No, I didn't sell my SBH. I was looking at it yesterday and it just had those cute puppy eyes and the quivering lip, so I can't sell it. I did, however, decide to take it apart, completly, and i honed the trigger and hammer. Now, beinging an engineer, i hate designing things that will end up in the hands of someone like me. I realized last night that i probably messed up the timing, so i need a good manuel or instructional book or something that will help me with that. I also decided that now would be a good time to get a free ratcheting pawl. Also, if anyone knows someone that has a Bisely grip frame, grips, and hammer that they would like to swap for SBH grip frame, grips, and hammer, i'd be more than happy to trade. And as far as the porting goes, i really don't like it, but if i have to i will eventually. I'd really love to get a .458 Win Mag Encore one day just because i have a few cool ideas for it and no one around here has one, but this would most definatly require a muzzle break, unless i wanted it to become a permanent part of my anatomy.

cyberhick

It's not a bad thing. It's human nature, or should should I say a genetic detriment to us men. If a guy can't buy something and take it apart to improve it, it aint worth a hill of beans! Luckily my friend is a gunsmith so he always bails me out! I also know how you feel needing a 458 Win Mag. I felt the same way about a 416 Rigby. I was so enamored with my reading that I just had to get one because no one around here had one. Even now, I am the only one in my circle of friends who will shoot it, and yes it does need a muzzle brake. 107gr of IMR4831sc dictates that. It hurts a little less now though because I switched a classic multi-ported one for a big fish-gill type. It is much more manageable, but you still have to hold on very tight! Dan B is the only other handgunner friend who even wanted to shoot it, and he controlled it quite well. Eveyone of my other friends decline the opportunity. I imagine the 458 Win mag in a shorty Encore is something to behold. Good luck!

How do you mess up the timing on a SBH just by taking it apart and giving it a trigger job?

I have to admit that I haven't really studied revolver actions, but to my understanding everything is adjusted position wise at assembly to be timed right. In my mind, by disassembling my SBH, i messed up that adjustment. I hope i'm wrong and I can just put everything back together (its still in pieces) without a problem.

cyberhick

I'm not sure what parts or what area of the parts you polished, so I can't say for sure if you changed something that was to be left alone. But I can point you in the right direction for some expert help. Jerry Kuhnhausen has a shop manual for the Ruger single action, and a lot of other guns for that matter. I have quite a few and they are extreamly detailed with pictures and all. I feel they would be worth 3 times the price you pay. You being an engineer will appricate the manual all the more. Here is the link to the manual for the Ruger single action on Midway.

Kuhnhausen Manual