Three Foot Johnson
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Going on 25 years on Gunbroker - I've got some really good deals, and only got screwed once that I can remember. A S&W 38 Double Action Perfected, described as being in good working condition, and "function tested". I received it, and it was literally rusted shut. When I finally got the latch to open, the cylinder wouldn't turn because the cylinder pin was bent and the cylinder was dragging on the frame. They said, "No returns, it worked fine for us". I left "F" feedback... and so did they. I contacted GB and requested the "F" be removed, as it was obviously retaliatory. They didn't remove it, but at least changed to a "B".
I don't normally buy so many this fast, but so far this year, I've picked up a nice Kel Tec P11 9mm w/Laserlyte sight for $130, and a virtually NIB Glock G43 9mm for $227. In November, I scored a NIB 4th gen Diamondback 9mm for $200, and a nice Kahr PM9 w/Crimson Trace laser sight, 3 extra mags, 5 holsters, and a new zipper soft case for $350, shipped. No sales tax in Montana, and free transfers through an arrangement with a local business.
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Badly worded - I didn't mean it as, "What's wrong with you, it only takes 15 seconds", but rather, "I only spent 15 seconds on this, so it may or may not be right".
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A 15 second Google search says, BO WAY Gun Company, 41 Broadway, Glenelg, South Australia, Australia.
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I was permanently banned from the S&W forum about 20+ years ago. I don't remember what I did, if anything, and I've attempted to contact the site owner/moderators to find out what the problem is, but they've never answered.
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I'll turn 70 in a few more days, and so far this is the mildest Montana winter I've ever seen. No snow at my elevation yet (~4400 ft), no below zero temps yet, and daytime highs well above freezing for all but a couple days. Good Lord, I had 60 yesterday, about 52 right now, and the long range forecast says it will be in the high 40's and low 50's for the next two weeks.
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A couple recent GB auctions.
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Gas was under 40 cents when I went in the Navy. When I was discharged six years later, it was about at the dollar mark and I wondered how I'd ever be able to afford to drive ten miles back & forth to work.
In high school in the early 70's, a teacher told us, "You kids will see gas hit a dollar a gallon in your lifetime", and we all thought he was nuts. In reality, it only took seven years.
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I made myself a couple pairs several years back, but I haven't done much leatherwork for some time.
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In the past, it's been 260ish. As above, big plate, medium plate, small plate. Also in the past, it's been five or six shooters on the line at once, up to three sighters per shooter per plate.
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Shooter 1 shoots a sighter, shooter 2 shoots a sighter, shooter three doesn't want a sighter, and shoots his 1st shot for time, and so on. When it cycles back to shooter 1, he decides to take another sighter, shooter 2 decides to shoot for time and takes his first shot, shooter 3 takes his second shot, etc. After you've decided to shoot for time, no more sighters on that target, of course. Off hand or cross sticks, sitting or kneeling, and a stool is OK.
Mixed categories will be at the line at the same time - single shot, lever action rifle cal, Trapdoor, rimfire, etc. Trapdoor has actually been a separate sub-category for Trapdoors only, but a Trapdoor is also legal for the conventional single shot category. I don't recall there ever being separate categories for smokeless and black powder.
Pistol cal lever action is 75ish(?) maybe 100 - whatever, but it's a lot less than the rest, and shot off hand only, IIRC. Probably why I don't shoot it, because I shake like a leaf anymore.
Schuetzen is another one we do around here - a wood target painted with the SASS Marshall, shot with a main match lever rifle. No sighters, one shot, closest to the marshal's star wins.
I wasn't able to shoot last year due to health issues.
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6 hours ago, Stump Water said:
Same 160 gr RNFP I use for 45C.
5 gr Red Dot.
Have not shot WB since it became "official" with a PF, so I have no idea if that load will make the PF.
I think the minimum bullet weight for WB pistol rounds is still 177 grains.
(edit) Oops, that was already pointed out.
Page 31 in the WB shooters manual says, "The minimum bullet weight for the 1911 pistol is .45 ACP".
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Holy crap, this is insane. Just the beat-to-hell G43 and one magazine.
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I've always strived (striven? stroved?) to not have a refund. That money can be making ME money, instead of being an interest-free loan to the federal government.
As above, a 38-40/44-40 will be a lot cleaner with black powder.
Putting a '92 back together after a tear down and cleaning can be a bit... puzzling. Even after learning the trick, it's still a pain in the arse.
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It depends - my light CAS revolver loads with 160 grainers won't even cycle my 1911. For WB, nothing has worked better for me than a 230 grain rebated round nose bevel base and 4.0 grains Winchester WST.
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My experience has been stellar, but I never did the hearing aid thing. The Fort Harrison VA hospital here is actually rated higher by Medicare than St Peters Health Regional Medical Center in town.
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Jim March's "FrankenRuger" project.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/03/03/maurice-frankenruger-magazine-fed-revolver/
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I found 15 yellow/black cardboard boxes and 42 plastic boxes on eBay in a 10 second search. I didn't go through each listing on the plastic ones to see what they were molded to fit, but out of 42, there should be a few that are for Blackhawks or Vaqueros.
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I figure the graduating high school and year is almost always in an obituary, so every so often I'll go to Google, enter OBITUARY "HELENA HIGH" "CLASS OF 1974" and see who comes up.
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Did he sleep with Tina? Inquiring minds want to know.
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I use an electric pencil and just engrave, "HANDS OFF, THIS BRASS BELONGS TO THREE FOOT JOHNSON" down the sides.
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10 hours ago, sassnetguy50 said:
Are of of these $100+ fees in California or do states like Washington and New York have similar fees?
About seven years ago, an acquaintance here was left a Ruger LC9s by a deceased relative in California. The California dealer charged $55 to log it from the estate into his book, then another $55 to log it out, plus whatever shipping was, then the receiving FFL here charged him another $25 to transfer it to him. So a total of probably $170ish or more. I think it may have been cheaper to just toss it off a bluff into the Pacific.
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It might seem oppressive by today's standards, but at least it kept them in line.
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For BPCR, it's CCI-200 for me, second choice is Federal 210.
There used to be a belief among black powder shooters that magnum or "hot" primers would generate sufficient pressure to start unseating the bullet before the charge was ignited. This is supposedly the reason Federal developed their lower pressure 209MZ primers for muzzleloaders that use a 209 ignition system.
Global warming??
in SASS Wire Saloon
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It's currently 70 degrees in Great Falls. Seventy degrees in the foothills of the northern Rockies on February 5th...