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Post by potatojudge on May 26, 2023 15:34:57 GMT -5
Refitting a grip frame without refinishing or other major surgery is a gamble. You need the grip frame, which has been sanded to fit another gun, to still be oversized in all other dimensions.
I’ll add, Ronnie’s grips are an absolute bargain and more perfectly fit than you’ll ever get on a factory frame.
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Post by potatojudge on May 26, 2023 8:10:40 GMT -5
Hello all, newcomer here. Yesterday I installed a super blackhawk hammer on my Blackhawk .45 colt and while I had it apart, I decided the time was right to swap the aluminum grip frame with the steel one on my vaquero. The ears are proud on the steel grip frame with my Blackhawk, and I’m wondering what kind of file I need to get to do the fitting work. Also, any tips for scribing the lines would be greatly appreciated. I took a picture of what contour I need to be pursuing from another thread about Mr. Wells’ grips frames. Thank you in advance to any and all who respond! ***** My practice: do not file, grind, or sand a grip frame attached to the frame. To work on grip frame while it is attached risks scratching the frame.With grip frame attached, I use a fine-point marker to blend the arc from frame to grip frame. Best to clamp grip frame in vise for file work. Two layers of masking (drafting) tape help protect the backstop or other areas which shouldn’t be scratched. I generally strip the frame of lockwork for fit-up. The more aggressive the file work, the more smoothing with sandpaper or crocus cloth is required. I use wet/dry paper, rinsed constantly; this makes the paper last much longer, controls grot dispersion, and smoothes abrasive action. For anyone getting acquainted with Ruger New Model transfer bar lockwork, the RWGF 3rd Hand greatly eases disassembly & reassembly. For veterans of the New Model takedown, the RWGF 3rd Hand offers huge convenience and should be a part of the traveling tool kit. PATIENCE governs fit-up. Eccentric screw headsDuring a discussion some years ago with John Linebaugh, I described the vexing problem trying to keep a Ruger grip frame flush with the frame as the five grip frame screws are tightened, since it is common to find a screw head eccentric to the the threaded post. John, of course, knew exactly what I was talking about. He made a fixture for truing the Ruger screw heads. When discussions got to grip frames Ronnie Wells was making, I told John the Ronnie accounted for screw eccentricity while boring the mount holes in his grip frames. If someone is looking for Ronnie Wells, don’t look at the problem, look in front of it, because that is where Ronnie is to be found. It’s Ronnie who made me aware of the precision and consistency with which Bill Ruger established the two planes and five holes on his frames which allow a Ronnie Wells grip frame to mate & screw so perfectly to the Ruger frame. Finish governs final exterior dimensionThe exterior of a grip frame must be final-finished to the frame, as polishing during manufacture results in variances from revolver to revolver. David Bradshaw Eccentric screw heads explains so much and never crossed my mind.
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Post by potatojudge on May 25, 2023 11:35:57 GMT -5
Are we talking the Liberator or a Glock lower copy?
Anything with a printed barrel, the rifling won't do much anyway and if the program to print the barrel has rifling then it's more than likely to avoid the accusation that it is a short barreled shotgun.
I think for a primer only wax bullet gun they could be fun to play with, like a little gallery pistol. Then again we do the same with real guns and wax ammo. For some ergonomics and proof of concept stuff it surely has utility.
In reality, aside from 3D printing hobbyists I don't know who actually uses these. Law enforcement is sure to exaggerate the frequency with which they encounter homemade guns, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of guns used in crimes.
For the record, we shouldn't treat homemade guns like they're the tool of the criminal. America has a long history of improvised firearms.
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Post by potatojudge on May 24, 2023 22:08:40 GMT -5
Acetone or lacquer thinner probably. Oil that area down after removing the lettering.
Or send it to me and I'll get it done for you sometime in the next decade. I'd love to have that one.
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Post by potatojudge on May 24, 2023 15:09:54 GMT -5
Does anybody hear 3D print?
Print the cylinder with striations for fragility, top off with shot, print scored cap on top.
Seems like with a little R&D they could be made superior to the Speer capsules and in multiple calibers and lengths. Print a grid of the cylinders, fill them all, print caps- could do hundreds at once potentially.
https://www.reddit.com/r/reloading/comments/rgmjkl/need_38_shot_capsule_help/
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Post by potatojudge on May 23, 2023 18:11:42 GMT -5
Get Bowen to fit both sights, not much more considering what a Kodiak costs. Think he'd get charged for shooting for sight regulation twice?
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Post by potatojudge on May 23, 2023 16:18:56 GMT -5
Yep. Dawson? Front. Bowen rear. 4 inch 69.
Set it up that way thinking my uncle might take it to Alaska.
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Post by potatojudge on May 23, 2023 15:21:34 GMT -5
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Post by potatojudge on May 23, 2023 10:35:54 GMT -5
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Post by potatojudge on May 22, 2023 12:22:21 GMT -5
Jetray, why does gun say Security Six?? And 357??? Trapr Security Six+ Python Barrel= Cougar Has anybody nicknamed the Redhawk+Anaconda barrel? Bird+snake= Draco?
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Post by potatojudge on May 22, 2023 2:29:54 GMT -5
If the 97 fits you, then find the level of load you can tolerate. Everything above that gets covered by the 83.
Top end 44 special (which is to say near magnum) loads in the 97 is plenty for me. The 357 is perfect in the 97.
So you've got warm to hot 45 Colt covered. In the 83 you've got an opportunity to either crank up the horsepower in which case 454 is a good choice or you can put together an easy shooting rig. The 83 in something like a 41 or 44 is sedate and plenty powerful without punishing your brass or hands. A gun to really push your marksmanship. I'd take an 83 in 475 or 500WE gladly, but I know I'd shoot the 41/44 more and would become a better shooter with the 41/44.
You didn't ask, but in your situation I think I'd take a 45 ACP cylinder for the 97 before a 45 Colt cylinder for the 454.
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Post by potatojudge on May 22, 2023 2:21:32 GMT -5
Dick, there's a link at the end of that middle section above to the product on Amazon. Available for $150 which isn't dirt cheap but some of these tripod gun rests get ridiculously expensive, so I feel it's a bargain. It's sturdy enough for my uses and light like an aluminum tripod, though not like a carbon unit would be.
As you can imagine, the vice portion on the tripod head works best with a square forearm. The round stuff slips and twists a bit easier in those jaws.
I remind myself that if I need that tripod to be successful using that gun in the field, then I'm just doing it for fun because there's neither challenge nor utility over a rifle. Unlike revolver or 10-14 inch barreled, EER scope topped Contender hunting- which is a challenge, and which has the utility of freeing up both hands and weighing half what an ultralight weight rifle weighs. All part of the fun though.
I did just pick up an H-S rifle stock for that pistol since it can as easily be compact rifle as a pistol and I'll enjoy it as both.
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Post by potatojudge on May 21, 2023 14:17:23 GMT -5
It came on the tripod. Seems to be a lot of bang for the buck in terms of quality and utility. BOG DeathGrip Tripods with Durable Aluminum and Carbon Fiber Frames, Lightweight, Stable Design, Bubble Level, Adjustable Legs, and Hands-Free Operation for Hunting, Shooting, and Outdoors a.co/d/9PriWTSI have mixed feelings about rifle scopes on these guns. At some point just carry a rifle. On the other hand, there are real advantages to rifle scopes and if the pistol can’t really be fired offhand why handicap myself? So I shoot both, just depends on the platform. Contenders get pistol scopes for example. Lightweight Mid-grip bolt gun could go either way.
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Post by potatojudge on May 21, 2023 13:20:30 GMT -5
This one is a Kelby in a Manners stock. 6.5x47 Lapua.
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Post by potatojudge on May 20, 2023 11:07:24 GMT -5
Years ago Hamilton Bowen wrote a really good article on sights. He promoted a white outline rear and vertical white line Baughman front sight, which has been my preferred arrangement from the first time I shot one. Ramps wash out. V/beat are imprecise. All blue or stainless or white and even colored can blend with the target depending on conditions. The W created by the white notch/line, the sharp black target sight as the background, or the light around the front blade- one of those will let you shoot precisely and quickly in any reasonable lighting. The only thing that's arguably better, and this is only with practice, is a reflex sight- but that's only the case if you spend serious time drawing to bring the dot cleanly to your eye without searching for it.
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