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Yeah, prototype was my word, test guns would be a better word and I guess it sort of was for that feature, because earlier models had the regular slot.

Many congratulations! At 57 years married we hope to get there too. God willing. A great milestone for you and your bride!

I don't know.

Australia with our small population has always and always will be an extremely loyal and close Allie of the USA and been in every conflict with the US since WWI. Our defence treaties like ANZUS which comprises Australia, New Zealand and US are very strong.

Its just hard to conceive a world with Iran having nukes. Surely the Saudi's the Jordanians and other ME countries with some semblance of sanity wouldn't want them to have them either?

It is late. I really don't want to engage in a nit-picky wordsmithing contest. I think just about any gunsmith has seen and replaced firearm sears that became worn or damaged and therefore were unreliable. All guns used in SASS are not new. Many have been owner-modified, or repaired by owners or their friends who may or may not fully understand the guns' operation. We don't know which guns those are. To assume that nobody has a shotgun with a worn or modified sear or other damage would be unrealistic. I doubt anybody has "data" or statistics, but I have personally seen closed, sxs doubles release their sears upon droppage -- both times unloaded, but triggers were disengaged. When it comes to safety rules, we can't just consider the reliable guns or competent, experienced shooters. Our best intention to keep the muzzle pointed safely does not always provide the protection that we expect. People make mistakes. Sure, a person gets a DQ for those 170 violations. So they will always point the muzzle safely -- right? Therefore the closed or open condition of the action becomes less relevant if the 170 rule is followed--right? So have you never seen a 170 violation? Again, people make mistakes. The penalty for moving with a closed, cocked long gun is part of a suite of rules that combine to assure safety. If the gun is verified empty by the (multi-tasking) T.O., carried open, pointed safely, then rechecked by the ULTO, nobody is probably going to be injured. Take away any one of those and the safety margin is lessened -- my original point.

Sounds like a government decision. It doesn't have to take anything into consideration except what THEY think.

Nice story but like a lot of owner stories is BS. Serial number 1 was produced in about September of 1850. None were produced in 1849. By the time they got to serial number 1100 it was certainly no prototype. The notch on the top of the arbor ended at about serial number 1250. So it is a rare 1st Model Squareback but no prototype.

Cherish your time together and remember, you can do nearly anything you want to and have fun. Don't ever say "I wish we had...." Just do it!

Hey Forty, I hope you don't mind that I stole the name, but it fits us. Mostly older guys, we work out at the gym, go shooting, and talk a lot of politics. If I ever happen to get to Prescott I'll be sure to check you guys out.

It's a different flavor and only a few of the same ingredients. It's good on eggs and hash browns, even breakfast sausage, but I like Tabasco better on those. It's positively vile in V8 juice. V8 is best with a dash of Worchestershire sauce, a bit of horse radish and some garlic, Tabasco, salt and pepper. Serve it ice cold with darn near any breakfast except Rice Crispies or blue berries and cream.

Only one true runaway game today!! A good day for baseball all around! Yankees and Royals get an off day tomorrow. Everyone else will play game two!!

It was the invention of mechanical refrigeration which lead to air conditioning that ruined federal politics.

SAY WHAT???

The only reason to buy firearms before 12 noon January 2025 is you are worried about what a Harris admin. will do re. firearms is inflation & higher taxes. This will eventually result in a recession.

We started a group in SoCal called The Grumpy Lunch Bunch (Check them out on the web) that was very much like that. Every other Thursday at 11:00 we met in a different place. Some times we went on excursions like to the Autry Museum, Peterson's Car Museum, or the Route 66 Museum. Sometimes we went to some member's back yard and had a picnic....like Tom Muley's cast iron cooling. I sure miss that guy. There are only Rowdy and Donna Yates and Cliff Hanger left. There are a group of CAS shooters, rodeo folks, and regular like-minded people who meet at Zeke's Eatin' Place in Prescott every Thursday morning at 7:00. Drop on in if you're in the area. We'll be at the back of the place on the right hand side. You'll enjoy yourself and meet some of the most outlandish people you ever saw.

The 21 Sharps is not loaded with a healed bullet like the 22LR. The bullet is like that of the 22 WMR so it has smaller dia. than the 22LR barrel. An article I read says that the reason for it is the sub par accuracy of non toxic 22LR ammo.

Good on haggis!

Double crud! Padres lost to the Dodgers, 7 - 5.

In 1972, when it looked like the Soviet Union might intervene in the Middle East on the side of the Arabs, IDF Air Chief of Staff Modi Hod was asked if, the circumstances came about, would Israel (which never has admitted a nuclear capability, but undoubtedly has it), like Sampson in the temple, "pull the roof down around our ears"? Hod merely smiled and replied, "I hope it never becomes necessary." He didn't say it couldn't be done. Keep in mind, Israel's Jericho 3 ballistic missiles could easily reach Iran. If Iran upgrades their Uranium to weapons grade, and they develop a nuke, and if they have solved the ICBM reentry problem, it won't be just Israel in danger! If the U.S. won't stop Iran, let's hope Israel will do it for all of us...BEFORE it becomes necessary for the roof to come down on us all!

Because logic DOES NOT enter into the thinking of power grabbing liberals with dictator tendencies!! For a second reason, if you need one, fairly interpreting what is a Constitutionally protected right and applying an equal protection to it DOES NOT serve their agenda!!

China Gate in Montclair, CA had an all-Chinese staff until just before we moved to Arizona. Some spoke very little English, but most could get by. The owner / manager and his two brothers got to be pretty good friends of some of the Grumpy Lunch Bunch, About two months before we left California my wife and I and another couple went in and had a Mexican lady wait on us. I asked the manager how come he hired her. He sat down, as he often did if the place wasn't too crowded and looked me right in the eye and seriously, almost sadly, said "We ran out of relatives from China. He asked if that was okay and I told him that as long as the food was excellent and the service was near-perfect I had no complaints. A few years later I learned that the place had closed. I don't miss much about California, but there were some amazing restaurants there.

The ATF website has a page that lists current estimate for approval of eForms. The approval time for Trusts is typically 4 weeks longer. My last suppressor was a June 2023 BOGO from Silencer Co. it took an unusually long time for the BOGO form 4 to get approved, July submission approval Sept 2024. I have a gun trust with only me in the trust. I need to add my wife son & daughter to it. My son and daughter will have to move to another state or SCOTUS will have to clearly state that suppressors are protected from government bans per Heller and Caetano (3 million register suppressors is 15 times the threshold for not being unusual). When suppressors are eventually stricken from the NFA a suppressor purchase will be no hassle at all.

Judge Menday Coming is the landowner for the Tejas Caballeros range. This is his gun. He was showing it to some club members a while back and when he got it back, it was jammed, locked up tight with hammer down. He asked if I could fix it and I said I'd try. Well, it was a broken bolt leg, and I was able to rework an Uberti bolt to fix it, so he is happy. This gun is s/n 11xx and per Colt was made in 1850, but the owner says these were actually made in 1849 and sent out for testing and feedback. So this gun is 175 years old!! You can see that the arbor/wedge configuration is different, with the slot at the top of the arbor instead of through the center. That is why I am calling it a prototype. I would assume this was a cost-saving modification, easier than cutting a slot through the middle of the arbor. But it apparently was not a success. The barrel of course had to have a matching slot a bit higher than subsequent barrels, so if one of these guns ever needed a new barrel, the arbor would also have to be changed. This particular gun has no finish, but otherwise is in fantastic shape for the age. The grip frame silver plating is in excellent shape - maybe 90%?. The grip has about half the finish still on it. I can't guarantee these are original grips, but they are very thin which I like, and everything else on the gun is original - all matching numbers. All the markings are perfect. Look at how crisp the cylinder scene is and check out the condition of the bolt notch and leade, looks brand new! You can see at the rear of the barrel on top a few small spots of bright blue (looks like charcoal blue). I have a theory, which is that this gun has been used VERY little but at some point lost all its finish in some sort of accident. It could have been left outside and got rusty, or maybe somebody mistakenly soaked it in vinegar trying to clean it - who knows, but there is no pitting. There are some dark stains all over the gun. I think a lot of this is very old dried grease. There was a lot of black grease inside the action. The screw slots are thinner than modern Colts - I don't know when those changed. It was a very tight fit for my Grace screwdriver. Fortunately all the screws came out fairly easily. The Uberti bolt I used needed mainly to have the front pointy ledge thinned down quite a bit so the bolt would rise enough to engage the cylinder notch. As it is now, there is a bit of play, not "bank vault lockup" but really not bad, no worse than a few of my CAS guns. I made a video of putting it back together (including not being able to get a screw started for a couple minutes, and I can't edit out the middle with my phone but the video is nothing special, just like putting together any other gun except for pointing out the odd arbor slot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI0wqoaBgUc I was glad he trusted me with this quite valuable item since I am not a gunsmith, and it was fun working on it and getting it back in working order. While I was at it I compared the grip to Uberti Navy grips, finding that the change Uberti made to their grip around 2009 makes it much more like the originals (I can only assume that's why they did it). I will probably do a separate post with pics about that later.

Target Misters obviously!