groo
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Post by groo on Dec 7, 2015 15:57:06 GMT -5
Groo here For the 45colt 5 shot go with an FA m-97 . I had Andy Horvath make a couple of customs . A pair of 475L And my working guns, a pair of New Vaquero SS 357mags converted to 41mag... The problem with customs is they tend to multiply.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Dec 9, 2015 13:39:19 GMT -5
Got a note from Mr. Clements today, looks like it'll be about a year which gives me time to find the donor.
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Post by rWt on Dec 9, 2015 13:59:52 GMT -5
As the least knowledgeable guy in the room, I'd only add that to me its as much, if not more, about who as it is what. Who do I want to be the builder? Who do I have the best connection with and whose work do I want to own and pass on? The good news is that there are several great builders-all artists in their own right. You have the great opportunity to get to know them as you decide.
The gentlemen under consideration, along with a few others, are all Rembrandt's. They would be the ones building handguns and rifles for the nobility back in the day. I'd ask them for their input as to what to do and how to do it. I'd turn them lose to stretch their talent to make this revolver their benchmark-both in form and function.
I'd have whomever you select to also make the grips, if they do that kind or work also. Hard to beat a richly blued gun that's complimented with highly figured english walnut with a hand rubbed oil finish, IMO. Practical-Maybe not, but neither was my first wife. But, she was gorgeous.
A fully carved holster with a hand-rubbed oil finish makes a suitable companion.
Have fun!
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Post by Alaskan454 on Dec 13, 2015 22:38:09 GMT -5
Question for you 500 and 510 users, I've decided pretty much everything aside from caliber. I currently load everything on a Dillon 650 and the Linebaugh rim is too big to work. I don't mind loading single stage but was curious what you guys think between a 1.4" S&W vs the Linebaugh?
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Post by mike454 on Dec 14, 2015 7:41:17 GMT -5
I like the .500 Linebaugh better, but mostly for silly reasons. Both are suitable for the same jobs. I think that the Linebaugh brass is more widely available and has been since Starline has been distributing it. If you don't cast it is easier to find .501 bullets. If Starline ever stops making Linebaugh brass and no one else picks it up, the Linebaugh cartridge will become a footnote. It's very tough to find 348 brass to modify and a lot of work to convert. The best thing to do. whichever you choose, is to secure a lifetime supply of brass before you get the gun and not worry about it.
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Post by whitworth on Dec 14, 2015 8:02:57 GMT -5
I have had both and the .500JRH is the most logical in my humble opinion as componentry is more readily available. You can make brass by cutting down widely available .500 S&W brass in a pinch. Here is my newest one -- I'm posting the photo just to motivate you.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Dec 14, 2015 10:42:59 GMT -5
No shortage of nice looking customs here, was that a JRH built gun? The grip seems to have his signature shape which I am quite fond of and those grips are beautiful. Right now I'm leaning towards the 500 JRH as components are bit easier to find commercially and I could load it on my Dillon. Call me lazy but I started on a progressive and load my big bores in batches of 250-1,000. I think future custom #2 will be a Bowen light weight Bisquero and when I asked he only does 500s based on the Linebaugh case. I could eventually have both if I wanted, there's just something about the 500 Linebaugh and it's historical significance that I find appealing, it's akin to my feeling towards the 45 Colt and 454 Casull. Cartridges that paved the way for everything we enjoy at the present.
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Post by CraigC on Dec 14, 2015 10:48:57 GMT -5
While I've been reading and fantasizing about the .500Linebaugh since reading about it in Seyfried articles as a kid in the `80's, I went with the .500JRH for practical reasons. Brass was a factor but bullets were a bigger factor. I have no use for the .500S&W but one good thing about it is that it makes a lot of good bullets available compared to the Linebaugh. I don't cast and have no plans to so the availability of good, relatively cheap commercial cast bullets is a big deal. I bought 200 JRH cases from Buffalo Bore and have another 500 Starline .500S&W cases for posterity. Which is not to say that I won't have a .500 Linebaugh at some point, though it may be the long version.
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Post by whitworth on Dec 14, 2015 10:56:42 GMT -5
No shortage of nice looking customs here, was that a JRH built gun? The grip seems to have his signature shape which I am quite fond of and those grips are beautiful. Yeah, it's a Huntington gun with Claro walnut grips also by Huntington.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Dec 17, 2015 11:58:11 GMT -5
After some more deliberation the 1.4" S&W option is looking very good and I might have found a proper donor gun.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Dec 21, 2015 9:15:36 GMT -5
So I wound up with a pair of potential donor guns from a cowboy shooter, should be picking them up in the next few days. Aside from serial number placement and frame fit is there anything else I should look for? Also, is the ERH steel on older blue Vaqueros? I only have stainless in the full size Vaquero.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Dec 30, 2015 21:40:29 GMT -5
It's been decided, the donor guns came in and both are virtually identical in terms of condition and serial number placement. I'll somehow pick one out of the two and it's getting the following treatment: 1.4" 500 S&W Conversion Ovate 5.5" barrel Fluted and chamfered cylinder Pre-war style rear sight Crescent ejector rod #5 style base pin Scalloped gate and receiver Color case hardened finish on the hammer, trigger, frame, and ejector rod White micarta grips Now I just need to wait for a year or so! If someone else needs a clean donor I might have an extra...
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Post by Alaskan454 on Mar 19, 2016 17:01:14 GMT -5
Another wrench in the works, Mr. Clements said there isn't enough metal on the top strap to do both an oversize cylinder and pre war sight. I'm now thinking 4" light weight style bisley vaquero. Thoughts?
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Post by Paden on Mar 19, 2016 17:09:14 GMT -5
Another wrench in the works, Mr. Clements said there isn't enough metal on the top strap to do both an oversize cylinder and pre war sight. I'm now thinking 4" light weight style bisley vaquero. Thoughts? A 4" lightweight Vaquero in 500SW?
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Post by Alaskan454 on Mar 19, 2016 17:46:20 GMT -5
Yes, but a 1.4" S&W case, 500 JRH without the rim being trimmed down.
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