Snyd
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Post by Snyd on Sept 30, 2017 0:15:15 GMT -5
Cool! Let me guess, 44 SRH Alaskan rebored to tight 45 Colt, chopped nose, Redhawk barrel? Did you commission it or find one for sale? Yep. Mr. Bowen says we're a little past half done. Oh... so only a year left to wait?!
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Paden
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Post by Paden on Sept 30, 2017 0:22:35 GMT -5
Yep. Mr. Bowen says we're a little past half done. Oh... so only a year left to wait?! Ha! Well, he says it should be before spring...
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Post by bigboredad on Oct 1, 2017 11:42:42 GMT -5
I finally picked up a 625 after wanting one since they first came out. When Ruger finally made their Redhawk in their colt acp conversion I thought it would be perfect but the acp in a GP format would be better for my small hands
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Post by paulg on Oct 1, 2017 21:05:45 GMT -5
Paden, I think boolitdesigner meant that an advantage of a 5 shot over a 6 shot is that the notches are between the chambers and not right next to or on top of them. My guess of course.
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Paden
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Post by Paden on Oct 1, 2017 21:29:51 GMT -5
Paden, I think boolitdesigner meant that an advantage of a 5 shot over a 6 shot is that the notches are between the chambers and not right next to or on top of them. My guess of course. Understood. I'm quite happy to live within the confines of a max working pressure of ~32,000 CUP with something like an additional 25,000+ CUP safety margin which is afforded by the 6 round factory cylinder. As such, I don't find a 5 round cylinder advantageous in any way.
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Post by CraigC on Oct 4, 2017 19:11:22 GMT -5
On a Redhawk/Super Redhawk, the notches are already between the chambers. No reason to even build a five-shot .45 on that platform, they're already good to 50,000psi.
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groo
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Post by groo on Oct 15, 2017 14:08:29 GMT -5
Groo here S&W already made a good one , the M-69 4 1/4in or 2 7/8in 5 shot 44 mag on an L frame. Ruger making the GP100 in 44 spec is why I got an S&W . Should have made it in 44 mag.[ someone will recut the chamber on the ruger I have no doubt.
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Post by CraigC on Oct 16, 2017 10:59:50 GMT -5
Not me. If I need more than a 250gr at 1200fps, I want more gun than the L-frame to do it in.
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Post by dougader on Oct 16, 2017 12:54:36 GMT -5
Not me. If I need more than a 250gr at 1200fps, I want more gun than the L-frame to do it in. I keep telling myself that, but the urge to buy a 69 doesn't seem to dissipate! I'd probably only ever run 44 Spl heavies as the upper limit in a 69 anyway...
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Post by CraigC on Oct 16, 2017 13:29:02 GMT -5
That would be its best use! If I didn't already have a 629MG and a .44Spl GP, I'd probably buy one too.
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Post by magman on Oct 29, 2017 11:45:42 GMT -5
It might be possible. Remember we were told Ruger wouldn't/couldn't build a 480 Ruger on their Blackhawk frame. They gave us that and the 454 Casull. So who knows,,,?
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Post by doug2mobil on Nov 1, 2017 21:32:41 GMT -5
It might be possible. Remember we were told Ruger wouldn't/couldn't build a 480 Ruger on their Blackhawk frame. They gave us that and the 454 Casull. So who knows,,,? Yes, but custom smiths were making 5 shot 454, 475 and 500 guns on the large frame for decades before Ruger came through. I've never seen a custom smith make anything 45 caliber on the GP frame. Charter now has a 5 shot snub, not sure of frame size. Definitely not a gun to load above 15k psi.
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Paden
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Post by Paden on Nov 5, 2017 22:26:46 GMT -5
I've never seen a custom smith make anything 45 caliber on the GP frame. Someone will need to build a few and test them to destruction like Linebaugh did the Blackhawk with White Labs... I would wager that the actual destruction limit of the current .357 gun is somewhere around 60.000 psi, and I bet you could marry a 5-round .45 Colt cylinder with a destruction limit of 50.000 psi to the GP100 frame without too much difficulty. But somebody would need to be motivated enough and have the financial ability to prove it.
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Paden
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Post by Paden on Nov 10, 2017 2:23:59 GMT -5
Oh... so only a year left to wait?! Ha! Got it a few days ago. Might try to take a photo after awhile. Am working on customizing some rosewood grips, and have lots of other irons in the fire right now. (Not to mention the snowpocalypse predicted for this weekend)... Some interesting trivia to note however: The GP45 presents as a massive revolver, both visually, and in the hand it gives every impression of being a big sucker. Both the barrel and cylinder diameters are much larger than the New Model Blackhawk Bisley. And yet, inexplicably, the 4.5 inch GP45 weighs only 2oz. more than the 4.5 inch NMB. The balance point of each is virtually identical, being right at the trigger finger / mid-point of the cylinder.
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Snyd
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Post by Snyd on Nov 10, 2017 13:04:05 GMT -5
Oh... so only a year left to wait?! Ha! Got it a few days ago. Might try to take a photo after awhile. Am working on customizing some rosewood grips, and have lots of other irons in the fire right now. (Not to mention the snowpocalypse predicted for this weekend)... Some interesting trivia to note however: The GP45 presents as a massive revolver, both visually, and in the hand it gives every impression of being a big sucker. Both the barrel and cylinder diameters are much larger than the New Model Blackhawk Bisley. And yet, inexplicably, the 4.5 inch GP45 weighs only 2oz. more than the 4.5 inch NMB. The balance point of each is virtually identical, being right at the trigger finger / mid-point of the cylinder. Nice! Ya, RH/SRH's are beefy compared to the BH/SBH's. I bet some of the weight difference is in the lack of metal in the grip frame area. 4.5"? Did you have a 5.5 Redhawk barrel shortened?
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