Guns of the Darksiders

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Fingers McGee

#100
January 30, 2009, 10:40:16 PM
Quote from: Dr. Bob on January 30, 2009, 08:55:38 PM
Glad that I was a leenin back in ma chair when I looked at yer fine revovler!  Just go the drool on my shirt and not the keyboard! ::) ;D ;D  Real purty!!

And it shoots real good too.  At least it did with the old grips/grip frame.  Hopefully it'll shot as good with the new grips/grip frame.

FM
Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee;
SASS Regulator 28654 - L - TG; NCOWS 3638
AKA Man of many Colts; Diabolical Ken's alter ego; stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman/Pistoleer; Rangemaster
Founding Member - Central Ozarks Western Shooters
Member - Southern Missouri Rangers;
NRA Patron Life: GOA; CCRKBA; SAF; SV-114 (CWO4 ret); STORM 327

"Cynic:  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees thing as they are, not as they should be"  Ambrose Bierce

Leo Tanner

#101
January 30, 2009, 10:42:14 PM
Only one way ta find out :D :D
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Raider2000

#102
February 14, 2009, 06:11:36 PM
OK the new guy in town & I'll post a few pictures of what is at home any way "what my brother hasn't claimed as his that is."  ::)

The Armory..


My 2 Remingtons, top is Uberti NMA Millenium, bottom is my custom done Pietta NMA w/ 5.5" barrel.


Ready for a walk about.


My oldest shooting my Pietta NMA with my target load ofcorse.

Leo Tanner

#103
February 14, 2009, 06:20:39 PM
Yer oldest is the spittin image of ma youngest.  I'll dig up some pitchers.

Nice guns.  Is there a reason fer usin differnt caps on the Pieta than the Uberti?  Just wonderin.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Raider2000

#104
February 14, 2009, 06:25:16 PM
The Uberti isn't loaded in the pic & I make it a habbit of sealing the capped end with wax "or this case finger nail polish, don't tell Moma" when I keep any of my C&B Revolvers loaded for any length of time.

BTW I've had the best of luck with Remington #11's

Leo Tanner

#105
February 14, 2009, 06:52:26 PM
I haven't been exactly overjoyed with CCI #10's.  The Rems are hard to find in my area and I worry about getting a good seal over the nipple so I've been staying with the 10's.  It's been tempting to try the 11's.
     The Uberti does look capped in those photos.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Steel Horse Bailey

#106
February 16, 2009, 01:50:39 PM
Nice toys, Raider2K!

Thanks for sharing.  We LOVE to drool over other folk's stuff!  Glad yer gettin' yer young-un involved, too.


Fingers - that's right purty!  I LOVE the silver & ivory look!!!

This Ruger is VERY customized;  I did the birdhead grip thing (with the help of "Qualite' ") about 2 years before I ever saw a Ruger-made birdhead.  There's a lot of other stuff done, too.  In the course of doing the brass gripframe (actually bronze)  and other touches, the 'billboard' warning disappeared from the left side of the barrel.
;)

The other gun ain't real special ... it's pretty beat-up and shows its age.  It's a Iver Johnson model of 1883 - made later but I'm not sure 'zackly when.  It's in 38 S&W that I load up with BP.  It's a 5-shot, but the durn thing shoots real straight and smacks the targets with good authority!  I've considered loading one on the clock and using it as a main-match gun just fer grins.  At least for one stage.  Ballistically, It's prob'ly about what a 36 C&B would do. 



The grips on the I.J. are what they listed as the Factory "Target" grips.  They are VERY comfortable.
"May Your Powder always be Dry and Black; Your Smoke always White; and Your Flames Always Light the Way to Eternal Shooting Fulfillment !"

Fingers McGee

#107
February 17, 2009, 12:17:31 AM
Quote from: Steel Horse Bailey on February 16, 2009, 01:50:39 PM

Fingers - that's right purty!  I LOVE the silver & ivory look!!!

This Ruger is VERY customized;  I did the birdhead grip thing (with the help of "Qualite' ") about 2 years before I ever saw a Ruger-made birdhead.  There's a lot of other stuff done, too.  In the course of doing the brass gripframe (actually bronze)  and other touches, the 'billboard' warning disappeared from the left side of the barrel.   ;)

The other gun ain't real special ... it's pretty beat-up and shows its age.  It's a Iver Johnson model of 1883 - made later but I'm not sure 'zackly when.  It's in 38 S&W that I load up with BP.  It's a 5-shot, but the durn thing shoots real straight and smacks the targets with good authority!  I've considered loading one on the clock and using it as a main-match gun just fer grins.  At least for one stage.  Ballistically, It's prob'ly about what a 36 C&B would do. 

The grips on the I.J. are what they listed as the Factory "Target" grips.  They are VERY comfortable.

I like the silver & white look on the birdshead too.  Ya need to silver plate the grip frame to finish it.  Using the old IJ for a main match gun would be a hoot

FM
Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee;
SASS Regulator 28654 - L - TG; NCOWS 3638
AKA Man of many Colts; Diabolical Ken's alter ego; stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman/Pistoleer; Rangemaster
Founding Member - Central Ozarks Western Shooters
Member - Southern Missouri Rangers;
NRA Patron Life: GOA; CCRKBA; SAF; SV-114 (CWO4 ret); STORM 327

"Cynic:  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees thing as they are, not as they should be"  Ambrose Bierce

Steel Horse Bailey

#108
February 17, 2009, 07:56:07 AM
Quote from: Fingers McGee on February 17, 2009, 12:17:31 AM
I like the silver & white look on the birdshead too.  Ya need to silver plate the grip frame to finish it.  Using the old IJ for a main match gun would be a hoot

FM


Nah ... no silver plate.   I polish up the bronze with my wheel and rouge and it looks like jewelry quality gold.  I like the look.  When I bought the grip from Qualite', I had the choice of bronze or Stainless Steel.  (For an added $50)  I like the look of the polished SS gun with the polished Bronze and Ivory coloured grips.

You know what they say about opinions ... everybody's got one.
;D

I think this is the season that I WILL use the old I.J. at least a stage or two.  I'm not worried about my time - hell, they time me with a sundial, anyhoo!

:D
"May Your Powder always be Dry and Black; Your Smoke always White; and Your Flames Always Light the Way to Eternal Shooting Fulfillment !"

Fingers McGee

#109
February 20, 2009, 11:41:06 AM
Quote from: Steel Horse Bailey on February 17, 2009, 07:56:07 AM

Nah ... no silver plate.   I polish up the bronze with my wheel and rouge and it looks like jewelry quality gold.  I like the look.  When I bought the grip from Qualite', I had the choice of bronze or Stainless Steel.  (For an added $50)  I like the look of the polished SS gun with the polished Bronze and Ivory coloured grips.

You know what they say about opinions ... everybody's got one.   ;D

I think this is the season that I WILL use the old I.J. at least a stage or two.  I'm not worried about my time - hell, they time me with a sundial, anyhoo!   :D

You're right there.  Have fun with the IJ.

Here's a couple pictures of my latest acquisition.  NIB - still wrapped in plastic with the cosmoline on it - Uberti Paterson w/loading lever that was Mfg in 1996.


Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee;
SASS Regulator 28654 - L - TG; NCOWS 3638
AKA Man of many Colts; Diabolical Ken's alter ego; stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman/Pistoleer; Rangemaster
Founding Member - Central Ozarks Western Shooters
Member - Southern Missouri Rangers;
NRA Patron Life: GOA; CCRKBA; SAF; SV-114 (CWO4 ret); STORM 327

"Cynic:  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees thing as they are, not as they should be"  Ambrose Bierce

Sgt. Jake

#110
February 20, 2009, 12:18:07 PM
     Fingers    Nice Find,after you picked that up,I hope you stoped and bought a Powerball ticket,it was your lucky day.    Adios  Sgt.Jake

Fingers McGee

#111
February 20, 2009, 01:51:05 PM
I wish.  Unfortunately it's lucky in guns, unlucky in lottery.

I also got a pair of NIB 51 Navies in the deal - one London model & one Squareback model).  Gonna sell them.

FM
Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee;
SASS Regulator 28654 - L - TG; NCOWS 3638
AKA Man of many Colts; Diabolical Ken's alter ego; stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman/Pistoleer; Rangemaster
Founding Member - Central Ozarks Western Shooters
Member - Southern Missouri Rangers;
NRA Patron Life: GOA; CCRKBA; SAF; SV-114 (CWO4 ret); STORM 327

"Cynic:  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees thing as they are, not as they should be"  Ambrose Bierce

Steel Horse Bailey

#112
February 20, 2009, 02:22:57 PM
Fine lookin' Patty, Fingers!

Those Navies ought to be real sweet, too.
"May Your Powder always be Dry and Black; Your Smoke always White; and Your Flames Always Light the Way to Eternal Shooting Fulfillment !"

'Monterrey' Jack Brass

#113
February 22, 2009, 03:45:21 AM
My black powder shrine.....




YMH&OS,

Brass
NRA Life, VFW Life, F&AM 
Old West Research & Studies Association
amateur wetplate photographer

Abilene

#114
February 22, 2009, 08:55:50 AM
Brass, that is one helluva collection, and an awesome picture.  I love the arrangement.

Steel Horse Bailey

#115
February 22, 2009, 09:00:01 AM
Jack ... I'm speechless!  Awesome!


(And you know ME well enough to know what it takes to make me speechless!)
;)
"May Your Powder always be Dry and Black; Your Smoke always White; and Your Flames Always Light the Way to Eternal Shooting Fulfillment !"

Fingers McGee

#116
February 22, 2009, 11:53:36 AM
Quote from: Steel Horse Bailey on February 22, 2009, 09:00:01 AM
Jack ... I'm speechless!  Awesome!

+1.  Words fail me.

FM
Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee;
SASS Regulator 28654 - L - TG; NCOWS 3638
AKA Man of many Colts; Diabolical Ken's alter ego; stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman/Pistoleer; Rangemaster
Founding Member - Central Ozarks Western Shooters
Member - Southern Missouri Rangers;
NRA Patron Life: GOA; CCRKBA; SAF; SV-114 (CWO4 ret); STORM 327

"Cynic:  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees thing as they are, not as they should be"  Ambrose Bierce

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter

#117
February 22, 2009, 12:21:28 PM





                                     ::) :o :o :o :o :o :o 8) WOW  :D ;D


                                                tEN wOLVES  ;) :D ;D
NRA, SASS# 69595, NCOWS#3123 Leather Shop, RATTS# 369, SCORRS, BROW, ROWSS #40   Shoot Straight, Have Fun, That's What It's All About

Four Eyed Floyd

#118
February 22, 2009, 12:39:29 PM
 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Four Eyed Floyd
SASS #75002
RATS #391
BOSS #186
STORM #311
Scioto Territory Desperadoes

'Monterrey' Jack Brass

#119
February 22, 2009, 01:30:21 PM
Fellas - only a few items in that picture are original pieces, almost all are repros. But if they were all were originals, now THAT would be impressive..! The firearms arrangement was field expediency as they wouldn't fit on my canvas unless they were almost stacked on top each other - will need a bigger canvas if I get any more guns. And for SHB - you've never been at a loss for words, amigo - you're just funnin' with me!

In keeping with this site's mission in honoring holy black powder society and in fostering the only true historical path in propellents (sorry smokeless shooters, I'm an 1860s-70s kinda guy) I'm pleased to make this confession: Only one revolver and one rife shown in that picture (one of the '73 Colt clones and the Henry clone) has ever fired smokeless - back when I was just starting out in CAS and had to buy ammo off the shelf before I could make my own. Thankfully that didn't last but a couple of shoots - I got situated to make BP ammo as quickly as possible and it's been blackpowder or nuthin' since. And, in closing, if I couldn't shoot BP I wouldn't be shooting at all.

That's my personal black powder story, history, and confession for all of you here supporting that most hallowed propellent.

YMH&OS,

Brass
NRA Life, VFW Life, F&AM 
Old West Research & Studies Association
amateur wetplate photographer
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