Clements Custom 44 Special
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Hey Guys, I wanted to share some photos of a gun that I received today. I've been waiting on this one for awhile now! It is a Jeff Quinn 44 Special conversion from Clements Custom guns. The base gun was a 50th anniversary Ruger .357 magnum. It has a 5 1/2" barrel with a vertical white lined front sight, color case-hardening by Turnbull, and cocobolo stocks. Mr. Clements did an outstanding job, I'm very pleased with the way it turned out. I hope to be able to shoot it soon.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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01/27/2017 1:03 AM
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Purrrrrrty......That's a keeper Darrell.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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01/27/2017 1:22 AM
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David did a beautiful job on that one. Congratulation Darrell. Any specific plans on how you will bloody this one? Charles
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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01/27/2017 1:40 AM
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Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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01/27/2017 1:56 AM
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Thanks guys!
Charles, I didn't necessarily order this one for a hunting gun. I mainly plan to shoot steel targets with it...but I would love to tackle a N. GA deer or hog with it!
I've got 500 pieces of brass and 500 245 grain SWC's on hand...can't wait to shoot it!
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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01/27/2017 12:40 PM
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Very nice Darrell! David does excellent work.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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01/27/2017 2:44 PM
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a good looking 44 for sure Darrel....
Life member-NRA-SCI Member-HHI #2900-HHASA #067 Colt-Ruger-Freedom Arms-and S&W Collector Assoc.s "I have more guns then I need but not as many as I want" "Handgun hunters HAVE to be good"
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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01/27/2017 5:01 PM
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Very nice, DH! I've got an OM 357 that I plan to send to David for that same package; with maybe a few extras. That should work well for them N George whitetails.
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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01/27/2017 7:38 PM
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If it were supposed to be easy, they'd have sent my little sister to do it.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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01/29/2017 12:12 AM
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Thanks guys, I appreciate your comments!
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01/29/2017 1:39 AM
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Very nice Darrel, look forward to hearing how it shoot.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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Darrell, Been away for a while and just saw your new revolver. Wow! That is beautiful and the stocks are over the top. Really nice sixgun!
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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02/09/2017 12:18 AM
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Wow. I missed this one. I am a .44 Special nut. Take it hunting. I don't even know how many deer I have killed with the special and a couple of hogs found it quite offensive. That thing is gorgeous.
"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"
I was a handgun hunter, when handgun wasn't cool.....
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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I've had the opportunity to put a couple hundred rounds through the gun now. It is a lot of fun to shoot! I am not a very good iron sight shooter and I have discovered that I need to shoot three shot groups. I can't tell you how many good looking groups I have messed up with a lone flyer from shots 4-6: I shot these groups at 25 yards while seated, resting the gun on my knees. I've settled on a load of 7 grains of Unique under a Montana Bullet Works 245 gr. SWC cast from an RCBS mold for now. It seems to be a consistent performer. Thanks again guys, I really appreciate your comments! Darrell H
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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02/12/2017 5:47 AM
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There's nothing wrong with those patterns! Nice!
If it were supposed to be easy, they'd have sent my little sister to do it.
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02/12/2017 10:32 AM
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Great revolver! I too have a tendency to throw a flyer in a good group. One thing that seems to be helping me is aim small and keep the exact point of aim. Do not look at the group. Try a target that the group is not visible if you can. Just my $.02 cents.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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DH, It seems those "flyers" are due to an issue with that revolver. It must have a bent barrel, timing issue, or something. I'll be glad to take it off your hands - at a discounted/defective price, of course.
Rib'n aside, that's some fine shoot'n! I see many NGA critters laying to rest in the future. Congrats on a beautiful SHOOTER!
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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DH, It seems those "flyers" are due to an issue with that revolver. It must have a bent barrel, timing issue, or something. I'll be glad to take it off your hands - at a discounted/defective price, of course.
Ha! KRal, you are a true friend, thanks for looking out for a brother!
I think that I'm through shooting groups with this gun for now. I loaded up another 100 rounds with Unique last night to shoot offhand at my steel target. This will allow me to work on two areas that I need to improve upon; iron sight shooting and offhand shooting. Hopefully I will get a high percentage of satisfying "pings"!
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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02/12/2017 2:55 PM
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DH has the coolest toys...beautiful revolver and great shooting!
Darrell - speaking of looking out for a brother, KRal is coming off injured-reserve, and I would hate for him to reinjure himself taking over shooting duties on your defective pistol. I'm here to help. 😜
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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DH has the coolest toys...beautiful revolver and great shooting!
Darrell - speaking of looking out for a brother, KRal is coming off injured-reserve, and I would hate for him to reinjure himself taking over shooting duties on your defective pistol. I'm here to help. 😜 Everyone wants to help out...LOL
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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Re: Clements Custom 44 Special
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DH has the coolest toys...beautiful revolver and great shooting! Darrell does have the coolest toys. The color case hardening really is something to see.
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