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One of the Best threads ever!

Great pic

I noticed yours in the pic. I like mine. I was waiting for it to come out. Usually I have enough self-discipline that I wait a couple of years for the hoopla to settle down and then get whatever gun I want for a "normal" price. On the Flattop, I bought the first one I saw, at Cabela's, no less. I bought another one a few months later for about $100 less.

.44 Blackhawk Old Model customized by Bowen with a 5.5" S&W barrel.
I am currently putting a Bisley hammer and gripframe on the .44 so I will have to update pics. when I finish the project.

Gezzzz..don't stop now!!!

Robster,

I picked up a 5.5" SBH that had been converted with a Bisley grip. It is a well balanced gun overall. Nice pics!

Fishing and woods loafing piece:



629-4 with C&S Extreme Duty fixed sights. It snuggles into my right hip nicely in this Sparks PMK:

RBMCMJR,

That is quite a nice setup there. I am a big believer in Sparks gear. Besides they are fellow Idahoans.

Very, very nice setup.

"Robster,

I picked up a 5.5" SBH that had been converted with a Bisley grip. It is a well balanced gun overall. Nice pics! "

Mackey

ends up I cannot do the bisley conversion.

In order to make the bisley grip fit, it needs to be filed quite a bit beyond the "oversize" that you can file down. I ordered a old army steel GF instead

Here's the pic of my new(used) Ruger Super Blackhawk Hunter .44 Mag. Just had the Weaver 2X put on Friday and still waiting for decent weather to shoot it.

My favorite woods guns

Smith&Wesson 1992 629-3 Classic DX in 5 inch and a 629-4 Mountain Gun. I have wood combat grips for both but they are wearing their range grips. These two represent my favorite configurations of Smith .44 mags.

I just got a Moutain Gun the other day 629-5, the Cylinder and Slide .300 fiber optic front sight made a world of difference shooting it.

I like those.

Here are two pics of my 629 Mountain Gun.

My 4" 629 1983 vintage...and the 7.5"SBH...with the 2x Leupold. [img]http://[IMG]http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr265/ken14/100_0395.jpg[/img][/img]

Great guns.

The "bestest" thread ever in the handguns section.

Hard to go wrong with the ghost of Elmer looking over your shoulder.

Qtip,
NICE!

I gotta agree with the above, the "bestest" thread ever! I hauled around a basic S&W M29 for years. 21.0 gr H110 and a 245 gr. Keith bullet. Literally shot a couple tons of game with it, wore out some parts, got it refurbished, shot it some more, then passed it on to my nephew- who actually uses it- when the eyes got too old and the hands too arthritic.
Going through this thread and reading and seeing all the pics of honest working handguns makes me wax philosophical. Thanks guys!