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Robsauto

Single-Sixer
Joined
Aug 11, 2001
Messages
122
Location
South GA USA
I posted about a year ago when I started playing around with a 3 screw frame I bought off of GB in a pile of parts guns. It was a bare frame. I put a new model grip frame on it but later found the correct one. I bought a cylinder (here maybe?) and got a 6.5" barrel off eBay. I actually bought two but the first one didn't gap correctly against the cylinder and I'm not a trained machinist just a hobbiest so I didn't want to deal with shoulder set back etc. I was capable of cutting the barrel off in a lathe.. after the test fire was successful, I sent it to my (real) gunsmith and he drilled and tapped the holes for the ejector tube and the front site. He drilled the front sight for a brass bead I got off eBay.. I did find a wide trigger and SB hammer in a pile of parts I bought in 2018 from Miga Gunparts. It's a joy to shoot, really enjoying it. Oh, and I did a beadblast and matte finish (hot blue). The cylinder was left the way I got it in the original finish just for more character..

 

Johnnu2

Hunter
Joined
Jun 26, 2003
Messages
2,844
Location
NYS
I musta missed this one.... Nice job indeed.
Thanks for saving a true classic!!
J.
 
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