Young Man Afraid Of His Horses

[Quacker]

Went off to the range today to test fire both the 9mm and the 38/357 cylinder. No problems at all with the gun. Sights need lots of adjustment as all three calibers are very low and left. I'll likely have to adjust the front sight left and perhaps down. Its for sure I'll have to get at least a hunter rear blade or perhaps a touch taller to bring this one into alignment. But, that's a productive trip, and the adjustments can be made and checked before the finish work. Overall, I'm pleased with the function and the available accuracy with both 9mm and the 38/357. It appears the 9mm is slightly less accurate but that was expected and I couldn't be happier with its performance for cheep practice on steel and rolling cans and golf balls.

And....I really like the extra length grip. 1860 Army + length is for sure the way to go!

And even though the 9mm cylinder throats measure a generous .359ish inches, they fit the cases snug and provide more than adequate accuracy at 25 ft (distance of a long room or hall) for practical practice shooting.

The 9mm target (147g FMJ handloads) with a thumb for size reference.

The target with a combination of 38s (130g FMJ) and 357's (125g LFN) and a thumb for size reference.

Is that a big thumb or little thumb?

Just messing with ya! Looks good + its a great shooter! (group wise). I very much enjoyed this project!

 

[Sharps40]

medium thumb. Next time ya see it, it'll prolly be dayum dirty from polishin this project and then rust bluing it. Between the rust and the nitric acid, it'll be stained but good.

Seems lotsa folks on the inner webs complain about accuracy with the 9mm cylinders in the blackhawks. I never had no issues though. If ya recognize that its a compromise and even then, they still shoot pretty good. Anyway, I never had one that wouldn't shoot at what I was aimin for at any reasonable distance. works great for cheep practice out to 20 or 25 yards on steel and if ya was defendin the home with it, it'd work good for that too.

 

[Sharps40]

New rear sight blade from GP100. Much taller. Have to get to the range for finalizing the alignment. Then this one is off to final fitting and rebluing.

 

[Sharps40]

Time for another range check,,,,make sure the sight is right and if so, the final part came in today and was fitted. A more colt like ejector rod button.

 

[Quacker]

Time for another range check,,,,make sure the sight is right and if so, the final part came in today and was fitted. A more colt like ejector rod button.

Looks cool! Looks kinda like a horses ear... fits the motif of the pistol.

 

[Sharps40]

Back out to the range this morning. No dice. Still too low and very far left even with the front sight bent way over to the left. So....when some time allows I'll have to pull the front sight and start over. Not sure why the gun is so far left. I do recall that the rear sight was superglued all the way over to one side. Barrel is straight but who knows, it must be in the front or rear sight assemblies. Just means it'll be a good bit longer before I can get to some of the cosmetics I wanted to do on this one. But. No sense going on until it shoots to point of aim.

 

[Sharps40]

nope....ain't forgot. A bit frustrated with the sight, busy with the 37 Dodge Trim, playin with the 50 GI (Named it Thumper!), corresponding with the Owner of Guncrafter and RimRock about the 50GI loads and what I'm seeing across the chrono screens and between the jaws of the micrometer, trying to keep the house top show sale condition as folks romp though it pretty darn regular with this here Heavenly Weather in Central NC that ya'll owe me a big wet kiss for cause I got a special line with the Warmth Gods and got all my flowers up early for the home sale so yer bennefittin from it too......but.....back to the frustration with the front sight....spuds crooked on the casting, ment to be cut off, not used as a solder base.....sight leans, hits too far over, bend is severe to get it on track....so......Put a new horse head on a new slimmer trimmer purtier ramp like bit and soon I'll swap it onto the barrel in place of the chunkerie ruger ramp base thingie and we'll see If it shoots straight without bending the horses head way the hell over to the left.

But for now, time to go blast something with the 50!

 

[Sharps40]

Sorry this one is taking so long. Functionally, everything but the left and low POI is fine. Working the POI now. Its been a long haul so far, hunting season always gets the priority. Now that's over, the job comes on strong and its travel season and I'm out of office quite a bit. Add to it there were a number of cosmetic and quality issues with this project to over come....most notably, the grips. Nice, look good, but, kind of soft and cast urethane smells like wet dog poop, I think I about got that licked too. (yeah, poop, lick, pun intended) Finally, I gotta get to the eye doctor, cause I just cant see fine work anymore without taking a photo and blowing it up. And, now I've made up my mind, the main one won't call back and the rest don't work on Fridays, Saturdays, sundays or Mondays. Bass-turds. Their business will sink with those hours. (yeah, bass-turds, business sink, pun intended, see, creativity is returning, this project will be fine soon enough)

But, to the project. Don't like the ruger ramp. Even carved on its too big and now that its carved on, ugly. And the front sight issue, left and low. So, I decided to go with a lower, thinner, somewhat shorter ramp in screw on configuration.

To that end....a new horse head soldered into place on a ramp that has been carved by hand down to a daintier size.

 

[Sharps40]

Front sight off and playing with a new ramped horse and might make up a dovetail horse yet.

 

[Sharps40]

Not sure, the ramped horse might be better on a rifle or muzzleloader. Experimenting some more....this one might be good for the handgun, but I havn't decided for sure yet.