(35) The last revolver ever fully gripped by Roy Fishpaw to leave his shop. Roy made this set of one piece French walnut grips for me back April 2018. The revolver itself is an early Old Model Blackhawk that Bowen Classic Arms Corp converted to 44 Special with beautiful metal work, Bisley hammer and Grand Masters 2 piece grip frame.
(34) USFA by Bowen Classic Arms Corp -Beautiful metal work and light weight treatment with the Keith #5 base pin latch, engraved by Brian Powley. Photo from Alex in Michigan
(33) Fine Freedom Arms revolvers and a Randall Made knife. Pic sent by Bill in Florida. The revolver grips are a Freedom Arms factory Micarta.
(32) Cameron enjoying his Super Blackhawk.
(31) Dall Sheep – Alaska. This hunter sold me the horns from his sheep.
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(30A) Terry scored on this fine Brown bear in Kodiak Alaska.
(29) My latest project – a S&W 29 beautifully blued with fine action work by the team at Bowen Classic Arms. Jere Davidson applied the nice American scroll engraving, with gold bands and front sight.
(28) Ibrahim Sahin of Yurttas Gunstock Blanks with Turkish walnut trees. Ibrahim has sent me some fine walnut blanks.
(27) 3 industry leaders – left to right Ashley Emerson, John Linebaugh, and Hamilton Bowen.
(26) A custom Sam Cox knife. Always was a favorite that just feels “right” in the hand. The bolster was engraved by Jere Davidson.
(25) Thanks to this success I asked Lance if he could create a good load for my Ultra Light Arms 30/06 that will be used soon on a hunt. The pic below shows the end result. This load is launching 180gr Swift A-Frames in about as fine a way as anyone could want. I used to have the time to reload and create good loads for my rifles. I just don’t have the time for that now. It is great to be able to get help from someone who’s been there done that and knows what they are doing to wring the utmost potential from these fine rifles. The grids on my target are 1/2″ square.
(24) The Dakota 10 pictured here is hands down my favorite rifle. It is chambered for the wonderful 7X57 cartridge. This rifle just begs to be shot and enjoyed. As you can see from the target it is a shooter as well. I will toss a thanks out to Lance Hendershot, owner of Hendershot’s Sporting Goods in Hagerstown, MD for coming up with the load. I bought the rifle several years back from Lance and took advantage of a service he offers of tailoring a custom load for the rifle with it’s intended purpose in mind. This load is sending the Nosler 140gr Accubonds downrange in tremendous fashion.
(23) This Smith 629 Performance Center is a wonderful revolver. About as good as it gets for me while camping, hiking, etc. The 3″ barrel handles and carries well. Loaded with either Garrett 310 Hammerheads at 1020 fps, or if desired 1325 fps it is ready for about anything. The grips, while not the fanciest French walnut, handle the recoil very well with no bite on the middle finger.
(22) Ashley sent this pic of a Rattler that was resting in the wrong place. Dispatched with a wonderful Ruger Bearcat that both Hamilton Bowen and David Clements had a hand in making. Roy Fishpaw made the fine Ivory stocks and it rides in Thad Rybka leather.
(21) My wife took this pic of me and Roy in his shop while visiting in August 2016.
(20) A Bowen Classic Arms Nimrod 5 shot 45 Colt with Bighorn grips. Larry Smith of Richardson Texas braided the lanyard. Terry in Kansas owns this beauty.
(19) George shares this photo of his Freedom Arms 97. It’s “fully loaded” in factory options, and has the finest metal finish I have personally ever seen on a FA – and FA always does a fine job. The stocks are made from exhibition Turkish walnut.
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(18A) Gary from Montana snapped these photos of some fine Bighorns.
(17) Ashley Emerson, USFA in one hand and one unlucky hog.
(16) Ashley dropped this deer with his USFA 45 Colt. Ammo was his 265 gr Hammer Head.
(15B)Justin’s 2014 Elk
(15A) Justin from OK with his 2015 Elk
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(14A) Parts of Yellowstone – courtesy of Gary in MT
(13B) Done by Roy Fishpaw in Musk Ox.
(13A) Jerry from California sent these two photos. This is a Bisley I stocked in French walnut.
(12) Perry in Alaska after a successful Dall Sheep hunt. He sent me these horns, which will end up on one of his Rugers later this year.
(11) Justin from Oklahoma shares this photo of his and his father’s Redhawks that got the Kodiak treatment at Bowen Classic Arms – both in 44 mag. They both selected different blocks of French Walnut that ended up being so close in appearance they could be a matched pair.
(10B) The grips are one piece Ivory on a Grand Masters 2 piece frame.
(10A) An older Single Six belonging to Ashley in Texas. Hamilton and crew did a fabulous job of bringing this Ruger to better than new condition.
(9) Lorne from Canada shares this photo of his Colt Bisley.
(8) Author/writer Max Prasac with a fine 175lb mountain lion he took in Utah with his Ruger Bisley in 454 Casull.
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(6) Justin from Oklahoma with antelope. His father Mike (Image 6) also scored on the same hunt.
(5) This Texas hog found itself within range of Ashley and his USFA 45 Colt.
(4) Steve from Wyoming sent this pic of his two Rugers resting on an Impala hide.
(3) This Ruger Vaquero is featured on Hamilton Bowen’s site in the workshop, noted as Retro Vaquero. Owned by Fred in MD, he had Roy Fishpaw swap out the black hard rubber shoes for Musk Ox.
(2) Steve from Virginia sent this pic of his Colt King Cobra.
(1D) Owned by retired Secret Service Agent Jim McKinney, this 1st gen Colt has been beautifully engraved by Jim Lowe of Dumfries VA.
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(1B) Mr. Lowe also made the Secret Service star medallions and inlayed them into the Bighorn one piece grips. The detail to the medallions is incredible.
