Bullseye-L Forum
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

+2
BE Mike
mhayford45
6 posters

Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by mhayford45 4/5/2020, 6:03 am

Picked up a ball gun to use for the Presidents 100 and CMP matches. Very old, but clearly a gunsmith build. I think it may be a Mike Curtis build but I am not sure. Any help would be appreciated.

mhayford45

Posts : 257
Join date : 2013-02-21
Location : MI

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by BE Mike 4/5/2020, 6:49 am

It looks like R.G. Curtis, not Mike Curtis. How does it shoot?
BE Mike
BE Mike

Posts : 2564
Join date : 2011-07-29
Location : Indiana

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by PMcfall 4/5/2020, 7:10 am

R.G. Curtis operated out of El Reno, OK in the 80's and into the 90's.  He used to come to Perry to set up shop on Commercial Row back in those days.
Phil
PMcfall
PMcfall

Posts : 392
Join date : 2011-06-16
Location : St. Joseph, MO

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by mhayford45 4/5/2020, 7:52 am

Not sure how it shoots yet. Just got it yesterday. Going through it, cleaning, oiling and changing old springs for new. The person who did own it said it shot very well. 

What was R.G.Curtis's reputation back then?

mhayford45

Posts : 257
Join date : 2013-02-21
Location : MI

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by Dr.Don 4/5/2020, 8:02 am

I bought an R.G. Curtis made Hi-Standard barrel in the 80's at Perry.  Made from a Douglas blank. Very accurate.
Dr.Don
Dr.Don

Posts : 816
Join date : 2012-10-31
Location : Cedar Park, TX

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by fc60 4/5/2020, 9:13 am

Greetings,

A name from the past.

I believe R. G. Curtis bought Richard Shockey's old business.

My friend had a Curtis Hard Ball gun and earned his points with it.

Cheers,

Dave
fc60
fc60

Posts : 1452
Join date : 2011-06-11
Location : South Prairie, WA 98385

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by Roddy Toyota 4/5/2020, 10:51 am

Hi All,  The Curtis that bought Richard Shockey's gun shop in El Reno, OK, was named CW.  My first wadgun was built by CW back in 1983. Never did know what the initials stood for, as he always went by "CW".  
Cheers,
Roddy
Roddy Toyota
Roddy Toyota

Posts : 64
Join date : 2011-06-11

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by BE Mike 4/6/2020, 5:25 am

PMcfall wrote:R.G. Curtis operated out of El Reno, OK in the 80's and into the 90's.  He used to come to Perry to set up shop on Commercial Row back in those days.
Phil
Thanks for the info and blast from the past. I thought that I remembered him from Perry back in the day, but I didn't want to depend on my senile memory.
BE Mike
BE Mike

Posts : 2564
Join date : 2011-07-29
Location : Indiana

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by PMcfall 4/6/2020, 6:12 am

Sounds like maybe I'm the one with the senile memory, it appears the El Reno pistolsmith was probably CW.  I might have one of his old price sheets, I'll check my files.
Phil
PMcfall
PMcfall

Posts : 392
Join date : 2011-06-16
Location : St. Joseph, MO

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by mhayford45 4/6/2020, 5:28 pm

So far 25 yard testing is a tight X ring with 4.7 BE with Zero 185 JHP COL of 1.24. Time to move to 50 yards for final tuning. I expect it will be acceptable at 50' for CMP matches.

mhayford45

Posts : 257
Join date : 2013-02-21
Location : MI

Back to top Go down

Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith Empty Re: Need Help with IDing Ball Gun Smith

Post by Sponsored content


Sponsored content


Back to top Go down

Back to top

- Similar topics

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum