Greetings My Good Netizens and Ruger fans
The prof is starting to lose it!
As I continue to clean up the
first ring of hell workshop, It is like Christmas early, finding
scheiss precious objects I had quite forgotten about.
I open yet another box and lo and behold, here is a barreled Ruger Old Army frame, with adjustable sites and cylinder pin thingy, that I had quite forgotten about! ( see pic 1)
Then I dig deeper and I also found the xred frame, grips and asst screws.... but I remember I did not find any guts, nor a cylinder I was willing to trade in my right arm for... But I discovered my spare Rogers and Spencer C&B cylinder actually fits like a glove (who would have thought?)
( see pic 2)
If I find a
cheap reasonably priced cylinder I may keep it.... but then, I would want to remove the barrel to take off all the stampings, and
being a Snubby Fan I will almost certainly cut it down....
So, before I desecrate this virtually new frame & barrel, what are you thoughts?
Should I keep it and
- shop forever to try to find the other bits?
- leave it "as designed" - ie 7.5" barrel and adjustable sights -- rather than desecrate a nice piece?
- modify New Model Blackhawk parts to function?
- remove the barrel, spin off the words, and cut er down to 3" or 5" ?
or leave the lovely thing alone and sell/trade it off for a Pietta 1858 or 1860 that I can molest?
Any advice, esp re Ruger Barrel removal?
Prof Marvel
pic1= "roa1" is just frame and barrel. pic2 (coming soon) is assembled with xred grip and R&S cylinder