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Post by mike454 on May 30, 2020 22:20:11 GMT -5
I'm hoping my great grandkids will still be trying to wear this one out many years from now!
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Post by 500fksjr on May 31, 2020 7:47:46 GMT -5
You have "GREAT TASTE" in these pieces of working art!
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Post by bushog on Jun 1, 2020 15:58:02 GMT -5
In .38 they should!
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Post by eliminator on Jun 1, 2020 17:28:58 GMT -5
Very nice Mike!!
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Post by dhd on Jun 2, 2020 14:12:48 GMT -5
I'm hoping my great grandkids will still be trying to wear this one out many years from now! I suspect the only way it'll wear out would be abuse (lack of care) and not from shooting. With my engineering experience (that would be none) I tend to overbuild everything, and this revolver makes me smile!
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Post by mike454 on Jun 3, 2020 12:58:50 GMT -5
I know when I used to shoot with Terry Murbach back in the day he had a S&W model 19 that he shot with mostly 38 specials with quite a few 357s thrown in too. That gun had over 40,000 rounds through it and was well on its way to 50,000. That gun was still in great shape. Given that this one is starting off tighter than any S&W I've ever seen I'm guessing I won't have to think about replacing it any time soon. Just in case I have a midframe octagonal stainless bisley coming from Clements in 38 Special as well
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Post by jfs on Jun 3, 2020 14:04:09 GMT -5
A true pair of "Ace`s".............
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Post by mike454 on Aug 31, 2020 22:21:03 GMT -5
Been shooting this one quite a bit. Old range shut down after 70 years and just joined a new one a month or so ago. I'm a bit rusty, but here are the last 4 shots from this one today, 2 hand unsupported at 30 yards. This is with Federal 130 grain LRN. Handloads are shooting quite a bit better, but had the phone with me today to snap a picture.
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Post by z1r on Aug 31, 2020 23:58:50 GMT -5
Cool. I almost never shoot .357s either. Too noisy and busy for the return. Skeeter and Keith had the right idea...... Yeah, I love the 38 for plinking and even small game but the 357 just seems loud. Probably why I usually favor a 44 spl. But 38 spl is cheap and easy to find so no loading required. It's nice to have a gun, other than a 22 lr, that is so cheap to feed and accurate. I noticed the addition of a third pin. What's a bearing block? Nice pair by the way. Never thought I'd say that to a man! Lol.
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Post by mike454 on Sept 1, 2020 0:37:29 GMT -5
Thanks! The bearing block is basically a metal block that provides support to the bolt, filling the space between the bolt and the left side of the frame, to remove slop between the bolt and its slot in the frame. This combined with a bit more narrow bolt notch allows Bowen to provide a very tight lockup. It also provides a bit of strength to the bottom of the cylinder window in the 5 shot guns. This block is retained by the additional screw in the frame. Linebaugh solders his block onto the frame. It's very nice to be able to shoot factory ammo that doesn't break the bank. The Federal wadcutters at less than $20 a box were wonderfully accurate and these 130 LRN loads were more accurate than I could prove today, certainly good enough for the task at hand. As I get older can contemplate downsizing a bit, it's nice to know I'll still be able to shoot my 38s, 9mm 1911s, and 45 acp revolvers with factory loads that won't cost an arm and a leg. I have more 45 colts than anything else and imagine I will always reload for those, but it's nice to have options if I'm feeling lazy
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Post by ezekiel38 on Sept 1, 2020 11:50:52 GMT -5
Wow, what a neat in every sense of the word build. I've been shooting 38 Spl for 50 years and enjoy them now more at this stage of life than ever before. A 38 of some type always goes to the range with me. I may be shooting 44s or 45s but the 38Spl always goes as my fun gun.
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Post by bradshaw on Sept 1, 2020 12:23:09 GMT -5
I don't know what I like best about your newest build. Looking at the pic that shows the grip/cylinder frame junction, I'd bet you can't feel it with a finger nail. One of my favorite things is a cylinder that fills the frame, and there it is. I know many of the more experienced owners of customs mention the safety of being able to see cases without opening the loading gate, but I personally like recessed cylinders, and there it is. A super tight revolver just feels like quality to me, and I'd bet that one is a bank vault. However, it being a 38 Special in a full size gun (and blocked at that), it'll still shoot loose. Talk about overbuilt! That is one good looking gun! ****** dhd.... with chambers counterbored for the rim, asingle action cylinder supports the LOADING GATE under recoil----even when the gun is fired with an empty chamber @ 1 o’clock. This has mattered in all my shooting of the New Model Super Blackhawk, which eliminated the counterbores. Recoil of a .454 Casull is dramatically meaner than a .44 Magnum, with support for the load gate a good thing. Likewise, the biggest of the Big Bores. David Bradshaw
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Post by kings6 on Sept 1, 2020 13:34:07 GMT -5
As usual from Mike, impeccable taste in all ways. I don't own a 38 Special and really didn't need the "thought instigation" so I'll just go away and sulk for awhile and practice self denial like a good minimalist!
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Post by zac0419 on Sept 1, 2020 13:57:23 GMT -5
I still remember that one on the bottom and what you paid. I needed to wake up the wife for an ok and she had just had the worst day and was sound asleep. That is one that got away I will never forget.
Nice pair.
Edit: it might not be the 45 now that I’m reading all the post.
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Post by bushog on Sept 1, 2020 14:03:07 GMT -5
I still remember that one on the bottom and what you paid. I needed to wake up the wife for an ok and she had just had the worst day and was sound asleep. That is one that got away I will never forget. Nice pair. Been there sooo many times....except for the wife part...
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