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I'm actually looking for a project gun so i'm looking for something rough or cheap. My budgets $500 max. Sounds like it's a lot nicer than i need. Thanks for the offer though!

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Must be 4 5/8, and .45. And would greatly prefer it to be blued steel and have no gripframe lock. Any condition is fine, located in MT. Thanks

Well i meant hotter loads than a Uberti or a Pietta should shoot, i wont be shooting very hot Ruger loads. And quickdraw is tough on guns the guys who do it smack the hammer back as fast as possible. Sometimes like in .30 of a second i believe. Probably very bad for the cylinder stop and...

While i'm no gunsmith or machinist i can manage. Here is a custom 1851 Navy i recently finished. Work done: Shortened barrel from 7 ½ to 5 ½ . Shortened loading lever. Loading lever required inches of precise boring, and two very delicate small tracks for lever latch. I had to cut a dovetail in...

Alright Hondo i think i get most of it, thanks very much! I'll start my parts and gun search then let you know, i'll probably have a few questions as the project goes on and i'll just post them in this thread. Might stop at a few gun stores today even!

Hondo your replies are gold, i'm very thankful for all the help you're giving me. I probably won't go with the Power Custom ½ cock hammer, reason being it's still designed for the transferbar so the hammer has those steps rather than the smooth face that i find aesthetically pleasing. Also it...

The setup i'm looking for doesn't need ammo loops but if it has them the caliber i need is .45, so for that reason i'm probably not interested unless it's a very good price. Thanks though!

It needs to stand up to general shooting, shooting hot loads, dry fanning, quickdraw, twirling, and sitting at my desk playing with it all day. Basically a good strong shooter when i go shooting, and something to fiddle with when it's freezing out. No i don't think i'm a cowboy and i don't...

From what you guys are saying it sounds like they have great customer service. That gun is about what i was looking for, something that can never be made original again.

I measured, calipers may not be exact but they are still relative to each other. OM .357 BH Cylinder diameter is 1.671, New Vaquero .45 is 1.677. So yes this is defiantly possible and wouldn't be noticeably weaker. But that's just if you bore the stock cylinder, if you have one made you can have...

Yes i might be doing this soon, lot's of work is required though. I own and OM .357 as well as a New Vaquero in .45 and the frame and cylinder are the same size. So that's proof that it can be done and handle similar loads to a New Vaquero right there. I may get some exact measurements with my...

Good to know, that's a pretty good price although i was wanting to do the work myself. I was just looking at those actually, i wonder if this is all i need? http://powercustom.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12&products_id=1119 Just preference i really dislike the modern...

I'm looking to build a gun and i was intending to use a 3 Screw Blackhawk as the base because i was told that they were the smallest and i absolutely need the 4 click action. I bought a Blackhawk but it turned out it wasn't the type of gun to be modding up. As i said i was told the OM .357 was...