We seem to be doing a lot of these lately! This one has the Navel battle scene 
Hope you enjoy!
Raven

Hand Engraved

It's a 2nd Generation Colt in .44 Colt........Pure 4 screw 1st model Richards right down to the assembly numbers.
Oh! with Ivories.

Raven

Beautiful work, Raven!

Boy have you got that right
They're easily worth $3000 to $4000 for the labor alone, but as you know we rarely see half that!

I guess it's a labor of love
Raven

From a custom gun builders point of view the only labor I'm going to save is on the ejector. it might lower the price by a couple of hundered bucks and at the same time wouldn't put much more cash in my pocket. If I were to start with a type II you would expect me to lower my price effectivly canceling out any increase in profit. And personaly I think the quality of the Type II Uberti ejector sucks and wouldn't match the rest of the gun. I don't care to make a cheap version or mass produce them

I understand that you want an affordable Richards, but that's not why I build them and if it was about the money I would still be a Goldsmith and not a Gunsmith.
Bug Uberti about making a 1st model Richards for the masses and I will continue to make them for the connesuirs and collectors. Or move on to something else.

Unfortunatly the only way there will ever be a 1st model Richards that retails under a $1000 is if one of the Italian companies decides to produce them.
Raven

Bob,

I feel for ya! If I wasn't building them I couldn't afford one either. In fact I don't personaly own one

I've been wanting a Henry for a long time and can't justify the expense. We do make the occassional trade and maybe someday............
We also have seconds once in a while.....one of these days we will both get what we want

Raven

44-40 case heads are too big and would overlap. 

Fox Creek Kid,

Looking at a 44-40 and a 45 the case length and the rim diameter are very close to identical, and they have the pistol in 45.  Just curious.

Old Top

What undecipherable heiroglyphic are you talking about?

We either leave them plain
engrave them to match the rest of the engraving
Or engrave them with the the Navel Battle Scene (Better than the versions the Italians do)
All to the customers specification.

Our cylinders are made in house to original specification.

Hey, FCK how come there is always a little dig in your posts? I don't remember ever tring to intentionaly piss you off.

Raven

Raven,

Thank you I figured it was leangth

Old Top

Fox Creek Kid

"Also, ethically I think it is wrong to shill for a company that one represents as a free form of advertising. No other gun boards I frequent allow it. Now you know why."

Then why don't you just stay on those other boards?

FCK

We have them hand engraved, My engraver is busy enough so I don't share....Tough luck!
Besides what difference does it make if the are Roll Engraved, Hand Engraved or Not Engraved......I have NEVER represented them as anything other than what they are.

I do not advertize....I answer the questions people ask other wise We would be left with the crappy advice that some people give.
and I show pictures of Custom pieces that I do. I don't give prices unless asked.
Occasionaly I offer a personal project for sale.

From your DIGS and the latest post it is clear that you question my integrity and my ethics....Your the one itching to start a fight. If you had any integrity or ethics you wouldn't be doing this, you could have started with a PM with SUGGESTIONS for how I might do things better. Since you are doing this in public I will respond in public as well instead of with a PM

I didn't start this with you. I figure your problem with myself and Hoof Hearted and Coiffin Maker is jelousy.....Probably due to the fact that you are uncapable of doing what we do............Get Over It.

Untill they change the rules on this forum KMA.


Raven