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Post by kings6 on Feb 24, 2012 12:41:41 GMT -5
Well my "Quest" gun from John Linebaugh came home last night. It started as one of John's early 475 conversions I found for sale here in Oregon so I sent it back to John along with a brass bisley grip frame and a Bowen rear sight to get it freshened up. While it took awhile due to John's medical issue, I am more than pleased with the outcome. John himself took on building the new walnut stocks for this gun and reshaping the bisley gripframe. While he does not consider himself a stockmaker per se, he said he would be willing to talk to customers about doing stocks for their guns that he is building. It is obvious where Dustin got his grip making talent.   |
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Post by Lee Martin on Feb 24, 2012 13:36:14 GMT -5
What a beautiful custom. I wish there was a steady supply of brass Bisleys. Also, do you know the year of the original conversion? -Lee www.singleactions.com |
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Post by RVN11B on Feb 24, 2012 13:43:29 GMT -5
That is a damned fine looking piece there!
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Post by Robster on Feb 24, 2012 13:53:30 GMT -5
Awesome looking!!!!!!!!
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Post by AxeHandle on Feb 24, 2012 13:59:29 GMT -5
Not bad... Not bad at all!  |
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Post by bushog on Feb 24, 2012 14:25:13 GMT -5
Very nice Rob!
How much work did he do on the grip frame?
I like the walnut with the brass but I think I'm going to try buffalo horn first.
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Post by kings6 on Feb 24, 2012 14:27:34 GMT -5
I asked John last year when I bought the gun what year he made it and he had the info but I did not write it down. I know it is a 2 digit conversion though.
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Post by blacktailslayer on Feb 24, 2012 15:00:46 GMT -5
Pretty sweet!
Did he re-shape the backstrap and the stocks? The second picture shows a little "wiggle" about 2/3's of the way down the backstrap & stocks. Is this to allow a little more room for the fleshy part of your hand below your thumb? I have not seen that before.
Don D.
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Post by kings6 on Feb 24, 2012 15:58:14 GMT -5
Yes he does reshape the grip frame. John has smaller hands like I do and he feels that this reshaping puts a nice contour where it fills the hollow of your hand but still lets a guy wrap his fingers around the slightly smaller section. Kind of like Elmer Keith and his carved grip panels to fill that swell in the hand.
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Post by Snyd on Feb 24, 2012 17:50:30 GMT -5
Fantastic!
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Post by ChrisO on Feb 26, 2012 20:41:42 GMT -5
My goodness does John L. make a NICE gun!!!!!!
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Post by vonfatman on Feb 27, 2012 0:29:26 GMT -5
They don't come much nicer than that revolver! Beautiful!!!
Bob
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Post by Mark Terry on Feb 27, 2012 21:04:27 GMT -5
It would take me hours to shoot that one. Actually, shooting it wouldn't take that long but I'd have to look at it for hours first.
Superb gun, Robb.
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Post by kings6 on Feb 27, 2012 22:38:03 GMT -5
John was kind enough to share his two pet loads for the 475 so I want to try and get some of those loaded up and see what they are like.
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Post by whitworth on Feb 28, 2012 9:23:08 GMT -5
That revolver is very, very nice! You've got yourself a keeper there!
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