Posted on 12/23/2010 5:29:16 AM PST by marktwain
That’s purty.
Not bad for 96 years old.
It is and I love mine, wouldn’t get rid of it ever.
Man it happens.......firearms I have sold, when active duty, to put food on the table, still haunt me somewhat yet family first is rule one as we know.
I have two P.O. Ackley rifles, one a 22-250 and the other a ‘06. Both on mauser 98 “surplus actions”. They were built for others yet came to me when those folks wanted to sell em to a then still young hunter who would use them. Those two rifles are still my go to guns for yotes and whitetail / mulies.
My favorite High Power is an old bone stock P-35 version that sings with all manner of loads be they hot corbon or ball, gold dots etc ... very good, solid reliable rig.
When I met up with Texasproud here at FR he got me interested in the BHP again and I sent a new morgan utah flavor to Cylinder and Slide and had a 2400$ gun made. Now I enjoy the cosmetics, the reliability etc yet almost fear carrying the damn thing due a possibility of “scratching it”......:o)
My 1911A1 carry and BHP carry are bone stock shy of a few mods such as larger recoil springs, and smith alexander mainspring housing mag well on the 1911 w/ buried and melted bomar sights. The BHP sports an ambi safety and rounded commander style hammer along with stippling on the front strap and back strap and novak low mounts !!
Carry loads for the BHP are 147gr OSM and the Colt is fed 230gr HydraShok. I shoot either or every thursday and in weekend competition. Yet my day to day combat tupperware in the form of a Glock 21 converted with a Guncrafters industries 50GI slide and magazine kit is my comfy no sharp edges to cut clothing or upholstery CHL rig.
Shoot em a lot and they WILL work !!......;o)
Stay safe and Merry Christmas ya’ll !
I have five 91/30s and two M44s.
They're like potato chips. You can't stop at just one.
No, I am referring to my out of the box S&W 1911 and IMO it is a lower end gun. Sweeter trigger than on any of my other guns. Breaks clean and makes for very accurate shooting. The gun points itself.
Higher end 1911's are even better, so much nowadays, the only limitation in accuracy is the shooter.
I sense 1911 envy....
I also carry a Glock in .40 that's accurate and slick.
A 1911 is like a muscle car, a Glock is like a BMW. In America, either one will do the job quickly and definitively.
Revolvers are, by their nature, more complex than semi-autos.
Why? Because of the mechanical-timing and advancement-of-the-cylinder, whereas the semi-auto is [usually] a simple ramp-feed.
My son just bought himself a Kimber .45 Warrior for Christmas. We hope to be going out back to my little shooting range to give it some exercise in the next couple of days. I don’t know anything about it but it sure fits nicely in the hand.
As for me, I’ll stick with my wheel gun - a S&W .357
Use Militec-1 and you really appreciate it.
1911 is too big, too heavy.
So is my G30 but I’d rather carry that than a 1911. Baby Glock is the way to go with the right ammo.
Inherited my dad’s 67’ A-5 Belgian Mag. Put a 24” Hastings replacement barrel in place of the 30” full choke during the steel shot years.
It is the fastest pull to shoulder swing gun I’ve ever used duck hunting and I even take the recoil rings out to shoot dove loads dove hunting. Best hunter ever.
Snub nose S & W is a great concealed weapon.
BUT the knock down power of the 45 is a great thing.
I’ve shot wild hogs here on the airport I live on with mine. Very effective even on a 400 pound mad as hell pig.
Enjoy it as it shoots better than a Colt 1911.
I know, I know.
One is a 32” goose gun that can take down medium sized trees. I also have a very nice 20 ga LW that I take out and look at and then put back.
The Japanese Browning works as well as any. It’s the shorty barrel and good for birds. I don’t mind if it gets a scrape.
thanks for sharing that story. I keep thinking I should write a book about boys and how they used to grow up.
The only time that I have EVER seen that happen was when the sear had been worked... and if you hold the trigger back in the fire position while working the slide and loading a round in the chamber, it will prevent it from firing while loading a round. I have a worked Combat Commander that will do that if you do not hold the trigger in while loading the chamber. I was taught that 40 years ago by Jim McNally (who went on to design for Glock). His son shot into the Olympic Gold in several Olympics.
LLS
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