BobWright
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About a year and a half back, I bought this Hy Hunter Western Six Shooter, 6" barrel, .357 Magnum. I bought it for the experience, as I have done before, and with the idea it would be a project gun:
The Hy Hunter was developed as a copy of the Great Western Single Actions, made in the USA. Hy Hunter, who had been a distributor for Great Western, left that endeavor and had J.P. Sauer & Sohn, of Suhl, Germany, makde a copy of the Great Western. The Hy Hunter was all blue, lacking the case hardening of the Great Western. The Christy firing pin was retained, and the trigger guard, back strap, and ejector rod housing were of Zamak, a zinc alloy. And grips were plastic fake stag.
So, my fisrst step was to fit an Uberti brass trigger guard and a brass backstrap from a Hawes Western Marshal. Then made a set of home made grips.
I had wanted to remove the Christy firing pin and install a Colt style hammer and recoil plate. However, after conferring with my gunsmith, Keith Warner, I was looking at maybe pouring $1000 into a $300 gun. So, have decided to let it remain as is, and enjoy it as a .357 Magnum.
Bob Wright
The Hy Hunter was developed as a copy of the Great Western Single Actions, made in the USA. Hy Hunter, who had been a distributor for Great Western, left that endeavor and had J.P. Sauer & Sohn, of Suhl, Germany, makde a copy of the Great Western. The Hy Hunter was all blue, lacking the case hardening of the Great Western. The Christy firing pin was retained, and the trigger guard, back strap, and ejector rod housing were of Zamak, a zinc alloy. And grips were plastic fake stag.
So, my fisrst step was to fit an Uberti brass trigger guard and a brass backstrap from a Hawes Western Marshal. Then made a set of home made grips.
I had wanted to remove the Christy firing pin and install a Colt style hammer and recoil plate. However, after conferring with my gunsmith, Keith Warner, I was looking at maybe pouring $1000 into a $300 gun. So, have decided to let it remain as is, and enjoy it as a .357 Magnum.
Bob Wright