Recent content by azdover

Found a Power Custom Bisley hammer/Vaquero trigger kit. Just finished installing it. Although the original Single Six hammer worked and looked okay, I think the Bisley hammer just looks better. The Bisley hammer is just a little lower and a little longer making it easier to reach. The 18 #...

If anybody in the Phoenix area is interested, I stumbled across a Gary Reeder 410 GNR Stealth Hawk while looking for a Single Six at a local pawn shop. They're asking for $1200 although I bet there's a little wiggle room in that number. It appears to be a Version 1 conversion and is in pretty...

Nope. Just a hobby. After doing a couple of these conversions, I now have an idea why good gunsmiths charge as much as they do. I posted this to give other folks an idea of how to do a Single Six Bisley grip frame conversion and what parts the minimum parts they'd need. If a "Joe...

I found and ordered a Power Custom Single Six Bisley hammer and trigger kit after I finished the swap. The factory Single Six hammer is actually about the same height above the back of the Bisley grip frame since the Single Six cylinder frame is smaller than a Blackhawk cylinder frame. Here's...

I rounded the frame during the install. Whipped out the ol' angle grinder and knocked it out in no time. Just kidding about the angle grinder. Started with a coarse bastard file to rough it out and then used less aggressive files finally cleaning it up with sand paper and foam backed...

I've always liked Ruger single actions with a Bisley grip frame. I've done a couple of New Model Blackhawk 357s and decided I wanted a 22 Single Six Bisley conversion. After looking around a bit, I didn't realize how relatively easy it is to do. All you need is a: - A complete plow handle 22...

The day I think I know what I am doing something will be a Sign Of The Apocalypse. 😜

Went back and corrected my terminology in my earlier posts after some help from Mr. Dave Bradshaw on another forum. I should have be using "indexing lugs" instead of "ears". Ears are the two parts that stick up out of the top of a plow handle grip frame. It appears the Bisley frame doesn't...

I posted this problem in another forum, and a couple of folks said to make sure the long grip frame screw was installed on the load gate (right) side or it might get damaged. It was although it easily went into the left side also. I went back to double check everything. All the online parts...

I'm not sure if this a common problem, but this is the first time I've run into this during my limited experience with Ruger single actions. When trying to remove the grip frame pivot lock screw ("long grip frame screw" for short), it would back out about a quarter turn and then lock up. I...

I swapped a RW brass Potato Judge grip frame onto my 357 Bisley last year. I used a "french curve" that was mentioned on another forum to blend the cylinder and grip frame. Ronnie posted this picture on that site. The line shows how it changes the side profile. It got rid of the hump and...