Tallbald
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Bought a used Single Six some time back as a project gun. Easy to work on, and lots of potential for modification too. Love these little guns.This is a 5.5 inch stainless. I wanted to reduce sharp corners on the grip frame, so shaking off apprehension (after all it's MY gun I thought, and if I mess up I'll buy another and make it right), I started grinding. Using a single cut file to draw file the final contours at front and back of the grip butt. Polish with carborundum paper and water, followed by a slow wheel polish with Mother's Mag polish over all exterior surfaces of the completely disassembled gun. Never never got close to the factory sears.
Made a stainless lanyard stud from a piece of hardware bolt, and used a nickel plated D-ring for the swivel. Drilled the butt for the stud and cross pinned in place with a piece of TIG welding rod.
Turned and JB Welded a brass over travel button inside the trigger guard, and carefully shortened it to allow just a hair over trigger let off.
Removed the medallions from the grips and traced the correct, slimmed profile on them. Using progressively finer grit abrasive paper, I gave the panels a rounded and tapered contour that was finished in 4 coats of oil. Installed the medallions back in with a small drop of epoxy to prevent fallout.
Before installing the grips, I replaced the factory mainspring with a Wolffe reduced weight one. I'l be ordering a Belt Mountain oversize base pin to polish and install. Hopefully the knurled head one that's so easy to grasp and pull for cylinder changes.
This little gun now has what to me is a sensual, sexy feel to it. When climbing tall mountains in 20 feet of snow and 100 MPH winds (dream on Don) I can attach a lanyard to prevent loss down in wide, bottomless crevasses I take a running start to jump across (again dream on Don). Thanks for looking. Don
Made a stainless lanyard stud from a piece of hardware bolt, and used a nickel plated D-ring for the swivel. Drilled the butt for the stud and cross pinned in place with a piece of TIG welding rod.
Turned and JB Welded a brass over travel button inside the trigger guard, and carefully shortened it to allow just a hair over trigger let off.
Removed the medallions from the grips and traced the correct, slimmed profile on them. Using progressively finer grit abrasive paper, I gave the panels a rounded and tapered contour that was finished in 4 coats of oil. Installed the medallions back in with a small drop of epoxy to prevent fallout.
Before installing the grips, I replaced the factory mainspring with a Wolffe reduced weight one. I'l be ordering a Belt Mountain oversize base pin to polish and install. Hopefully the knurled head one that's so easy to grasp and pull for cylinder changes.
This little gun now has what to me is a sensual, sexy feel to it. When climbing tall mountains in 20 feet of snow and 100 MPH winds (dream on Don) I can attach a lanyard to prevent loss down in wide, bottomless crevasses I take a running start to jump across (again dream on Don). Thanks for looking. Don
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