What caliber is it supposed to be? The last number of the caliber certainly looks like an "8".
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GasGuzzler
Hunter
I said the same thing with a lot less words.
Hamilton Bowen has built a Ruger with the two upright extensions for scope ring mounting and I think it is shown in his book The Custom Revolver. While that gun had had the scope mounted without using the rear base I would not discount it until further research was done. It could be one of those "blind pig finding an acorn" guns.
RE: Bubba . . . We have no way of knowing what that gun looked like when it was first customized. It could very well have had a pristine finish. Many years of handling and mis-handling and futzing-around have probably contributed to its pictured condition. JMHO
That scope looks like if it was moved back and mounted were it is supposed to be, you could not get a thumb on the hammer.
They can take someone's eye out with that. It don't look like a long eye relief scope to me, IMO.
What's the front mount attached to?
What's the front mount attached to?
BULL'S-EYE
Buckeye
That Font looks awful familiar as well...
BULL'S-EYE, where did this pic come from? I had the same thought, re: font… Not that I knew where it's from, just that it struck me as "familiar."——
The bidding on this pistol ended at $1,560.01. The eventual winner entered the bidding at $111.11. They finished it six days and about 34 bids later, with nine other bidders bidding against the eventual winner. About thirteen of those bids were the winner's bids. (Had to take a shoe off to count… With different numbers of digits on my various limbs, I got all confused!
)Anyway, the bidding seems to show a little premeditation, vs. some of the auctions we see that seem to have two drunks guys getting into an appendage-measuring contest, late on a Friday night.
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BTW, am I the only one who thinks that it looks like a very nice "black powder chamfer" on the front of that cylinder?
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The whole "Bubba" thing…. Modifying anything to any personally desired specification does not make it a "Bubba" job. We all have different tastes, desires, and dreams. What constitutes Bubbafication is if the job is performed sloppily with little attention to detail. An example would be cutting a barrel down with a hacksaw, not 100% square, knocking the rough edges off with a file, and slapping on some cold blue. Yep, Bubba. But the same job done professionally- that could be a work of art.
I can imagine that this gun could have been well executed and quite attractive at some point. And that's one of the issues with customization. As a custom job wears and gets its blemishes and scars, it just becomes undesirable. Whereas an original that gets the same scars and blemishes develops character.
I can imagine that this gun could have been well executed and quite attractive at some point. And that's one of the issues with customization. As a custom job wears and gets its blemishes and scars, it just becomes undesirable. Whereas an original that gets the same scars and blemishes develops character.
carbonfibrebob
Single-Sixer
Any chance we could get a link to the GB posting? I scrolled and scrolled but couldn't find it.
Ruger Blackhawk .256 Win Mag Rare! Hawkeye? - Revolvers at GunBroker.com : 1078691103
Buy Ruger Blackhawk .256 Win Mag Rare! Hawkeye?: GunBroker is the largest seller of Revolvers Pistols Guns & Firearms All: 1078691103
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Looking at the auction pics, the scope does not appear to be parallel with the barrel. Shifted to the left at the front and right at the rear. Better use both mounts! 
BULL'S-EYE
Buckeye
From: The Custom Revolver by Hamilton S. Bowen.
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The bidding on this pistol ended at $1,560.01. The eventual winner entered the bidding at $111.11. They finished it six days and about 34 bids later, with nine other bidders bidding against the eventual winner. About thirteen of those bids were the winner's bids. (Had to take a shoe off to count… With different numbers of digits on my various limbs, I got all confused!
Anyway, the bidding seems to show a little premeditation, vs. some of the auctions we see that seem to have two drunks guys getting into an appendage-measuring contest, late on a Friday night.
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BTW, am I the only one who thinks that it looks like a very nice "black powder chamfer" on the front of that cylinder?
With out explanation, I have no idea what you're addressing. Was it supposed to be an answer to my question of the front scope mount? If so, it's not the same as the OP's picture.
Hondo44
Hawkeye
I wonder if it's a Ruger cylinder with the chamber throats sleeved to .256 and the black powder chamfering added.
That makes sense, thank you.
I have my copy boxed up and put away.
Every time I paged through it… it threatened to cost me gobs of money!
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BULL'S-EYE
Buckeye
Just a general post for the thread showing the integral scope mount. And, yes that one was done on a different firearm...A Hawkeye actually.
BULL'S-EYE
Buckeye
Believe me...I can certainly relate!That makes sense, thank you.
I have my copy boxed up and put away.
Every thime I paged through it… it threatened to cost me gobs of money!
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