Reeder Custom Guns - Sixty ounces! Soe things you may not consider in a Custom

WB
Sixty ounces! Soe things you may not consider in a Custom
Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 16:51

My all steel, 7-1/2" Bisley 8-shot in .255 Banshee, which I love, weighs almost 60 oz. unloaded. Why? The cylinder and barrel are almost solid bar stock with teeny .25 cal. holes drilled. The same gun in .510 GNR is obviously much lighter!

You might not think if that selecting a base gun. The smaller the caliber the heavier the package. Want light weight? Get a big bore shorty!

Lipsey's new Lightweight Single Seven makes me think,,, - Huey, 2018-09-25, 02:56
- our 45 Backpacker in 45 long Colt weighs in at 28 ozs - Gary Reeder, 2018-09-25, 11:57
  - Damn right Gary...another bucket lister for me (nm) - Drdougrx, 2018-09-25, 18:57
  - ,45 Backpacker - stonecold, 2018-09-25, 12:59
    - Yep, stone, that is your gun, the prototype of that series. (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2018-09-25, 13:53
- I've weighed them, I think about 2 oz. difference - WB, 2018-09-25, 07:16
  - I just weighed ERHs . . . - ORG, 2018-09-25, 08:31
    - I was weighing BH items but are they different? (nm) - WB, 2018-09-25, 10:55
    - Just weighed OM XR3RED grip frame . . . - ORG, 2018-09-25, 08:48
      - All in that makes the 1/2 lb., 25% lighter? (nm) - WB, 2018-09-25, 10:56
        Scotty, as far as I know . . . - ORG, 2018-09-25, 13:20
        Sixty ounces! Soe things you may not consider in a Custom - WB, 2018-09-25, 16:51
        Just for fun . . . - ORG, 2018-09-25, 19:26
  - I think the Grip Frames I measured was 6 oz difference... - Huey, 2018-09-25, 07:28
- Skeleton hammer = less inertia, I wonder if that would be - Darryl T., 2018-09-25, 07:15
  - I doubt that would be an issue in a revolver... - Huey, 2018-09-25, 07:47
    - After reading all the posts above - Jim Taylor, 2018-09-25, 11:52
      - You're invited to come over and follow me around one day... - Huey, 2018-09-25, 20:30
        Just poking fun Huey. - Jim Taylor, 2018-09-26, 05:43
      - Lightweights - SSG Oldfart, 2018-09-25, 13:46
      - thanks Jim, my thoughts exactly. My Star PD weighs 31 ozs - Gary Reeder, 2018-09-25, 12:05
        Yep. (nm) - IC, 2018-09-25, 13:07