Flattop 44 find

[texaswheelgunner]

Flatgate, I ALWAYS enjoy seeing any of your Ruger Old Models, Flattops or otherwise, regardless of the reason.

Anyhow, I bought a finish worn .44 FT #18272 with 7 1/2" bbl. (my first and only FT) that I installed an XR3-Red Grip frame on with new screws and couldn't be happier.

 

[NewportNewsMike]

........ Seems to require that the pics be accessible via a URL..... If there is an easier way, let me know and I'd be happy to share the pics.

Posting pictures is rather straight forward, once you get your (free) account set up at Photobucket.com or some other photo hosting Website.

You upload your pictures to your Photobucket album. Then, when you are creating your message here to the Forum, next to your picture in Photobucket will be a list of "Links to Share this photo." Simply click on the tab labeled IMG and it will copy all the URL info onto your clipboard. Then paste that in your message and, bingo, you have pictures linked to your message.

You also need to "uncheck" the "Disable BBCode" box located right below the text input box on the Ruger Forum, or instead of getting the actual picture, you get its address.

If you delete the pictures in Photobucket, they will disappear from your forum message also.

Sounds a lot harder than it really is!

 

[dakota1911]

Nice to look at the old guys. I do not collect them. Nice to look at though.

 

[Flyrod]

Thanks for the comments on replacing the grip frame screws - I will do that as soon as I can get near my gun bench (basement remodeling project has it out of reach at the moment). I always wondered how many "original" guns had buggered screws replaced. While I'm doing that, I'll take a close look at both old and new (under a microscope) to see if there is any difference, just to satisfy my curiosity.

And thanks to NewportNewsMike for the instructions to post pictures. I don't have a photobucket account, but will try to get that set up soon. I tried to take a few decent pictures of the flattop, and would like to share them.

flyrod