sixshot
02-28-2010, 10:39 PM
Well its been 3-4 weeks now & I've taken a pretty good pounding over my gun, its been in almost every state in the Union, many total strangers have man handled it & quite a few of my "friends" have used & abused both it & me. I always get even though & those that have continued to hammer me are in for a surprise! I've had the gun for 3-4 days.......... how about that! :wink:
After drooling over it for an hour I jumped in my truck & headed to the range as fast as I could go, I felt like I was driving a TOYOTA! We were flying fast! :lol: I already had several test loads put together for when the gun arrived but I wanted to shoot one of my hold over loads from my old SRH first, well things didn't work out too well, the first shot sounded kind of funny & the next shot went real bad, I've never been rocked by a revolver like that before, I was stunned!
I had taken the time to scope the gun because I wanted to see what it would really do accuracy wise, the gun was a total loss & after only 2 shots!
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_1825-2.jpg
Well, I told you I always get even, this gun was a 44 magnum that a friend blew up last year using someone else's handloads, kind of got ya didn't I :wink: After all the abuse I received I had to get a little payback on my "buddies"
My Alan Harton masterpiece is built like a Rolex watch, spin the cylinder & it will spin for 2 minutes, ear the hammer back & it locks up like my Heritage safe, sight down that Bowen rear sight & that Harton front sight jumps out like a deer in the headlights, the trigger breaks like frozen lettuce & this baby shoots like a laser guided missle, why did I ever wait so long for one of these revolvers.
Running my test loads through it proved to be boring, it shot everything I had into small itty bitty clusters even though the weather was unpleasant & the wind was making my eyes water a little bit, still it would "hammer" them time after time.
I ran about 12 different test loads & she purred like a kitten, knocking big old 475 caliber holes in the paper in nice little ovals, even though some of the test loads were right at the upper limits they were easy to shoot, none of them were uncomfortable.
This is a 5 shot gun with an oversize cylinder, Alan opened the frame window, machined a 17-4 stainless cylinder, fitted a match grade 5 1/2" barrel compete with barrel band, mounted his own custom front sight with a gold bar, recontoured the trigger, worked his magic on the trigger, recut the hammer notch, added a Belt Mountain base pin, narrowed the front sight to 1/10" & perfectly fitted a set of my Holly stocks to the Bisley grip frame.
Some would say the gun is too pretty to shoot, its a beautiful gun but they get shot at my house, the barrels been warm for 3 days now & the love affair keeps growing! The steel plates at 50 yds today while leaning against the fender of the truck got boring in a hurry but there's so much snow I can't find anything else to shoot at!
Am I happy.......oh baby! Did I get even with my "friends"............oh baby! And then after all the abuse I got, 4 of the worst offenders gave me a custom Bill Snow knife, complete with giraffe bone handles. Its engraved with Dick Thompson -- "THE MEAT HAMMER" I'll have to admit, when I spotted that knife from my pals it brought a little tear to my eyes.
Thanks guys!!!!
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2293.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2294.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2295.jpg
Here's the Bill Snow knife with "THE MEAT HAMMER" engraved.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2296.jpg
350 gr LBT LFN, just under 1" for 5 shots
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2299.jpg
Several groups with the 370 gr WFN have been right at 1"
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2300.jpg
An Alan Harton gun, a Mike Barranti holster & a Bill Snow knife, 3 artists at the top of their game.
Dick
After drooling over it for an hour I jumped in my truck & headed to the range as fast as I could go, I felt like I was driving a TOYOTA! We were flying fast! :lol: I already had several test loads put together for when the gun arrived but I wanted to shoot one of my hold over loads from my old SRH first, well things didn't work out too well, the first shot sounded kind of funny & the next shot went real bad, I've never been rocked by a revolver like that before, I was stunned!
I had taken the time to scope the gun because I wanted to see what it would really do accuracy wise, the gun was a total loss & after only 2 shots!
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_1825-2.jpg
Well, I told you I always get even, this gun was a 44 magnum that a friend blew up last year using someone else's handloads, kind of got ya didn't I :wink: After all the abuse I received I had to get a little payback on my "buddies"
My Alan Harton masterpiece is built like a Rolex watch, spin the cylinder & it will spin for 2 minutes, ear the hammer back & it locks up like my Heritage safe, sight down that Bowen rear sight & that Harton front sight jumps out like a deer in the headlights, the trigger breaks like frozen lettuce & this baby shoots like a laser guided missle, why did I ever wait so long for one of these revolvers.
Running my test loads through it proved to be boring, it shot everything I had into small itty bitty clusters even though the weather was unpleasant & the wind was making my eyes water a little bit, still it would "hammer" them time after time.
I ran about 12 different test loads & she purred like a kitten, knocking big old 475 caliber holes in the paper in nice little ovals, even though some of the test loads were right at the upper limits they were easy to shoot, none of them were uncomfortable.
This is a 5 shot gun with an oversize cylinder, Alan opened the frame window, machined a 17-4 stainless cylinder, fitted a match grade 5 1/2" barrel compete with barrel band, mounted his own custom front sight with a gold bar, recontoured the trigger, worked his magic on the trigger, recut the hammer notch, added a Belt Mountain base pin, narrowed the front sight to 1/10" & perfectly fitted a set of my Holly stocks to the Bisley grip frame.
Some would say the gun is too pretty to shoot, its a beautiful gun but they get shot at my house, the barrels been warm for 3 days now & the love affair keeps growing! The steel plates at 50 yds today while leaning against the fender of the truck got boring in a hurry but there's so much snow I can't find anything else to shoot at!
Am I happy.......oh baby! Did I get even with my "friends"............oh baby! And then after all the abuse I got, 4 of the worst offenders gave me a custom Bill Snow knife, complete with giraffe bone handles. Its engraved with Dick Thompson -- "THE MEAT HAMMER" I'll have to admit, when I spotted that knife from my pals it brought a little tear to my eyes.
Thanks guys!!!!
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2293.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2294.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2295.jpg
Here's the Bill Snow knife with "THE MEAT HAMMER" engraved.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2296.jpg
350 gr LBT LFN, just under 1" for 5 shots
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2299.jpg
Several groups with the 370 gr WFN have been right at 1"
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k3/6shot_01/100_2300.jpg
An Alan Harton gun, a Mike Barranti holster & a Bill Snow knife, 3 artists at the top of their game.
Dick