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Post by zeus on Jun 4, 2009 13:27:50 GMT -5
UPS man delivered a new 44 Special to my office this morning. Its a "no frills" conversion from John Gallagher. I wanted a gun that I wouldn't mind getting banged up and such as I'm not the easiest on my sixguns that get toted to the woods. As some of you have personally seen on my guns, the stainless ones usually require a good once over with the scotch brite pad at the end of each season that I actually get to hunt. The new toy is nice and tight and well fit. John used a bowen front sight and contoured the blank to a nice patridge style blade. The recoil shields are scalloped which gives it a nice touch as does the chamfering on the cylinder. The rest is just a standard base conversion where he uses the Bowen base pin and refits the aluminum gripframe. Just a personal thing but I like the way that John marks his guns with the EDM. He marked the new douglas barrel just like the original barrel. The markings are just more crisp than the original. The caliber marking on the side is also very nice. I have a very nice set of unfinished walnuts laying in the safe that I'm going to start fitting to this hopefully this afternoon. I would also like to pick up a Bowen Targer rear sight but they didn't have any in when we checked so that will have to be added later. The 25 yard target that was in the box gives me something to shoot for, lets just put it that way. Like I said, just a plain and simple conversion but I really like the way that it looks and feels. Sometimes, simple is good I guess! Sorry for the pics but its the best I could do in the flowerbeds in front of the office ;D   |
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Post by Lee Martin on Jun 4, 2009 13:55:48 GMT -5
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Post by Charger Fan on Jun 4, 2009 14:46:53 GMT -5
Looks good, I like it.  |
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Post by edwardyoung on Jun 4, 2009 15:16:01 GMT -5
I like the scallops.
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Post by zeus on Jun 4, 2009 16:14:16 GMT -5
Thanks guys, I got the new stocks fit pretty well this afternoon, I'll probably shoot it a little and then make adjustments to the stocks in areas if I see fit but until then, they are really close to what I want. Got the first coat of oil on them now and will just keep working on them for the next couple of days. I need to locate a rear sight........
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Post by smokeeater2 on Jun 4, 2009 16:31:08 GMT -5
Nice! A good, honest hardworking .44,It should serve You well for many years. Congratulations! |
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 4, 2009 16:59:55 GMT -5
My 45 Blackhawk has filled that role well since I turned 21. I am anxiouslt awaiting the time to cut it up and do something ver ysimiliar to your 44, if I don't trade it off first
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Post by zeus on Jun 5, 2009 11:19:57 GMT -5
Well, I didn't like the look of the other stocks on this one so I'm sending the gripframe off to John Monday to fit/make a new set out of the stabilized Walnut that I have in the garage. I think we are going to go ahead and polish out the frame while its there where I don't have to deal with any "flaking" down the road on the aluminum frame........Will update pics when I get the parts back....Take care. GS
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 5, 2009 12:02:43 GMT -5
I like them polished aluminum frames, look slick
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Post by Madbo on Jun 5, 2009 13:03:04 GMT -5
TURNED OUT NICE GLENN. I LIKE IT VERY MUCH. SIMPLE AND SUBTLE IS MORE OFTEN THE BEST. I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO LIKE THE POLISHED GRIPFRAME A LOT! ;D A SKEETER TOUCH.  THANKS FOR SHOWING. SU AMIGO MB |
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 6, 2009 9:25:01 GMT -5
Fine stuff Zeus.... An inspiration to those of us who have stock piled old three screw guns.... |
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Post by angryman on Jun 6, 2009 10:32:37 GMT -5
That's what I did to my .44 in tribute to Skeeter. It was way more work than I would have imagined, but the polished grip frame looks really nice. I then sent it off to PvtSchultz on the Ruger forum for a set of fancy walnut grips.
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 6, 2009 11:49:53 GMT -5
For anyone contemplating the grip frame stripping, oven cleaner works really well to take off the anodizing, then polish with Flitz on a cotton weel and it turns a long time consuming job into not that bad and maybe 2 hours work after the oven cleaner removes the anosizing (which takes a little bit, I suggest soaking the frame in a plastic shoe box full of the stuff and keeping an eye on it, it will eat the frame if you leave it in too long)
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