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Micro, Bomar front sights.. 18.50
B. King's Bushing Wrench. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00
C. King's While Outline Blade will fit Ruger, Colt,
Micro sights.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... 5.50
D.. Kin'g's Recoil Buffer & Heavy Duty Plug Set for
Colt 45 Auto; 416 stainless steel, RC 30-35
(specify Government or Commander) ... 25.00
E. Magazine Base Pad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.95
F. King's Wide Combat Grip Safety - no alteration
to frame (specify Gov't or Commander). 22.50
G. King's Recoil Spring Guides; 416 stainleSS steel,
ground, heat treated finish (specify Government
or Commander) . 24.00
H. King's Trigger Boot for Colt 45 Auto, acts as
stop, Gold Cup Width. . . . . . . . . . .. . ... 12.00
I. King's Target Bushing (blued), 45, 38, 9mm .8.50
J. King's N.M. Bushing; 416 stainless steel
RC30-35; 45,38, 9mm ... 15.00
K. King-Tappan Combat Sight, the famous original
for Colt 45 Auto . . . . . . . .. Set 29.00
L. King Hard Ball Sight Set 18.00
King's Hard Ball wlWhite Outline. Set 21.00
M. King's Combat Speed Safety 18.00
N. King's Extended Slide Stop 30.00
O. King's Recoil Compensator - with National
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Match Bushing, machined from one piece .416
stainless RC30-35 for 45 Autos.
Must be fitted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.00
P. King's Ramp Kit - specify color: Red, Orange,
Yellow or White:
Standard, one color, % oz. material, will do 25
sights, standard accessories.. .. .. .. .. 9.95
Deluxe, one color, 1f2 oz. material, will do 50
sights, deluxe accessories. . . .. 20.00
Q. King's Custom Narrow Slot Grips Screws
.416 stainless
1.25
(Also available in blue finish)
Vibra-Tek
Brass Polishers and Cleaners
. Ten times faster than the
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. Quier surfaces, even primer
< ' pockets. Leaves no residue. No
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with media and extra tub for cleaning with solvents.
REGULAR VIBRA-TE~ 4 1/2 lb. load capacity, 2 lb.
media $69.95. MAGNUM VIBRA·TEK with 12 1/2 lb.
load capacity with 5 lb. media $138.00. extra 5 lb.
media $13.75. All Pre-paid. .
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SNUBBIES
Continuffdfrom pagff 35
be ess~ntial requirements. I ordered a
Charter Arms .44 Bulldog through my favorite
dealer and began to research my
planned modifications and load design.
Factory ammo then consisted only of
146-grain lead round nose bullets, loaded
by Remington and Winchest~r.It was certainly
more potent than the ubiquitous
.38s; but I wanted something better. This
turned out to be a must, for in later experimentation
the factory loads oft~n jumped
the crimp in the lightweight gun and
would bind the cylinder.
I decided that 14,000 c.u.p. would be my
ceiling in the Charter. As I studied the
lQading manuals and factory data, two obvious
advantages of working with the .44
Special emerged. First, shortening the barrel
length doesn't lead to drastic velocity
losses as it does with high intensity cartridges,
such as .357 mags and "hot" .38s.
Secondly, adequate power is available
without high pressure. This really cam~
home to me in a practical way when I accidentallyleft
my hearing protection offduring
experimentation, and my ears didn't
ring.
The Charter .44 arrived and after a few
factory rounds to cheCk functionability it
was off to the gunsmith. I had discussed
my ideas with Austin Behlert of Monmouth,
N.J., who agreed to handle the
project. I ordered the barrel cut to two
inches, a duty action job, chamfered cylinder
chambers, smoothed and polish~d
chambers, dehorned hammer and a
smoothed and polished trigger. I had considered
porting the two-inch barrel but decided
against it when I read that porting
pushes the muzzle flash upward in dim
light situations. The original front sight
was silver-soldered onto the shorter barrel
and later filed down when load choice was
finalized. (The finished front sight has the
same appearance as the Charter Arms
two-inch offerings in .38 and .32 caliber.)
I had originally thollght that I would use
the Pachmayr neoprene grips for my new
creation, but when looking up the correct
order number I found that the grip size
was the same for all Charter revolvers.
This was good news and a real breakthrough,
for that meant all Charter's aluminum
grip frames were the same size.
And that size was small-small as the
round grip on the S&W Chiefs Special
M36. Charter only hung bigger pieces of
wood on the larger caliber models. I had
verified all this ob. my own .44 before sending
it out for smithing.
I was elated at my discovery and ordered
a set of smooth grips from Charter
Arms that would normally ride on its .38
snubby. I still invested in the Pachmayr's,
but also sent for a Tyler T-grip.
AMERICAN HANDGUNNER • JANUARYIFEBRUARY 1983