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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 16, 2010 17:51:29 GMT
I have noticed that at least several of us share an affinity for big bore revolvers, defined as revolvers whose caliber starts with at least a "4" in the caliber designation. We've had a number of very nice photos posted in various threads, but I thought it would be nice to start a photo gallery thread so we could ogle our big bore wheelies all in one place. So I will start the gallery with these. Hope the rest will join in. Smith&Wesson Model 58 rebarreled and rechambered in .44 Magnum Top to bottom: Colt New Service Model in .45 Colt with Douglas Barrel, Colt M1917 .45 ACP, Smith&Wesson post-WWI production from left over M1917 parts (built about 1920-22). Top is built from 1913-vintage Smith&Wesson 2nd Model Hand Ejector fitted with .44 Special barrel and cylinder from mid-1950s production. Bottom is a current production Smith&Wesson Model 21. Smith&Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum
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Post by gator on Dec 17, 2010 3:58:13 GMT
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Post by chuckinohio on Dec 17, 2010 13:45:28 GMT
Mike,
Is that Model 21 the special edition, or did you have it color case hardened?
Gator,
Nice to see a few .41s, an often overlooked and underrated round.
Nice collections credits to both of you.
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Post by tsafa on Dec 20, 2010 3:42:38 GMT
The .44 Mag is on my list for things that need to be bought. I am wondering if I should just leapfrog on up to a .454 Casull.
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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 20, 2010 15:47:18 GMT
WOW!!!! Gator, that is a helluva collection of big bore revolvers. Awesome photos too.
It's the current (I think they're still making them) production "non-Thunder Ranch version" of the Model 21.
Definitely buy a .44 first.
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Post by dwilson on Dec 22, 2010 1:20:06 GMT
Ah, a man after my own heart.... I love N frame Smiths, the big Colts and Rugers.... basically, anything that can shoot big but not overly fast bullets (I don't have "Magnumitis"... .44 Mag is my personal limit...)....
A most impressive collection! I'll post some of my own later....
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Post by dwilson on Dec 22, 2010 9:15:49 GMT
Here are some (not all!) of my big bore wheelguns (don't have too many individual shots, just group ones): 1: S&W M29-2 6.5 inch barrel, nickel-plated, .44 Magnum 2: Three in one: Beretta "Stampede" Single-Action .45 Colt, S&W M25-5 .45 Colt, and a S&W M29-8 .44 Magnum (kind of a rare model. Yes, it has the Evil Hole -- my only one of those... anyway, it's currently wearing Pachmayr Presentation grips.) 3. Two in one: S&W M625-7 "Mountain Gun" .45 Colt, S&W 1917 converted to .45 Colt (replaced those cheesy mother-of-pearl grips with more appropriate wood grips). The "little visitor" there is a S&W M66 .357 Magnum. 4. Uberti "Cattleman" Single-Action .45 Colt (visited by a Colt Python)
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Post by GUEST on Dec 29, 2010 8:28:41 GMT
I've gotten rid of most of my big bore revolvers only have 2 left. I've always prefered medium bore revolvers Ruger Redhawk 44mag. 5 1/2inch barrel, Smith & Wesson model 625 model of 1989 45ACP 5 inch barrel.
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Post by Larry Jordan on Dec 29, 2010 17:05:21 GMT
I have one big bore revolver: S&W Model 29 6.5" in 44Mag--the "Dirty Harry" edition. The trigger shoe is wide and the face smooth. It's a late offering (29-6) which I bought most appropriately on my 44th birthday years ago. Gone are the lovely Goncalo Alves wood grips, replaced with Hogue functional rubber--easier on the hand, but not the eyes. It's a handful! (Note: I admit that I do not have the web of my hand high enough on the backstrap for firing.) I can just hold the cylinder open (with p,m,a) for loading: Like fallen I prefer the smaller bores in a handgun (K-frames and L-frames). [updated with photos 12/30]
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Post by Larry Jordan on Dec 30, 2010 22:52:54 GMT
I keep hoping to find one of these on consignment at my favorite pistol parlour: A S&W 696: a 5-shot 44 special built on the smaller L-frame.
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Post by Alexander on Jan 11, 2011 11:29:55 GMT
BFR 475 customized by Jack Huntington. 25-5 4" 25-5 6" S&W 1917 barrel cut to 4" just like Indy. Custom 45 Blackhawk Freedom Arms 500 WE 29-3 3" Horton Dan Wesson 745 45 Colt Ruger Redhawk 45 Colt Linebaugh custom SBH converted to 45 Colt
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Jan 11, 2011 14:33:25 GMT
I know this music. I like this music!
I don't have pictures now, but I shall endeavor to take some. I've always been a big bore revolver fan, although the collection has been whittled down a good bit, with, probably, more whittling yet to do. I'm down to, I believe, four or five .45 ACP revolvers---1917 Brazilian S&W, 3" 625 S&W, custom 5" 1955 Target S&W, converted Enfield (yes---not Webley, Enfield) and I think there might be another S&W lurking somewhere in the safe. I'm pretty sure there's a muchly reworked Ruger Super Blackhawk (with a Bisley grip frame, hammer and trigger) and a cut down Gary Reeder Vaquero belly gun in the mix somewhere, too---and come to think of it, the Reeder Vaquero is dual cylindered, in .45 Colt and ACP.
Also, the "littlest big bore" makes a showing: I've got an OM Ruger converted from .357 to .41 Special, and a Colt Trooper converted from .357 to .41 Special.
If you want to laugh at me, and understand my motto ("Undaunted by common sense") google up "480 Achilles." Yes, we really did! The 480 Achilles is a shortened .45 Colt case loaded with a .475" heeled bullet, sized to work through a Colt SAA.
Oh yes: loves me some big bore revolvers, I do.
Sadly, I think that their day has passed. Like swords, like light sabers (the metaphorical more elegant weapon from a more civilized age), they retain their functionality, but economics, doctrine and practice militate against them.
But there's still just something about a big bore revolver, isn't there?
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Post by StevenJ on Feb 11, 2011 17:24:21 GMT
My one and only 44 Magnum 7.5 inch Ruger Redhawk with scope and custom Hogue wood grips! I took it to the range with a few friends. My good friend hit a hundred yards with that gun with the scope attached 13 times out of 50 shots!
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