Had some pics texted to me, earlier today, from Ronnie Wells, and I will soon have this puppy in hand. He's been working his tail off getting a bunch of orders done. The grips are black Micarta, with palm swells. I hope to ring it out, over a couple of evenings next week. These short barreled large frame Bisleys were a great idea, but they are much too heavy to really fit in the perfect packing pistol category, in my opinion. At least not for hip holster carry. Since I have smallish hands, with short fingers, I went with the Potatoe Judge Junior grip frame. Ronnie says that a lot of guys with MAN hands like the PJ Jr as well, though. Ronnie offers an amazing number of various grip frame options in aluminum and brass, that can accommodate anyone from a hobbit to an NBA center, and that is no exaggeration at all. Ronnie has huge hands, himself, and that's why he started making custom gf's way back in the 80's. I'm glad he turned it into a business! Check out rwgripframes.com
This 3.75" 44 mag Bisley was originally a little over 43oz, and it should now weigh about 37oz. I may try to source a fluted cylinder and file in scallops to the loading gate and recoil shield. That might take out another 1-2oz, or so, and add a little more coolness, if nothing else. An aluminum ERH could help to lighten things another little bit. It takes pennies to make dollars, and several little things can add up to save weight. I will likely try some flame thrower loads, just for fun, but it will mostly be carried with a load consisting of a 260g Keith running about 950fps.
I've personally lost about 40lbs over the last several months, and lightweight kit is nice, as well. My knees are really thanking me. I want to do a lot more hiking, fishing, coyote hunting, etc, before I'm too old. These lightweight single action PPP's sure make nice carry pieces, and they are super flexible in that one can taylor loads from extra mild plinkers, to fire breathing grizzly stompers.
Ronnie is also giving a SS 4 5/8" Taffin PPP 45 Colt a similar treatment for me, but with nice walnut, and a couple of surprise tricks that folks should finds pleasantly surprising. I certainly do! I will post about that separately when it's all done, as it will be a very special piece.
This 3.75" 44 mag Bisley was originally a little over 43oz, and it should now weigh about 37oz. I may try to source a fluted cylinder and file in scallops to the loading gate and recoil shield. That might take out another 1-2oz, or so, and add a little more coolness, if nothing else. An aluminum ERH could help to lighten things another little bit. It takes pennies to make dollars, and several little things can add up to save weight. I will likely try some flame thrower loads, just for fun, but it will mostly be carried with a load consisting of a 260g Keith running about 950fps.
I've personally lost about 40lbs over the last several months, and lightweight kit is nice, as well. My knees are really thanking me. I want to do a lot more hiking, fishing, coyote hunting, etc, before I'm too old. These lightweight single action PPP's sure make nice carry pieces, and they are super flexible in that one can taylor loads from extra mild plinkers, to fire breathing grizzly stompers.
Ronnie is also giving a SS 4 5/8" Taffin PPP 45 Colt a similar treatment for me, but with nice walnut, and a couple of surprise tricks that folks should finds pleasantly surprising. I certainly do! I will post about that separately when it's all done, as it will be a very special piece.
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