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Post by oregon45 on Dec 15, 2012 21:57:00 GMT -5
I'm looking for a pair of S&W N-frame, square butt grips made from Ivory micarta, preferably the Westinghouse ivory micarta. Target or magna style. Let me know if you've got a pair you'd part with, thanks.
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Post by oregon45 on Dec 15, 2012 14:03:56 GMT -5
I was close to buying it, but it was a later 57 barrel without the "lazy ampersand" S&W roll mark on the left hand side, wouldn't have matched the age of my M58.
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Post by oregon45 on Dec 15, 2012 12:10:26 GMT -5
Sounds like a cool project!
I'm going to have Bowen do the work on mine as well. He replies quickly to emails, has a transparent pricing system, and seems genuinely enthusiastic about odd-ball S&W projects.
I passed on a nice 4" M57 barrel on the S&W forum last week; guy wanted $76 for it. $300 for an M25 barrel (unless its a blued Mountain Gun barrel) is an unrealistic price.
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Post by oregon45 on Dec 15, 2012 10:40:48 GMT -5
I've got an S-prefix Model 58 whose frame is in great shape, but the barrel is pitted on the outside making it the perfect candidate for a custom remodel ;D So I need some inspiration. I've been thinking about having a Model 25 barrel fitted and the cylinder rechambered to .45 Colt or, maybe, .45 ACP (with the cylinder modified for moon-clips). Another thought was to acquire a 38/44 Heavy Duty barrel and have it rebored to .41 caliber and leave the cylinder .41 Magnum (the cylinder on my revolver is really clean; I think the barrel pitting is from being wrapped in a wet rag or left in a case). Yet another thought was to get ahold of a Model 28 4" barrel, have it rebored to .45 caliber and cut to 3.5" for a shorty .45 Colt. Another route would be to acquire a Model 57 barrel and have it cut to 5". The name of the game here is not practicality (I've got plenty of factory standard S&W N-frames for that) but rather to have something interesting and unique. Thoughts? Any pictures would be appreciated.
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Post by oregon45 on Dec 15, 2012 0:44:42 GMT -5
I like mine; light, but still controllable.
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Post by oregon45 on Dec 10, 2012 21:05:39 GMT -5
If you look close, the grip frame on Cornelius' revolver looks an awful lot like a #5 frame...
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Post by oregon45 on Dec 8, 2012 22:48:18 GMT -5
Thanks Whitworth. My 44spl is already a Bisley so I wouldn't need a new grip frame. One more project to think about ;D
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Post by oregon45 on Dec 8, 2012 17:04:04 GMT -5
Very cool. What does Huntington charge for a conversion like this? I've got a 4 3/4" Bisley 44spl that could stand to become a .480.
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Post by oregon45 on Nov 30, 2012 19:52:33 GMT -5
It's also worth noting that, as a younger man, Keith was an accomplished rifle competitor. He shot very well at the National Matches in both individual and team competition with the Idaho National Guard.
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Post by oregon45 on Nov 29, 2012 15:38:59 GMT -5
I know several people who shoot thousands of rounds a year and are terrible shots. They learn nothing from the rounds they send down-range.
In the forward to Keith's "Gun Notes Volume 1" Ross Seyfried wrote that: "Elmer Keith was the best shot I have ever known." In light of Seyfried's own accomplishments, that gives an indication of how good a shot Keith was.
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Post by oregon45 on Nov 24, 2012 20:13:20 GMT -5
Here's my pick:
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Post by oregon45 on Nov 24, 2012 20:10:50 GMT -5
Colt Shooting Master. This one was made in the early 1930s and built specifically for Bullseye competition. The Shooting Masters were made at a time when the revolver ruled the competition shooting world. General Hatcher recommended them in his "Handbook of Pistols and Revolvers" for the "man with large hands" looking for the finest target revolver available. Checkered backstrap. The front strap is checkered as well, in the same pattern: Matted top strap, windage adjustable rear sight: Elevation adjustable front sight: 6" quick tapered barrel: Colt advertised the actions on the Shooting Masters as "hand honed," and they certainly are. The action on this revolver is smoother than the tuned Python's I've shot, and easily the equal of the tuned S&W K-frames. Somewhat more available, but less refined, than the Shooting Master are the Colt Officer's Model Match revolvers. Good guns, but in that frame size I prefer a S&W K38. Here's my mid-50's Colt OMM pictured alongside a '61 Colt Detective Special:
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Post by oregon45 on Nov 21, 2012 19:00:09 GMT -5
Nice 44's! I'm a neutral when it comes to Oregon football. Too many family members and friends who have gone to both schools!
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Post by oregon45 on Nov 21, 2012 18:27:43 GMT -5
I think it would be nice to know the chamber throat diameter on that revolver just to see how tight they were at that time. Would you be willing to check them? Just to see if they were held to tighter tolerances than they were at later times. I don't have a set of plug gauges, so I don't have a way to measure the throats. I took the original Cokes off for shooting, to avoid starting cracks up toward the trigger guard which is pretty common on those grips. I replaced them with a pair of custom walnut coke profile grips I had made by a guy on the S&W forum. Here's some pics:
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Post by oregon45 on Nov 20, 2012 20:19:50 GMT -5
Earlier this year I picked up a nice Ruger Flattop 44 Magnum made in 1961 and, for awhile, it was my oldest 44 Magnum. No more. This S&W 44 Magnum was made in the first half of 1958 and, although it's got a bit of holster wear, is otherwise solid and ready for another 54 years of shooting. I'll be 75 years old when this revolver turns 100, and I aim to be around to take it to the range that day ;D Still has the original "Coke" profile factory grips; very comfortable and much slimmer than the later goncalo alves factory grips. Going to put some rounds through it tomorrow; likely a light load of Trail Boss and a 240gr Oregon Trail bullet in magnum brass. That powder burns clean and the load is light enough it won't stress the gun, or the shooter
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