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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 19, 2020 16:06:10 GMT -5
got my modified for the new from Ruger GP-100 compact grip, Sheep horn grip scales today... these are going to look good on my Clements / Gouse custom 10mm rimmed engraved GP-100 should get these mounted up tonight   goes back on this gun...( same compact grips with a pair of custom fit spalted maple panels ) thinking I'll like the horn grips better... the spalted just looks more yellow on this gun than I liked...  snowing today... I should actually be ready for winter in a couple weeks, then I'll get back to work getting the rest of the 500 custom cases made & loaded... |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 20, 2020 5:51:34 GMT -5
grip remounted... this revolver, while similar to the Dave Clements standard 10mm guns, but has not had the cylinder shortened for moon clips & shoots & ejects the 10mm Rimmed cartridges by way of a custom chamber reamer... still a 6 shooter just like this gun did originally in 357 Magnum...   |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 20, 2020 6:06:08 GMT -5
cases & a dummy round with a Winchester HST cases start out as either 41 Special, or 41 Magnum Starline cases... chucked in the lathe, a couple .001's are removed from the web, cases are swedged to 40 caliber, then trimmed to the standard 10 mm case length case on the left is a new Starline 41 Special case, middle case has been in the lathe ( bright ring down by the rim )... case on the right is swedged down to 40 caliber, trimmed to length & fitted with one of the bullets from a box of pulled HST bullets I bought bulk...  |
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Post by tdbarton on Oct 20, 2020 17:14:11 GMT -5
That is a real beauty. How do you like the fiber optic front sight on it? I only ask because there’s just something that rubs me the wrong way about the look of fiber optic sights on fine sixguns. Practicality generally trumps all though. That’s a real fine wheelgun and the grip inserts compliment it nicely.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 20, 2020 18:27:50 GMT -5
I understand the issue with fiber optics on a fine six gun, and I agree to an extent... feel the same about single actions unless they are practical hunting guns... I actually prefer the orange fiber optics as I age, and put this one on... it does retain the GP factory quick change front sight... so it could be changed out on a whim
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Post by kings6 on Oct 21, 2020 0:45:38 GMT -5
Probably a silly question but why not just stick with the 41 Special and save a few steps in case work?
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Post by wheelguns on Oct 21, 2020 0:54:45 GMT -5
I never get tired of looking at this one! I have a 6” gp100 that I am thinking of having it converted to a 3” 41spl. Just haven’t made up my mind yet.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 21, 2020 5:41:44 GMT -5
fair question Kings... I have several calibers that use the 10mm bullet ( 40 S&W, 10mm, 38-40, 401 Powermag, 10mm Magnum ) and nothing that uses 41 caliber bullets... at a time in my life that I'm trying ( rolls eyes ) to cut back... just one less bin I need in my bullet rack...
may sound like quite a bit of work... but these are all lessons I already learned making 401 Powermag cases from 41 Magnum cases for my custom cylinder in my Buckeye
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 21, 2020 5:44:56 GMT -5
Wheel... I would have gone 41 Special in a heart beat if I hadn't already been so vested in 40 caliber
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Oct 21, 2020 6:52:20 GMT -5
Wheel... I would have gone 41 Special in a heart beat if I hadn't already been so vested in 40 caliber MWM: HAHAHAHA! You can rationalize with the absolute best of 'em! I salute you! Great looking grip inserts! |
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Post by wheelguns on Oct 21, 2020 7:38:00 GMT -5
Wheel... I would have gone 41 Special in a heart beat if I hadn't already been so vested in 40 caliber Basically the same reason I will choose 41spl. I already cast, load, and love my 41 magnums. |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 21, 2020 7:45:05 GMT -5
certainly easier to buy cases in 41 Special than make something from scratch... I also had to order a custom chamber reamer, ( you just couldn't use a 10mm auto ) & have it sent to Dave Clements... I think he already has a 41 special reamer... if you were considering him as your builder
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Post by magnumwheelman on Nov 4, 2020 20:02:00 GMT -5
Just an FYI... 500 new 41 special cases should get here this week from starline... I’ll end up with 1000 cases made... should be a lifetime supply for this gun
Really looking forward to getting enough loaded... I only got a couple handfuls of cases made by the time I sent the gun off for custom work... so I really haven’t shot it much yet...
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Post by magnumwheelman on Nov 10, 2020 8:33:29 GMT -5
OOOOhhhh purdy... poor mans gold... 500 new Starline 41 Special cases to turn into 10mm Rimmed  |
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Post by crazycarl on Nov 10, 2020 22:31:52 GMT -5
OOOOhhhh purdy... poor mans gold... 500 new Starline 41 Special cases to turn into 10mm Rimmed I need to buy a sack just like that myself now, though it's staying at .41. Looking forward to loading for a new gun. |
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