Reeder Custom Guns - Seyfried clipping...

I think Sean gave me the old article collection I was searching for so long ago. For a while back in the 1980's-90's I truly savored the G&A articles. They were gold. No real mainstream internet back then so the monthly articles had real validity. I can't believe that was 25 years ago. They were the only available resource for such advanced topics and refreshed every 30 days! Seyfried seems very opinionated but that is OK, aren't we all to a degree. I really appreciated his spirit of searching and experimenting. He hunted with Elmer Keith as a boy so that may have been an influence. Keith was opinionated too so I see a pattern.

No secret that Seyfried thought the .45 Colt was THE cartridge. I know lots of guys like it, I'm more of a .44 guy but Seyfried had this crazy perspective and objective. Sort of making it the ultimate hammer beyond anyone's imagination. It is versatile and still valid. If you have a strong .45 COlt you don't HAVE to go out and buy a Megga-magnum. You are closer than you thing. He regularly chimed that his .45 Colt in the field was the full equivalent of the .300 Magnum rifle IF he did his part.

Just for discussion....

*I see this Bowen custom seems to have some curious features. The barrel band sports interchangeable front sights. The band also keeps the ejector housing from flying off under recoil. The frame window sure looks filled up, longer cylinder (he touts the 5-shot). Curious that the South West 1/3 of the gun looks totally stock. Factory gripframe, trigger guard opening, and stocks/grip shape. The Ruger Bisley was a leap ahead. Now it looks unfinished to me as a project. Maybe with time we just continued refinements. I see many of my Reeder project guns with these notable features addressed and more evolved. Get it while you can, there is a line.

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He had 4 barrels made by Bowen with differing throats and the only barrel that produced it was one that had the Taylor Throat. I ain't saying all barrels so throated will do that but Gary offers an improved version of it .. his Maxi-Throat .. and it does work.

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Remember these were some 25 -30 years ago. Gary and a couple others have evolved things since then. Rather than study historical information it seems much of this generation "skips" and is headstrong to "discover" old lessons as newfound of their own. A pity.

O'l Seyfried is still out there someplace and has written a few things. It seems he's got his belly full of handgunning, for the most part (my view), and found other interests. I liked his musings even when I didn't fully agree.

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break the frame were it screwed into the frame. I did have a b square scope mount and a 3x Burris... I think that contributed to it...load was 300 gr Serra sp at 1150-- I am a wimp so went back to the .41-- even killed deer with a 295 gr bullet -- son got a .454 Super Redhawk which was better than the bhawk until until we got to 360 I think? any way -- I am happy with my .41-- I do shoot my sons 500 some but really too much six gun for this pilgrim. I started cast DABs because of him dual alloy bullets ie soft points

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Off the frame of our guns sometimes. The stresses it might expound. On the frame or on the barrel (single shot or Ruger Hunter) it adds to the whip under recoil.

I too played with dual metal bullets. I finally torched the mould with both in it to re-melt and try to get them to stick. Very laborious.

The two part Lyman mold where you “glue” the pieces together is a brilliant idea that did not catch on. Easier to just pay a man $3-$4 each for a premium JSP and go on. But that’s not near as satisfying or fun.

Ross was in his 50’s in the 1990’s so he’s mid-70’s at least.

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I own many larger revolvers, (2)475 Linebaugh, a 457 GNR,and 429 GNR, The most versatile of all is a 5shot 45 long colt. 1440fps with 335gr bullet or 800fps with 250gr bullet. I am having Gary build me one from scratch and make another cylinder for a North American arms 450 mag. express.

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When I started experimenting with heavy 300 gr. loads in the Ruger Blackhawk I went through that and figuring out how to keep it on.

Also the firing pin bushing in some of the early Rugers were soft. In my gun, with high pressure loads, the bushing was set back into the frame, and pounded in around the firing pin hole until the firing pin stuck.

I case hardened a new bushing and shimmed it so that it could not back up into the frame.

The recoil impulse of heavy loads stresses most everything.

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Seyfried clipping...

His Minute-of-Angle sixgun article was interesting

We'll use some of these for future converstions

how old would he be. I had a .45 colt Bhawk

Good point. We don’t consider what we hang

45 Colt revolver

You mentioned the ejector rod flying off ...