.480 Ruger Custom Mid Frame

[tek4260]

Jul 19, 2012 12:38:31 GMT -5 Snyd said:

Jul 18, 2012 18:36:17 GMT -5 bushog said:

I have one in the works from Jack built on a stainless .44 Special flattop.

Will have an 4 5/8 oct barrel, a Bisley hammer and his extended grip frame. Should be done in time for X-mas!

I think the .475 Special belongs to the same guy from castboolits.

Bowen absolutely will not do it.

I was talking with Mr. Bowen about octagon in a 44mag 50th NM flat top. He emailed this response. It appears that on the 357 50th Ann mid frame flat tops there is an issue with installing octagon. Probably the same with any NM midframe flat top.

"Regrettably, I have not done an octagonal barrel installation on a new .44 Flat Top and do not have one in the building at the moment to check with an octagonal barrel. I do know that the one .357 I tried to fit with one was so marginal that I swore I'd never try it again. As you probably know, the angle described by the vertical centerline of the receiver and a line through the barrel center axis and tube boss axis is about 135 degs. which is exactly where it should be to be perpedicular to the lower angled flat on an octagonal barrel. The problem, with the .357 anyway, is that the ejector tube boss hole in the receiver face is probably on an angle close to 120--130 degs., leaving the tube quite eccentric or off-set to the barrel flat. If you can even get the tube to lay on the flat the result is somewhat unsightly. I would wish to suspend judgement until I can lay hands on a .44 FT recevier."

I'll have to take some more specific pictures, but the ERH seems to work fine on my 50th 357 converted to 45. If there is an issue with it, I haven't noticed. But I haven't really studied the fit in detail.




Here is a better pic by the original builder

[hughree]

Beautiful!

[dlhredfoxx]

ERH to barrel fit looks tight... I don't see any gaps or anything. Beautiful gun, and a 45 Colt to boot.

[bushog]

It seems pretty clear to me that it can be done. We all agree that Huntington is putting the oct barrels on mid-frame NM flattops and there is a great example of one above. It must just take some work and may be a pain. Who did that revolver Tek?

[cddogfan1]

Man I am really digging this 480 on a med frame idea.

[tek4260]

Jul 20, 2012 7:56:33 GMT -5 bushog said:

It seems pretty clear to me that it can be done. We all agree that Huntington is putting the oct barrels on mid-frame NM flattops and there is a great example of one above. It must just take some work and may be a pain. Who did that revolver Tek?

It was built by REP1954. I'm waiting for him to go commercial

[dlhredfoxx]

tek4260, I can't stop staring at your custom! It's really nice. How does it shoot?

[tek4260]

I've only shot it enough to zero it, which was around 6 shots or so. It shot as good as it looks with the Mihec 270SAA HP over 12gr of HS-6. I believe it was running just above 1000fps.

[anglia48]

That sure looks like a nice piece.