gnappi
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Post by gnappi on Feb 11, 2023 9:00:59 GMT -5
I've had very few "grail" guns I was on a quest to find. A quest for a pistol is, depending on rarity and cost fun. The rarer and higher in cost it is, the longer the quest and the more fun it is because at least for me the focus keeps my wallet in place should the quest piece turn up at a LGS or gunshow.
Long before the Kill Bill movie was produced I wanted a short barreled "birdshead" revolver, but not blue, or case colors, or nickle (like Bill's) it had to be stainless. The need for SS (I have VERY salty skin) eliminated some very nice and worthy specimens to own, even though I do own a few guns that are not stainless.
Enter the SS Ruger Talo Vaquero, to me way too expensive with stainless samples pushing $2k or more thus keeping my expectations low. The joy of a desktop PC having the ability to store so many web links easily viewable on a 32" monitor makes an online quest easier than LGS or gunshow visits and, potentially expensive :-)
Well a reasonably priced NIB SS Vaquero will be on the way next week, so ignoring any possibility of a roadblock my "final" quest is over. That is unless a FA at a reasonable price in .454/.45 Colt turns up :-) That's been a quest for a L-O-N-G time!
Any of you have a current quest or have had a long term quest satisfied?
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Post by magman on Feb 11, 2023 9:06:31 GMT -5
Yes, when I retired, I finally had my quest gun.
In another case, my quest gun is a flop.
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Post by blazenet on Feb 11, 2023 9:15:42 GMT -5
My grail gun is a 414 super mag. Dan Wesson, Ruger or Seville I don't care which one. A quest that has been satisfied is a 25-20 built on a single six (or a single seven in this case)
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Post by birdshead2021 on Feb 11, 2023 10:30:24 GMT -5
My awesome wife bought me the very same grail gun you are looking for a 3 3/4 inch barrel 45 Vaquero shiny stainless and it fulfilled my wishes for a do-it-all revolver. Live the birdshead grip and even with pretty stout loads doesn’t bother my 4 time surgically repaired right arm 2x shoulder 2x elbow (Army life 21years) live shooting my “Silverback”
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Post by gnappi on Feb 11, 2023 10:53:46 GMT -5
My awesome wife bought me the very same grail gun you are looking for a 3 3/4 inch barrel 45 Vaquero shiny stainless and it fulfilled my wishes for a do-it-all revolver. Live the birdshead grip and even with pretty stout loads doesn’t bother my 4 time surgically repaired right arm 2x shoulder 2x elbow (Army life 21years) live shooting my “Silverback” My EDC is an 8 round .38 super and with the Ruger being so small it just "may" wind upon my hip, or possibly even IWB.
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Post by pacecars on Feb 11, 2023 10:54:36 GMT -5
I have many “Grail Guns”. Some I have acquired and then realized they were not really what I wanted and moved them down the road. The Ruger Old Army converted to .50 caliber by David Clements is my ultimate Grail Gun. When I finally decided to have him build one he had stopped doing them due to supply issues. I finally found one exactly like I would have had built I jumped on it. I just had it engraved by Rocky Sharp through Bobby Tyler. I might have it buried with me. I like sharing it so here is another pic
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Post by longoval on Feb 11, 2023 11:04:25 GMT -5
Never get tired of seeing that 50 ROA. How does it shoot, pacecar?
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Post by kings6 on Feb 11, 2023 11:17:47 GMT -5
Don’t get me started on the “Quest” gun idea. Been after a personal idea for nearly 20 years now and the end is in sight.
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Post by pacecars on Feb 11, 2023 11:38:47 GMT -5
Never get tired of seeing that 50 ROA. How does it shoot, pacecar? I will let you know next week I hope. Between back surgery and crappy weather I haven’t shot it yet.
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Post by potatojudge on Feb 11, 2023 11:38:53 GMT -5
I don't know about "quest" guns, but I have a few pieces that would be the centerpiece of a modest collection (and that would be in the back of the safe of an exorbitant collection).
From a utility standpoint my bases have long been covered.
For examples from a variety of smiths, that's pretty well covered though most aren't what we'd call a full build (AKA without shop built line bored cylinders) but are still great handling and shooting examples. The style of each smith and their idea of what makes a good action come through.
I should get a Bowen Nimrod one day though.
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Post by magman on Feb 11, 2023 12:17:24 GMT -5
Funny thing about quest guns. My dream was a Bowen Nimrod in 475 Linebaugh. By the time I could afford it, the 475 was unrealistic. So now, it's a Longhunter 44mag with the ovate barrel. It's a beauty.
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Post by pacecars on Feb 11, 2023 13:41:09 GMT -5
Funny thing about quest guns. My dream was a Bowen Nimrod in 475 Linebaugh. By the time I could afford it, the 475 was unrealistic. So now, it's a Longhunter 44mag with the ovate barrel. It's a beauty. We need pics! Love the ovate barrel. My other quest gun is with Ronnie right now. A John Linebaugh Ruger Bisley Vaquero in .500 Linebaugh. It had been on my list since reading the first article by Ross Seyfried. It is a blast but beats the crap out of my middle finger thus the trip to are magic grip frame maker
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Post by sixshot on Feb 11, 2023 19:02:50 GMT -5
pacecars, you mind telling me where you're going to be buried Dick
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Post by bushog on Feb 11, 2023 19:07:38 GMT -5
That’s funny!
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Post by contender on Feb 11, 2023 19:28:58 GMT -5
Now Dick,, you KNOW he'll have a "death grip" on that gun,, even in his coffin! At the tender age of 17,, I shot my first Ruger Hawkeye handgun. I said to myself; "I like this,, I need to get one someday. Well, it took 35 years for me to find one that was for sale AND me having the money at the same time. If I had money,, no Hawkeyes were around. And if I found a Hawkeye,, I was broke. It was my grail gun for 35 years. My gun range is named "Hawkeye Gun Range." Now,, I own a couple more. Life is good.
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