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To: hiredhand
"NOBODY jumps out of a perfectly good airplane!"

When I went through jump school, we jumped C-119s.Anyone who would dare call those "perfectly good" airplanes had too much eggnog.

.45s modeled after M1911s are my all time favorites, but this one came from the factory with all the serious work done in manufacture.

All I did to it was polish the feed ramp to my specs. Great shootin' piece.

I yours hit quarters at 50, I wouldn't do any thing to it unless you feel your trigger is stiff.

I like mine to break at 4lbs; I had the factory build to that spec.

11 posted on 01/01/2005 9:40:39 PM PST by 506trooper (No such thing as too much inane, ammo or fuel on board...unless you're on fire)
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To: 506trooper
When I went through jump school, we jumped C-119s.Anyone who would dare call those "perfectly good" airplanes had too much eggnog.

.45s modeled after M1911s are my all time favorites, but this one came from the factory with all the serious work done in manufacture.

All I did to it was polish the feed ramp to my specs. Great shootin' piece.

I yours hit quarters at 50, I wouldn't do any thing to it unless you feel your trigger is stiff.

I like mine to break at 4lbs; I had the factory build to that spec.

HA! HA! That's good! I never thought about what if you didn't think it was a perfectly good airplane! Sounds like good enough reason to jump out to me!

Mine is a Colt Series 80. I know a lot of people prefer the Series 70s, but this thing is just plain accurate! Everybody who ever tries it plugs the target! It's got an awful trigger though (IMHO). ...a LOT of creep, though it probably breaks around 4 lbs.

Now that you mention it, I DID polish up the feed ramp a little myself when it jammed on me once or twice with semi-wadcutters that we reloaded. No problems since.

We've got a VERY nice Browning HP chambered for the .40 S&W as well, but nobody can seem to hit the target! If you rest the weapon, we do O.K. We think it has something to do with the shape and thickness of the frame, and the fact that we're all used to the Colt.

Needless to say, the Browning doesn't get used a lot, and the Colt does! :-)
14 posted on 01/01/2005 9:47:46 PM PST by hiredhand ( "Pudge the Indestructible Kitty" lives at - http://www.justonemorefarm.com)
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