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If the previous owner is available, I would ask him to work part time for you. Or maybe find a local machinist who you can take work to if you feel unsure about a project. Probably most important is...

I myself would use a sharp edge to score the grips instead of a pencil.

He did some panels for me last year at a very reasonable price. I sent the outline of a panel that fit the gf and they came...

Depending on the maker, you might send those pics to them and then send your grip frame so they can fit the grips.

I had full time employees up until the '02 recession and then went back to doing things myself. Since then no tools or materials have disappeared. The previous 13 years I made more money of course...

I'm fond of those too. Feel free to post pics. I'm trying to think of a way to use magnets on bisley grips instead of screws.

lol. This one will be 44 spl and more like Elmers. Been tinkering with it for several years. I believe I got the hammer and backstrap from VTI. If you compare Bowen's repro, you can see he must have...

It's actually three grip frames I pieced together. I made the same shape using a ss Bisley backstrap with a standard front strap. I could trace the grips if anyone would like to match it. The bottom...

Yes you can do it with the tools already mentioned. Also cut the bottom out of a piece of brass to use in the chamber to minimize wiggle.

Thanks guys. I like it so much I'm doing the same on a new model which I'll take a pic of. About ten years ago I took Hamilton Bowen's course but forgot most of it. Taking things apart hundreds of...

Seems like some of the best work comes out of small shops and one-man shops may be the best of all. It took a while but I finally found a one-man welding shop and another one-man machine shop who...

Good to hear you got money back. My computer crashed back then and I lost my correspondence, but, if he wasn't a walking ***, he would've done the right thing anyhow.

When I posted about the guy a few years ago, some of the posters seemed to know the guy judging from the way they took his side. Maybe they'd be willing to step up and help you out. Something else,...

I hope you figure out something so I can enjoy it vicariously. When I was looking into those things, it was one dead end after another. Btw, did Maine give you the date for the complaint I filed...

In most fields of work you have to prove you're minimally proficient before you can hang out a shingle. For whatever reason, it's not like that in gunsmithing and so people like me and ELeeton are...

I hope you have a better outcome than mine. If I can help, be glad to. I didn't have that kind of money in my "work" so I had to eventually chalk it up to experience. A really bad one. That guy has...

I got into flat tops. The worst looking one, a 6 1/2", has a perfect trigger and b/c gap and it shoots. It might be the last gun i'd ever sell. I have a rough looking om 7 1/2" 45 I'd be happy to...

This months Handloader has a good article on how different alloys perform. After several hardness mixes were shot at various speeds he found little difference in accuracy. His testing was done in a...

Do us a favor and take your incredible political insights down to the poltical section and share them with the other genuises.

I don't know what the material is but any figured wood is fine if you can make them one-piece style.

Very nice. I need some one-piece grips like this.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/targetshootr/TLAFTT4-1.jpg

A local shooter has the one pictured on his website and it is indeed sweet.

I have a 5 screw 28 converted to 44 spl by Andy Horvath using a 4" 24 barrel if anyone is in the market. I don't shoot it much so someone else may as well.

It kinda depends on if you're more used to single or double actions and on your budget. A 44 spl Bisley is about perfect in a sa, imo.

That applies to new model Ruger actions. On old models as well as Colt saa, the bolt drops into the leede or else it needs to be repaired if you hope to show it off at the next BBQ.

On one of my three-screw Rugers the bolt drops too soon leaving a 1/4" long turn ring ahead of the leedes. But it shoots so well that I don't mind it being "out of time".