Posted By: wapitirod
454 Vaquero - 03/09/2009 10:40 PM
This is the Vaquero that I've posted pics of as I've used it as a test piece for some of my work. The gun has been fit with a stainless 5 shot cylinder reamed to 454, the hammer and transfer bar are jeweled, the grip frame is a stock aluminum frame that I polished and radiused. The action is smooth as silk with the trigger pull coming in at just under 2lbs. I replaced the factory ejector housing with a steel unit. The barrel is the factory Colt barrel but has been turned down to remove the safety warning and the crown and forcing cone have been re cut to 11* and a new factory sight blade installed. The gun weighs in at 37.25oz compared to my 500 at 53.50oz and my 4 5/8" 475 which weighs 51.25oz. The recoil is extreme but this gun does have a purpose. I built it as my own version of the 329PD combined with the Ruger Alaskan in a single action platform. I like to fly fish mountain streams from time to time and this gun is perfect back up against bears and cats which thrive in my fishing areas and it's light enough to wear all day while wading streams. This gun I can honestly say is not for the faint of heart to shoot and I would never build one for someone else but then again there's a reason I've got enough titanium in me to build an X frame and I have more coming. I just can't seem to get my fill of big bore wheelguns. I also have another 500 on the block that I'm just waiting for my barrel blank on, this one will be a twin to the other except it will be scoped.
