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[thedogdidit]

Sooo....Ya see what had happened was......I accidentally wandered over to a gun site and adopted a new best friend. I was trying to find a good deal on a bisley frame for a little project that I am working on. What I found was a great deal on a whole gun. My thinking was that I would strip of the bisley goodies that I wanted, and replace them with the unwanted XR3 and then sell that. What showed up though is a VERY nice Bisley original model Vaquero 5.5" 45 LC sporting a case colored tuxedo. What looked like rust all over the gun was just the CC in poor lighting. It is a model 00590, but I can't find any real info out there on this model. Just curious. No info on the last owner, so I don't know what if any upgrades were done. It FEELS like it has def been gone through. The action is lingerie smooth. The good stuff. Like "newly married lingerie". Not the "been comfortably married 25 years and in frequently worn and broken in" sweatpants kind.
So now I still am on the hunt for a blued Bisley frame, hammer, and trigger. This one feels too nice to become donor parts.

 

[Stopsign32v]

Heck of a good looking revolver!

 

[Hawk-in-Wi]

some thing like this would give you the blued frame but the cost would be pretty high

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1111099873

 

[thedogdidit]

some thing like this would give you the blued frame but the cost would be pretty high

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1111099873

Oooooof! Shes pretty, but yeah, that cost would be pretty high. I have a brand new (2003?) bisley 44 that I might pull the frame off of. But prob not. I think I paid $500 or 600 for it, but go in shock when I see what they bring now. I remember when I bought that 44 the owner of the shop threw a temper tantrum when he saw which gun I bought, and for how much. I told him that I had bought "the Bisley". He was PISSED when he found out that it was a bisley in stock and at that price. I guess the employee just inventoried it as a plain jane 44. Kinda sounded like it was that employees last mistake there.
I have a good number of 44s, and an even greater number of revolvers sporting Bisley footwear. Some reason that one just never really did anything for me. I think it might be that roll marked cylinder. Maybe its just because its stock, and I never made it "mine".
Might consider putting it up for a trade soon. Prob will

 

[thedogdidit]

Heck of a good looking revolver!

Thank you sir! I am a fan for sure

 

[gunzo]

Anyone besides me think that looks like true color case hardening rather the imitation that Ruger applied to those?

Great looking gun BTW. And, Midway has unfinished carbon steel Bisley GF's in stock. Both Midway & Brownells has stainless ones as well.

 

[needsmostuff]

Anyone besides me think that looks like true color case hardening rather the imitation that Ruger applied to those?

Funny , that was one of the first thoughts I had also.
I would be checking that closely.

 

[thedogdidit]

Anyone besides me think that looks like true color case hardening rather the imitation that Ruger applied to those?

Great looking gun BTW. And, Midway has unfinished carbon steel Bisley GF's in stock. Both Midway & Brownells has stainless ones as well.

I will check again. When I looked before, they were out of stock. "backorder ok"
Speaking of checking, I just checked the revolver. It's the imitation CCH from Ruger. It's just very vibrant. Except the topstrap. It is greyed out there.

 

[thedogdidit]

Funny , that was one of the first thoughts I had also.
I would be checking that closely.

Sigh.....its imitation. I just checked. I kinda got my hopes up just now
But you're right though. Compared to my other fake CCHs, it sure is vibrant.
I spoke with turnbull about doing a true CCH on a revolver. I have a few that are great candidates. I wish they could do a steel grip frame as well, but they say they can not.
I have to decide which one to do. The main one that I want to do, is the same one that I think I want to leave alone. Undecided. It is a 4 5/8" 44 large frame Vaquero. It is really patina'd up. It's been really used and weathered. I kinda want to leave it that way.....but for the changes to it, it just may be the perfect candidate. Besides being very slicked up on the internals, its timing and lockup are 2nd to none. It also has a recessed cylinder that matches it perfectly. Sending it off to a smith to have the barrel swapped with one without the billboard. It is a 7.5" to be cut down to 4 5/8" and a Vaquero blade to be installed on it. I don't think I am going to have it reblued except where cut.