Magnum Wheel Man
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Hi... I'm Magnum... I just turned 55 this year... got started into guns pretty late in life... ( well I had a single shot 410 when I was a kid ) but when I started dating my current wife, her dad was a collector... so I figured I'd buy "a" versatile rifle & "a" versatile handgun, & could borrow anything specific from my FIL... well I got hooked, & I didn't know it at the time, but my FIL was grooming me to manage his collection... he died 16-17 years ago, & today the collection has grown 6-7 times more than he had...
I'm more of a revolver bolt action & single shot kind of guy, & a couple years ago we built a walk in gun safe room / reloading & storm shelter room to store everything & load in ( 2 loading benches )
I have a very good buddy that is a retired tool & die guy, that has been working on guns his whole life... we've come to an agreement, that if he needs a little extra money on the side, I get something customized... so I have many you guys may find interesting...
right now I'm playing with quarter bore revolvers... I have a custom 8 shot stainless blackhawk chambered in 25 ACP ( my answer to the 22 LR shortage... besides I'm not a rim fire fan, since you can't reload them ) I also commission a custom barrel for my Contenders nearly each time I do a custom in another gun another I'm playing with right now, is a wildcat 257 Special... Ruger Single 10 converted to center fire with a new 8 shot 257 cylinder... 257 Special are 22 Hornet cased straightened out & trimmed to 38 special length... I also have a Contender barrel for this caliber...
the 25 Auto revolver is my newest custom revolver, the 257 has been done for a while now... the pair I had done before the 25 was a conversion of a pair of Pietta 51 navies that were converted to cartridge guns & chambered in 38 Long Colt, with .357 barrel liners to keep groups tight...
thought I'd start out here with pics of these guns... but as my forum name indicates I do like magnum guns & also own a custom 50 A.E. super Blackhawk so I do love the big bores as well...
here is my 25 ACP Blackhawk... & my 257 Special...
I'm more of a revolver bolt action & single shot kind of guy, & a couple years ago we built a walk in gun safe room / reloading & storm shelter room to store everything & load in ( 2 loading benches )
I have a very good buddy that is a retired tool & die guy, that has been working on guns his whole life... we've come to an agreement, that if he needs a little extra money on the side, I get something customized... so I have many you guys may find interesting...
right now I'm playing with quarter bore revolvers... I have a custom 8 shot stainless blackhawk chambered in 25 ACP ( my answer to the 22 LR shortage... besides I'm not a rim fire fan, since you can't reload them ) I also commission a custom barrel for my Contenders nearly each time I do a custom in another gun another I'm playing with right now, is a wildcat 257 Special... Ruger Single 10 converted to center fire with a new 8 shot 257 cylinder... 257 Special are 22 Hornet cased straightened out & trimmed to 38 special length... I also have a Contender barrel for this caliber...
the 25 Auto revolver is my newest custom revolver, the 257 has been done for a while now... the pair I had done before the 25 was a conversion of a pair of Pietta 51 navies that were converted to cartridge guns & chambered in 38 Long Colt, with .357 barrel liners to keep groups tight...
thought I'd start out here with pics of these guns... but as my forum name indicates I do like magnum guns & also own a custom 50 A.E. super Blackhawk so I do love the big bores as well...
here is my 25 ACP Blackhawk... & my 257 Special...