The Heavy Duty project; pictures are back 10 21 11, nearing completion

[gaucho1]

Was grinding the frame the proper way to do that?

SP

I saw a thread here about that question.

As I recall, some years ago a member sent a Blue .44Mag
to have a factory barrel replacement and it was returned with
the entire front of the frame shaved and left in the white.

Seemed to be incomplete as a factory installation and
surprised me.

 

[Senor Chisme]

I guess I'm just ignorant but I have a question about the 5" M27 barrel. Is a ball detent sufficient to hold the cylinder in place during firing without having a latching mechanism at the end of the ejector rod? The reason I ask is that I also have one of these barrels. I was wondering how to go about drilling it for the necessary parts for a conventional lock-up. Thanks in advance. The amount of knowledge on this site is astounding.

 

[j38]

Allen,

Fascinating project! I applaud your imagination. Thanks for great post,

Jerry

 

[Fred_P]

Allen,
Great job.


If you decide not to send it for hard chrome, somewhere I have a stainless blackening (bluing?) kit that I would be happy to donate to the cause. As I recall, it is some newer chemistry that works at room temperature. I bought it for another purpose, but never used it. Just a different perspective on how to finish the gun, but might be a bit difficult to get an acceptably close match to the steel....

Rgds,
Fred

 

[Allen-frame]

Here are a few more photographs of the barrel work in progress.

It is getting closer each hour.

I used a flat washer and bolt to give a guide for the roundness of the
muzzle.
Then using only files, I worked back from the muzzle and down the sides
of the rib forming the front sight.

What remains is to shoot it and see which way the front sight needs to
be filed to adjust for windage.

So far, so good.

Good luck
Allen Frame

 

[bgrafsr]

Looks good so far. How thin are you going to make the front sight? Could you possibly use a mill and cut the sight thinner with that and keep the rib at the width it is now?

 

[Hondo44]

Allen,

Outstanding project. I have a similar project making a
586 into a tapered barrel 596, 5 shot 44 Spl. The barrel
is a 357 Mtn Gun barrel and cylinder from a 696. Need to find
someone to rebore the barrel to 44. I like all blue
guns so it's going to: George Roghaar, Boca Raton,
Florida for an all over matching blue job.
Stainless Steel Blueing

I tapered the front end of the horizontal ridge
on the right hand side of the ER shroud
(yours ahown below) to give it that Heavy Duty/'50s look.

 

[Magnumdood]

Fascinating!

I've been over and over this thread. The merging of two different firearms, with parts that didn't match, using mainly hand tools speaks to an astonishing level of skill and talent.

Alan, my hat is off to you sir! This is BY FAR the most interesting BB thread I have read in 10 years or more.

 

[ddixie884]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!

Delta gun shop in the northwest does the reboring for Bowen, and Clements. They bought Cliff LeBounty's equipment and he trained them to use it.

 

[Allen-frame]

Thanks for the info on Delta. That is good to know.

Herre is the link.


Delta Gun Shop / Clearwater Reboring


Allen Frame