Reeder Custom Guns - A few years ago, I decided to add a Colt NF 44 Special..

Huey
A few years ago, I decided to add a Colt NF 44 Special..
Friday, January 03, 2020, 15:04

Specifically, a 7.5" gun suitable for hunting.

Took a while, but found one NIB Gen 3 for a fair price.

When it arrived, it was pretty good, but had tremendous play in the cylinder. Turned out to be the base pin was undersized. I mean terribly undersized.

Measured the holes in bith the frame and cylinder and found the cylinder hole was only .0005" under the frame.

Kelye at Belt Mountain supplied a custom #5 Keith Style Base Pin (correctly fit) and that solved the problem.

I got off lucky and ended up with a pretty nice gun. I've since added a second 44 Special Cylinder and Two 44-40 Cylinders.

I've certainly heard worse stories from gunsmiths specializing in Colts and consider myself blessed...

Colt - Rex, 2020-01-03, 06:56
- early to mid 3rd generation seems to be the - Gary Reeder, 2020-01-03, 13:13
  - IN 2011 I GOT 3 SAAs; 2 NFs, AND 4 - JT, 2020-01-03, 15:33
    - Colt quality control - Greg M., 2020-01-03, 16:29
      - Where does it say the husband worked for Colt? Heck - Woody, 2020-01-03, 21:41
        Also, lest I seem too much of a Negative Nelly - Greg M., 2020-01-03, 23:03
        My bad - Greg M., 2020-01-03, 22:35
        I get it. The biggest problem is that those - Woody, 2020-01-03, 23:06
      - Agreed and the joy of forums... - Huey, 2020-01-03, 16:49
    - was that an estate sale? (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2020-01-03, 16:25
  - Colt - Rex, 2020-01-03, 13:39
    - Colt? - Greg M., 2020-01-03, 14:15
      - My 1902 Military .38 ACP - Greg M., 2020-01-03, 16:38
      - That said - Greg M., 2020-01-03, 14:26
        A few years ago, I decided to add a Colt NF 44 Special.. - Huey, 2020-01-03, 15:04