norfok
.240 Incinerator
Real Guns, Real Loads.
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Post by norfok on Oct 14, 2022 16:18:38 GMT -5
A dream comes true. It took several years to get the basic to build the gun in the picture above. It is also not easy to find here in germany a gunsmith which is able for custom gun projects like this. Because we don't have Bowen, Huntington or Linebaugh, He found a FA-M83 from 1985, and replaced the barrel.
Now the gun has a 12" engraved octagonal polygon barrel with cylinder/forcingcone gap of 0.001"!
Another ZPW masterpiece for my collection.
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Post by Encore64 on Oct 14, 2022 16:21:02 GMT -5
That's a beautiful gun. I know how it feels to complete a project like this.
Congratulations!!!
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Odin
.375 Atomic
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Post by Odin on Oct 14, 2022 17:18:26 GMT -5
Love it!!
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Post by taffin on Oct 14, 2022 17:58:11 GMT -5
I spend an afternoon in 1986 with Dick shooting his 12" .454. Good memories. I also got to shoot his Colt Single Action .44 Magnum.
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Post by taffin on Oct 14, 2022 17:58:55 GMT -5
PS I took both those pictures that day.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 14, 2022 18:50:48 GMT -5
I actually like the barrel markings on that, which is not something I would usually say.
There's enough barrel there that when you find another M83 you have enough to make a couple of octagon guns out of it. Maybe 3 if you do a Packer.
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Post by contender on Oct 14, 2022 19:54:12 GMT -5
I can imagine how hard it is to find a gun, THEN,, get it customized like you were able to do. Quite an accomplishment.
My hat's off to you sir! Kudos!
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Post by 45MAN on Oct 15, 2022 5:40:54 GMT -5
NICE GUN.
I GOT A GOOD DEAL ON A 12" FA MODEL 83 454 BACK IN ABOUT 2008, WITH THE 12" BARREL IT DAMN NEAR SHOOTS LIKE AN ACCURATE RIFLE. I BET YOUR CUSTOM 12" WILL SHOOT EXTREMELY WELL.
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Post by sixshot on Oct 15, 2022 11:29:25 GMT -5
My oldest son & I got to visit with Dick one day when he had just finished riding his horse, he loved riding. We live less than an hour from him & we got to handle that 12" model 83 along with several others he showed us. He was a great guy to talk to, my gunsmith son enjoyed it very much. A few months later we visited his machine shop on the north end of Afton where a fellow was building some 38 Casull's & on the floor was a large cardboard box of empty brass, he had been doing a lot of test firing.
He ask us if we wanted to shoot one so we just walked out the back door of the shop & there was a large stump a few yards away & we fired some really hot ammo into that old stump. The bullets were either .355" or .356" diameter, can't remember but they were smoking, we could hardly rack the slide as I remember. My buddy Duayne ended up buying one a couple of weeks later in Idaho Falls.
Dick
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Post by jfs on Oct 15, 2022 12:27:30 GMT -5
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norfok
.240 Incinerator
Real Guns, Real Loads.
Posts: 72
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Post by norfok on May 31, 2023 16:27:26 GMT -5
The FA shoots very well, I'm absolutly satisfacted. 25 meter (27 yd) with 31gn of H110 and a casted LEE 315gn Bullet, 1780fps
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Post by handloadingnotes on Jun 2, 2023 11:36:01 GMT -5
Wow!
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Post by burton93 on Jun 7, 2023 14:34:33 GMT -5
Beautiful gun! Hows the recoil on a 12 inch 454? I've heard 454s are bad but never shot one myself.
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