|
Post by cddogfan1 on May 30, 2014 12:00:47 GMT -5
What psi loads can the mid frame 5 shot 45's handle. Looks like a nice piece. Got the wheels a turning.
|
|
That said, I am wondering if we are max'ing out the influx of used six/five-gun's (like FA M83's) that real enthusiasts are willing to push the coin for something new? FA's are a dime a dozen and, frankly, I am stunned that FA is still in business.
I'm not set on a Nimrod. Just want 5 shot for heavy loads and adjustable sights. And there's nothing to say I can have only one. I don't know to what degree the Bowen revolver can be considered an investment (at least compared to other investment opportunities) but I expect it's as good as money in the bank.