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Post by Bowenbuilt on May 15, 2012 12:02:16 GMT -5
Just received my grips from Sack and installed them today. What a difference in looks and feel. I don't know how he fits these grips so well. They fit the frame perfectly! I have sent grip frames off and they did not fit the frame any better than these, not only that but he made them exactly as I requested with no bark and very thin. The only thing I had to do was remove the casting flash on the inside of the grip frame, the tolerance on them are that close. Thanks Sack! It is not often these days you get what you pay for, in this instance they are a bargain!  |
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Post by Boge Quinn on May 15, 2012 12:12:26 GMT -5
Looks great!
I should receive my long-awaited barkless Elk stocks any day now, for my 4-5/8" Old Model Ruger 45.
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Post by whitworth on May 15, 2012 13:21:24 GMT -5
Wow, those are very nice!
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Post by sackpeterson on May 15, 2012 15:10:33 GMT -5
You guys all endure kinda long waits, and I have many thanks for your patience allowing me to do stuff the way I want to do it.
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Post by Lee Martin on May 15, 2012 16:26:45 GMT -5
Very nice as always Sack. Tell us more about the gun. Is it an Old West finished Uberti or did you "age" it yourself? Either way it looks really slick. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time" |
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Post by squawberryman on May 15, 2012 16:38:50 GMT -5
Newbie question. Why did you have to remove casting flash? Is them plastic?
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Post by nolongcolt on May 15, 2012 16:49:03 GMT -5
Newbie question. Why did you have to remove casting flash? Is them plastic? I think he meant inside the brass grip frame itself, not the grips. |
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Post by Bowenbuilt on May 15, 2012 18:16:40 GMT -5
Very nice as always Sack. Tell us more about the gun. Is it an Old West finished Uberti or did you "age" it yourself? Either way it looks really slick. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time" Lee, This is the same gun I posted as being such a good deal on Gunbroker several months ago. It came with the bead blasted finish and with the help of Boge I aged that finish to what you see now. Boge's gun looked so good with the aged finish and the stag grips I just had to have a set for mine. It is the $250.00 Uberti 1873 Hombre. I have upgraded the springs, aged the finish so the grips from Sack was the finishing touch. |
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Post by Bowenbuilt on May 15, 2012 18:23:41 GMT -5
Newbie question. Why did you have to remove casting flash? Is them plastic? The brass grip frame has a casting mark on the center of the inside of the frame all the way around. These grips are made as one piece grips with a spacer in the middle of them just as the factory grips are made. The fit on Sack's were so close that I had to remove the casting flash on the inside of the grip frame with a file in order to install them. These babies fit very snugly and don't allow for any casting flash on the inside of the grip frame. This is just the way I wanted them and I was very surprised the tolerance was this good. A win win situation for sure!! |
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Post by olddoc on May 15, 2012 20:06:00 GMT -5
If you are interested, Birchwood Casey makes a product that will blacken the grip frame and trigger guard to match the rest of the gun. I could not find it locally, so I used a product called "OXIDIZ-IT" by Discount Trophy & Co, that I got in a craft shop. It woked well on my gun. I then antiqued it by buffing the finish down using a non metal pad by 3M that mimics steel wool. I sanded down the glossy grips and darkened them using stain. It now looks like a cool old gun. I also put a Wolff spring kit in it. Very accurate by the way. I'm no good at posting photos but if anyone sends me a PM with their e-mail, i can send you a photo.
Doc
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Post by Boge Quinn on May 15, 2012 20:17:47 GMT -5
This is the same gun I posted as being such a good deal on Gunbroker several months ago. It came with the bead blasted finish and with the help of Boge I aged that finish to what you see now. Boge's gun looked so good with the aged finish and the stag grips I just had to have a set for mine. It is the $250.00 Uberti 1873 Hombre. I have upgraded the springs, aged the finish so the grips from Sack was the finishing touch. I think it turned out very nicely! Sack, if you got 'em turned around in a week, it would still SEEM like a long time. |
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Post by mike257 on May 15, 2012 21:47:19 GMT -5
The more I see barkless the more I like them, I was going to get my first set made by Sack and was going to go with heavy bark now Im thinking about no bark .
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Post by vonfatman on May 15, 2012 22:08:38 GMT -5
Wow. That gun is stunning. All the work you have done works together real well. Of course the stocks make it a show stopper.
Bob
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Post by dlhredfoxx on May 16, 2012 8:33:30 GMT -5
That is the classic old western six gun look... the elk panels are the finishing touch... does that Uberti come with the BP bevel on the cylinder or did you had that done yourself? Is she a good shooter?
I'd love to see a sticky on how to do that finish, so long as their is not any IP or "trade secrets" involved. I know that some smiths charge a mint for that finish and guard their recipe's closely...
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Post by Bowenbuilt on May 16, 2012 9:01:52 GMT -5
That is the classic old western six gun look... the elk panels are the finishing touch... does that Uberti come with the BP bevel on the cylinder or did you had that done yourself? Is she a good shooter? I'd love to see a sticky on how to do that finish, so long as their is not any IP or "trade secrets" involved. I know that some smiths charge a mint for that finish and guard their recipe's closely... The black powder bevel comes on all of Uberti's 1873 reproductions. The finish is very simple to do, get a piece of gray 3M Scotch bright and rub until you are satisfied. A nice steady pressure to get an even look on the entire gun, you can do as little or as much as you like. You don't even have to disassemble the gun. I left the sight trough on the top strap and the front sight untouched on mine to hold down the glare but the rest of it was rubbed vigorously in the same direction as natural wear would occur until it was bright and shiny. I used up 2 of the large squares doing mine. You might also want to go to Jeff Quinn's web sight and check out Boge's article on how he did it to his. That's where I got my start on this one. This gun shoots to the point of aim with 8 grains of Unique and a cast 250 grain RNFP and does 1.5" groups all day long. With the addition of the Wolf spring kit the trigger breaks at 2.5 lbs and with this load is a real pleasure to shoot. Here's what it looked like before anything was done. I just did not like the bead blasted finish on a single action.  |
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