Blackhawks down!!

[GTJC460]

A pair of consecutive number 50th anniversary 44 magnums. This nice customer has been patiently waiting for these over a year. I think the wait was worth it!!! The lettering on the barrels was inlaid with 24k gold...gold lettering is quite tedious and time consuming, but it sure does look great!!! I'll be bluing this pair and putting handmade ivory stocks I made on them.

 

[monk]

my super blackhawk never looked that nice ! how was the cyl and gate to do ?

 

[GTJC460]

The Ruger steel is quite a bit harder than anything you'll encounter in a colt. It's definitely not carbon steel. Loading gate was pretty hard, required ultra micro grain carbide gravers. Rest of the gun was engraved with glensteel. It's certainly a very nice gun to engrave, but I wouldn't recommend it for a newb. You're going to have to tweak your geometry to find what works for you.

 

[davidshe]

Nice looking design and cutting Bert!

 

[monk]

The Ruger steel is quite a bit harder than anything you'll encounter in a colt. It's definitely not carbon steel. Loading gate was pretty hard, required ultra micro grain carbide gravers. Rest of the gun was engraved with glensteel. It's certainly a very nice gun to engrave, but I wouldn't recommend it for a newb. You're going to have to tweak your geometry to find what works for you.

thanks,bert. i was just curious how you liked doing this one.

 

[GTJC460]

Monk. I didn't have a big issue with it. I have a pair personally I decided I'll do once I get some time opened up in my work load...so probably never...lol!!!

 

[Indy Joneds]

very nice guns

 

[Vutienhoang]

Nice guns