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    1. whbonney26

      Sixgun Spotlight 1875 Remington

      Something new I am doing on the channel.
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Thanks.
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      I would def try something like that. A set of Black Buffalo Horn grips would be pretty nice.
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Ended up staying with the Giraffe Bone grips........ for now at least.
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      I enjoy the 45 also. In the Ruger they can be loaded so hot to pass 44mag or loaded down to a cowboy load.
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Question to the group. Top grips or bottom grips?
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Thanks.
    8. whbonney26

      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Thank you. I hope they enjoy it also .......but not anytime soon.
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Here is a YouTube preview video of the gun mocked up. I will update the process in the future when I do more to it.
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Now it brings me to the revolver's current state. Being impatient and building a custom gun don't always go together well. Sending parts here and waiting, sending parts there and waiting, ordering new parts and waiting. It's not a fast process but I guess it teaches a person to have at least...
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Now, I just had to wait on the back strap to get there and get its own Color Case Hardening. A little while longer he was done with it and the gun was on its way home.
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Once I got the grip frame back from him I took the grips off and laid them aside. I shipped out the back strap to GTScustomizing to be color case hardened with the frame. As the grip frame was in route to GTScustomizing he sent me some photos of my frame and barrel.
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      Once I got the engraved back strap back from Smoke Wagon I decided I would need some custom grips. I really wanted to go with a Stag grip but none of the makers I contacted could help. Some only wanted to sell grips they had made up. One well known custom maker just didn't even want to take on...
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      After that I contacted Smoke Wagon Engraving in Lake Charles and showed him the back strap and asked him if there was anything he could do to salvage the back strap. He told me to sent it his way and he would see what he could do. When I got it back I was much happier with the way it turned...
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      Blackhawk 45 Custom Build

      While the main parts of the gun was in Wyoming awaiting its new finish I decided to source myself a steel grip frame. The ones that come on this New Model Blackhawk are aluminum. I found a new grip frame that was steel and a pretty blued finish and stuck it back. I thought eventually I would...
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