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Post by 2 Dogs on Mar 13, 2011 8:10:58 GMT -5
Bigbore454, The grip frame is all stainless steel. The parent frame is a Ruger Bisley that has been much modified. The front strap is by power custom. The main frame is a custom unit. Note that while it has the screws on the Colt side, this sixgun is an all coil steel spring piece with Ruger OM compatable internals. As to the cost....the truth is, we dont know what the total cost on this project is. For example, the gripframe itself had to be built from scratch twice to achieve the results seen above. Remember, Alan was working from photos of the #5 itself. No scale drawings or any some such. The original match grade pac nor barrel was replaced with a fine douglas steel barrel as we found the original while quite accurate only had .003 deep grooves. The #5 latch parts were all made from scratch. The sights were made from scratch. The only blue parts are the sight blades, the hammer, trigger, screws, and some latch parts to high light the base pin assembly. Harton, will build you a #5 base pin assembly today for 500 dollars or so. This first one, cost much more..... The truth is, we simply quit counting..... The fact is, this project has nothing to do with cost.
The cylinder is a bit oversize and longer as well as made of the finest stainless steel available. This sixgun as it sits could easily have been chambered for 44 magnum as it is very stout. I do not share the load I currently shoot in it other than to say it is a 255 at 1250 fps.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Mar 13, 2011 8:13:30 GMT -5
Thanks Nels, you should have it in your hands here soon....
Zac, I most certainly did.
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Post by Len on Mar 13, 2011 13:16:57 GMT -5
That is one fantastic gun.
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Post by Tom Richardson on Mar 13, 2011 14:00:44 GMT -5
Good folks doing good stuff. Congratulations to all involved. Alan discussing a project he had done for John Taffin.  Not bad, even if I do say so myself.  Fermin  Boge  And the leather butcher.  Fermin's brother Henry has an eye on Mike's plate.  Hell, I was there. |
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Post by 2 Dogs on Mar 13, 2011 18:53:45 GMT -5
Yeah, and ole Mike has his eyes closed.....BAD JUJU!!!!
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Post by 2 Dogs on Mar 13, 2011 18:57:47 GMT -5
This is the 44 special Alan Harton built for John Taffin. It has just about every option available including the #5 style base pin latch, OM conversion to Bisley, Ivory stocks and a fine octagon barrel. Taffin says it was pretty worn out when it went to Harton as a base gun. Harton was able to weld up critical areas and refit it back to better than new!  |
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Post by zeus on Mar 13, 2011 22:19:15 GMT -5
JT didn't lie about the original condition of that gun. I remember seeing it in Alan's shop when he first started working on it. It was amazing to see it finished!!!
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Post by Boge Quinn on Mar 14, 2011 10:05:03 GMT -5
As a correction to an earlier post of mine - Hamilton Bowen did NOT tell me he thought Alan was the best. I disremember which 'smith DID tell me that, but to the best of my knowledge Hamilton and Alan have never met.
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Post by Boge Quinn on Mar 14, 2011 12:28:42 GMT -5
Here's Fermin presenting me with his prized #5 for scrimshaw:  |
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Post by patdaddy on Mar 14, 2011 13:19:15 GMT -5
very cool.
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Post by newrugersafan on Mar 16, 2011 21:41:16 GMT -5
2 Dogs
Boge did a great job on your #5, I've been waiting for it to re-surface.
What type of engraveing do you have in mind ?
Boge, how many rounds did you get through it ?
Mike
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Post by Boge Quinn on Mar 16, 2011 22:19:44 GMT -5
2 Dogs Boge did a great job on your #5, I've been waiting for it to re-surface. What type of engraveing do you have in mind ? Boge, how many rounds did you get through it ? Mike I haven't shot it...YET. It didn't feel right to shoot it while it was under my care for scrimshaw. But now Jeff has it, working on a feature article, so I expect I'll shoot it a bit tomorrow while I'm over there taking video. I want to shoot it in the company of my brother Fermin. |
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Post by 2 Dogs on Mar 17, 2011 6:00:09 GMT -5
Just holding that sixgun, working the action, checking the balance, feeling its heft and such is amazing. Its almost alive. It has personality. The only stainless sixgun ever to have soul. It even transcends time...
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Post by cherokee on Mar 17, 2011 10:38:24 GMT -5
A work of art, what else can you say ? We have to know how it shoots...
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Post by Boge Quinn on Mar 17, 2011 12:16:23 GMT -5
Just holding that sixgun, working the action, checking the balance, feeling its heft and such is amazing. Its almost alive. It has personality. The only stainless sixgun ever to have soul. It even transcends time... Fermin does not exaggerate - this is an amazing sixgun. Cherokee, Jeff is working on a Gunblast feature article, should be done very soon. |
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