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Post by cr390gt on Jan 29, 2024 18:58:44 GMT -5
300mp is an awesome powder
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Post by bcelliott on Jan 29, 2024 23:14:34 GMT -5
I have a stainless single seven that really, really wants to be a grown-up 32-20 brass-handled Bisley! Please take my money! Hahaha!
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Post by northerngos on Jan 30, 2024 18:55:15 GMT -5
Got lucky the first time I looked and found a birth year stainless single six in great shape. It’s heading to Texas as soon as they box it up. Something I have never chased before but adds a neat factor to an already exciting project. Can’t wait Ronnie!!!
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Post by bearskinner on Feb 1, 2024 12:04:40 GMT -5
Gotta agree, this is one of those “can’t wait” really cool builds.
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Post by RDW on Feb 14, 2024 16:28:13 GMT -5
Bumped for Steve W.
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Post by squawberryman on Feb 14, 2024 18:50:58 GMT -5
Even in black and white that cylinder looks like a piece of art. I've not seen a ratchet like that one.
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Post by bearskinner on Feb 14, 2024 19:40:09 GMT -5
Notice, the nice case head cutouts in the beefy looking ratchet, nice room so the cases drop in and out easily. Mostly recessed case heads, so you can ( at the right angle) see if your cylinder is loaded, and the cylinder fills the window of the revolver so elegantly, and fully. I’m loading up some of my accuracy loads with 158’s and 180’s. I’ll bet this thing is a tack driver! Not to mention a great sized, light weight, perfect packing pistol.
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Post by RDW on Apr 11, 2024 18:17:21 GMT -5
Bumped for H
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Post by matthewpeake on Apr 16, 2024 22:08:43 GMT -5
So I have spent some serious time with this gorgeous single-five. It’s a true masterpiece of engineering and function. No matter shooting commercial cast 158gr over 3.5gr of 700x or 168gr Keith over 11.5gr of 2400, the point of aim is nearly identical. The hammer fall is ridiculously fast and seems similar to a good S&W. Even though it can take stout loads, but it points elegantly. It points and balances similarly to Elmer’s No. 5. I will continue to update as I get more time with it.
It’s definitely a work of art and I’m in love with it.
Thank you Ronnie for such a ridiculous 38 that I am going to try to wear out!
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Post by bushog on Apr 17, 2024 8:58:47 GMT -5
So I have spent some serious time with this gorgeous single-five. It’s a true masterpiece of engineering and function. No matter shooting commercial cast 158gr over 3.5gr of 700x or 168gr Keith over 11.5gr of 2400, the point of aim is nearly identical. The hammer fall is ridiculously fast and seems similar to a good S&W. Even though it can take stout loads, but it points elegantly. It points and balances similarly to Elmer’s No. 5. I will continue to update as I get more time with it. It’s definitely a work of art and I’m in love with it. Thank you Ronnie for such a ridiculous 38 that I am going to try to wear out! Awesome! Glad you’re here Matthew…. |
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Post by sgtduncan on Jun 21, 2024 15:51:53 GMT -5
I just wanted to give a quick shout out for Ronnie Wells. I have had a few revolvers customized and heavily modified, mostly by Jack Huntington. I have also been looking at the grip frames and hammers produced by RW Grip Frames for quite awhile now but haven’t purchased anything since Jack always managed to make the existing frames into what I wanted. Now I have a new project on a Ruger Old Army I just acquired with a very shortened barrel. The ONLY thing I want to change is the grip frame which is toast. The ROAs are a 3 screw Ruger and this one has the narrow trigger. I also have a beautiful set of Sambar Stag with popcorn bark that are shaped for the Ruger XR3-RED frame. I love brass grip frames so it was a no brainer to order the proper frame from RW. I placed my order about a week ago but so far no word when it will ship. I called today just to learn if there were any issues. Ronnie Wells returned my call and explained everything. We also discussed what little fitting might or might not be necessary. I was VERY impressed that owner of a manufacturing business would take the time and effort to follow up with a new customer and answer any & all questions. AND he was very friendly and helpful. This grip frame may be the first item I’ve purchased here but it will definitely not be the last. Now I just have to decide do I want to add the Bisley hammer for the non-Bisley grip frame. Decision, decision.
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Post by pacecars on Jun 21, 2024 16:04:03 GMT -5
Being mechanically inept lately I just sent my baby (David Clements .50 cal ROA) off to Ronnie to replace the hammer with the Bisley hammer. I will post pictures when it returns.
Ronnie
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Post by bradshaw on Jun 22, 2024 6:42:33 GMT -5
Of the three billet materials from which Ronnie fashions his grip frames----brass, aluminum, stainless steel----the brass and aluminum ae easier and require less time & abrasives to final contour & fit. Reservations about the aesthetic of brass on a stainless revolver ended as I finished as I finished the RWGF Bradshaw Bisley to the Ruger 03 .45 Colt/.45 ACP and commented daily living with the sixgun. Back in the early days of handgun silhouette, shooting the old Super Blackhawk with factory brass grip frame, I discovered the screws held tight longer than on the regular Super. This is an added plus for brass, and Ronnie made the same discovery for himself way back. The same screws-stay-tight-longer observation applies to aluminum grip frames.
While the brass-on-blue aesthetic was established ages ago, the brass-on-stainless is new, and for this shooter, beautiful. Bare aluminum-on-stainless relies entirely on the grace of the grip contour to stake an aesthetic claim. Anodizing gives aluminum a visual unavailable from a coating. Aluminum reduces gun weight by 5 to 8 ounces over the same grip frame in steel or brass. And a Ronnie Wells aluminum grip frame still makes Rocks & Dynamite more comfortable than a steel factory grip frame.
David Bradshaw
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