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Drycreek

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Post up the pictures of your carry guns, range toys, collector items, or hunting handguns. I will go first with a few of mine.

First up, my Ruger Blackhawk 50th Anniversary in .357 Magnum. Desert Ironwood grips by Chig’s Grips hand fitted to my grip frame. Holster is a strong side or crossdraw by Simply Rugged
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Next up, my semi-custom Ruger Blackhawk 50th Anniversary.41 Magnum. Grip frame, grips, hammer, and trigger by Ronnie Wells at RW Grip Frames of Houston, TX. Leather chest holster by Randy Miller of Backcountry Leather.
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That Blackhawk is gorgeous and those Desert Ironwood grips really set it off. I’ll dig out a few of mine to share soon
 
My CVA single shot target pistols: one in 6.5 Grendel, the other 357 Mag - both with
Leapers UTG 2-7X32 Pistol Scopes. These scopes have extremely long eye relief even at 7X, I'm very pleased with them, even though I don't use the illumination feature. Both shoot sub 5 shot 1″groups at 100 yards consistently.

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Drycreek said:
Post up the pictures of your carry guns, range toys, collector items, or hunting handguns. I will go first with a few of mine.

First up, my Ruger Blackhawk 50th Anniversary in .357 Magnum. Desert Ironwood grips by Chig’s Grips hand fitted to my grip frame. Holster is a strong side or crossdraw by Simply Rugged




Next up, my semi-custom Ruger Blackhawk 50th Anniversary.41 Magnum. Grip frame, grips, hammer, and trigger by Ronnie Wells at RW Grip Frames of Houston, TX. Leather chest holster by Randy Miller of Backcountry Leather. View attachment 348
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I'm a big fan of that chest rig. Does he do everything made to order? I couldn't find an online shop. Just his FB and Instagram pages.
 
HouCav said:
I'm a big fan of that chest rig. Does he do everything made to order? I couldn't find an online shop. Just his FB and Instagram pages.
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Yes, everything is pretty well custom, although he does do some standard belt holsters. I don’t think he carries anything in stock but he may. I think he stays busy doing custom stuff mostly from word of mouth. He has an excellent reputation especially from single action fans.
 
I’ll put up a couple more. First up are four of my Ruger SAs. From left to right, my Old Model Super Single Six, my Bearcat, my already pictured 50th Anniversary Blackhawk, and my Old Model Blackhawk in .357 magnum.
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And lest y’all think I own only SA revolvers, here are a couple of “modern” pistols. My S&W Shield Plus in 9mm, (which I carry every day), and my S&W M&P in 10mm.
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Here are my revolvers. From the right moving down Ruger SP101 .327 Fed Mag CT grips, S&W M13 that was my dad's, my most prized handgun, Ruger .357 GP100 picked up Friday night and S&W 640 not PC.
From the left moving down Ruger LCRx .22 Mag, Taurus 3" M327, Taurus .22 Mag 942 and S&W 638 CT grips. Not pictured a Taurus 2" M327.

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Here are my revolvers. From the right moving down Ruger SP101 .327 Fed Mag CT grips, S&W M13 that was my dad's, my most prized handgun, Ruger .357 GP100 picked up Friday night and S&W 640 not PC.
From the left moving down Ruger LCRx .22 Mag, Taurus 3" M327, Taurus .22 Mag 942 and S&W 638 CT grips. Not pictures a Taurus 2" M327.

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That’s an impressive lineup!
 
Alan said:
That’s one heck of a gift. Les Baer Thunder Ranch pistols are top-tier and the nitride finish is tough as nails. Your wife has excellent taste.
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We were at Cheaper Than Dirt when they had one in Round Rock. It was one of our favorite places to window shop. She asked to look at it and remarked that it had the best fitted grip safeties she had ever seen. She proceed to do a full inspection and then asked if I wanted it. We are co-enablers with a common hobby.

She has her own collection including a Baer Commanche.

Before y’all ask. She does have a sister and I would not recommend her! LOL
 
If you must have a fetish, revolver fetishes are near the top. SA revolvers are one notch up, and custom SA revolvers are on the top of the heap !😀 It’s just too bad that they are so spendy and you have to wait so long for them !🙁
 
Just picked this up today from a Texas Hunting forum member. It’s his picture. Ruger Flattop Blackhawk in .44 Special. I suspect it’s part of a Lipseys run but can’t be sure until I get a letter from Ruger. I know that I bought one of them new, let it get away from me and almost instantly regretted it. This one will stay !
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Latest acquisition for my revolver collection. Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt with a 7.5” barrel. This is going to be a hunting gun and the next time you see her, she will look very different. I already have a .45 Colt, but it has a five inch barrel, and I like longer barrels for hunting.
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Drycreek said:
Latest acquisition for my revolver collection. Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt with a 7.5” barrel. This is going to be a hunting gun and the next time you see her, she will look very different. I already have a .45 Colt, but it has a five inch barrel, and I like longer barrels for hunting.
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I was going to order that specific gun but a deal came up on a 4-5/8 .41 Mag Blackhawk I'll pick up one day this week. Lots of ammo and a few other goodies with it for $550 so it put the rest on hold for a while.
 
ProCarryNAustin said:
Some women…
My wife enjoys gun shopping. She has some that are her own and some she shares. She is partial to 1911’s.
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Drycreek said:
Latest acquisition for my revolver collection. Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt with a 7.5” barrel. This is going to be a hunting gun and the next time you see her, she will look very different. I already have a .45 Colt, but it has a five inch barrel, and I like longer barrels for hunting.
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This gun had the .45 ACP cylinder in it, which I was unable to determine while in the store. I was disappointed to say the least, but as they say, “make lemonade” ! It will be going to RW Grip Frames next week to get a new grip frame and a take-off Bisley cylinder among other things.

I did shoot about 15 rounds of ACP through it and it seemed to shoot well. I was shooting unsupported from a standing position with two hands and knocking a small cardboard box all over.
 
I forgot about one I bought as a lot with some other guns a while back. An 1878 Colt Frontier Six Shooter. They were made in other calibers, but the Frontier Six Shooter was a .44-40. It was in terrible shape, only fit for decoration, but I took it to Alan Harton of Single Action Services in Houston to get it into working condition. The tip of the sear was broken and the sear spring was also, and it would only work in double action. Alan repaired the sear, (he is THE MAN when it comes to tig welding), and I located the spring at Jack First. He bead blasted the outside, and cleaned up all of the inside. When I go to pick it up, he will put the sear spring in and it will work in both double and single action. A couple of screen grabs from the texted vid that he sent me. I apologize for the poor quality but I will get better ones when I pick it up.
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A before pic
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The before picture was from the seller, and I believe I acknowledged that the others were poor screen grabs from a video. I imagine that the video was taken at Alan’s work bench which is well lighted to say the least. I’ll get much better pictures when it is in hand.
 
Ok, before and after. Just got this original Vaquero yesterday. Wow, is it heavy! Anyway, it was a serious working man's gun and it shows. And I like it. Especially after swapping Altamont Santos Rosewood grips onto it. So before and after along with its cousin that also got a set.
 

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