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Post by potatojudge on Oct 14, 2022 15:01:57 GMT -5
Lee, your builds are a highlight of this site. Glad to see another happening.
I only ask because you're one of the few that can, but have you considered making your own jacketed or monometal bullet for this build?
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 13, 2022 22:56:00 GMT -5
For me, the utility would be in a round that can be loaded with Spitzer bullets for longer range work. You've got short range horsepower covered, that's easy.
307, 125 grain ballistic tips, 10 inch barrel sounds like a useful rig.
I wonder if the 30-30 could be cut to an AI without too much trouble. Seems that would be a good option in a revolver as well.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 13, 2022 16:27:45 GMT -5
I'd probably have Bowen build a Nimrod.
Dustin builds a great gun, but I'm somewhere around 7 years since my gun has been at his place waiting to be built. Maybe I'll prod him this spring.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 13, 2022 16:23:12 GMT -5
Makes sense. Thanks Rob!
That locator hole above the date does look to have been reworked.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 13, 2022 9:51:04 GMT -5
I wonder what the dots are on the back side of the grip panels Looks like grip blank stabilization, and was done before installing the escutcheons. Interesting. I bet Rob Rowen could tell you for certain.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 10, 2022 15:16:26 GMT -5
I pondered the rightness and wrongness of brass on stainless then just shut up and did it. More than happy with how it came out. Pretty Blingy when polished but I scuffed it back to brushed . i like it better that way. I think you did a great job getting those lines right, and I agree the matte brass looks pale and works with stainless just fine. Looks like a Jr on a Single Six, which is proportioned much better than a full size Bisley.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 4, 2022 12:28:33 GMT -5
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 3, 2022 15:28:24 GMT -5
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 2, 2022 17:15:38 GMT -5
Bonecrusher you think of yourself as the resident expert you tell us if the .32 is a large bore Bonecrusher is a participation rating, like "novice" "amateur" "enthusiast" or "expert" and is just a little joke. If you look under each user name you'll see similar. That said, Bushog has owned, and probably still does own and shoot, about everything under the sun. If you look back you'll see very tasteful customs he owns, many he had commissioned, from 25 up to 50 caliber. Very few here discriminate based on chambering when presented with a quality build and most of us reload so that a 500 Linebaugh can kick like a 45 ACP.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 2, 2022 17:00:51 GMT -5
Since shooting is mostly mental, managing a big bore is a different type of challenge. It's a skill to develop, like so many other firearm pursuits- clays, trap, short range bench rest, silhouette pistol, rapid fire 22, etc.
The skill is useful because of the potential work you can accomplish. Your friend may never carry in bear or pig country or try to handgun a moose, but should the day come he'll be heads and shoulders above those who haven't practiced.
Also, sooting big bores puts other rounds in perspective. Once you learn to manage a Linebaugh, typical carry rounds like 9mm feel sedate and easily managed. Noise and blast become less of a distraction. I'm of the opinion that any shooting sport informs other shooting sports in some way, so no disciplined practice is wasted no matter the type of shooting.
Big bores don't need to be painful, and most of us have worked to develop a system that prevents injury- another skill.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 1, 2022 15:41:29 GMT -5
Are you saying we need a 38-40 with the locking notches in the front 1/3 of the cylinder for maximum strength? Then flute the rear of the cylinder to confuse everyone?
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 29, 2022 21:22:21 GMT -5
It might be a trick of the grip contours, but that grip frame looks to have been reduced.
The grip frame fit almost makes it look like a Bisley conversion, but that seems unlikely that someone paid for the conversion abut added a Bisley roll marked cylinder. I think it falls in the normal variation for factory grip frame fit.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 29, 2022 10:47:25 GMT -5
Mine has a great action and makes the Model 69 feel like a brick (not that I'd give up the 69, it offers more versatility and longevity and still tops an N frame in my hands).
I noticed that fully loaded the weight of the ammo makes a difference in the balance of the 386. The gun feels just right with Blaser aluminum loaded with 200 grain gold dots so I sourced 100 rounds of it and that's what mine sees for carry. I've seen some people reload the aluminum cases, and I suppose I could with a soft 200 grain cast hollow point, but I doubt it'll come to that.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 28, 2022 18:37:16 GMT -5
Formed from 458 Hamr, and you're right it's the reasonably priced option. The owner of the company posted here some time back about the forming process, which is pretty cool since it requires making the belt.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 28, 2022 12:23:24 GMT -5
At 14:14 what's that grip frame?
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