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Post by oregon45 on Sept 24, 2012 22:05:45 GMT -5
Very cool! The color in those cocobolo grips really complement the straw tones in the case hardening. Just a perfect combination.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 18, 2012 13:51:02 GMT -5
If I trade in a little used rifle I'd be into the BFR for about $300 cash.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 18, 2012 10:14:12 GMT -5
Thanks guys, I can get this BFR fairly inexpensively if I trade a few things in; that, and the big pile of 45-70 components I've got in the garage, make it an attractive way to get some big-bore experience before I take the plunge on a custom Bisley in .475 or .500 Linebaugh. I was surprised by how well the gun balanced when I handled it in the store, not unlike a Ruger .357 Maximum.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 17, 2012 20:49:16 GMT -5
If I'd have known then what I know now, I'd have kept this one. Would've made the perfect 5" gun:
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 17, 2012 18:32:35 GMT -5
Local shop has a BFR in 45-70; looks interesting, and I've got 1500 Oregon Trail 405gr lead bullets left over from my last 45-70 project, along with about 10lbs of Trail Boss powder. ;D
Anybody have a BFR in 45-70? If so, how do you like it and what kind of loads are you running? I'm not interested in red-lining the cartridge; if I get the BFR, it'll be to shoot light and mid-range loads. I really prefer the Bisley grip for any kind of real recoil.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 17, 2012 14:52:55 GMT -5
Great pics! Looking forward to the next installment.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 15, 2012 20:10:43 GMT -5
I've got a few: 3.5" S&W M27-2 3" S&W M24-3 2.5" S&W M66 no dash: Colt Detective Special and a Colt Agent: Wheel O' Snubbies! Clockwise: M66, M442, M317, Colt Det. Sp.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 12, 2012 23:25:01 GMT -5
Great looking holster! Thanks for the detail pics, they really show what a high level of workmanship Barranti is producing. I got my first order in to him earlier this month, and I'm planning my next order already ;D
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 12, 2012 23:23:51 GMT -5
If you get a 45 Flattop, I highly recommend getting ahold of a copy of "Handloader" magazine, issue #275. Brian Pearce did a write up of the gun and included a large number of loads that are safe for the medium frame 45. His top load with the 280gr RCBS SAA bullet was with AA#9 powder at 1145fps. I'd take that load over a 250gr Lyman 429421 at 1200fps anyday. +1!! I have a .45 Flattop convertible and consider it a smoking bargain and all the gun I need! Plus you can use 1911 mags for speedloaders with the ACP cylinder. +1 on the 1911 mags. I remember reading an article by Sheriff Jim Wilson where he demonstrated that method, must have been 10 years ago or so in Shooting Times.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 12, 2012 20:20:17 GMT -5
If you get a 45 Flattop, I highly recommend getting ahold of a copy of "Handloader" magazine, issue #275. Brian Pearce did a write up of the gun and included a large number of loads that are safe for the medium frame 45.
His top load with the 280gr RCBS SAA bullet was with AA#9 powder at 1145fps. I'd take that load over a 250gr Lyman 429421 at 1200fps anyday.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 12, 2012 19:38:12 GMT -5
I have three each of the 45 and 44 Flattops and my 5.5" 45 and 5.5" 44spl Flattop's are within an ounce of one another; ditto the 4 5/8" versions. I thought there would be more difference in weight because of the larger bore, but that's not what the scale said.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 12, 2012 19:12:05 GMT -5
Here's my .357 Maximum. Unfortunately it came to me drilled and tapped, but that just means it's a custom in waiting ;D Pictured with a copy of Whitworth's new book:
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 11, 2012 19:45:24 GMT -5
I'm interested as well; PM sent.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 9, 2012 21:51:28 GMT -5
Ross Seyfried also wrote an excellent article on casting softnose revolver bullets in "Handloader" back in about 2003 or so.
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Post by oregon45 on Sept 9, 2012 10:55:15 GMT -5
Dug this one out of the safe the other day. Made in the early 1930s it is a Colt New Service Shooting Master in 38spl. The Shooting Master was a specially modified New Service made for NRA Bullseye competition. The grip is tapered, reduced in width and then checkered front and back. The grip modifications make the Shooting Master feel smaller in the hand than other New Services, it is a subtle difference, but readily apparent when handling the Shooting Master side by side with a Colt 1917. The top strap is matted and fitted with a single blade rear sight adjustable for windage. The front sight is adjustable for elevation, again with a single screw. The barrel is a 6" tapered target barrel that, combined with the weight of the gun, gives a neutral balance that, in my hands at least, causes the gun to just "hang" on the target. Each Shooting Master came from Colt with what Colt called a "hand honed" action. The pull is a constant, straight back pull that rotates the cylinder like the pins on a bank vault; the hammer drop is quick, quicker than Colt 1917's I've shot. The lockup of the cylinder is rock solid. This old gun is having a pleasant retirement in my collection. Every now and again it gets out to the range to shoot some 148gr HBWC's over Bullseye and then comes home for some Hoppe's #9. When I first bought it I ran a box of Federal Gold Medal Match ammo through it and, without my having touched the sights, it tore the X out of an NRA Bullseye target at 25 yards. There's no stopping some octagenarians There's no mistaking a Colt New Service for a compact revolver: Lovely barrel contour, one of my favorites: Matted top strap: Adjustable front sight: Checkered back strap; the front strap is checkered in the same manner, as is the face of the trigger: The rear sight is adjustable for windage using a single screw: At nearly 80 years old, it's still the Master:
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