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Spurred on by Gary's late success and so many
Tuesday, June 08, 2021, 07:44

of my friends using the .454 Casull over the years I find I kind of wanted one again. Gary used one of his fine conversions in .454 to take that massive African Buffalo this Spring! What a Misfit story for the archives. James has done some good work with it over the years in FA platforms. I recall reading some of his adventures. Also I remember seeing Jim Taylor shoot things with the then new FA 83 in .454, it was quite dramatic. Last one I had was a Taurus DA that ATE MY HAND UP. I sold it not long ago. It was fantastic loaded lighter. Doug had several FA guns that I drooled over except for magnifying my sloppy reloading, they sure do shoot.

A friend of mine in N.C. had a Premier M83 that he offered very reasonable since it had a rubber grip on it. He said it would have sold long ago if it had a wood grip on it! I guess at casual glance many would think it was the less expensive "Field Grade" model. (Never understood that, how expensive is brushed finish compared to bead blasting?) I looked on the FA Web page and Bob lists the Premier M83 at over $3000 now!!! So I had to have it and helped my friend out by paying him for the .454.

I am still on my bender clearing out room in my gun safe(s) and stocks of common long gun fodder that are not special. How many beater shotguns and ML does a guy really need? The splurge on the FA was one late result of my house cleaning.

I sure do need Uncle Gary to do a Gunfighter job on it and a set of proper grips. As soon as it lights in my little sweaty hands...