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CAS City Classifieds / Re: My BP Revolver Collection - Prices Reduced
« Last post by 44caliberkid on Today at 12:02:52 PM »Lowering prices one more time before I put them on gunbroker. Prices include shipping, which costs me $20 - $25.
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The Leather Shop / Re: Man With No Name
« Last post by River City John on Today at 10:43:20 AM »This guy sells “printable pdf patterns” for a number of rigs, and claims his man with no name pattern is accurate.
I have no clue, just manged to find it, and it seems to be the only vendor i can find.
www.londonjacksleather.com.
Prf mumbles
PLUS, his name is John, so ya can't go wrong!
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Tall Tales / Re: May we move on, for coffee and chat ?
« Last post by Hair Trigger Jim on Today at 10:43:18 AM »I'm a bit north of you guys. We got some wind and a little rain, but that was it despite the "severe thunderstorm warning." I put the car in the garage for nothing. Coulda gotten at least a light carwash out of it.
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NCOWS / Re: 2024 Jerry Barnes Match
« Last post by River City John on Today at 10:38:45 AM »Hay no joke that was a clean stage for me.
Same goes for me, Wooly Dan. The only one, I think.
It was a fun match with great people. There were shooters representing Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas and Oklahoma. (May be more, but that's all I'm aware of.)
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Tall Tales / Re: May we move on, for coffee and chat ?
« Last post by River City John on Today at 10:32:11 AM »Passed us also, Delmonico. And we were supposed to get the full brunt of the cell.
BUT . . . we did get a hellatious amount of wind and rain.
BUT . . . we did get a hellatious amount of wind and rain.
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The Darksider's Den / Re: How did we get these "Calibers"?
« Last post by Mako on Today at 10:23:52 AM »Mine was made by putting a Navy grip on a "1860 Type II" as Uberti calls it, in .38. Their 1860 conversions in .38, both R-M and Type II, come with the Navy frame/cylinder. Since the Type II '60 barrel is the same shape as a '61, it is easy to turn it into a '61 Type II with the Navy grip.
Abilene,
Okay, you might know this since you had the affiliation with Cimarron. I tried to physically see some, but every time I was in Fredericksburg they never had the Type IIs in .38 for me to compare.
- Are the .38 spl Type IIs the same frame and cylinder (diameter) size as the .44 and .45 Uberti Type IIs?
- I know the '51 Richards-Mason conversions are "correctly sized".
- I want to put a '60 barrel on a correctly sized .38 frame already set up for cartridges and just open up the chambers to .44 Russian/Colt.
- I would prefer to have the frame already having Army grips because I found it is almost impossible to get "replacement" Grips, Back straps and Trigger Guards in the Army grip size
- I actually want a Franken-Gun of sorts, however it would be more correct than the oversized Richards Type IIs I have now. If I actually had my druthers I would take a '61 barrel and have it rebored and rifled for Ø.428 bullets and shoot internally lubed bullets.
- I don't like the way the Uberti Type IIs in .44 caliber sit in my hands, the hammer spur is off (too high) and something just seems off about them. I can close my eyes and if you hand me a '60 grip first and the Type II grip first I can tell in an instant the difference. I would love to have a pair as much for practice as for using them as my wet weather guns as I do now.
- I have thought about getting two sets of revolvers, a pair of '60s and a pair of any flavor '51 cartridge conversion and swapping out the barrels and rechambering the .38 cylinder to .44, but by that time I might as well just get a conversion back plate and convert a pair of '60s.
- I was thinking pretty hard about it about 15 years ago until life sidetracked me...
You're a bad man making me want pretty things...
~Mako
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The Darksider's Den / Re: How did we get these "Calibers"?
« Last post by Mako on Today at 09:46:14 AM »Abilene,
I have always admired those bright white "new ivory" grips. I actually pursued getting a pair for a couple of my '60s , but I ran into only finding aged ivory in the Army grips at the time. I wrote two companies making them and it came to nothing. Maybe I should pursue it again.
~Mako
I have always admired those bright white "new ivory" grips. I actually pursued getting a pair for a couple of my '60s , but I ran into only finding aged ivory in the Army grips at the time. I wrote two companies making them and it came to nothing. Maybe I should pursue it again.
~Mako
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Tall Tales / Re: May we move on, for coffee and chat ?
« Last post by Major 2 on Today at 09:41:32 AM »Been there...
it's always "phew" moment in hurricane season once they brush on by.
it's always "phew" moment in hurricane season once they brush on by.
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The Darksider's Den / Re: How did we get these "Calibers"?
« Last post by Mako on Today at 09:38:12 AM »Coffinmaker(onewwurd),
I believe I had read a post a long time ago from you where you said you had multiple barrels. For some reason a 5 1/2" barrel on a cartridge revolver seems right. I think it may be that the first revolver that was "mine" was a SAA with a 5 1/2" barrel, I shot it the first time when I was 10 (put a dent in my forehead, from shooting it sitting with my arms on my elbows on my knees). My grandfather remarked, "Well I guess it is yours now, it's marked you..." Happy memories.
I have looked at those Pietta 5 1/2 '60s that Midway USA used to put on sale from $199 to $225 and never could get an order in when they were in stock (they wouldn't honor the sale price for back orders, I can't blame them the price was righteous). If I had two pairs of those I would turn one set into cartridge revolvers and use heel based bullets in them.
~Mako
I believe I had read a post a long time ago from you where you said you had multiple barrels. For some reason a 5 1/2" barrel on a cartridge revolver seems right. I think it may be that the first revolver that was "mine" was a SAA with a 5 1/2" barrel, I shot it the first time when I was 10 (put a dent in my forehead, from shooting it sitting with my arms on my elbows on my knees). My grandfather remarked, "Well I guess it is yours now, it's marked you..." Happy memories.
I have looked at those Pietta 5 1/2 '60s that Midway USA used to put on sale from $199 to $225 and never could get an order in when they were in stock (they wouldn't honor the sale price for back orders, I can't blame them the price was righteous). If I had two pairs of those I would turn one set into cartridge revolvers and use heel based bullets in them.
~Mako
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USFA CSS / Re: 38/40 serial number
« Last post by Coffinmaker on Today at 09:23:50 AM »
Hey King 
I'm the wrong guy to comment about USFA value as I don't "collect" anything and feel the "Collectors" have price USFA well beyond actual "value."
However, do not allow a USFA "parts" gun to turn you away. USPFA/USFA turn'd Uberti sourced parts into really really FINE revolvers and you can't go wrong with Turnbull. Some speak of "Parts" guns with distain. Horsepucky.
BLACK RIVER: Just for funnies, it's "USFA" really not "USAF." USAF is well know for their AIRPLANES. USFA, on the other hand, are known for SINGLE ACTION guns.(Chortle chortle snicker snicker
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