[Antique Cars]

There is a guy not to far away that collects and races pre- 1910 cars.  He has some amazing stuff including a recording made by Thomas Edison explaining how to drive a car. Three or four times a year he will invite 15 to 20 people over for a tour. This is the winner of the original London to Brighton race.

 

 

 

He goes all around the world to race and several of his cars have been used in movies.

[1897 shortened mag follower]

I know these numbers are probably hard to come by in Sweden.  I do not have a Norinco right now so I measured a solid frame original Winchester as that is what the Norinco is based on.  I even dug out a metric caliper.  The ID of the tube is 23.95.  The OD of the follower is 23.49.  The length of the follower is 31.70.  Beautiful work on your follower but I see a potential problem.  The Winchester and Norinco followers are sheet metal and made so about 30mm of spring fits into the follower.  When compressed a lot of the spring fits into the follower.  Your follower looks like only a few millimeters go into the follower.

 

[SASS member not in good standing?]

???

[SASS member not in good standing?]

18 minutes ago, Tell Sackett SASS 18436 said:

Actually, I think you HAVE met me!

 

I did buy some primers at EOT from a shady looking hombre.

[SASS member not in good standing?]

You are a member of SASS IF you have paid your dues.  Remember the Matt Black incident from a few months ago.  I have NEVER met a member in bad standing.  I do know of one person that was thrown out of SASS.

[FOUND ONE - Looking for a leather holster for the 1908 Colt hammerless Auto to wear in/on my belt]

These were issued to some officers during WWII.  There are reproductions available.

 

[Has Anybody Tried The RIFLE RODS Storage System In Your Gun Safe??]

There is actually a video on these.  The lady is not to shabby so it is a good watch.  The velco pad is stapled on the bottom of the shelf.

 

 

[Has Anybody Tried The RIFLE RODS Storage System In Your Gun Safe??]

How are these different than a wooden dowel in the barrel?

[Marlin 1894]

As written this question makes no sense.

[Last Civil War Monitor]

The Brits used monitors in WWI

 

 

And WWII

 

 

Used for costal bombardment.

[Ruger 'pistol' short stroke cost: average price]

If you have to ask you cannot afford it.

[Walther suspends PPK, PPK/S, PP]

Have absolutely no use for it but I picked up this PPK SD several months ago.  Thought it would be interesting to have a surpresed PPK.  The Big Beautiful Bill eliminated the $200.00 fee on surpressesors so I decided to wait until 2026 to look for a surpressor.  I have not even fired this thing yet.

 

[Walther suspends PPK, PPK/S, PP]

1 hour ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

If my 80+ memory is still somewhat intact, wasn't it also .25 ACP in the earlier books!! ??

Yep, Bond used a Beretta Model 418.

 

[What will happen to Mr. Moto?]

Since 1986 I have had four dogs.  Each lived to be 16 or 17.  My current little pup is five.  Thus the chances of him outlasting me are quite good.  He is my bud and I worry more about him than I do about myself. I worry about what will happen to him when I croak.  I have a couple of friends that say they will take him.  Problem is they are older than I am so that is not a realistic solution.  The older he gets the less likely I think he would be to adapt to someone else.  Anyone else faced this delimma?

 

Mr. Moto -

 

[Source for lightened hammer spring for Uberti/Remington 1890]

Probably because no one does since the 1890 is not terribly popular.  Your best bet is to buy a replacment spring and grind and polish it yourself.

[32 H&R Mag reloading advice]

9 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

I had some issues with a couple bullet styles preventing my rounds from seating fulling in the chambers.

 

9 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

I don't know if this is common with .32 Ruger's.

 

Fairly common and as noted it depends on bullet style.  I thought shooting 90 grain bullets would be a good compromise between 78 and 100 grainers.  At the range the 90s would keep the cartridges from fully seating even after reaming the cylinder throats.  Barely detectible but just enough to bind the cylinders.  The problem is the ogive of the 90s.  It is much more abrupt that the 78s or 100s.  90 with the green arrow.  The ogive goes to full bullet diameter well before the bullet is seated to max OAL.  On the 100s the ogive is much steeper and even the shoulder above the case neck is smaller in diameter than the 90 at this point.  Purple arrow.  I could have seated the 90s deeper but I wanted max OAL as that cycles better in my rifles.  So just crossed the 90s off my list of usable bullets.  I have since settled on the 100 for rifle and pistol.

 

[32 H&R Mag reloading advice]

Have tried everything from 78 grains to 100.  The difference in recoil at SASS velocities is negligible.  Settled on 100 grain bullets over 2.3 grains of Bullseye.  Takes knockdowns down with no problem, rings the steel well and feeds well in my rifles.  The brass is just as durable as .38 Special brass.  Where did you "hear" this BS?

[Flat trigger suggestions]

2 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:

I have a Slix flat in my Marlin

The Slix website says their trigger is only available for the Uberti 73.  Is this something new?

[Flat trigger suggestions]

The only "flat" trigger I am aware of is the Slix.  The Boogie triggers, both versions, have some curve in them.

 

Slix trigger

 

 

Boogie triggers

 

 

The real question is not so much the curve or lack of curve but where the trigger is placed in the trigger guard.  Top photo is a stock trigger.

 

 

The next photo is a Slix.

 

 

The stock trigger is close enought to the top of the lever (where the lever pushes in the lever safety) to pinch fingers depending on how you work the lever.  The Slix sits in the middle of the trigger guard and is virtually pinch free.  Stock, Boogie #1, Boogie #2 and the Slix all feel slightly different.

[Christmas Movies]

Don't forget Bad Santa with Billie Bob Thorton.

[Age Protected Category]

Age protected = minimum number of shooters not required for the category.

[Which Shotgun Boogie Trigger?]

Stock trigger on the left, Boogie #1 on the right.  Draw your own conclusions.

 

[Wolff Springs 45 colt NMV’s. What weight?]

23 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

The springs you received are for the Original Vaquero that came from the factory with 23lb hammer springs. 

NMV factory hammer spring is 17lb. 

Look at how different the length is.....

You really need to call WOLF!

The ID on the OMV, NMV and Single Six is the same.  So let's just leave it as Wolf bagged a mystery spring.  To make matters even more confusing when Ruger went from the OMV to the NMV the mainspring was shorter to make up for the space taken by the in-the-grip safety block.  Current NMVs no longer have the safety block and use the old OMV length spring.  H is the safety block and I is what is currently used and is the same as the OMV.

 

[Which Shotgun Boogie Trigger?]

I have both.  The #2 sits a little further forward and feels more like the stock trigger.

[Lathe Safety Illustrations From the 1930s]

I watch lots of old films on YouTube about manufacturing in WWI, the 20s and 30s.  What is surprising is that a lot of the men are wearing suits and ties.