akray
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Post by akray on Nov 10, 2009 20:28:53 GMT -5
I had a Phillips & Rodgers Bisley conversion in 500 Linebaugh. The work wasn't top notch, but Jack Huntington made some good improvements to it for me. He definitely worked some magic, and his price was very reasonable. I liked the carryability of the gun, couldn't shoot it worth a darn mostly due to the extreme recoil, and the last straw was my handloads underperforming in colder weather. I used a bad primer and powder combination, but I thought it was time to move to a smaller powder capacity round. I might get another one from a different maker some day, but I'm happy with other guns.
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Post by akray on Oct 29, 2009 13:09:18 GMT -5
I'm glad you're back, Lee. I've been wondering what you were up to.
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Post by akray on Oct 16, 2009 12:57:26 GMT -5
See there? That is the very boot he measured the barrel against. Thanks for the great example, Rob.
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Post by akray on Oct 13, 2009 17:32:51 GMT -5
I saw a 6" Model 29 for $450.00 this weekend. There were some speckles in the bluing, but otherwise good condition. I might have bit if it were a 6 1/2" gun.
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Post by akray on Oct 12, 2009 11:30:04 GMT -5
I showed it to Rob Leahy of simplyrugged.com fame when I stopped in Wasilla on my drive home and he held it up against his boot because it looked longer than 10". How's that for a field expedient? It's got a 12" barrel on it instead of a 10".
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Post by akray on Oct 11, 2009 18:51:37 GMT -5
I found a really nice condition Virginian Dragoon in 357 Magnum today. It is blue with a color case hardened frame, and it has a 10" barrel. I thought this was a little unusual so I bought it. The asking price was $275.00, but the seller came down to $250.00. They didn't have the box or anything with it, but they did say that they got it from someone 15 or more years ago. It's an interesting looking revolver, and a little big for a .357, but still neat. It's got the adjustable rear sight, and a white dot front sight. The serial # is A 360xx. Any idea of when it was made?
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Post by akray on Sept 14, 2009 0:09:54 GMT -5
A guy's been trying to sell one here locally for the last part of the summer. He says his gun is almost unfired, has a brick of ammo with it, and he wants $350.00 for it. That seems high to me.
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Post by akray on Sept 13, 2009 23:58:41 GMT -5
JT Ammons, I've got one of those little RG 22 revolvers too, except mine has a nickel frame. I bought it at a gunshow from a retired cop for $25.00. He said he got it from a guy on a domestic violence call. He pulled up to the house, the guy came out and popped a few shots into the windshield of his cruiser. I guess the story was worth the money. My youngest daughter has had her eye on it ever since I showed it to her. She ignores the good guns and picks that one up to inspect and hold. I've tried to shoot mine a couple times and it's an iffy proposition for sure. I wouldn't be dumb enough to take on a cop car with it, that's for sure. That's somewhat akin to tackling a cape buff with an RG in 38 Special in my book. My rimfires... (Hope this works...) Mark II Government, Sig Mosquito, my late great grandmother's old RG10, Single Six, Taurus 94.
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Post by akray on Sept 6, 2009 1:20:20 GMT -5
squeaker, I know Lee. I've seen him at the gunshows for years. Whenever I buy a gun that needs some screws or something, I go ask Lee if he has what I'm looking for. He usually tells me to come back later because he knows he has what I need, he knows where it is, but he hasn't unpacked that particular box yet. What does he charge to convert a Model 71 to 450 Alaskan or 50 Alaskan?
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Post by akray on Aug 30, 2009 1:39:59 GMT -5
Cool gun, axehandle. I like it.
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Post by akray on Aug 24, 2009 17:35:55 GMT -5
I think you should have. Sometimes you have to go all out to get something like this. The 4 5/8" guns are very handy looking. If it's any consolation, you probably came in second place.
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Post by akray on Aug 24, 2009 17:30:23 GMT -5
You'd be saving your friend some future doctor visits brought on by vicious .500 Linebaugh recoil in that Redhawk of his. I say that mostly tongue-in-cheek, since the recoil is more insulting than a $1500.00 offer could ever be. Of course, if you need to shoot something as hard as you can, that's probably the gun to do it with.
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Post by akray on Aug 22, 2009 23:04:23 GMT -5
One thing that Andrew has demonstrated time after time is a nearly unerring eye for deals that he can make money on. He's made a hundred bucks in a matter of minutes before, almost in front of my eyes. As I recall, he doubled his money on that 696 he found. It was a nice early one, and I didn't even know the first thing about them until he showed me the deal he'd just bought.
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Post by akray on Aug 20, 2009 19:30:27 GMT -5
I passed on one last fall for $700.00 at a gun show. The vendor still had it by the end, so everyone else must have passed on it too. I probably would have been willing to go up to $550.00 or so, but even that would have been pushing it.
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Post by akray on Aug 18, 2009 17:38:23 GMT -5
510 Maximum, I read this article again after the incidents above. It made sense to use powder that would work better in lower temperatures, and I have switched to CCI magnum primers when loading for cartridges that use large amounts of powder. Dealing with the recoil was another story though, and I decided that I may as well go with something else that didn't kick so hard. I might buy another 500 Linebaugh in the future, but I'm going to work on being accurate with lesser calibers first.
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