I thought I posted this last night, but I guess I hit preview and not submit before I clicked away. Sorry if this pops up twice.
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My first pistol was a Ruger Blackhawk .357 I bought in 1990. Just turned 21 and it was perfect. Used it for a while and shot SAS with it for a few years. Unlike some folks, I have always been OK with the NM grip. It fits me pretty well.
Over time, however, I became bored with it, but you can't sell your first gun. That would be wrong. What's a guy to do?
Well, I decided to send the gun off to David Clements for a conversion to .44spl. He removed the Ruger warning label from hell, restamped it to .44spl, rebored the barrel, opened up the cylinders, installed a new front sight, fitted a new base pin, steel ejector rod housing, made the cylinder free spin, gave it an action job, refinished the entire pistol, and case hardened the hammer.
Grips are simple Altamont panels, but I think they look nice.
Six months later I got this back and I'm in love all over again. I hope to hit the range Sunday to give her a test run.
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