My New Great Westerns

Curley Cole · March 07, 2008, 12:08:35 AM

Me and Old Top just got back from our trip to Meca (better known as EMF.) where I just got (well, paid for them) my new matched pair (consecutive numbers) of the new photo engraved Great Western 2.....The picture does not even do it justice..
they are just awesome...

Thanks to Debbie and Buffalo Sam for all their work in gettin them for me and puttin up with the stormin of the fort by me and Old Top....And we only rang the bell once...

Curley who can hardly wait the 10/30 days..

PS I only put up a picture of one, as it waz a better picture, trust me there really are 2...

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter · March 07, 2008, 12:36:30 AM

Howdy Culey Cole

Pard I'm sure the other one is just as beautiful as this one , what a beautiful job of engraving, I saw there add about this , and said to myself , they have something special here, I'm the proud owner of two Great Western l l's my self , so I know your going to be reeeeeeeeeeel happpppppppy Pard, I'm happy for you , and I hope you have a lot of fun with them .

tEN wOLVES

Curley Cole · March 07, 2008, 01:50:37 AM

Thanks
I actually am quite used to the Great Westerns, I have 5 more at home, 2 are with the Turnbull CCH, One is an all blue (no CCH) that I put Colt Eagle grips on. But up to now my favorites were a pair with the finest custom nickel plating you could imagine. I put REAL ivory grips on them, and boy do they stand out..
But these are going to become some of my regular shooters..(and Old Top can joke at me when we are at the loading tables, and say Curley, are you gonna drag out them "scratched up pistolas")

anyways thanks and I really excited to get them home..
Curley
and better pictures will follow...
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Black Powder · March 07, 2008, 01:46:31 PM

Man, oh man, oh man...

Gorgeous. Congrats.

BP

Pit Mule · March 15, 2008, 08:02:39 PM

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pit Mule

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter · March 15, 2008, 09:35:43 PM

Howdy Curley Cole

I went to E.M.F. dings and dents Sale, today , and got to see some of the new things there comeing out with this year , and I got to handle a gun like yours , absolutly, beautiful, that photo engraving was really nice , and haveing the gun all blue black, also makes the gun look rich , I wish they would start making more of the all polished blue black guns , I really like the way they look.

8)And that Great Western l l's action is pretty hard to beat (IMHO )

Enjoy that new gun Pard

tEN wOLVES

Curley Cole · March 19, 2008, 12:07:54 AM

At one of the last ding/dent sales, Debbie brought a gun from under the counter, she was holding it for someone she thought would appreciate it...It was a GW2 357 5 1/2", was the all blue/black no engraving...I bought it on the spot, all the way home I thought it needed something, so I had Bob Shaw put a pair of Colt Eagle grips on it...I think it is BEAUTIFUL..but Debbie was a little upset with me for changing the grips..it sure is a looker.

I get the first engraved one either friday or saturday, I will post some better pictures after.

Thanks.
curley

Curley Cole · March 19, 2008, 02:51:35 AM

TWF
Here is the GW I was talking about above. I thought it was just shouting for them grips...I really love it...

Curley

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter · March 19, 2008, 09:00:25 AM

Curly, I agree, this gun is beautiful, and I am really happy E.M.F. is bringing back the all blued gun , I saw your new engraved GREAT WESTERN l l, last Sat. at the dings and dent sale , NICE GUN , I think they they have a winner here, I don't think Debbie is too mad at you, she's too much of of a sweetheart to be mad at a GREAT WESTERN l l fan , and if she was , I bet she wasn't mad very long

Bob did a nice job on fitting the grips, or did they need fitting , are they second generation grips ?

Looking at your picture , looks like your a lefty like me, looks like there are more lefty's out there than I thought , you know the Colt SAA, was actually made for the left hander my mistake, Sam Colt didn't relize this until it was pointed out to him later on, the lefty is in perfect possition, to load and unload, because the loading gate is on the right side, all a lefty has to do is flip it open with his thumb, half cock it , and he is ready to load or unload ,without changing his hand at all , Elmer Kieth, wanted them to make a SAA with the loading gate on the left side for the right hander , and some did , but it never did well, or take off .

Enjoy your new guns Pard

tEN wOLVES

Curley Cole · March 19, 2008, 12:53:55 PM

Yup, yer pretty much right on all counts..Debbie is probably the best thing to happen to EMF in a long time...(and I have been a fan of emf since about 1979)
The grips are 2nd gen Colts, and Bob went all out to make it fit great, even made up some epoxy to fill a small gap. He is the best. He also said he could make that gun a Colt with almost no effort, a couple of roll stamps and no one could tell the difference.

Was a lefty all my life but didn't know it. Gramma and the Nuns tried but ultimately failed. I started shooting lefty about 10 years ago...and boy did my scores improve..<g>

Have you put up any pix of your stuff? I would like to see it..
Also if you come out to The Cowboys or Silver Queen look us up.

Curley

Old Top · March 19, 2008, 01:18:36 PM

Ten Wolves,

Yeh Curly likes his GWII I think that he is up to about nine now, he also takes good pictures of them with a little encourgement he might show off them Sunday guns the nickle plated with the dead elephant on them, he only handles them with a rag to wipe them off, can't shoot them they are too bright. He also has a pair of scrached up Taylors that he shoots. Come on out and shoot with us and he might let you hold one of them.

Old Top

Black Powder · March 19, 2008, 09:39:37 PM

Believe the second gun (to accompany my new Cimarron) will have to be a GWII. Would be perfect if it was available in old model frame, but I've been longing for it for quite some time, so that really doesn't matter that much.

And I suspect our friend Mr. Curley Cole is too modest, but if you want to enjoy some excellent photography, particularly of a nice gun collection, check it out: http://sdough.smugmug.com/gallery/258730_upFEX#P-1-15. First rate.

BP

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter · March 19, 2008, 09:58:50 PM

Howdy Curley & Old Top

Thanks for the invite , maybe one of these shoots I'll be able to make it out there , sounds like fun, I just got a new pc, and it has the vista formate, so i'm not, to up on it yet , but I'm going to give it a try, I make my own rigs , I found it easier to make my own , than trying to buy it the way I want it, anyway here is a picture of my two Great Weastern l l's in 45 long Colt, and a new rig I made for them,

tEN wOLVES

Old Top · March 20, 2008, 01:06:44 PM

Ten Wolves,

Those guns look good and the holsters even better, hope to see you one of these times.

Old Top

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter · March 20, 2008, 01:12:37 PM

Thanks Old Top, Me too.

tEN wOLVES

Curley Cole · March 20, 2008, 08:58:15 PM

Old Top
It is only 7...

Black Powder
Thanks for the compliment, I do try (OT may say that is "trying.."

10W5
Very nice guns...of course, and a most outstanding rig...I am very impressed, and anytime you can get to a shoot do look us up
curley

sack peterson · April 23, 2008, 08:26:49 PM

There are not enough good pictures of these out there. I just got one, but there was a real lack of good photos to examine while I was shopping for a GW II. And they just dont have any shelf space in the shops like the Uberti's do in my area.

I put Colt grips on it and a Colt base pin immediately. I couldn't be more pleased with the quality.

This is my first post by the way. I have enjoyed reading the discussions here over the last year.

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter · April 23, 2008, 09:25:52 PM

Howdy Sack Peterson

I'm happy fer ya pard, you're going to love this gun, it looks great, and the quality is their.

tEN wOLVES

Curley Cole · April 24, 2008, 02:28:15 PM

Sack

EXCELLENT pix, please post more, and the gun looks nice too...heheh, My nickel gw's got real ivorys, and I have an all black/blue GW that was demanding the Colt grip. I took it out at a match, and everyone was postitve it was a Colt..

keep posting
thanks
curley