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Any Revolver Fans?

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This being the Springfield Forum it's a given that we all like the bottomfeeders. But, anyone here a fan of the ol' revolver? As much as I like the 1911 and I admit to having a couple of the plastic guns around here, my heart really belongs to the revolver. Smith & Wesson revolvers in particular.







 
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I just bought, at the peril of my retirement, a very rare Freedom Arms in 45LC. What makes it so rare is that it is actually a 45LC, not a 454 with a 45LC cylinder. There were 54 made between 1986 and 1989, mine was shipped 12/23/87. It's so unusual that the seller thought it was a 454 missing the 454 cylinder!
 

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#28 ·
Them's two purty single actions right there.
They look little different from any bone-stock Rugers, except that they are wearing Micarta, have #5 basepins, and polished triggers and hammers. The pretty parts are all on the inside. I spent two weekends on each gun getting all the internals going like swiss watches.

There used to be a couple of dueling trees at the local range, set at 50 yards on 1.5 inch steel pipe. If folks plinked at the flags with 22's, the flags would eventually all get turned so they were straight out behind the pipe. I would slam the pipe with one of these guns and the flags would fly out to the sides. Could hit the pipe about once in five times, standing up on my hind legs and shooting like a man. These are damned good guns.

The dueling trees got shot down by some joker with a BFR in 500.
 
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By the way, when I called FA to get the dirt on my weird gun, I was talking to the lady about the difference between the Field Grade and Premier Grade guns. The difference is that you can refinish the Premier Grade guns with Scotch Brite!
 
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I just talked to Dan at LSB auctions, and he says that the recent Uberti's are as sturdy, well finished, and fitted as anything.

I was down at LSB (100 mile round trip) to do the paperwork on my new FA. The gun looks brand new. The flash patterns on the front of the cylinder have little serrations at the edges, and, sure enough, the forcing cone has a carbide insert with knurling around the edge so it can be replaced!
 
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