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Post by AxeHandle on May 4, 2012 9:41:48 GMT -5
I really like the, more room behind the trigger guard, idea behind Gary Reeder's Magnum Grip Frame. Just haven't been able to come to grips with the purely subjective visual aspects. In fact when I cut the deal on my Reeder 500 MAX Gary offered me a 6.5 inch MAX that was about to come out of the shop that I could actually had some choice in some of the final matters like grips, etchings, and serial numbers. We could have easily had a no etching, serial number of choice 6.5 inch 500 MAX. Came down to the single factor that drove me to start working the original deal. The Bisley grip frame, hammer, and trigger. IMHO it just makes a much more visually appealing revolver. I will have a Reeder Magnum Grip Framed revolver one day, and that may put all my Bisley guns on the chopping block, but for now make mine Bisley.
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Post by jamesjames on May 4, 2012 10:59:12 GMT -5
Aesthetics are really important to me. I was introduced to this sport through the Colt SAA and the USFA models. My buddy who initiated me into the world of Singleactions has strong ideas about form, function, tradition and aesthetics and I've been influenced about gun aesthetics through a traditional Colt SAA lens.
I love Bisley hammers and grips, and really like the whole steam-punk look of the traditional forms. But, of course, I wasn't taking it "seriously enough".Once I got into a discussion when ordering parts from Peacemaker Specialists where I mentioned I wanted to convert a standard SAA hammer to a Bisley spur. He basically chewed me out for wanting to screw up a traditional SAA form.
So, aesthetics are important to me. I'm planning to shorten a SAA barrel and want to make it 3.75 inches long, because the 3.5 inch version looks too short to my eyes, and 4 inches looks too long. Weird, huh?
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Post by robl on May 4, 2012 11:37:35 GMT -5
"where I mentioned I wanted to convert a standard SAA hammer to a Bisley spur. He basically chewed me out for wanting to screw up a traditional SAA form. "
Wow, I wonder if he would have done that with Harold croft , Elmer Keith, Skeeter, Hank Williams Jr or JT?... those are the guys that gave ME an appreciation of what a SA could be. To each his own, but my SBH and bisely spurred sa'S ARE EASIER AND SMOOTHER TO RUN. And to my eye, at least really make a single action look great.
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Post by kings6 on May 4, 2012 12:28:35 GMT -5
Mr Janis is definitely a Colt purest. I have talked to him about the same thing on my NF and it was no way. I restore and repair, not modify was the gist of the conversation. That is why Alan Harton did the job on the NF hammer. I understand the collector view, I just have a hard time hanging on to collector guns because they are not what I envision or want so I have learned to let others have a chance at those true collector pieces when I stumble onto them.
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Post by boxhead on May 4, 2012 12:35:08 GMT -5
Though I own both I am still liking the SBH reach better than the Bisley though. My latest build with a SBH hammer and a Bisley GF is about ideal for these mits. Just don't like the fat thumb piece which is easily fixed.
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Post by coyote on May 4, 2012 15:08:07 GMT -5
Aesthetics VS Ergonomics?
are you asking me to pick one over the other? maybe, but only if i couldn't have both at the same time.
i have owned handguns that have no aesthetics at all, like most of the conceal-carry plastic-framed semi-autos. i feel nothing for them. simply working tools. yet they never seem to stick around, because i eventually find something else that's closer to what appeals to my personal aesthetics, ie: hand-fitted models made of all-metal with cocobola wood and hand-cut checkering.
with revolvers i'm far more picky: why even own one that doesn't appeal to my eyes and hand?
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Post by boxhead on May 5, 2012 12:17:38 GMT -5
Agree and this one, of many, is perfection in my hand and to my eyes.  |
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Post by robl on May 5, 2012 19:24:07 GMT -5
Nothing wrong at all, with a stock Colt, But...Elmer Keith's Improved Number Five is the Last Word.
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Post by Frank V on May 7, 2012 11:59:03 GMT -5
Nothing wrong at all, with a stock Colt, But...Elmer Keith's Improved Number Five is the Last Word. ;D ;D It's a beautiful gun, I've seen it It's in the Museum in Boise. Frank |
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Post by dlhredfoxx on May 10, 2012 9:10:02 GMT -5
Agree and this one, of many, is perfection in my hand and to my eyes. Stunning in it's simplicity! What a beautiful revolver! Thanks for sharing the pic, our tastes are similar. I've got bland to bling in my stable, and the older I get the more I tend to prefer simplicity and understated elegance with more of an eye for tradition... Once again, gorgeous revolver! |
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Post by noz on May 10, 2012 11:41:22 GMT -5
I really like the, more room behind the trigger guard, idea behind Gary Reeder's Magnum Grip Frame. Just haven't been able to come to grips with the purely subjective visual aspects. In fact when I cut the deal on my Reeder 500 MAX Gary offered me a 6.5 inch MAX that was about to come out of the shop that I could actually had some choice in some of the final matters like grips, etchings, and serial numbers. We could have easily had a no etching, serial number of choice 6.5 inch 500 MAX. Came down to the single factor that drove me to start working the original deal. The Bisley grip frame, hammer, and trigger. IMHO it just makes a much more visually appealing revolver. I will have a Reeder Magnum Grip Framed revolver one day, and that may put all my Bisley guns on the chopping block, but for now make mine Bisley. Have Gary put his "gunfighter" shaping on your Bisley grip frame. If nothing else it makes a real shooter out of them. I have a Ruger Super Black Hawk Bisley in 41 mag with the gunfighter treatment. It would take a big pile of money to buy it from me. |
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