My Bond Derringer, with some scratch marks

[Lefty Dude]

Jim Downing, the gun Engraver completed the engraving on my Bond this past Week at Winter Range.

[Chuck 100 yd]

That is cool!

[fordwannabe]

How long did you have to leave it in your pocket to get all scratched up like that? Me likey.

[Pitchy]

Very nice.

[Rusty]

I think it will buff out.

[Pete44ru]

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Nice chicken scratching, indeed !

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[ollogger]

That is very nice!!


Brad

[M. M. Wright]

Oh Lefty, that is very cool! I once had Scratch engrave a couple of 2nd gen Colts for me. He's GOOD.

[Nath]

Pretty.

N.

[Griff]

[Blaine]

Classy!

[Sixgun]

Talk about dense!!! I'm looking at the picture and saying to myself, "this guy is nuts, I don't see a scratch on it.....lots of nice engraving but the engraver did an excellent job, he did not mess up".

Ain't easy being half Italian.....nice gun dude...it's a keeper for life.---6

[RIHMFIRE]

Nice work!
What caliber?

[Pete44ru]

Nice work!
What caliber?

It's marked .45 Colt on the rib between the barrels.


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[Lefty Dude]

Yep; 45 colt, and/or 410 2 1/2" or 3".
My usual carry is Hornady Critical Defense 185 gr. 45 colt in the top barrel & The Winchester PDX1 Defender 3", made for the Handguns & such in the bottom barrel.
With the fixed sight on the top barrel, sight is so-so for the 45Colt. For the bottom barrel, the Colt prints low by 8" or so.
For practice, I shoot my 45 Colt hand loads. 250 gr. LSWC, with a nice amount of Unique. This gives me approx. the recoil of the .410.
And then I have my 45 Schofield 200 gr. Cowboy loads in Black Powder. With the closed breach black powder is an easy clean-up.

[Lefty Dude]

Jim Downing's Cowboy Alias name is; "Scratch". A little play on Words by me with the title.

My other Downing engraved piece;