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Okay, here are some "before" pictures.    
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 00:39 |
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| # ? May 26, 2013 07:23 |
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infrared35 posted:Apparently there's a lead-remover cloth that supposed to be the bizzle, but you're only supposed to use it on stainless guns. (What did shipping run? I was eyeballing these Austrian border guns when the Ruger popped up)
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 01:13 |
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Miso Beno posted:Well it's a good thing you have a stainless gun isn't it? They hit me for the full $50, but my transfer fee is only $20. I figured as long I stayed under $300 out the door, I was golden.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 01:17 |
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...and another double post for the "after" pictures. ...with a brief stop in the 1940s for some pimp flavor:  ...on the way to the 1970s for some hot, early IWB action. 
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 04:13 |
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Excellent work. I'm new to revolvers... mind posting a brief rundown on your cleaning supplies/techniques?
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 05:32 |
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ir35, superb cleanup job. Gorgeous gun.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 05:46 |
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Really nice work infrared35! What is the material in the handles of the last one?
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 06:08 |
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IR35 that gun is lucky to have you. Have you done or planning to do any type of trigger work on it? Also IMHO the wood looks the best on there.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 06:13 |
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starless posted:Excellent work. I'm new to revolvers... mind posting a brief rundown on your cleaning supplies/techniques? Thanks; I kept it pretty simple. I took the grips off, and I removed the forward sideplate screw so I could take the cylinder off to make cleaning easier. I got some extra-fine steel wool, dabbed some CLP on it, and just went to work. I used a standard copper brush with CLP for the chambers and the barrel, and a smaller one to get inside the frame and the crane pivot. Half the cleaning job was just making sure I cleaned up all the steel wool residue from all the little nooks and crannies. priznat posted:Really nice work infrared35! What is the material in the handles of the last one? Plain black plastic; they're Barami Hip-Grips, an old school method of IWB carry.  hedgiejugglr posted:IR35 that gun is lucky to have you. Have you done or planning to do any type of trigger work on it? Also IMHO the wood looks the best on there. I wasn't planning on doing any tuning on it. I do plan on shooting the hell out of it though. I agree that the wood grips look best, and I specifically tracked one down with the Magnas on it for nostalgia's sake, but they get in the way of using speedloaders. The fake stag grips are actually the most comfortable of the "small" grips, and they're slim enough to allow unimpeded speedloader use. But there's something about the Barami Hip-Grip that appeals both to my sense of nostalgia and my sense of practicality. It's a weird combination. I might end up running it with Pachmayrs or something in the end. I've got a good OWB holster for the gun, so it's not like I need the Hip-Grip for carry.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 11:32 |
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ChlorineTrifluoride posted:DJ's by my place had 3 sets of them when I last dug through their grips box. I have seen quite a few $5 pairs at the shows. The factory grips are kind of small, I think most people have always hated them and slapped pachmayr grips on them as soon as they could. If you end up at the Puyallup show before you make that order I doubt you will have any trouble finding a super cheap set. Hmm? See any Super Blackhawk grips cheap at the wetside shows? I still need to replace the factory rubber monolith on my .44.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 19:24 |
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Ygolonac posted:Hmm? See any Super Blackhawk grips cheap at the wetside shows? I still need to replace the factory rubber monolith on my .44. I see them. Thinking back over the last couple shows I think the cheapest I have seen them was $20, although I was just looking at the factory Ruger walnut + medallion grips. There is a guy who usually has a case full of them also, but I think his are usually a bit more. But if you want some of those fancy laminate grips he always seems to have them. One of the problems I find with the Ruger single action grips is that they don't seem to be taken off and tossed in a drawer to be forgotten about as often as the double action grips are. So they are a bit more rare. The second problem is that there are guys who just buy them and resell them every time they see a set at a decent price. I have gotten to the point with grips now that if I see them I'll just pick them up. I suspect I am not alone in this practice. If you go to the Puyallup show I know you will find a pair, I just couldn't guarantee that they would be very cheap.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 21:09 |
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ChlorineTrifluoride posted:I see them. Thinking back over the last couple shows I think the cheapest I have seen them was $20, although I was just looking at the factory Ruger walnut + medallion grips. There is a guy who usually has a case full of them also, but I think his are usually a bit more. But if you want some of those fancy laminate grips he always seems to have them. Are you going to be at the Puyallup show this weekend?
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 21:15 |
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Miso Beno posted:Are you going to be at the Puyallup show this weekend? Unless I am missing something, no. The next show is Monroe and that is next weekend. The next Puyallup show isn't until the 20th. But yeah, I will be going to the next Puyallup show, probably with a couple people. Should be a good one given the large gap between shows. I don't really plan on buying much though, probably just cruise for more $150 Bearcats and gun related bric-a-brac like grips or cheap parts. I wouldn't mind finding more $10 revolver frames, my stepdad is having a lot of fun using the Ruger XR3-Red (single six/blackhawk) frame I found to make grips.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 21:24 |
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ChlorineTrifluoride posted:Unless I am missing something, no. The next show is Monroe and that is next weekend. The next Puyallup show isn't until the 20th. But yeah, I will be going to the next Puyallup show, probably with a couple people. Should be a good one given the large gap between shows. Oh I think I'm touched in the head, I thought the next show was this weekend. That said the show is probably gonna be a suck show because it's in the pavillion. 
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 21:33 |
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Miso Beno posted:Oh I think I'm touched in the head, I thought the next show was this weekend. That said the show is probably gonna be a suck show because it's in the pavillion. Long gap + Pavillion? Yeah, that is going to be a real hassle to get around in. Last year it was almost impossible to walk. I guess it will pay to get there early and stand in line. On the bright side there have been a lot of good revolver prices lately, interspersed with the usual overpricing assholes.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 21:40 |
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ChlorineTrifluoride posted:Long gap + Pavillion? Yeah, that is going to be a real hassle to get around in. Last year it was almost impossible to walk. I guess it will pay to get there early and stand in line. On the bright side there have been a lot of good revolver prices lately, interspersed with the usual overpricing assholes. I'm usually in pretty early, what time are you shooting to get in?
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 22:10 |
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Miso Beno posted:I'm usually in pretty early, what time are you shooting to get in? Given that it is the pavilion I will probably try to arrive at 7:30 and wait in line. I know my stepdad wanted to come, but he is an early riser so I don't expect him to delay me. Not sure if the other guys who have expressed an interest will be coming.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2010 22:30 |
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Hell yeah, permits are approved it seems. Already bought that S&W 17-2, pictures as soon as it arrives 
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| # ? Feb 4, 2010 11:54 |
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ChlorineTrifluoride posted:I see them. Thinking back over the last couple shows I think the cheapest I have seen them was $20, although I was just looking at the factory Ruger walnut + medallion grips. There is a guy who usually has a case full of them also, but I think his are usually a bit more. But if you want some of those fancy laminate grips he always seems to have them. Factory walnut would still be an immense improvement over factory Hogues. Of course, I'm over here in Spokane, and the closest I'll likely get to wetside shows is next weekend's one down in Tri-Cities (Pasco? I think), and I might not get to that if my tax return doesn't arrive before next Thursday.
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| # ? Feb 4, 2010 18:19 |
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Ygolonac posted:Factory walnut would still be an immense improvement over factory Hogues. Well I can search for grips too and let you know when I find a pair. I'm sure wrapping them up in come bubble wrap and popping them in the mail would be pretty cheap. I would need to know if you have a price range, are picky about condition, and if you need the screw with them. I'm really 2/5ths compulsive collector, 2/5ths compulsive deal hunter/haggler and only 1/5ths actual shooter anyway. I think I enjoy cruising the gunshows and haggling with old guys over a pair of grips or a spare cylinder more than actually shooting. Although I suspect a lot of that has to do with how much of a hassle it is to go shooting around here.
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| # ? Feb 4, 2010 18:36 |
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I went ahead and attacked the grime and active rust with some lightweight oil and a bronze brush.     
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 01:05 |
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I hadn't taken too many good shots of my LCR so I decided to fix that. I do so love photography I just wish I was better at it, but I'm learning slowly as I go.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 01:22 |
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I would just like to say that it is still odd to me to see a Smith & Wesson with an importer stamp.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 02:43 |
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Oh dear it fell apart. 
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 09:09 |
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 Work in progress on a .357 n.m. Blackhawk. The original 6&1/2" barrel was threaded wrong/tilted in the factory and the sights had to be adjusted to the utmost left to get hits to the paper. It also had a cinch in it, right after the forcing cone. I swapped the barrel to a 10" forged one with less grooves and a more favorable twist. Threaded it so that I have a pretty tight cylinder gap, 0,003", to allow high pressures with 200 grain bullets. Making later a set of Weigand-style swappable front sight blades and a base, casting a pair of brass grip plates and trying to swap the aluminum cast grip frame to a steel one. Btw, anyone here have a steel vaquero, or etc, grip frame that they'd be interested in selling?
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 10:53 |
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What the hell, Miso? They were ambitious (or evil) enough to strip the finish from every last surface of the cylinder crane, but they couldn't be bothered to take the grips off in their quest for bare metal?
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 10:53 |
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Miso Beno posted:Oh dear it fell apart. You ruin everything you touch. 
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 14:15 |
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infrared35 posted:What the hell, Miso? They were ambitious (or evil) enough to strip the finish from every last surface of the cylinder crane, but they couldn't be bothered to take the grips off in their quest for bare metal? They didn't take the trigger guard off either. I'm probably going to leave the ejector in the white.  Black Stormy posted:You ruin everything you touch. It's true 
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 16:40 |
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Miso Beno posted:Oh dear it fell apart. While I do believe that it was a crime to strip the bluing off that gun, I also kind of like how it looks now. After doing some searches on finishes I couldn't come up with an answer to this question: is there a way to artificially give a gun that aged patina, the sort you see on really old guns? I think it would rule if you could make that gun look like it was from the 1870s.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 16:47 |
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You mean browning? It's essentially letting the gun rust, wiping it off, repeat until you got that plum brown look.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 16:53 |
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Miso Beno posted:It's true I still love you baby, don't cry.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 17:00 |
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ChlorineTrifluoride posted:While I do believe that it was a crime to strip the bluing off that gun, I also kind of like how it looks now. After doing some searches on finishes I couldn't come up with an answer to this question: is there a way to artificially give a gun that aged patina, the sort you see on really old guns? I would have thought seriously about having the gun browned if had been buffed. The markings on the frame are still in great shape so I'm just going to go for the make it look fancy and new with parkerization. I'm still trying to sort out the grip situation because I don't like the small factory grips, and the Pachmayrs that I like seem to be hard to come by.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 17:08 |
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ChlorineTrifluoride posted:Well I can search for grips too and let you know when I find a pair. I'm sure wrapping them up in come bubble wrap and popping them in the mail would be pretty cheap. I would need to know if you have a price range, are picky about condition, and if you need the screw with them. I'm pretty sure I'd need the screw - the Hogues have a bottom-screw that fits into a swiveling strap-piece on the bottom og ther grip frame. $20-25 (I'm a cheap bastard) plus shipping, I guess. Wood, not totally destroyed/covered in spooge/terribly broken - worn, gouged, chipped OK. I figured I might as well try your luck, seeing as how I might not get to the Tri-Cities show, and I think the next Spokane one is April.  Who knows, amybe someone else will pop up with some wood to offer?Is there a difference between regular Blackhawk grips and the Super Blackhawk ones? I know I have that cool-looking squared-back triggerguard...
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 18:02 |
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Miso Beno posted:I would have thought seriously about having the gun browned if had been buffed. The markings on the frame are still in great shape so I'm just going to go for the make it look fancy and new with parkerization. I'm still trying to sort out the grip situation because I don't like the small factory grips, and the Pachmayrs that I like seem to be hard to come by. You know, the factory grips don't seem comfortable when you are just holding the gun, but I actually kind of like them when I shoot the gun. When I took my friend and his wife out shooting she liked the gun with the factory grips on it quite a lot. I would have thought she would gravitate to shooting .38 special out of it, but no, she shot 44 .357 mag rounds out of it (all but the 6 she let her husband shoot) and loved it. I do know what you mean though, the factory grips are kind of wrong. Of course, that means they are a dime a dozen used. Ygolonac posted:I'm pretty sure I'd need the screw - the Hogues have a bottom-screw that fits into a swiveling strap-piece on the bottom og ther grip frame. Yes, there are a lot of different Ruger grips. Regular blackhawk grips are XR3 or XR3-RED, depending on the age. If you take the grips off the frame says. Super blackhawk grips are a third type. This is a great guide to Ruger grips: http://www.gunblast.com/Hamm_Ruger-SA-GripFrames.htm I'll keep an eye out for you. I have just been buying up all the Ruger grips I find for a decent price anyway. I'll let you know if I come up with anything. Sixgun Strumpet fucked around with this message at Feb 5, 2010 around 18:15 |
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Edit: Double post.
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ChlorineTrifluoride posted:You know, the factory grips don't seem comfortable when you are just holding the gun, but I actually kind of like them when I shoot the gun. When I took my friend and his wife out shooting she liked the gun with the factory grips on it quite a lot. I would have thought she would gravitate to shooting .38 special out of it, but no, she shot 44 .357 mag rounds out of it (all but the 6 she let her husband shoot) and loved it. They're also ugly.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 19:14 |
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Miso Beno posted:They're also ugly. Not every revolver grows up to be a Python. Yeah, they are ugly. Might have to dig around for something like this http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=6217525
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 19:39 |
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ChlorineTrifluoride posted:Not every revolver grows up to be a Python. Or these. 
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| # ? Feb 5, 2010 20:05 |
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Miso Beno posted:Or these. drat. Nice find. Actually I think I am going to order a set of those. That is a fantastic price. And...ordered. I picked up 2 pair (their shipping is expensive figured I would probably use the second pair eventually anyway, or just trade them for something else at as show). I'll take a lovely picture (like all my pictures) when I get them in and on the gun. Sixgun Strumpet fucked around with this message at Feb 5, 2010 around 20:59 |
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Miso Beno posted:Or these. Because if so holy poo poo
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