Recent content by Redpan

Malamute Everyone is forwarding references to books, magazine articles, technical articles. It is a literal snow storm of information and I have saved it all. I have located all the books including Elmer Keith's book "Sixguns", and it is on my shopping list. It's going to take me months to get...

CRAIG C Thank you, Knowledge gained is sometimes easy, but rarely fast, Here a little, there a little...all that takes time. Thanks too for justifying my choice of the longer barrel Mike(Redpan)

As far as converting the .357 to a .45...I already have everything for the .44 special so those are my choices, 357 or 44 special. With all the great input I have received here, I have decided to go with the .44 The deal I got when I acquired the .44 hardware was: one (1) nearly new .44...

Driftwood, you are amazing, thank you so much. The photos were just what I needed for this to make sense. Believe me I take the warnings seriously.

Driftwood: Thanks for your quick response. I have a ton of questions but I will try to restrain myself. If I understand you correctly, pressure is the critical element when considering the potential for failure. What is it that actually fails, is it the cylinder or the frame? OR...is it the...

Absolutely beautiful guns shown!!! Thanks for sharing. I'm curious, can the 44 special In a Colt single action frame be safely loaded in a 200 to 240 grain bullet at 1000 to 1200 fps? Are all you guys hunting with 800 fps rounds? I've read a lot of comments posted above about reloading for...

Thank you one and all, this has been an interesting experience in gaining a little knowledge about the .44 special. This is the first time I have ever used a blog site and I must say I have enjoyed your input, especially with all the other web sites that have been referenced. I read everyone of...

As far as fitting up the .44 barrel and cylinder, I work with and through a local gun shop. The gun mechanic there is very good with single action pistols and can take care of all the machine work for proper spacing for me. (Eventually I will be self loading). What concerned me was that after...

I recently bought a 2nd gen. Colt SAA .357 magnum with the 4 1/2" barrel. It was pitted on the left side. Along with the pitting, someone had tried to learn how to engrave on the gun and really screwed it up. I was sure it could be saved with a little work and patience. What I liked about it...