Dustin / John Linebaugh .500 Bisley Vaquero...

[Boge Quinn]

Received this from Dustin on Friday, and I am SO pleased with it. UPS guy just barely made it before it started getting dark, so here are a few hastily-snapped pics, taken at waning sunlight in a drizzling rain. Better pics to come later.

Been waiting for this one for a long time - some of you may remember that a year ago I watched the Super Bowl from a hospital bed, where I had just had a coronary stent installed after a heart attack. When John Linebaugh heard about my heart problems, he wanted to contribute to the project in some way, so he made the cylinder. The rest of the work is by Dustin - 4" octagon barrel, gold-bar drift front sight with Dustin's rear sight insert, linen micarta grip panels. Good-lookin' thumper, I think. Shoots good, too, but she does kick a mite! I LIKE the blued hammer, even if it was my idea.

 

[ClintV]

VERY nice Boge......I especially like the blued hammer.

 

[az6gun]

That's sweet Boge. How about a shooting report or some video on Gun Blast?

 

[Kevin]

That is a fantastic looking revolver. Wow!

 

[mm6mm6]

That's one handsome looking custom revolver! I really like the rear sight. I especially like the last photo of the rear sight. The drizzle on the frame proves that handgun won't live the rest of eternity in the darkness of a gunsafe.

May it see many days of sunlight (and a few more even of rain)!

 

[Boge Quinn]

Here's a better look at the front sight. Insert is a solid vertically-inlaid gold bar, and it really jumps out there. VERY easy to pick-up, especially when the light starts to fade. Ol' Dustin is always thinking about ways to improve.

 

[sixshot]

Boge, that is one classy handgun, no wonder you were staying up nights! Hope I get to shoot it this summer.

Dick

 

[skip]

very nice.....go shoot a moose

 

[Boge Quinn]

I'll be taking it on my next bear hunt!

 

[Wild Bill '67]

That revolver is awesome. Those look like some serious heavy duty sights for up close work on big and nasty creatures.

 

[ceadermtnboy]

You should be proud, that is one dandy revolver! Hope you get to spill blood on that bear hunt :wink:

 

[deac45]

That is one nice handful of serious b'dness there! :shock:

I'll second the motion for a Gunblast video! Full snort loads, of course.

deac45

 

[Stoots]

Wow!

That's a nice piece!

:shock:

I third the motion for a video seeing it spitting fireballs!

 

[dougader]

Gorgeous thumper, Boge. Super nice.

 

[gunman42782]

Now that is a thunder boomer there!

 

[dwt]

Most excellent piece !!!

 

[operator]

Very Nice!!!!

 

[w18764560]

Absolutely stunning piece of art. The blue hammer is particularly sharp!
What is 'linen micarta'?

 

[Boge Quinn]

It's the "old-style" Micarta, made from resin-impregnated layers of linen so it has a nice grain. There is a similar process using paper, I believe that's what Freedom Arms uses and it's quite nice as well.

 

[240gr&up]

She's a beauty!!! The thick contour of the octagon barrel really makes the gun.