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Post by majorKAP on Jun 20, 2011 11:25:34 GMT -5
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Post by Lee Martin on Jun 20, 2011 12:19:29 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 20, 2011 12:29:25 GMT -5
Looks like the trigger guard and grip frame are seperate pieces. I agree with Lee on the #5 thought. Something like a Power #5 grip frame with an appropriate set of grips would really make it stand out!
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Post by Boge Quinn on Jun 20, 2011 12:50:42 GMT -5
Man, I wish I'd bought that!
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Post by patdaddy on Jun 20, 2011 13:42:01 GMT -5
yeah, i'd shoot that proudly
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Post by majorKAP on Jun 20, 2011 14:31:16 GMT -5
Looks like the trigger guard and grip frame are seperate pieces. I agree with Lee on the #5 thought. Something like a Power #5 grip frame with an appropriate set of grips would really make it stand out! It's just a regular two piece grip frame, though the back section is unusually contoured. The screws holding it in place are accessible only after the grip is removed....much like a #5. I, too, like the #5 grip frame. I've been through half a dozen TLA's and there are a couple of the unfinished Power's versions for Rugers sitting in a box nearby. I also like the funky grip on this gun. It's largely the reason I bought it. It'll remain unchanged. But, I agree, a #5 grip frame on a regular flat-top target would be nice. |
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Post by Frank V on Jun 20, 2011 18:18:29 GMT -5
That is beautiful, how does it shoot? Thanks for sharing.
Frank
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Post by cubrock on Jun 20, 2011 18:49:26 GMT -5
Your pictures are so much nicer than the auction. Had I seen pics like that, I would have never shared the link.  I agree with the others - that configuration with a #5 grip frame would be wonderful. |
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Post by Boge Quinn on Jun 21, 2011 10:08:49 GMT -5
Seems to me like swapping out the grip frames would defeat the whole purpose.
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Post by majorKAP on Jun 21, 2011 10:31:13 GMT -5
Finally, a voice of reason.
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Post by Boge Quinn on Jun 21, 2011 11:07:15 GMT -5
I passed on that Omni Target because it wasn't EXACTLY what I was seeking (a CCH 4-3/4" 44 Special), but I wish I had compromised and bought that 45, as it looks like it will be easier to find a black homosexual Republican unicorn than it will be to find that 44.
I made the same compromise last year on a Flattop Target - I was looking for a 4-3/4" CCH 44 Special (dern you, Cubrock!), and bought a 5-1/2" Blued 45 from Jack Fowler. I took that Flattop Target to the Shootist Holiday a couple weeks ago, and as I spent some quality time with it I fully realized the folly of passing on that Omni Target.
Friends, learn from my mistakes.
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Post by rep1954 on Jun 21, 2011 11:09:56 GMT -5
I would shoot it for a while before I would do anything after all it's only going to see standard velocity loads anyway. I do know one thing if that gun were a woman I would marry it. That front sight is exicuted beautifully. One of the nicest stock guns I've seen. Is the action as nice as the visual?
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Post by mhblaw on Jun 21, 2011 15:15:52 GMT -5
I tried to order one a couple of years ago from USFA. A 38 WCF with a 5.5 barrel was my wish. Never heard a word until they announced were not building anymore. Gun tinkerer at the local gun store did get a short barrel 44 Special. Very nice, but, of course, he will not part with it.
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Post by cubrock on Jun 21, 2011 16:03:48 GMT -5
Seems to me like swapping out the grip frames would defeat the whole purpose. Agreed, but I was opining how nifty it would be for USFA to produce a Number Five-ish Flattop Target, rather than changing the Omnipotent. I'm actually surprised they haven't done it. |
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Post by Boge Quinn on Jun 21, 2011 17:38:40 GMT -5
That would be a very cool offering, and I think they'd sell all they could make. But whadda I know?
By the way - that Bisley hammer on KAP's Omni Target is neat - I like it better than the Omni hammer.
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