I had a great day today! It started with arriving at the hospital at 5 am and I was back home by noon without my gallbladder! It got better this afternoon when the mail lady brought me a package from Doc Barranti and another with the David Clements Ruger Old Army in .50 caliber I bought off Gunbroker. I am a happy camper.







If it shoots half as good as it looks I will be very happy. I do believe that this was one of the best bargains I have found on Gunbroker

Very nice all the way around!! The Ruger's were the best BP hand gun made!

First one I've saw in .50 cal. Great looking Old Army you got there! Let us know how it shoots. I have a SS in .45 that shoots as good as my centerfire revolvers. Amazing how good they shoot.

God Bless, Louis

Dave Clements does/did great work. I heard that he is now retired. He built my Keith # 5 about 18 years ago.

Beautful!

George

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
Dave Clements does/did great work. I heard that he is now retired. He built my Keith # 5 about 18 years ago.

He has been scaling way back for the last year and a half and has retired now. He is selling off a lot of stuff

Am I the only one who noticed pacecars came home sans gall bladder?

Beautiful gun, btw. But secondary in my view. Hope you are recovering apace.

Thanks. So far so good. It is amazing what they can do now and how quick they send you home. Used to be I would have been in the hospital 3 or 4 days

Indeed; stepdad went in last year + had his removed 'microscopically?' by going into the navel + taking it out. He was home within 2 hours. I bitch like everyone else about medical costs but it's truly amazing what medical advances we have today. When my Grandmother had hers removed in the 1940s it was major surgery + a week in the hospital.

pacecars--I had my gall bladder removed several years ago. First couple years, frequently when I drank something, even water I'd have diarrhea. The exception was 7 Up it did not set me off. This all passed (excuse the pun) in a couple years.

really a nice setup pistol and holster

Just got the new Desert Ironwood from Chig’s Grips on it. Off to the engraver now

Glad to hear that your hospital stay was short,that is a nice revolver,I am curious about the ballistics out of this caliber?what bullet weight?what speeds can you get?will you be loading bp?

Please post pics after the engraver does his art.

This is David’s load data:
.490 roundball seated over a .50 cal. Wonderwad 50 grains by volume of Hodgdon’s Triple 7 FFFg 1250 fps

250 gr. cast bullet 45-48 grains by volume of Hodgdon’s Triple 7 FFFg 1150 fps


I will definitely post pics. They got it in yesterday and said about 4 months

Great; looking forward to it!