Author Topic: Border Special (Read 5677 times)

majorKAP · « **on:** February 15, 2007, 07:27:02 AM »

This one is B-25 in 44special calibre. It came from a shop in Santa Fe.

majorKAP · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2007, 07:32:12 AM »

Same gun.

majorKAP · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2007, 07:35:00 AM »

Three guns.

krems · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2007, 02:30:22 PM »

Kap,
I want the one in the middle. Is that an original TLA case coloring and polishing job??.....Beautiful job to say the least. You have a tough decision to make next time you go hunting or shooting. Nice collection! That border special is kind of cute. Wish I had one.

Krems

targetshootr · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2007, 03:16:04 PM »

Holy mackerel I like that 44 spl. I guess it's on the same frame size as his others. Whew, what a gun. I saved the pics to make a copy on an om Ruger.

poules'deau · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2007, 03:17:59 PM »

Very nice Kap. Do you shoot them?

Jim

majorKAP · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2007, 09:47:48 AM »

Jim,

Two of them have come to me only recently. The 44mag has seen just moderate use. I have to spread the shooting equally amongst multiple others, lest they become jealous of one another and discord in the vault ensues (see pics).

And to you targetshootr, thank you for the comment. As some of us must admit, part of the enjoyment in ownership lies in the fact that others covet what we have. That is a sad and shallow way to be, but I can't help it.

KAP

targetshootr · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2007, 03:17:27 PM »

It's odd that he made it 44 spl on such a large gun. He made one stainless 44 mag with a banded barrel and folding leaf rear sight with the same grip frame but I think it was 5 1/2".

poules'deau · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2007, 03:59:35 PM »

kap,

Nice battery. What's the long barreled piece in the back on the second row?
Thanks
Jim

majorKAP · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2007, 05:53:44 PM »

One of the long barreled guns is a 12" Va. Dragoon Buntline in .41magnum. The other is a 10" Laredo by El Dorado out of Chimney Rock, NC. It's in .45LC. That gun equals those of Grover in quality and workmanship, maybe more so, in my opinion. I've also got a 7.5" United Sporting Arms...the stainless El Dorado model. It's not pictured. One of the Rugers, a 6.5" New Model, has had a longer, unfluted custom cylinder by Clements which fills the frame window completely. It's built for the 357DW (Dan Wesson) cartridge. That's mid-length between the magnum and the maximum 357's. Fast and accurate it is. Can you identify the remainder?

KAP

targetshootr · « **Reply #10 on:** February 19, 2007, 10:40:01 AM »

I spy a nickel flat top, an old army, and a Vaquero with adjustable sight among others.

If it's not too much trouble Major, a view of the Border Special rear sight and top strap would be swell for the smith I send these pics to. Looks like I found a birdshead gf which leaves an old model platform and a barrel to find.

Raj · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2007, 04:19:16 PM »

wow,that is a very nice collection there majorKAP.Thanks for the pictures.

majorKAP · « **Reply #12 on:** February 20, 2007, 04:22:09 PM »

Thank you, Raj, for the comment. Targetshooter, there aren't any nickel guns nor a Vaquero to be found in the lot.
I'll post the pics that you have requested tomorrow.

KAP

targetshootr · « **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:35:00 AM »

Kap, what's the one in the back row, first that's stainless or nickel. At a glance it looks like a flat top. If you post more pics that would be great. I've got a 41 mag old model frame in rough shape that's gonna become a Border Special.

majorKAP · « **Reply #14 on:** February 21, 2007, 01:57:03 PM »

Here are the pics, targetshootr. I'm not sure they'll help any more than those already posted.

More follow in the next frame.

I think that you might be seeing a stainless 4 5/8" Super BlackHawk Magna-port Predator.

The other pics in the following post are of a Milt Morrison worked OM flat-top 44. The pics don't do it justice, actually.

majorKAP · « **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2007, 01:58:38 PM »

Pics.

majorKAP · « **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:01:06 PM »

Maggie Predator.

majorKAP · « **Reply #17 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:04:25 PM »

OM flat-top by Milt Morrison of Qualite Pistol and Revolver.

majorKAP · « **Reply #18 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:06:15 PM »

More of the above.

targetshootr · « **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:46:28 PM »

Thanks for doing that Kap. What an awesome collection. Have you tried out the Border Special? I'm going back and forth on making it mag or spl. Does the dished out part above the hammer cause any glare?

poules'deau · « **Reply #20 on:** February 22, 2007, 04:57:25 PM »

major kap,

I'd like to see a pic of the stainless round butt in the frist group, third from front if you can post one.
Thanks
Jim

majorKAP · « **Reply #21 on:** February 22, 2007, 05:16:00 PM »

Here's a single pic pulled from a previous thread. It's a 44spec. built on a 357 frame. I'll do other pics tomorrow if you want them.

KAP

targetshootr · « **Reply #22 on:** February 28, 2007, 02:41:40 PM »

I may have missed it but what's the barrel length on the Border Special? thx.

targetshootr · « **Reply #23 on:** March 03, 2007, 06:12:52 AM »

In BB6Guns Taffin mentions they were 4" which is what I woulda guessed.

majorKAP · « **Reply #24 on:** March 04, 2007, 12:56:18 AM »

Geez, sorry targetshootr, I overlooked the question. Yep, it is 4".

KAP

targetshootr · « **Reply #25 on:** March 06, 2007, 11:50:35 AM »

Whenever this project comes to pass it may wind up 45 colt and it would be a great help if I had your gun to measure and fondle for, let's say, a year or so.