foxtrapper
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Post by foxtrapper on May 22, 2014 13:30:23 GMT -5
incredible package... I SO want a 480 Well..... Starline has 480 brass in stock. You know how it works once you have the brass and no gun, the gun will follow!lol
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Post by vmathes on May 22, 2014 15:11:11 GMT -5
Gorgeous!!!
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steve
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Post by steve on May 22, 2014 15:50:27 GMT -5
Yes!! Jack and the guys absolutely hit it out of the park on this one, I could not be happier with how it turned out!! I've had it for a week, and still look at it with amazement! (and I've owned/own more than a few customs!) Understand with customs , it's not always the same steel as factory cylinders, Jack and other custom gunsmiths use the best steels. I did a couple quick rough measurements, the cylinder is made of either 4330 or 4340 I don't remember 100% which one.........I do remember Jack was very vocal about how hard it was on his cutters before heat treatment. Outside diameter: 1.732" measurements taken at chamber opening, not throat: Cylinder wall to wall: .110" Clyinder wall to outside: .105" I don't want to keep boring you guy's with pictures, but I thought this was really neat. It turns out that the gun the model 29 barrel came off of was in Europe at one time. On the bottom of the barrel, hidden by the base pin are proof marks! Jack thought they were very cool and didn't want to remove them, he thinks they're British. I'm glad he didn't, I really like them. It makes an already very special custom even more unique.
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Post by whitworth on May 23, 2014 5:18:23 GMT -5
I for one never get bored seeing pictures of fine revolvers! Keep 'em coming!
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Post by Ken O'Neill on May 23, 2014 5:50:27 GMT -5
That is spectacular.
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steve
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Post by steve on May 23, 2014 10:01:42 GMT -5
I for one never get bored seeing pictures of fine revolvers! Keep 'em coming! Okay then.......and it is such a fun gun to shoot, the recoil isn't nearly as hard as a 454/475/500/500max..... I can't stress that fact enough!!
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cmillard
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Post by cmillard on May 23, 2014 10:30:48 GMT -5
i love seeing those frame windows stuffed clear full of cylinder with very little room to spare!!!
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steve
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Post by steve on May 23, 2014 10:46:42 GMT -5
i love seeing those frame windows stuffed clear full of cylinder with very little room to spare!!! It is cool! The other thing that's cool about the 480 on the mid frame platform is there is still plenty of room for bullet nose. I'm using a bullet with a .400" nose to crimp, and there is still room even if the bullet were to "jump"
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Post by magnumwheelman on May 23, 2014 11:18:43 GMT -5
loading gate looks pretty unusual do you have any better pics of that???
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steve
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Post by steve on May 23, 2014 11:50:57 GMT -5
I do, the loading gate is fine, trust me. Sometimes with pictures, the way light hits the pictures sometimes things can appear "off" but in real life it's fine.
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Post by dougader on May 24, 2014 11:44:26 GMT -5
Man, the more pictures I see the more I like it. Super cool.
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Post by shadow on May 24, 2014 14:37:53 GMT -5
Beautiful configuration beautifully executed by JRH.
Shadow
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Post by bushog on May 26, 2014 8:04:15 GMT -5
I agree with Steve about the recoil as well as the capacity for just about any bullet you want to shoot out of these mid-frame .480s.
I've been shooting Sixshot's elk loads out of mine and the recoil is not bad at all and I'n quite confident when the chips are down it will poke a big hole in whatever is on the other end.
I do think the extended grip frame helps.
Let's see some groups out of that fine wheelgun!
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Post by Colt45r on May 26, 2014 20:00:39 GMT -5
Steve,
That is a sweet gun. The color is amazing. Jack does some great work. I heard that his guns really shoot good too. Thanks for sharing that work of art.
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Post by magnumwheelman on May 27, 2014 6:14:37 GMT -5
STEVE... thanks for the additional picture... I've not seen a loading gate that I remember seeing, looked like that ( there is certainly nothing wrong with it, in fact it's a work of art, as is the rest of the gun ) thanks again for the additional picture...
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