Redhawk .50 Action Express goodness
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thegiantmidget
Bearcat
I want one. How much?
seeemmiss
Single-Sixer
Real nice. Looks like some Fishpaw grips.
Tommy Kelly
Buckeye
tell me about the recoil of that gun. I had a desert eagle 50A.E. the recoil was brutal out of it. I got rid of it and bought a 500S&W and the recoil isn't nearly as bad.
CraigC
Hawkeye
Oh boy!!!
Chuckbuster
Single-Sixer
.50 AE
A buddy shot lengthwise through a Chevy Suburban with his Desert Eagle.
And Blew the standard Leupold mount off his .50AE chambered Encore. Had to go to a "TSOB", and that with a relatively light 2x Leupy scope!
A buddy shot lengthwise through a Chevy Suburban with his Desert Eagle.
And Blew the standard Leupold mount off his .50AE chambered Encore. Had to go to a "TSOB", and that with a relatively light 2x Leupy scope!
Well I can't say I'm planning on a steady diet of full power .50 AE out of this girl. I'll be sticking to reduced handloads. Got about 15 downrange with good trigger control and that was it. Accurate as all get out for fixed sights. I'll feel very safe with her under my pillow at night.
The grips are indeed Mr. Fishpaw and the checkering is equally beautiful and functional as it keeps the gun where it belongs during the significant recoil.
With regard to the price question, for what I received in workmanship, functionality and beauty, I consider it money very well spent. Something like this was a once in a lifetime purchase I'll give to my sons when I give up the ghost.
The grips are indeed Mr. Fishpaw and the checkering is equally beautiful and functional as it keeps the gun where it belongs during the significant recoil.
With regard to the price question, for what I received in workmanship, functionality and beauty, I consider it money very well spent. Something like this was a once in a lifetime purchase I'll give to my sons when I give up the ghost.
Sugar River
Buckeye
I've really liked that version ever since I first saw it in Hamilton's book.
Nice!
Pete
Nice!
Pete
Smee781
Single-Sixer
How about more pics???
Skalkaho Slim
Blackhawk
I have always loved these.
Stunning, absolutely stunning!
Stunning, absolutely stunning!
batmann
Single-Sixer
Silly question perhaps, but why remove the sights and make it a fixed sight gun?
tek4260
Buckeye
batmann said:
Because 1917's were fixed
As the Fonz would say "Exactamundo"...it's a period piece hearkening back to WWI. The fixed sight is, IMHO, also a more aesthetically pleasing configuration...especially in the S&W MP style. It's like holding a piece of history in your hands that you're not afraid to actually shoot. The lanyard ring and moonclips lend an additional sense of period style authenticity.
Two of my hobbies are WWI era history and leather working. The original issue holster left the butt of the grip exposed so I'm taking a little license and fashioning a full flap version along the lines of the Kramer flap explorer...although a more fitted, slender version. Actually two...one horsehide and brown sharkskin, the other horsehide and brown shell cordovan.
COR
Blackhawk
"WHY"....because you can!
Mr. Bowen is no ordinary gunsmith he is an ARTIST of the highest regard...beautiful lines from a rather "heavy" stock revolver. And it still hits like a truck. We truly are in the golden age of customs...
You should be ashamed you only gave us one pic of that beauty. Such a tease.
Mr. Bowen is no ordinary gunsmith he is an ARTIST of the highest regard...beautiful lines from a rather "heavy" stock revolver. And it still hits like a truck. We truly are in the golden age of customs...
You should be ashamed you only gave us one pic of that beauty. Such a tease.
Well, OK, you're forgiven this time. :lol:Morgoth said:
My iPhone doesn't do it justice...I'm borrowing my wife's digital camera to get some decent shots.
gramps
Tommy Kelly
Buckeye
I never will forget my neice wanted to shoot my desert eagle 50AE. I told her she could. I took her out to the rifle range and put her on the bench with my sandbag. I told her and showed her how to shoot it. I told her to lock her elbo's and hold the gun tight. She did everything except lock her elbows. At the shot I was standing there beside her watching her. She laid the pistol down and put her hand up on her forehead and said it hit her. I was watching and I thought it just came close but when she moved her hand there was a little spot of blood in the center of her forehead. It just barely hit her and cut a small notch in her forehead. She went back home and told everyone that that spot was from shooting a desert eagle. She wore it proudly.
