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Bob Wright
12-29-2008, 03:12 PM
About fifty years ago I bought my first Ruger Single Action, been hooked on them ever since. I especially like the .44s and .45s. Here's som of my .44s:

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i230/BobWright/Rugers/100_50561.jpg

The extreme right hand gun is a .44 Special converted from a three-screw .357 Magnum Blackhawk. Work was done by Dave Clements and Doug Turnbull.

Bob Wright
V-Girl
12-29-2008, 05:59 PM
Nice!!! I would be happy with one of those! :thumb:
rjrivero
12-29-2008, 08:01 PM
Wow, nice. Any of your Rugers "stock."
Oriondk
12-30-2008, 03:39 AM
Beautiful. I love Rugers, especially the single actions. That one on the left is sweet. Did Turnbull do the color case hardening on the other two, also? Now if they'd just make a nickel plated Vaquero.:cool:
Bob Wright
12-31-2008, 02:20 PM
Wow, nice. Any of your Rugers "stock."


I was fixin' to say this one was, but its not. I bought this a couple of years ago from an ad in the paper. It had had the safety conversion done. I removed that and in the process added a steel Old Army grip frame and a Dave Clements' wide trigger. (A .357 Magnum Blackhawk.)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i230/BobWright/Rugers/100_84511.jpg


Other than that, its stock.

But, after a little thought, here's one that is:

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i230/BobWright/Rugers/100_67461.jpg


It's an early three-screw Single Six that I just recently stumbled upon at a gun show back in October. It's still stock.

Bob Wright
Bob Wright
12-31-2008, 03:42 PM
Beautiful. I love Rugers, especially the single actions. That one on the left is sweet. Did Turnbull do the color case hardening on the other two, also? Now if they'd just make a nickel plated Vaquero.:cool:


I beg your pardon, I didn't mean to ignore your question. All of my Ruger case hardening is by Doug Turnbull.

Bob Wright
rjrivero
12-31-2008, 04:06 PM
Nice, Bob.

Do you have any contact information for Doug Turnbull?
Bob Wright
12-31-2008, 05:22 PM
Nice, Bob.

Do you have any contact information for Doug Turnbull?

Yep, its: www.turnbullrestoration.com I never sent anything to him directly as most of the work was being done by Dave Clements or Bob Mason gunsmiths.

Bob Wright
rjrivero
12-31-2008, 05:34 PM
Thanks Bob. Since the "Heritage" guns from S&W came out, I've got a burr in my saddle for a case hardened frame on a S&W. I just now have to go out and find the appropriate "Project" gun.

I'm thinking I can find a descent deal on a Model 10. I really would like to see how it looks after I'm done. I don't want to do this to a gun with any "collector" value, so I'm looking around for a descent project pistol.

I have bookmarked the site for when I'm ready.

Thanks again.

RJ
Oriondk
01-01-2009, 05:24 AM
I beg your pardon, I didn't mean to ignore your question. All of my Ruger case hardening is by Doug Turnbull.

Bob Wright

He does fantastic work. Everything I've seen of his is just gorgeous. Do you mind if I ask what it cost?
Bob Wright
01-02-2009, 02:20 PM
He does fantastic work. Everything I've seen of his is just gorgeous. Do you mind if I ask what it cost?

Most of my work was in addition to work done by others as part of a package. As I recall, the cost of case hardening was, at the time, around $200.

Bob Wright
Oriondk
01-02-2009, 09:19 PM
Thanks, Bob. That sounds pretty reasonable and sure looks good.
right$pecial
04-09-2009, 03:50 AM
Finally got to shoot one of these today. It was a .44 Super Blackhawk. Very cool. I'll be a revolver convert yet.
Oriondk
04-09-2009, 05:42 AM
Finally got to shoot one of these today. It was a .44 Super Blackhawk. Very cool. I'll be a revolver convert yet.

Try a bunch of different ones before you buy one. Though my main home gun is a semi-auto, revolvers, to me, are just plain fun.