Auction Oddities for Mon 4/29
For reasons I can't explain but probably don't have to, I am always looking at .44 Specials. Not necessarily to buy, but just appreciate.
The first 'oddball' up today is a custom-built 624 by Bill Bavis of PPC fame. The pics aren't so great, but it looks like just the ticket for the discriminating .44 Special afficionado with less than perfect eyesight.
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The port seems kind of superfluous, but a Davis-built comp would at least be well-made and functional. Overall, I think it's pretty cool (and priced 'right').
2) Plumbing The Depths Of The 1911
I'm pretty sure this is the first and only time I've ever seen pipe fixtures substituted for 'custom' gun parts. 
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The 1499 Commander is laughable. the .44 Spl...
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Monday, April 29, 2013, 19:40 (4229 days ago) @ FOG
Interesting; will it be as cool as a King's Custom gun 30-40 years from now?
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King's vs. Davis in 2043
I think the Coolness Coefficient varies more with the Observer than the Object, so it's kind of hard to say.
In terms of investment value, as long as there are collectors, I would guess that King's would always come out on top.
Bill Davis is pretty well-known, but King's is an icon.
Very few gunsmiths − or crafstmen of any type or trade − are ever so honored.
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I think the *pipe wrench marks* give the Colt character
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It looks like it was gang raped by a bunch of inner city
dremel tools.
I fervently wish some folks, when struck with the urge to DIY, would just go buy a glock and a wood burning kit.
"inner city dremel tools"
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hee hee hee
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 14:21 (4228 days ago) @ FOG
Monitor clean-up on aisle 4!
I thought that was a checkering template...
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 11:38 (4229 days ago) @ FOG
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I looked into pistolsmithing with *pressure fittings*
Evidently, it offers the usual benefits − (increased velocity, less recoil, blah, blah, blah...) − plus NO TRANS FATS!
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Wouldn't a Les Baer have been more practical...
by rob , Friday, May 03, 2013, 21:06 (4225 days ago) @ FOG
Amazing how some folk will just throw away money on stupid.