But please time the screws. :D

Ah, you do have great taste in firearms, Henry. Real guns are made out of blued steel and brown wood...

Absolutely gorgeous!
While the modern stuff may not be as aesthetically pleasing, there's still a certain appeal in building one yourself. I'm having a lot of fun testing and tuning that little AR into exactly what I want and have gotten a lot of satisfaction out of doing everything myself.

No chrome but you may recognize the bluing on the short barrel.


I'll look at the screws the next time I pull it out.


Just to be clear: None of the firearms I post actually exist. My collection was lost in a tragic boating accident.

Just to be clear: None of the firearms I post actually exist. My collection was lost in a tragic boating accident.[/QUOTE]

Mine too in a boating accident up at Big Bear lake.

What a shame right?

Dave

Did you see my new boat post? It's because I took my firearms out in the old one and forgot to put the plug in. Dammit!

I hate it when that happens. When I think of the veritable iron mine I left at the bottom of Lake Powell, I get teary-eyed.

Here are two pictures of a S&W Model 5 that I found in one of our local gun shops two weeks ago,




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It was just a comment to Dave because he tries to time them and it does make a huge difference, although it is s subtle thing. Personally I would not chance a scratch on that beauty by touching it with a screwdriver.

For the AR crowd, Noveske has introduced the Battle Spork.

it has a bottle opener. sold.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1393100240.jpg

There goes $60 out of my wallet! Fortunately they are sold out... for now...

The .44 mags:

First up, the ubiquitous Model 29. Made in 1984, this gun has seen very little use. The only load I've shot through it is the original Keith load, using the RCBS .44-250K over 22 grains of old Hercules 2400 (reduce to 20 grains with the new Alliant 2400).

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1393116816.jpg

Next up, an Interarms Virginian Dragoon. This one has been carried and shot a good deal, and has accounted for a number of deer, plus one caribou. Shoots the same load as above quite well, but where it really shines is with the 300 grain LBT Long Flat Nose design, also cast from wheelweights and loaded over 23 grains of 296 for just about 1,300 fps. It's a much stronger gun than the old M 29, so it readily digests a bit heavier loads; I would never even consider shooting these loads from the M 29.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1393107332.jpg

Last up is somewhat of an oddball, but is quickly turning into one of my favorite mountain bumming companions. It's a brand new Ruger Super Blackhawk, a gift from a dear friend. It shoots either of the two loads described above with aplomb, assuming you are up to it. I'm generally not. This is going to have to be a "carry a lot, shoot a little" kind of a gun.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1393107516.jpg

All three together:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1393116844.jpg

Y'know, I needed to place an order with them soon anyway.....
http://www.thewalkingdead.com/wp-con...2560x16001.jpg

Nice collection of 44mags Jeff . I have a few myself.
One blue one and two stainless ones.


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are those Automags?
You NEVER see those anymore
Id love to have one

Gotta love the old Automags, Henry. Very cool. The old 29 ain't bad, either.

I've got to say, however (and I know I've said it before many times), I was just never a fan of the double action. I own exactly three. I bought the 19 and the 29 more for "historical significance" than any real desire to shoot them - they have pretty much just sat, in deference to my beloved Peacemakers for the most part, and Blackhawks as real "working" guns. Funny, though, as I get older, I have come to appreciate them far more. I guess I never really appreciated how well made run-of-the-mill Smiths were in those days - it was just expected; taken for granted.

In the intervening years, though, I've handled and shot oh so many "modern" guns that are just so lacking. Lacking in fit, finish, smoothness of operation, and just any level of care in manufacture. The old Smiths and Colts just really shine against that background.

You younger shooters really owe it to yourselves to seek out the older revolvers like these. They hail from a different era, when even the "small" things really mattered. Having grown up through that era, I'm guilty of having taken it for granted. I thought that was just how it was. Well, I hate to say it, but - at least as far as firearms, that era is over. Now, just an average Smith from my younger years has become something really special. I never thought I would see that day.

They are.
One is a first generation AMC and the other is a 4th generation High standard.

I have the original receipt for the S&W, $169, 1972 from the Grant Boys in Costa Mesa Cal.

Grandfathers S&W
 

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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1393129864.jpg
This is my Grandfathers S&W, it's a 1954-55, Highway Patrolman 4" .357, before it became a model 28. It's pretty rough but I'm really happy to now have it in my S&W collection.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1393130225.jpg
Back in the 70's, my Grand Father would call this .357 his "Symboniese" gun, that was when Patty Hurst and her SLA buddies were at large in No. Cal.

1973 911 T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

These things can be had today for about the cost of a new Glock, Sig, H&K, Springfield, Kimber, or any one of a myriad of lesser guns. Like I said, younger shooters owe it to themselves to own something like this. It would change their entire perspective on guns.