|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 15, 2024 23:45:41 GMT -5
If the main spring strut support was reconfigured then a two piece grip frame for the Ruger coil spring strut would work. That is what the Power Custom Two piece Colt style grip frame for Rugers works. I have used it on several custom Fugers with one piece grips. Reminds me I have a pair of Munden Vaqueros with Power Custom two piece grip frames and Eagle ebony grips and now I'm kicking myself for not thinking to make them one piece grips years ago. A drill press, ebony dowel, and a spacer are all it'd take. Heck, the ebony dowel could be the spacer.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 15, 2024 23:42:36 GMT -5
What about 2 piece frames for 1 piece grips? Just an idear I know this man is busy and has ideas coming a mile a minute not to mention the backstock of ideas after years of runnin machines for other people! Chances are if we can dream it up Ronnie has as well and maybe even made it and tried it out! I brought this up years ago when Ronnie introduced himself to the forum. He never says no or never, but it clearly wasn't the direction he wanted to go. One piece makes for a better grip frame realistically. I think the answer here is in the grips. His tolerances are so tight it would be easy to friction fit them with a typical one piece spacer and some strong magnets for added security. Everyone already knows the grips snap on. If he works out a system of holding the blanks without a locating center hole or if he fills the hole with a plug of the same wood, they'd essentially be one piece grips which is the point of a two piece grip frame. I can't recall exactly how Roy Fishpaw works, but maybe drill the locator hole on some 1/2 inch MDF, two sided tape the blanks on top of it, then set the zero of the Y axis 1/2 inch higher. I've got some extra PJ plain walnut grips that are yet to be fit. Maybe I'll plug the holes and make the spacer as a proof of concept. Actually the ebony grips are becoming my favorite and they're super easy to blend a wood plug.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 15, 2024 21:56:49 GMT -5
Very nice looking grips. Keep it up,, as you will learn something each time you make another set. "Other grip makers undercut that portion so it gives the appearance of a zero tolerance fit. I was surprised also to find out how much bedding material gets used for that seamless look." I make grips for myself. I've never had to "undercut" or use a "bedding material" to fix something. To me,, that'd be poor workmanship. IIRC FA factory grips have the undercut. On my last set of Rowen grips he offered the undercut because there were imperfections in the fit of the grip frame to the main frame, as there are on many if not most Rugers. If your gunsmith hasn't corrected that area and you're not planning a refinish, it's a great trick. As for the bedding, if it's used to fill unsightly gaps I'd generally agree. It's also used to help keep the panels tight and strong especially against a grip frame that isn't decked. When I refit grips to another gun, the pin location is drilled oversize, the grip is set to the best fit position on the new gun, and epoxy or bedding is used to reset the grip pin location. Different topic but bedding has a place in grips IMO. Check out the back side of Fishpaw grips sometime. They don't all have bedding, but many do.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 15, 2024 20:39:31 GMT -5
I think the contouring, fit, and finishing are great.
I haven't made many grips, but starting out with the 90 degree upper portion and getting it perfect before moving on has helped. If I get it a little off I can correct it without messing up the later fitting, and it seems like that's the area I'm most prone to messing up. The problem is our hands don't move in a straight line, they move in an arc so stuff like that is natural to do. All it takes is one slip of the paper at the 100 grit stage...
Other grip makers undercut that portion so it gives the appearance of a zero tolerance fit. I was surprised also to find out how much bedding material gets used for that seamless look.
I'd be more than happy to have made those or to use them, and the more I look the more I like.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 12, 2024 11:16:28 GMT -5
OP's question not answered. Lot's of speculation. Ronnie can say anything, anytime. I'm no Single Six expert. What're we looking for except to identify the front sight? If so, brighter closer pics would help. Lots of potential in that rig if you wanted to customize it further, or just enjoy it as is after you find a holster with a GENEROUS sight channel lol.
|
|
|
3/4” rings
Apr 11, 2024 21:23:55 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by potatojudge on Apr 11, 2024 21:23:55 GMT -5
|
|
|
Engraving?
Apr 11, 2024 11:49:10 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by potatojudge on Apr 11, 2024 11:49:10 GMT -5
Beyond “laser” I don’t know the process
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 11, 2024 11:47:22 GMT -5
One final thing, don't know if anyone mentioned it, I'd try a laser pointer cartridge in the chamber just to see where things are pointed. Rationale? You could sight CT grips in to POI and include a note to S&W saying that’s demonstrating the discrepancy. But really they should just fix and test fire it themselves. Could always keep it as is and mount a reflex sight too but if it was mine I’d want it made right regardless.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 9, 2024 22:30:34 GMT -5
Well, at least I know what's wrong with it, so that would be fair and honest negotiation. At first I just thought you were just mad and wouldn't really do that to someone else. Figured you were blowing off steam. Posting publicly so adamantly about doing someone else dirty by means of omitting a serious problem in the information shared kinda shows one's true colors. Now, if it had come from your estate to auction, no one could blame you for not telling, but this is different.
Most dirty dealers do so deceitfully. At least you're honest about meaning to do someone else wrong,... I guess.
Well I guess this was a waste of a post as usual. They always go sideways and way off topic. This board is starting to run its course the same as others. If your part of the click everyone can’t answer you fast enough or if your one of the worshiped ones everyone can’t suck them off fast enough. Not sure where you get I’m going to be intentionally deceitful? If I was selling it to a person face to face. I would absolutely tell the buyer about it. I’m probably the most honest seller you will ever meet. I’ve had many a gun corrected or fixed before I sold it so I don’t decieve the buyer. My feedback speaks for itself. I’ve bought from every major auction house in the country, many smaller ones as well know and even from England recently. Never seen a description from any of them that says anything more than description and condition of metal, finish etc. Have I been burned? Yes a few times. But that’s the chance I took So if you don’t have anything to add other than critique me stay the fuck off my post!!! 15 years on this board... I think what we're seeing here is the result of cognitive dissonance. Feeling a need to make a distinction between you selling the gun personally and needing to disclose a problem vs having an auction house sell on your behalf so you don't need to disclose is a means to an end- that is dumping the gun while preserving your view of yourself as an honest seller. It's a very distressing position to put yourself in, and when a board member pushes the issue we get this result. It's clear you're not really internally comfortable doing this, and so good for you because that's the right way to feel and I think consistent with the general culture of this group. Sorry the gun is a disappointment and that the service has been as well. Not at all your fault, just bad luck or maybe the results of a bad actor dumping the gun. What comes next you need to be ok with. Given that S&W will (attempt at least) fix it for free, even if the gun is out of hand another 5 months, I think that's the course you'll find the most comfort in. Unless there's an urgent need for the money or the gun that we're not aware of, I think you'll find it's 5 months well spent. If it returns again incorrect, trade or sell it with full disclosure. Surely someone here has a custom 66 in mind and was planning to pay for a barrel setback to close the BC gap, fix end shake, upgrade the front sight, etc so having a barrel that needs to be clocked is not a big deal. Likely you can expect only a modest reduction in the sale price, probably less than the auction house fees. Good luck with what you decide.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 9, 2024 20:26:38 GMT -5
3-14 and not yet shipped Feeling like I’m gambling not getting some from midway already Shipped, for anyone still waiting
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 7, 2024 17:43:08 GMT -5
I meant Ronnie and Fermin It exposes a larger audience to their products and can link to their sites as well. Neither of their sites have a strong Google presence yet It’s a common market with a ton of traffic and could pull in a lot of hits with the right descriptors. Anyone looking for grips, grip frames, springs, sights or sight blades etc would find their products even if they were only looking for OEM parts initially. Lots of Ruger owners don’t know their parts exist, but the guy who lost his sight spring or grip screw will go to eBay looking for the part and might find some nice upgrades they don’t know they needed.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 7, 2024 14:26:15 GMT -5
There are powers stoning fixture conversions for sale on eBay. Being sold by Powers. I think they need an eBay store.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 6, 2024 23:01:54 GMT -5
OAL is within a 1/10th of an inch of 445 SuperMag and your top end data is pretty much 445. That MBC bullet has plenty of options for crimping to vary OAL, which is the only way to get that much H110 in a 44 mag case.
Seeing a drop in velocity from 27 to 28 then back up at 29 grains tell you to stay under 27 grains or, and this is the better answer, change powders for that long powder column.
These loads don't have much in common with SAAMI 44 magnum except for using the same brass gasket. That's code for "don't try this at home" in a lesser gun. I do believe you're making the most of the BFR and the 44 Mag, and maybe then some.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 6, 2024 22:44:07 GMT -5
The 22 marking of +2 is a fun way to indicate a custom cylinder and all the work that goes along with it. Slotted pins. Aggie01 front sight. I thought it was stained oak until I saw it was bog oak, and now I think it needs to be polished and a high gloss finish applied.
The 475 didn't look like Harton initially with the cyanide coloring, but the rebarrel and refinish by Bobby Tyler explain that. I like the hybrid Baughman/TLA front sight profile.
Both priced reasonably for full build customs, even if you needed to spend a little to have the octagon barrel installed. $4k for an octagon Harton gun was a good deal pre Covid.
|
|
|
Post by potatojudge on Apr 6, 2024 13:48:00 GMT -5
|
|