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Post by bobwright on Nov 24, 2012 16:55:43 GMT -5
BLAH! I know it was .401 WSL brass! Don't know what made me type .405. Sorry for the cornfusion!
Incidentally I referred to the .43 Eimer using .30-06 brass. From what information I had, he used a Colt M1917 fitted with a .44 Special barrel. The brass had to have the inside neck reamed to accept .429" dia. bullets.
I remember reading that some of his empties had to be driven out with a mallet.
Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 24, 2012 11:57:24 GMT -5
Dick chose the .45 Colt over Elmer's favorite .44 Special as the Winchester .45 Colt brass of the day featured solid heads versus the .44 Special's folded head cases. Dick felt that the solid design better enabled the case to withstand the higher pressures Dick was experimenting with. At the risk of jumping into the middle of controversy, I don't believe .44 Special and .45 Colt brass were either/or as to case head construction. I believe the transition was made across the field and was phased in for all cartridges. And the old cases were balloon head, not folded head. Here is a sectioned .45 Colt case of balloon head construction that is from a box of Remington factory ammo that I bought in 1954: But, as to a new Magnum round, Keith was not the only one experimenting with high velocity revolver rounds. "Pop" Eimer was building heavy loaded .44 rounds, the .43 Eimer, using shortened .30-06 brass with half moon clips. Also the famous .401 Eimer, using .405 Winchester brass. Gordon Boser also worked in the .40 caliber range. Local (Memphis, TN) gunsmith H.L. Highsmith built .40 caliber "magnums" using .303 Savage brass. Keith, because of his writing ability, and likely a pugnacious spirit, became the best known of the shootists of the era. Not to take away anything from him, but there were others equally involved. Bob Wright P.S. the .40 caliber area was popular since barrels from either .38-40 or .41 Colt revolvers could be used.
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Post by bobwright on Nov 23, 2012 17:01:40 GMT -5
This would be a good opportunity for someone with just such a setup to post a photo... Well, here's my .45 Colt fitted with a steel ejector rod housing and steel grip frame. The grip frame comes "in the white" and was fitted and blued by my gunsmith. And, for good measure, one fitted with a Super Blackhawk grip frame. Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 20, 2012 10:43:13 GMT -5
No, that's not it. Back when rifling was just getting started, up until powered machines came in just before the Civil war, the way to make a rifled barrel was to take square wrought iron bars and wind them around a mandrel that had the rifling pattern on it, then hammer weld it all into a solid barrel. This left the outside looking rather beat up. Since there weren't powered lathe's available, but the gunsmiths did have files, it was much easier to file the outside of the barrel into an octagonal shape than it was to try and file them round, or into a hexagon etc.
As I heard it, the gunsmith actually did the forming and welding, then turned the filing over to apprentices. Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 20, 2012 10:38:37 GMT -5
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Post by bobwright on Nov 20, 2012 10:33:17 GMT -5
When you replaced the grips, did you notice if both legs were over the post in the grip frame? Sometimes shooters will lighten the trigger pull by removing one leg from the post.
And, how in the world do you get your hand around that piece of wood? It looks as big as a tree stump in the photo.
Bob Wright
(I'm talking about the legs of the mainspring here.)
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Post by bobwright on Nov 20, 2012 10:28:23 GMT -5
Indeed it was. Don't know actual sales figures, but from posts on other forums, seems pretty popular.
The advantage is, of course, the use of .38 Special, .357 Magnum, and 9mm ammunition. The 9mm is probably the most easily obtained ammunition in the world now. And bargain bulk is available in both .38 Special and 9mm.
Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 20, 2012 10:25:09 GMT -5
Looks to me to be a Ruger Vaquero with 7 1/2" barrel. This judging by the amount of exposed hammer behinmd the recoil shield.
Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 19, 2012 11:56:21 GMT -5
Ruger Three Screw Blackhawk, .44 Special (Ex-.357 Magnum) in Bob Mernickle PS-6SA rig. My "American Express" (Never leave home without it) gun. The .44 Specials just seem more comfortable to me. I carry six extra rounds, because that's what my carrier holds. Keeps me from going home with an empty revolver. Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 19, 2012 11:50:13 GMT -5
As long as I've been into six-shooters, I was hauled up short for that faux pas recently on another forum.
Been watching my Ps and Qs morel closely lately.
Incidentally, from what was told to me, only the .45 Colt caliber is truly a SAA, the .44-40 is the Frontier Six Shooter. Not too sure what to call the other calibers. It's jus SA for me from now on.
Incidentally, someone ventured that the .32-20, .38-40, ans .44-40 caliber Colts should be referred to as the "Winchester Model." I'm not going anywhere near that!
And from a Kellogg's cereal box from long ago, the 4 3/4" Colt was the "Civilian Model," the 5 1/2" Colt was the "Artillery Model," while the 7 1/2" barrel was the "Cavalry Model." And, then there's the "Model P."
Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 16, 2012 21:02:43 GMT -5
That's PURDY Bob, who did the color case? Doug Turnbull Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 16, 2012 14:44:47 GMT -5
Here is my new Hy Hunter .357 Western Six Shooter undressed in the fitting room: Trigger guard is from Colt Navy, steel backstrap from Colt Single Action. The mainspring screw and trigger guard/backstrap screw are not compatible. Think Uberti screws will work. Certainly new grips will be in order. Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 16, 2012 9:15:45 GMT -5
This'n: Though I don't bet, gambling against my religion, I'm a deep water Baptist. But this Super Blackhawk does the job out to 200 meters. Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 14, 2012 16:51:41 GMT -5
Ah, yes. Pictures: Bob Wright
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Post by bobwright on Nov 14, 2012 16:04:47 GMT -5
I bought a Hy Hunter Western Six Shooter today, .357 Magnum, 5 1/2", made in Western Germany. the gun is all blue, with those fake stag grips. Looks to be in very good condition, little wear at cylinder notches. Has the Christy type firing pin.
Price was $274.50 + tax for $310.00 total.
So?
Bob Wright
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