Some Bisleys...............
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:56 pm
I mentioned my friend Tommy Russell on another post, and thought I'd share some of the guns he orchestrated. Orchestrated? Tommy did some action work but farmed out the grips and finishing.
Tommy got interested in Rugers and decided that since he was a mite late he would concentrate on the collection of the Bisleys, at that time a newly introduced item from Ruger. I got to know Tommy, and his wife was suffering from cancer. After her death I lost track of Tommy, believe he moved to Kentucky.
Here is a photo of his early work on a Bisley, he polished up the action, polished the loafing gate bright, and fitted scrimshawed polymer grips.
I believe the same gun, but with the barrel cut to 5 1/2" and frame case hardened by Doug Turnbull, posed with Skeeter Skelton's Bisley:
Here is a .32 Magnum with his touches, grips by Roy Fishpaw. This was made up for a Ruger Collector's Association banquet as the main prize, selling price to go to RCA:
Bob Wright
Tommy got interested in Rugers and decided that since he was a mite late he would concentrate on the collection of the Bisleys, at that time a newly introduced item from Ruger. I got to know Tommy, and his wife was suffering from cancer. After her death I lost track of Tommy, believe he moved to Kentucky.
Here is a photo of his early work on a Bisley, he polished up the action, polished the loafing gate bright, and fitted scrimshawed polymer grips.
I believe the same gun, but with the barrel cut to 5 1/2" and frame case hardened by Doug Turnbull, posed with Skeeter Skelton's Bisley:
Here is a .32 Magnum with his touches, grips by Roy Fishpaw. This was made up for a Ruger Collector's Association banquet as the main prize, selling price to go to RCA:
Bob Wright