Got guns?

[Bignutes]

I have a Contender that’s good with the intermediate/levergun load level. I can’t remember the powder I selected ... 3031 rings half a bell.
Gun looks sort of like this, except what’s shown is an Encore.

Former shooting buddy called it the Noisy Cricket.

Single hardest-kicking handgun I’ve fired, though the short-barrel Casull with max loads came close. I put two cylinders through that one and handed it back.

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Nice rig, I had the encore with 338 and 7mm-08, loved the style of the gun and it was one of the best pointing guns I've had. I didn't like their chamber dimensions, way too sloppy and it worked the brass so hard I got rid of it. Sold my 6.5x55 in a low wall about two years ago, what a pretty gun that was, but in my hands it felt like a toy and didn't fit me properly being so small. I gotta say if it was one gun it would be a tikka t3 stainless, cheap enough to not give a shit about dropping, yet shoots bug holes and tight tolerances.

 

[Sir Napsalot]

I remember reading somewhere that BLC2 was war surplus. I don’t know if there was follow-on civilian manufacture.

BLC (Ball Lot "C") was war surplus- BLC-2 is made by Hodgdon for the civilian market

I have a full can of some IMR powder (I forget the number) that I was gonna try out for the triple-deuce

 

[Sir Napsalot]

you got rid of the high wall? that's my favorite gun and favorite genius, Mr Browning.
mine is .22-250. will flat out vaporize a prairie dog.

I have a Weatherby Vanguard VGX deluxe (it's a pimped-out Howa 1500) in .22-250

I've changed over to a fixed 12X Leupold in Buehler rings and mounts (yummy!) since this pic was taken

 

[Sir Napsalot]

Ideally, a gun should be pleasing in it's owner's hand as well as deadly

 

[doublejj]

couple of pictures of this old war horse, recovered from a dead VC in Vietnam 1970.....

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

couple of pictures of this old war horse, recovered from a dead VC in Vietnam 1970.....
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Wow, she is pristine - 90-95% from the looks.
+ Rep

 

[doublejj]

Wow, she is pristine - 90-95% from the looks.
+ Rep

Thank you, she works well with new magazines. All my old GI mags I would get 1 or 2 fail-to-feeds. I thought something was wrong with the gun until someone else at the range let me try a couple of his new Colt mags.....she runs like a sowing machine. Old mags look kool but they are not for gunfights....

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Thank you, she works well with new magazines. All my old GI mags I would get 1 or 2 fail-to-feeds. I thought something was wrong with the gun until someone else at the range let me try a couple of his new Colt mags.....she runs like a sowing machine. Old mags look kool but they are not for gunfights....

Changing into a new mag spring is typically really easy & shouldn't harm historic value.
Something like this. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1006109471?pid=509361

 

[BarnBuster]

Wolff makes quality gunsprings too.

 

[doublejj]

Wolff makes quality gunsprings too.

I just bought a 1/2 doz new magazines and the old GI mags are only for show. I never get a miss-fire using a new mag.

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

I just bought a 1/2 doz new magazines and the old GI mags are only for show. I never get a miss-fire using a new mag.

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Muzzle control.

 

[wascaptain]

looking down the barrel of a .45.........many of mens last view.

i broke out my h&k 93 (.223) last week for a range trip.

dusted off my h&k 91(.30 for next trip out

i am not hip on either of them really.....the AR platform is my choice

 

[ANC]

 

[wascaptain]

went qualify for armed security yesterday.
the course was a timed 50 rds at 3 different yardages, 3 magazine changes, and a mag fired with your weak hand.
before i pat myself on my back thou.....the target was set at 3, 7 and 15 yards....lol

 

[ANC]

 

[printer]

Should have mentioned this, 357 S&W, next to it, Norinco 1911, S&W 41, A S&W 52, a CZ 75 and an Italian .44 copy cap and ball but I think the caliber is a .36. Haven't shot them in a while.

 

[cannabineer]

Always wanted a Model 41 ... never pulled the metaphorical trigger

 

[BarnBuster]

Always wanted a Model 41 ... never pulled the metaphorical trigger

My wish was a Colt Woodsman Match. I had a HS Victor at one time that was pretty sweet.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

Here's some of my handguns. The Hi-Point C9 was the first handgun I could afford. Instead of destroying it, I painted it gold and made an aluminum trigger for it just to get some laughs from people at the range. I also removed those silly fake pearl grips from the Ruger .357 Magnum and replaced them with some nice western style engraved wood grips. I inherited the 1st four handguns (form left to right) when my dad passed away a few years ago. I haven't been to the range in years so everything has been in a safe just getting a random wipe down from time to time.

 

[cannabineer]

My wish was a Colt Woodsman Match. I had a HS Victor at one time that was pretty sweet.

A work buddy had a Colt Huntsman. I offended him most delightfully because I always transposed the capital letters.