New Hamilton Bowen Coming Home!

[mbaneacp]

Hamilton called today to tell me that my birdshead .44 Magnum Vaquero, styled like the TLA Border Special, is coming home this week! I'll get some pictures and post them here and on the blog when it arrives.

I also sucked it up and ordered 2 Taylor's Model 3 Break-Tops 3 1/2-inch barrel in .44 Russian (they happened to get a couple in and I hate to let them slip away). Tammy Loy at Taylor told me the chambers were cut for .44 Special even through the guns were marked .44 Russian...again, I'll keep you guys in the loop.

I shot Winter Range midpack but clean, BTW...used my match .357 Anniversary Blackhawks from C&S and Black Hills Cowboy ammo.

Michael B

[Mountaineer]

Now a Taylor Model 3 Break-Top that would handle .44 Special would be mighty sweet.

Read about the clean match on your blog. Congratulations.

Looking forward to photos of the TLA Border Special...

[mbaneacp]

Man, I picked up the Bowen Vaquero today! Breathtaking! Looks a heck of a lot like the picture of the TLA birdshead I sent Hamilton...I'll try to get pictures up this weekend...

Michael B

[Steve]

Looking forward to seeing the new HB. Congratulations on all 3 counts, the birdshead, the breaktops and shooting clean.

[Boge Quinn]

VERY cool, looking forward to seeing it. I bet you have less $$ tied up in that than I do in my TLA Border Special!

[mbaneacp]

Crummy picture now up on the blog! We're shooting the "formal" pixs today for DOWN RANGE, so I'll post 'em as we shoot 'em...

mb

michaelbane.blogspot.com/2010/03/michaels-new-blaster.html

[Lee Martin]

Slick looking 44. I look forward to range updates.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

[mbaneacp]

More pixs on the blog:

michaelbane.blogspot.com/2010/03/michaels-new-blaster.html

The guns were are also the subject of DOWN RANGE Radio, my weekly podcast, this week. There's a slideshow attached (and yes it'll go full-screen) with the Vaquero, the Bowen Ruger Hunter and the 2 Taylor's Mo. 3 top-breaks...it's here:

www.downrange.tv/blog/?p=2413

mb

[hoss]

Glad that birdshead found the right home: probably works better on a 44 than on a 32! Sweet lookin sixgun!

[aciera]

Hamilton does a fine job.

[rep1954]

Thats a great looking firearm you own there and comming from Bowen I know how it will shoot.