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This stainless steel Ruger Redhawk has a completely turned smooth action and a custom contoured six and one half inch barrel.  The rear sight is a Bowen adjustable and the front is a longitudinal dovetailed one cut to a partridge shape.
 
 

This fine second generation .45 Colt Single action was completely restored when it was allowed to rust and deteriorate  after the owners death.  It was restored to original condition complete with action job and welded internal trigger stop.  Endfloat was set to zero, an oversize base pin installed, forcing cone cut to 11 degrees, crown cut to 45 degrees and timing set.
 
 

The Ruger Mark IV pictured below had extensive custom work performed including a custom triangular shaped ten inch barrel with a compensating chamber, custom sights and a machined from barstock scope mount.  The laminated grips are from Turner Grips no longer in business.
 
 

The .45 pistol below is a Springfield Champion with a small frame.  The Champion is smaller than the Colt Commander, but larger than the Colt Officers model - an excellent choice for a canceled carry gun.  The rear sight is a low mount MMC white dot sight adjustable for elevation only and the front is a Millett dual crimp with a white dot.
 
 

First Generation Colt Single Action Army in 41 caliber which has been completely restored to original condition with the exception of the hammer, which is a second generation.  This fine old six shooter had been converted to 45 Colt and had become rusted and pitted to the point it needed extensive attention. The photo on the left shows this old colt with all the pits, scratches and dings of over 100 years removed block hand polished and ready for final Carbona Charcoal blue. The frame was color case hardened, screws are heat blued and the rest of the metal is Carbona Charcoal blued by the worlds finest firearms finisher and restoration artist Doug Turnbull of Turnbull Restorations.  Cost of this restoration was $1,900.00. 
 
 

Extended, welded beavertail on a Browning High Power pistol.  Incases where the spur or commander hammer bites the bejabbers out of the web of your hand the only solution is to weld on a beavertail and change the hammer to either a commander or a Type II shown here and made by Bill Laughridge of Cylinder & Slide Shop. The cost for this custom work is $145.00 plus refinishing and about $85.00 for the hammer..
 
 

The elaborate 75% engraved with Nimschke style engraving has been extensively worked over with a custom barrel, Bowen rear sight, action tightened ad tuned and oversize base pin.  The grips are elephant ivory custom fitted by one of the finest grip makers in the United States today, Roy Fishpaw of Lynchburg, Virginia (1-434-993-3480).  Color case hardening and carbona blue were done by Doug Turnbull of Turnbull Restorations in Bloomfield, New York (1-585-657-6338). 
 
 

This beautiful six-gun was created in 2008 for the same customer as the Blackhawk above. It is 75% deep relief engraved by Terry Theis complete with an eagle on the hammer.  The polished nickel finish has had the deep relief background "inked" to make the magnificent engraving stand out.  The grips are one piece elephant ivory with a Helfricht style steer head carved in deep relief on the right grip fitted and carved by Paul Persinger of El Paso, Texas. I did the custom work and coordinated the work.  Total cost for this unique custom six-shooter is $4,000.00
 
 

Here is another Terry Theis engraved USFA single action in 32WSF caliber with grips by Paul Persinger in El Paso, Texas, superlative deep relief engraving by Terry Theis of Harper, Texas and antique nickel plating by Reliable Electro Plate of Chartley, Ma.  This magnificent six-gun is the property of Mark Mason a distinguished Universal City, Texas police officer.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

12. American Pistolsmiths Guild 2004 Browning High Power Raffle Gun

The High Power pictured  is as good as it gets.  It is the 2004 raffle pistol for the American Pistolsmiths Guild.  It was extensively modified by several members of the Guild including Neil Keller or Kustom Ballistics, Alex Hamilton of Ten-Ring Precision, Richard Heinie of Heinie Specialty Products, Tim Dillon, Jim Stroh of Alpha Precision and Irv Stone of BarSto Precision.  Matt Del Fatti (1-715-267-6420) one of the finest leather craftsmen in the world created the holster and magazine scabbards.  The exquisite gold inlay engraving was accomplished by Brian Powley (powleyengraving.com). 
 
 

This is a beautiful piece restored and brought up to date with a Brown beavertail custom night sights modern hammer and ivory grips for customer Matt Fields.  The Nimschke style engraving was accomplished by master engraver Tommy Kaye of Yoakum, Texas.
 
 

This is a rare Texas Longhorn single action made like many shooters believe a Colt Single Action Army should have been made for a right hand shooter with the loading gate and extractor rod on the left.  Like many of we aging shooters the owner wanted a Doctor red dot scope mounted so he could see the cottin' pickin' sights.  The grip is an abbreviated Bisley.
 
 

This finest example of pistolsmiths art was built for President George W. Bush in appreciation for his dedicated support of the firearms industry and the right of Americans to keep and bear arms. This extraordinary Model 1911 pistol with serial number "GWB 001" was built by ten members of the American Pistolsmiths Guild who called up the best of their talent to create a gold standard of pistolsmithing craftsmanship.  This pistol will be presented to President Bush in early 2009 after he leaves office so it can be given to him as a personal gift. The artisans, and members of the prestigious American Pistolsmiths Guild, who contributed their great talent were Brian Powley - engraving, Roy Fishpaw - ivory grips, custom French fit walnut case - A&A engraving, Dave Lauck, Jack Weigand, Neil Keller of Custom Ballistics, Alex Hamilton of Ten-Ring Precision, Inc, Marc Morganti - Gemini Custom, Larry Vickers of Vickers Custom, and Alan Tillman - Art Enterprises. The custom steer hide holster was made by Matt Del Fatti of Del Fatti Leather. 

The special buckle is President Bush's favorite painting entitled "A Charge To Keep" by W. H. D. Koerner who was a famous illustrator for  Harpers Weekly. This very special buckle was reproduced as an engravers masterpiece by world famous firearms engraver Weldon Lister or Boerne, Texas.  The buckle will be produced in a very limited number for the consumer market in bronze, silver, and gold.
 
 

This custom job was built for a competition shooter who wanted the best of everything including low mount BoMar rear sight, ambidextrous thumb safety, 25 lines per inch checkering, Kart match barrel, slide fitted to the frame, Brown beavertail and much more.  The finish is TR Gun Kote black polymer finish on the slide and glass beaded stainless steel on the lower unit.  Cost to customize this customers pistol was around $1,400.
 
 

This fine old three screw 44 magnum Ruger Blackhawk was a personal project.  I do so many fine guns for customers it is difficult to see them go so I decided to build one for myself.  The cylinder is fitted with oversize base pin, the bolsters at the rear of the frame are sculpted and the bottom, front of the frame is "pinched" giving it a special custom look.  I made the six inch tapered octagon barrel from a piece of  Shilen match grade bar stock.  The grips are custom made from elephant ivory made by the master grip maker Roy Fishpaw of Lynchburg, Virginia. The exquisite engraving with gold inlay was masterfully completed by Tommy Kaye of Yoakum, Texas.  Take special note of the eagle head engraved on the hammer.  I hand polished all metal to 800 grit finish and sent the parts for Carbona, Charcoal blue and color case hardening to the finest finisher in the world,  Doug Turnbull of Turnbull Restorations in New York.  As a final touch I heat colored the screws to a dark blue color.  Total cost of this project was about $5,000 in mostly labor.
 
 

The frame and slide of this custom pistol made for Matt Fields has just about everything done to it Matt could dream up.  I is fully tricked out with Kart match barrel, low mount Richard Heinie night sights, ambidextrous thumb safety, large magazine well, and light rail for a Surefire combat light.  This is about as good as it gets with the final price of this gun somewhere around $2,400.
 
 

Terry Theis of Harper, Texas cut the 50% engraving on the nice Smith 629 after I did a complete action job which included recutting the crown and forcing cone, correcting end-float, numbering, beveling and polishing the cylinders, reducing the single and double action trigger pull, and glass beading the stainless steel for a nice soft matte finish.  The action job was $125.00 and the 50% engraving ran around $600.
 
 

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