Unique Ruger 45

[sixshot]

After talking to good friend Mike Barranti a while back about a special gun project I decided to copy him & have one built myself. I did change mine just a bit but did start with a old model 357 Ruger as the base gun. Next up was a new 5" barrel, cylinder, 2 Dogs great front sight, Bowen target rear sight (thanks Glenn) Belt Mountain base pin, action job, recessed target crown, steel, round grip frame, Turkish walnut stocks & a trigger that breaks like frozen lettuce. The gun was built by Tyler Guns Works & Bobby's crew does an amazing job turning out custom six guns! Matt, his Ace pistol smith worked his magic on my new toy & then actually delivered it because him & his wife Courtney wanted to make a trip west for a little vacation, wow!
The gun is absolutely amazing in every way, I wouldn't change anything about it. Oh, you want to know the caliber... how about a sweet shooting 45 Auto Rim! This little beauty shoots the old Keith #452423 242 gr bullet just fine, thank you! It also does very well with the Miha 223 gr SWC HP & I'm just getting started. Only been shooting it 3-4 days in limited shooting.
I've been busy showing Matt & Courtney around the worlds biggest playground! We shot targets, we've shot ground squirrels, rock chucks, Matt tangled with a Badger but it got in the rocks before he could get a shot. Courtney proved to be the best fisherman as she caught 5 nice trout & one was the biggest fish she had ever caught.
One last thing, Matt Grabbe, besides being a world class pistol smith is also a world class shooter!! I'll have to post the other photo's later & hopefully a couple of videos if I figure it out but he did some amazing shooting with his Ruger 44 special & my Buckeye 32-20, yikes! A sneak preview, how about a Rock Chuck at a lasered 185 yds with my Buckeye 32-20 with one shot. We have it on video. That's David Bradshaw country! Don't mess with Texas!!!!









Dick

[ddixie884]

Do you load that Unique Ruger with Unique behind that Keith bullet?

[Fowler]

See that is why we like Tyler Gun Works so well, customer service. Not only will they build you a dandy of a gun but they will deliver it and show you how to operate it properly! Looks like a fun gun that I look forwards to drooling on next summer...

[contender]

That is a super nice package & I know it's a serious shooter! Gotta love it when several things align to make such a nice piece. And by the looks of it,, and your description, I know it was a Bowen REAR sight supplied by Glenn! That Fermin front sight is very obvious as well.

Looking forward to more pics & the story!

[oddshooter]

Hey Sixshot,

Great gun, but I was lost in the picture of the wood post and rail.
Are those screws meant to last longer than the wood? I have done a lot of fencing, but never used anything like that.

Then the green, green grass with the creek meandering through just looks like heaven.

Thanks for the morning rush,
Prescut

[drycreek]

That’s a nice piece ! Love the grips too....

[sixshot]

Yes I am trying some Unique & it's doing very well. "And a River Runs Through It" This is one of our honey holes, recently one of my son's & two of his small son's caught & released 69 trout right in this area.
I'm also having good luck with Longshot but lots of testing yet to do. Do not use any of these loads, they are not listed as far as I know. Brian Pearce has many fine loads listed back in a 2017 issue of Handloader magazine for the 45 Auto Rim.
My Keith #452423 drops at 250 grs & is a dandy bullet, I'll show another target later. So far Unique is edging out Longshot but just slightly. I'll also shoot some H110, Matt reported very fine accuracy with it. With only a .002" cylinder gap he was getting only 3 fps extreme spread for 5 shots!! With my old eyes I still get a lot of 4 in and 1 out groups, dang it!










Dick

[dobegrant]

Very nice looking gun

[sheriff]

Nice!

[mike454]

great gun in a great caliber. Congratulations!

[gsp7]

What is the rod behind the trigger ?

[leadhound]

Jul 26, 2020 22:57:38 GMT -5 gsp7 said:

What is the rod behind the trigger ?

Trigger return spring.

[sixshot]

You know what happens when you relax your grip for one shot? The photo says it all, dang it. This was a little more Unique with the 223 gr HP, its shooting better than I am. If you go back to the photo of me holding the Ground Squirrel you will notice a long line of willows in the back ground. There are so many Brook Trout in that little stream they have to jump on the bank to turn around!
Second photo is one of my grandson's with a Badger he got today, told me he should have had a double. It's hard living in the worlds biggest play ground.


Dick

[AxeHandle]

Nice!

[x101airborne]

Congrats to you both!