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Post by Jamey Worrell on Mar 20, 2023 7:05:26 GMT -5
Base: Stainless NMBH 357 (the one that started it all, given to me by my father on 16th birthday) 'Smith: Andy Horvath Base Pin: Horvath supplied Grip frame: Horvath Lil Gun treatment Grips: Antique Linen Micarta by Zane Thompson, scrimshaw of Osceola and Seminole warrior on horseback by Mike Hawkins Barrel: 5" S&W ribbed Hammer: Power Custom Bisley Finish and lasered name: Hard chrome by Bob Cogan at Accurate Plating and Weaponry misc: rechamber to 44 special, custom ejector rod, action/accuracy worked as recommended by AH, Bowen Target Adjustable rear sight that barrel looks a bit shorter than 5”, is that actually correct 5”  ? I'll have to get it out to check...been a while since I shot it, but it certainly looks shorter than 5" |
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Post by Jamey Worrell on Aug 23, 2023 7:20:56 GMT -5
Giving this one a bump, and happy to do so  Newest addition to the "Best of the Last" collection Base: Dixie Gunworks Uberti Bisley 44 special 'Smith: Alan Harton Base Pin: Belt Mountain Keith #5 Grips: stabilized black cherry burl (cut from my property), made by Harton Barrel: 10" tapered Front/Rear sights: front is in style of flat top target models with 18K gold bead; rear is S&W J frame milled into cylinder frame Finish: nitred trigger and small parts by Harton, color casing/carbona blueing by Turnbull Restorations misc: marked 44 Russian and S&W Special, gripframe has name engraved by Jim Downing...Harton heat treated and tuned all internals, removed Uberti hammer safety pivot, custom action job, also worked up custom load for this revolver Can't overstate how pleased I am...haven't had the heart to burn powder in it yet...it'll take a while...all I can do at this point is fondle it and grin       |
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Post by kings6 on Aug 23, 2023 8:19:40 GMT -5
No that is one beautiful gun Sir! Alan is a gun lovers treasure!
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Post by cddogfan1 on Aug 23, 2023 13:01:28 GMT -5
That's really nice. Hard to believe this thread it 10 years old now. Lots of good info.
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Post by Jamey Worrell on Aug 23, 2023 13:44:24 GMT -5
That's really nice. Hard to believe this thread it 10 years old now. Lots of good info. Yep, my first of what has become the "Best of the Last" collection is the John Gallagher that is one of the first posts on this thread. It was done as a tribute to my father about a year after he passed (and about 4 years after he cut that cherry burl used on the Harton revolver)...I've always loved the idea behind this thread and wish it was sticky...it's a great resource for all of us to see what's been done and to give us ideas on what we want. FYI, just got an email this morning from Bowen...the next up is ready to ship back. So I'll be adding again in a couple of weeks. Down to just a couple left on this quest, and then will move to fitting out my woodshop with equipment Poppa didn't have in his furniture shop. Wild that a decade of my seeking out the best is drawing to a close. Jamey |
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Post by kings6 on Aug 23, 2023 14:13:44 GMT -5
Seeing the end of a journey like these is bittersweet. I am down to my last one of my Quest guns and it is hard not to look at a n ice old model and think, man what could I have that turned in to? The pile of spare grip frames, hammers and triggers and ribbed barrels all live elsewhere now but for me it is kind of like when I stumbled into the state of retirement. It as not gone smoothly or easily by any stretch of the imagination.
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Post by Jamey Worrell on Sept 6, 2023 8:35:54 GMT -5
As promised a couple of weeks ago, another bump... Latest addition to the "Best of the Last" collection Base: Ruger NM Single Six 32 Mag 'Smith: Hamilton Bowen Base Pin: Belt Mountain Colt SAA style Grips: Fossilized crosscut mammoth tusk by Scott Kolar, first set he did for a single action revolver Barrel: 5 1/2" ovate Sights: Bowen Target rear Finish: nitred small parts and color casing by Turnbull Restorations misc: Power Custom Bisley spur hammer, scalloped recoil shield, action job, Bowen's "Western Conversion" package, name engraved on grip frame by Jim Downing   |
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Post by northerngos on Sept 6, 2023 9:20:13 GMT -5
What a cool revolver. Those grips are incredible, I’d have shied away from crosscut mammoth ivory on paper, I wouldn’t have thought it would work well aesthetically. I’m glad you have better judgement than I do because they don’t only complement that revolver perfectly, they elevate it to an even higher level, and that is not easily accomplished. Very well done.
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Post by longoval on Sept 6, 2023 9:31:43 GMT -5
Just stunning.
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Post by kevshell on Sept 6, 2023 9:35:17 GMT -5
As promised a couple of weeks ago, another bump... Latest addition to the "Best of the Last" collection Base: Ruger NM Single Six 32 Mag 'Smith: Hamilton Bowen Base Pin: Belt Mountain Colt SAA style Grips: Fossilized crosscut mammoth tusk by Scott Kolar, first set he did for a single action revolver Barrel: 5 1/2" ovate Sights: Bowen Target rear Finish: nitred small parts and color casing by Turnbull Restorations misc: Power Custom Bisley spur hammer, scalloped recoil shield, action job, Bowen's "Western Conversion" package, name engraved on grip frame by Jim Downing Great final product/project. And I like it even more that it's a 32. |
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Post by nicholst55 on Sept 6, 2023 9:53:23 GMT -5
That is an exceptionally attractive revolver! Scott Kolar makes gorgeous grips from mammoth ivory, but Hamilton Bowen is no slouch in the artistry department either!
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Post by Jamey Worrell on Sept 6, 2023 10:15:04 GMT -5
What a cool revolver. Those grips are incredible, I’d have shied away from crosscut mammoth ivory on paper, I wouldn’t have thought it would work well aesthetically. I’m glad you have better judgement than I do because they don’t only complement that revolver perfectly, they elevate it to an even higher level, and that is not easily accomplished. Very well done. My (at the time) 10 year old son picked the blanks from among those SK sent me...when he saw it last night, he immediately claimed it and couldn't stop talking about how kewl the grips turned out...He'll be 12 in a couple of weeks, and I envision a trip to the range so that he can christen it. There are two more "best of the last" out, and he had a say in the particulars for each...nice to have him along for the ride on the back end of this quest. |
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Post by kings6 on Nov 18, 2023 0:10:15 GMT -5
   This one just came back from Alan Harton's shop last week. Most of you know of my affinity for both the Model 58 and the 41 Special and this one actually includes the features I had wanted to see in a gun like this for several years. A member here offered me a model 58 project gun that he had set on the shelf along with a model 28 cylinder. The gun did not have a barrel which was perfect since I had been lucky enough to buy a Model 520 barrel earlier and I had sent it to Al Siegrist to be bored to 41 caliber. As you probably know, the 520 was a second N frame fixed sighted gun like the model 58 but it had a tapered 4" barrel. Hamilton came up with a set of his combat sights I had him do a white outline on and as you have seen in the other thread, I had a set of Roy Fishpaw N frame combats form 1997 that I sent to Alan. He fit the barrel, rechambered and fit the cylinder, did the metal work to fit the sights and round butted the grip frame then did a beautiful job of bluing the entire gun. I sent his two different 41 Special loads and that was what he regulated the sights for. The result is a N frame round butt tapered barreled gun with white outline combat sights and a set of finger groove grips originally made by the master grip maker. Think a Thunder Ranch combat revolver only in 41 Special and no Hillary hole in the side. |
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