caryc, interesting. I guess I should have kept polishing. Also, the formula for Micarta has changed over the years. After I posted my reply I looked it up last night. It now has modern components that will definitely allow a high polish. The piece my grips came from was panel board material that wa...

The "micarta" grips refered to in the Ruger information is made from a pressed paper and was used as circuit board panels for mounting insturments in electrical power plants. I saw it used in a plant that was built in the early 1900's, so it's not a new material. I retrived some of it fro...

I think some guy was walking around the neighborhood with a camera and a pony and this guys Mother just couldn't resist getting his picture taken. Cute little guy isn't he? The reason he looks so angry is because he wanted to go fishing with the rest of the guys instead of posing for this stupid pic...

Cary, I am not offended by your comments. I am trying to understand why one expert, Cal clearly states that the black powder-only rounds are patterning & they break balloons, while you say that it is not so: caryc wrote: As for your comment how the excess black powder acts like the shot charge ...

Someone should be shot! Not by that gun of course, as it can't use real ammo!!! Actually, I used that gun's clone several years back. I was at a sales meeting and the organizer had brought in a group for our entertainment that night. We were in Houston, so they did a Texas theme. They set a ton of ...

Once again the purpose for my original post here was to educate no to incite. None of it offended me, as I just assumed the 'like a shotshell' comment was meaning that there was some particulate stuff exiting that put holes in things, not so much that it spread out very much, or not. I've heard of ...

Cary, Welcome to the Forum. There certainly is a wide variety of interests on this forum & a wide depth to those interests. And, while I know of the WFDA & about CFD, my lack of familarity is really that I can only devote so much time to my interests... One more might break the patience of ...

As for your comment how the excess black powder acts like the shot charge in a shotgun shell, you are wrong there. Even with balloon targets, the balloons are behind a steel plate. This plate usually has a 6 inch hole in it. So all you see is a six inch diameter view of that balloon. If you think t...

Gents, That gun has all of the earmarks typical of the time. In case you are not familliar with "quick draw" competiton, it is basically popping balloons with overloads of black powder & NO bullets. The excess black powder acts like the shot charge in a shotgun shell, and pops the tar...

I see that a lot of people know nothing about fast draw.... I had read a little on the subject a couple years ago, but never followed through. The organization I was looking into required .45 caliber guns in essentially factory condition, especially regarding the appearance. I was aware that other ...

Looks a little PO'd! :shock: Yeah.....He looks like he just lost his real horse in a poker game. :evil: Aren't most horses taller (at the head) than their riders? I think that guy's tall than his horse. The poor thing has to spread out his front legs just to hold that guy up. Even the saddle looks ...

With the one that's up for auction I think it could still be used in a CAS mounted event if one were so inclined as they use the same thing to score. A heavy charge of BP where some of the powder particles break a balloon to give the score. Hmm....never though about the mounted CAS events. It makes...

Welcome to the fire caryc, interesting first post. 8) Thanks for the welcome. Here is another of my fast draw guns. It's a single six. The barrel is .38 caliber. The front of the cylinder is reamed out to .38 cal, leaving the back at .22 cal. You load .38 cal wax bullets in the front and load .22 c...

I see that a lot of people know nothing about fast draw. It is not a thing of the past. There are many fast draw organizations, the top one being the WFDA. World Fast Draw Association. Let me see if I can clear up a few things. The old Rugers are used because they have the smaller cylinder frames an...