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Post by kaytod on Jun 2, 2020 17:16:24 GMT -5
Stopped by my friend Jason's house last night. Jason is a great friend and accomplished gunsmith. Some may know him from the WY shoot and Cold turkey shoot in Wyoming. Jason is a big fellow who is a bit shorter and thicker than I. His hands have nearly the same in palm width and length, fingers are shorter, but his hands are nearly twice as thick as mine, back of the hand to the inside of the palm. When he closes his hand, thumb to middle fingers making a zero, he doesn't have the clear area that I do. I could slip a shovel handle through mine. He's more like a broom handle in the clear. Very meaty in the palm of the hand.
I gave him the little special with the Kaytod MLOP and his eyes light up. I then realized why.
WHY? His palm has the extra length built in! So when he grabs the Kaytod, the gun feels perfect to him. To him the Bisley feel too long, as all his extra meat lengthens the grips "length of pull", naturally. The Kaytod gave him the proper length of pull for proper hand position as the length of pull was made up by his meaty palms. The Kaytod still has all the relief behind the trigger and the full height of the grip, so those of you with large hands that are thick and meaty with fleshy palms, may find this to be comfortable for you as well, something I never dreamed would be a benefit to large hands.
Thanks again to Ronald Wells for embarking on this venture.
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Post by kaytod on Jun 2, 2020 16:49:57 GMT -5
Glad to hear you’re good Todd!!! So Ronnie likes you better 😢 Maybe someday I’ll see the FE special It's cause I'm not as ugly as you! hahaha Great to hear from you Frank. Hope all is well.
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Post by kaytod on May 31, 2020 17:23:50 GMT -5
Friends all, It's been a long time since I've been around. Lots of personal stuff happening this last year. Father God is good. I made it! In other news, I've been talking to Ronald Wells regarding a modified grip frame for folks, like my wife and several of my best friends, who have true medium hands. The standard Ruger Bisley is a bit long in the reach for these folks who's hand is medium and their fingers are shorter. This makes the reach to the trigger a stretch and then when pressing on the trigger, they end up pushing on the side of the trigger with the end of their finger, rather than getting the trigger squarely in the middle of the finger pad. So, here are the details of the "Kaytod Bisley Mid-LOP" The grip frame still maintains the full space behind the trigger guard. It's not been bunched up to bang your knuckles. The grip frame angle ( talk to Ronald for the details on how it's measured ) has been set to 102 degrees instead of 100. Lastly, and here is the biggest benefit. The back strap has been moved as far forward as possible, to get the palm of the short hand closer to the trigger. Think of it like having your shotgun that is too long for you, shortened to fit your length of pull. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure. The three comparison photos are of three separate shooters with a true medium sized hand. First picture is of them holding a regular Bisley, the second with the Kaytod Bisley MLOP. Difference in grip panels between the Ruger Bisley and the Kaytod Bisley MLOP The 44 spl Flattop now pretty close to complete, sans final polishing and blending to the frame which is only a couple thousanths. More pictures to follow along with a range report comparing the fit and recoil among shooters with similar hands. Thank you all for your prayers this last year and more. Todd P.S. added. This gets the shooter about 1/4 to 3/8" closer to the trigger than the standard Bisley. When combined with the grip profile is an enormous change for those who have medium hands. Hope those of you who have this size hands will get with Ronald. This frame has yielded all smiles and some very descriptive adjectives of excitement to those who have tried it, even without it being totally finished in!
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Post by kaytod on May 29, 2020 21:57:52 GMT -5
Unique, 2400, and H110. Been using a little Vit 110 lately and am liking it pretty well too.
Finally got a little Power pistol. Looking forward to trying it too.
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Post by kaytod on Apr 25, 2020 22:21:47 GMT -5
I have swaged the RCBS 45-405 FN down to .452 for use in the 460 Smith with success. I was tasked by a friend to find out why he couldn't get his early 460 Encore barrel to shoot well. Works well if you have the mold and cast. If not, Beartooth or Cast Performance are the only ones that come to mind right now with heavies in the 400 grain area.
Short story His problems: He only shot 45 colt and 454 casull ammo, not 460 ammo, which contributed to his dismal groups.
My initial shooting: Upon receiving the barrel, acquiring some factory 460 with 200 grain Hornady FTX, groups were nothing to write home about. Cases were horribly sooty with lots of thick powder residue on the outside of the cases.
Initial investigation: Barrel had .625 of freebore at the end of the chamber before touching the rifling. Don't know if this is common to all TC barrels or just his. Solution: Resized the aforementioned bullets to .452, as they would still be in the case upon reaching the rifling. Combined with the additional bullet weight and dwell time, should cause the cases to expand and seal the chamber eliminating the soot problems and create a bit more support for the bullet to be enter the rifling straighter.
Result: Two loads were made. One with H4198 to a tune of 1350 FPS, showed a bit over 1 1/2 inch groups at 100 with iron sights and a cross-eyed shooter on the handle. I didn't think that was bad considering the factory ammo in this gun printed about 10" at 100. Barrel was returned to it's owner and he liked the accuracy but the recoil was far too stiff. Second load was made with Trail Boss powder for ( as I remember ) about a 900 fps load and similar accuracy. Barrel was returned, Owner liked the combination and was happy.
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Post by kaytod on Mar 1, 2020 19:51:33 GMT -5
Unique, 2400, H110 are my old standby's.
Powders new to me that I've used and find promise. Vit N32C and Vit 110
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Post by kaytod on Nov 15, 2019 18:21:58 GMT -5
Thank you KAYTOD! Been working on it a long time. The part # OM BIS-STD is a regular Ruger Bisley Shape with a Semi Bisley trigger guard that uses either the narrow or wide Old Model trigger, utilizing the original trigger spring and plunger for trigger return. The OM BIS-BHT is a bisley with the Black hawk trigger guard.And the same option of wide or narrow trigger. The following pics are as follows. A 41 special Midframe with aluminum bisley, with narrow (BHTG) Black hawk trigger guard. The 44-1.450 Ronnie Stupid In the next 2 pics is a wide trigger Brass (SBTG) semi bisley trigger guard! Sorry bowt the confusing Nomenclature 44-1.450 Ronnie Stupid. I have built a few for myself and a lot of em for buddys here in town. A couple of freinds of mine at Carters country named Thomas and Rex here in houston, A popular gunstore chain here. Named it 44 Ronnie Stupid because it Darn near matches the velocity of 445 Supermag in a standard length Frame. Of course my cylinders are longer but 1".450 was about all i could squeeze in there and leave a little space for bullet jump! It definitely wakes up an old 44 mag. PM me Please. Todd
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Post by kaytod on Nov 12, 2019 15:37:49 GMT -5
What a list! Whew, I feels faint!
Ruger Brass Bisley's are my choice Ruger Aluminum Bisley's would be neat for a lightweight project.
One thing on the wish list is a Ruger Bisley for the Old Model three Screw, Specifically the Old Army! ( Brass or Stainless ) ( Bisley hammer for the Old army would be great too! )
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Post by kaytod on Nov 10, 2019 6:36:33 GMT -5
I keep coming back to those pics. Did he use a Tapcon bit? Dremel
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Post by kaytod on Oct 28, 2019 21:16:18 GMT -5
One of the best things to keep a well fitting cylinder form developing end shake is to always, I mean, ALWAYS keep a drop of heavy oil or light grease on the nose and ratchet of the cylinder. This acts as a hydraulic damper to eliminate battering.
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Post by kaytod on Sept 14, 2019 11:00:24 GMT -5
Still have a couple things to massage and awaiting dies, for the balance of the barrels and uppers I have to assemble. Should be able to send a couple out for an objective opinions here in the near future. Should be great on deer and hogs. Had to keep my cards close on this one until I found it would work. Kaytod, can you give us the case head diameter? I've seen a chamber reamer drawing that has the chamber base at 0.392" but I haven't seen exact case dimensions yet, apart from length. I'm assuming the head is closer to 357 Max than 9mm, but was wondering. Thanks! .473 Head .500 Body Dies finally arrived from CH4D yesterday. Form dies work perfectly, loaded my first dummy round without any flaws. Will form, load and shoot some with the proper dies, not my Rube Goldberg homemade ones, ASAP
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Post by kaytod on Sept 14, 2019 10:57:11 GMT -5
I understand completely. Take care of your family first. Our prayers are with you and your family.
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Post by kaytod on Jul 9, 2019 20:44:20 GMT -5
Paul, I own and shoot a .460 in 1911 format. I roll my own using a hardcast (mostly linotype with jus enough lead to fill the mold correctly) using a LEE 255gr RFN bullet and Longshot for 1200 fps roughly. Feeds and functions fine in mine and would be my choice. It looks very similar to the 255gr LFN-GC you posted above. The LEE 255 RFN is a great bullet too. I use it in the 45 ACP. It has about the right nose length and shape to feed in most 45 Autos. The meplat is a bit modest for some, but it's functionality is great.
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Post by kaytod on Jul 9, 2019 17:02:36 GMT -5
Far left and far right would get my nod. The 200 CE bullet and the 250 MBW bullets would get you about the same bullet dimension and seating depth in the case. the 250 lead has 20% more weight while eating up about the same real estate. Both have decent meplat's and should work well. As for defense in the bottom feeder, which ever of the two feeds the most reliably.
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Post by kaytod on Jun 30, 2019 20:20:39 GMT -5
I believe they are both steel. Rugers that are stainless generally have a K imprinted on them, which correlates with the model numbers. All the stainless Ruger stuff is listed as a "K" before all the rest of the numbers.
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