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Hard to say. When they built the .454 and then the .480 in the Super Redhawk, they went to the super-strong Carpenter Custom 465 stainless steel, which has that dark gray color to it. I'm guessing they felt the gun was marginal for the .480, otherwise.
I think my SRH cylinder could be reamed out to accept the .475 Linebaugh. Then I could have a Ruger Revo and rifle (#1S) in the same butt-whooping caliber. I know I could shoot .480's in the longer chamber of the existing #1 rifles, but accuracy could suffer.
On his website Bowen suggests he does not want to try machining the Carpenter Custom 465. Don't know if someone else could try it.
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The 480 Bisley has come up several times in talks with Ruger. There is more to it than most think. We do have some cool projects in the works. Hopefully 2013 we will be a good year for single action exclusives.
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As a public service: http://ruger.com/products/newModelBlackhawkDE/models.htmlJust scroll over the revolvers available from Lipsey's.
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Jason,
Thanks for the reply.
The reasons I dismiss are "the difficulty of making it a 5 shot" Huh! and "the frame is not strong enough"... never mind the custom 475's that seem to be doing fine.
But what a tease you are; " Hopefully 2013 we will be a good year for single action exclusives."
I can wait through 2014 for my 480 Bisley... If I'm shooting my 'Lipsey's Special' Stainless Bisley .45 Colt/.45 ACP convertable on the 'New Vaquero' sized frame (Personally prefer the 'sight guard' on the full sized blackhawk vs. the flat top's lack of one).
Thanks,
Jerry
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Jason,
Thanks for the reply.
The reasons I dismiss are "the difficulty of making it a 5 shot" Huh! and "the frame is not strong enough"... never mind the custom 475's that seem to be doing fine.
But what a tease you are; " Hopefully 2013 we will be a good year for single action exclusives."
I can wait through 2014 for my 480 Bisley... If I'm shooting my 'Lipsey's Special' Stainless Bisley .45 Colt/.45 ACP convertable on the 'New Vaquero' sized frame (Personally prefer the 'sight guard' on the full sized blackhawk vs. the flat top's lack of one).
Thanks,
Jerry Yep. Ruger oughta have a a revo & rifle combo in either .475 or .480. The .475 is certainly a good caliber in the Number One, but I wish they'd done a .480 instead - or offered the SRH in .475 as well  A five shot Bisley in .480 would also be okay Heck, I might even buy a bolt action .480, but I could see the magazine getting complicated  Puma/Rossi of course imported some Win 92 clones in .480, which occasionally turn up used, but I really don't want to buy an import.
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Thanks, I replaced the cylinder pin with a Keith Belt Mountain and replaced all the springs with a Wolf Kit and fitted the front sight with Red Insert. The pistol has the 45 acp cylinder with it, but i have never installed it. Bea, How big of a pain in the azz was the red insert? I'm longing for something similar on my Bisley. George
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Not really all that hard some needle files and red insert kit that you mix hardener and color powder . I cut the slot and mix sight material, fill the little dovetail and fast dry with hair dryer and then file to shape , maybe 30 to 40 min job taking your time.
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Hard to say. When they built the .454 and then the .480 in the Super Redhawk, they went to the super-strong Carpenter Custom 465 stainless steel, which has that dark gray color to it. I'm guessing they felt the gun was marginal for the .480, otherwise.
I think my SRH cylinder could be reamed out to accept the .475 Linebaugh. Then I could have a Ruger Revo and rifle (#1S) in the same butt-whooping caliber. I know I could shoot .480's in the longer chamber of the existing #1 rifles, but accuracy could suffer.
On his website Bowen suggests he does not want to try machining the Carpenter Custom 465. Don't know if someone else could try it. Not to hijack, but I really like the look of the gray stainless.
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Thanks! That may be the solution to my quest for a "
better" front sight.
George
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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I actually have a NIB SS Ruger Bisley Blackhawk convertible in 45LC/45ACP with the 5.5" barrel and grey/black laminated grip that I haven't listed in the classifieds yet. If you're interested, shoot me a PM..... 
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Thanks! That may be the solution to my quest for a "
better" front sight.
George No problem George
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I actually have a NIB SS Ruger Bisley Blackhawk convertible in 45LC/45ACP with the 5.5" barrel and grey/black laminated grip that I haven't listed in the classifieds yet. If you're interested, shoot me a PM..... Oh that's tempting... 
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I actually have a NIB SS Ruger Bisley Blackhawk convertible in 45LC/45ACP with the 5.5" barrel and grey/black laminated grip that I haven't listed in the classifieds yet. If you're interested, shoot me a PM..... Oh that's tempting... And you can have at it.
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Thanks! That may be the solution to my quest for a "
better" front sight.
George No problem George Good grief those arms are ugly! 
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I actually have a NIB SS Ruger Bisley Blackhawk convertible in 45LC/45ACP with the 5.5" barrel and grey/black laminated grip that I haven't listed in the classifieds yet. If you're interested, shoot me a PM..... Oh that's tempting... FWIW I would deal with Nebraska in a heartbeat, were I in the market for one.
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bea175... dude, I respect you and all, but please take that skank's picture out of your sig line... it cracked my monitor this morning when I opened this thread and read your post... I cannot imagine how anyone would find that skag even remotely attractive... I wouldn't f**k her with Obama's dick...
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bea175... dude, I respect you and all, but please take that skank's picture out of your sig line... it cracked my monitor this morning when I opened this thread and read your post... I cannot imagine how anyone would find that skag even remotely attractive... I wouldn't f**k her with Obama's dick... you know you have this photo taped to your Chitter Wall
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I actually have a NIB SS Ruger Bisley Blackhawk convertible in 45LC/45ACP with the 5.5" barrel and grey/black laminated grip that I haven't listed in the classifieds yet. If you're interested, shoot me a PM..... Oh that's tempting... FWIW I would deal with Nebraska in a heartbeat, were I in the market for one. And I very well might - if I didn't just buy a gun safe this morning Really nice safe. Really didn't want to, but had to.
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I actually have a NIB SS Ruger Bisley Blackhawk convertible in 45LC/45ACP with the 5.5" barrel and grey/black laminated grip that I haven't listed in the classifieds yet. If you're interested, shoot me a PM..... Oh that's tempting... FWIW I would deal with Nebraska in a heartbeat, were I in the market for one. And I very well might - if I didn't just buy a gun safe this morning Really nice safe. Really didn't want to, but had to. Thanks EE and back at ya. BTW - did I mention that I have an easy payment plan for new safe owners??? 
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Li[psey's did a run of these last year, and they've been hard to get hold of. At least at a decent price... Plenty on Gunbroker for around $550.
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