Recent content by adam12

I hate to stir this hot pot anymore, but if you read further down the Lipsey's page to the "Configurations", you'll see they(Lipsey's) offered the HIGH POLISH BLUE IN A 4 INCH BARREL whereas Ruger offered it in a 4.2 inch barrel. I have NO idea what the gun pictured is, a Ruger-Ruger or a...

What a doggoned gorgeous no.1 rifle! The no, 1 is my all time favorite production rifle and I would be in heaven to own that beautiful baby.

I noticed the other night that there was some paly in the stock in one of my No 1 rifles, a .375 H&H magnum. I bought this rifle a little over a year ago and never noticed this before. I have yet to fire this gun and was planning to do so in the upcoming summer months, getting various ammo...

I got a pair of these you made on my lil Ruger Bearcat Shopkeeper -0 Beautiful! I think it's my favorite grip wood, and who'd a thunk it years ago when all I favored in wood grips was French Walnut and CocoBolo and the like. Really conservative stuff. Then I got introduced to this wild wacky...

gunsbam69 is a gentleman and a topnotch guy to do business with. I was a member of this forum for all of 4 days when I purchased the Bisley model 0472 (.45 Colt w/.acp cylinder xtra) through him. Since then I've purchased at least 5 or 6 more firearms from him and that number would have been...

My answer came in this month's American Rifleman on the very last page. Elmer Keith's Colt SAA in which he shot a whole bunch of .44 special AND .44 Russian. If it was good enough for the master................

My dream is to get a nice open-top Colt revolver in .44 Russian. Problem is I have so many dreams It's not so easy getting to all of them!

firecaptain - where do you buy de-sol-vit?

Any problem shooting this in a .44 Special revolver? It seems like there's a lot of space for that bullet to jump from the cylinder into the barrel!

Thanks, guys! I kinda made it sound worse than it really is, just to get the picture across. Actually, about the gunsmiths, I'm thrilled to have found them. All the old guys I used to know are gone - RIP or just retired. LKo and behold I discovered some talented young guys operating out of a...

I just got a new red Pachmyr Decelerator pad on my .375 H&H . I picked it up this afternoon and when I took it out of the case I noticed the pad was "dirty", marked up with garagegunsmith grease and such. OK, so this is nitpicky, but can anyone recommend a way to clean up the pad? I mean, it...

Would that 9mm cylinder fit the flattop .44 special frame? If so, I'll get in line behind you.

Paul - I took your word as Gospel from the get-go. I only mentioned the 8x57 because I recalled other published authors stating it in print, and to show just how these guys get "facts" wrong. And MANY thanks for all the additional info. Very interesting stuff. It makes you wonder how much of...

Check is on the way - adam12

Interesting post, Paul. And thanks for the Bell quote. I read his "Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter" years ago and couldn't recall what caliber he used, although I know it was smaller than should be used on elephant, as a hundred gun scribes have pointed out in the years since. As a matter of...