I can’t play, none of mine are BLACK… My son has all the military stuff. All the guns from my military service had little grey rocks clamped in the hammers. :: sigh:: I can’t afford them now…
Fav hand gun is 9mm S&W
.45 Long Colt Thompson is also ‘interesting’.
Most sentimental is a Model 70 Win in .270, been in the family for 50 years +/-
Will go back to lurking this thread now.
Oh, while in basic training in 1961, I had the only M1 with a true barrel. Out of the whole company, ONLY I could put round holes in the targets. Bwhahahahha All others were keyholes… Well it was Nov. anss Dec. so no one really cared, figgered the shivvering was the cause I guess…
Padeye - huh? All the modes I described (SA, SA/DA, DAO), the magazine capacity differences (single-stack vs. double-stack), and the available finishes (blued carbon steel, “parkerized” carbon steel, stainless) are found in 1911A1-style pistols. I am not interested in other styles (hammerless, striker-fired, non-interchangeable parts) made by other manufactures; I am sold on the traditional look and feel of the 1911A1, and it is the design I am most familiar with in terms of operation and maintenance. I am sure there are many excellent .45ACP pistols that utilize other formats, but I am most interested in the one attributed to Mr. Browning and the close variants. Which generation Colt’s model do you have and in which finish?
I guess I’m too much of a purist on what constitutes 1911 to consider some of Para Ordnance’s offerings to be that. IMHO they don’t have two of the best features in the 1911, a slim grip profile and an oustanding trigger (with proper tuning). For those types of guns I prefer something different anyway. Sorry but I don’t have PA to give you any feedback.
FWIW my own 1911 is a Colt combat target model. It’s an enhanced GM with a rib on the slide like a Gold Cup and adjustable sight. Mine is fairly tweaked with an Ed Brown beavertail grip safety, Videki adjustable trigger and EGW disconnector and sear. I haven’t been shooting it much lately as SASS has been taking all my time but will load some .45 ACP soon and get some practice in.
My “black” gun is an old Chi-Com SKS in 7.62x39 (of course) that has been seated in a black polymer Monte Carlo stock to replace the original wood, including the over-barrel heat shield. I also added a 4x30 short scope and 20-rd magazine. The thing shoots suprisingly well, giving me 1.5-inch groups at 100 yards.
My “baby” though is “Ingrid,” my Steyr Forrester in .30-06 SPRG. She has a bead-blasted black fluted barrel in a flat-finish walnut stock. I can slide a dollar bill between the barrel and the forearm all the way back to the action. I’ve also equipped her with a 3-9x50 Weaver scope. The trigger was very smooth and had a 3-pound pull from the factory, which was just right for me. I was a bit concerned about the thin barrel, but with Federal Premium 150-grain Nosler Ballistic Tip ammo, she’ll make sub-dime-sized groups (all holes touching) at 100 yards, hot or cold. Absolutely amazing accuracy all from the factory.
Of course, I also have serveral other guns in my arsenal, such as a Winchester 94 in .30-30, a couple of Marlin .22’s and .22 magnums, as well as several handguns in .40 S&W, 9mm and .22.
Okay, did any of you fellow club members get a new firearm for Christmas [or maybe even Valentine’s Day]? I just purchased a Springfield Armory Champion that I will soon be sending to a gunsmith for some internal tuning and external modifications.
Nothing for Christmas but I did get a Walther P22 after TheLadyLion claimed the Browning Buckmark as her own. Not a target pistol but very sophisticated for a .22. Like a scaled down version of the P99 but with a few significant differences.
We do need to schedule a shoot but with my wedding coming up time is tight. If folks are amenable to early on a Saturday morning I can let us into Phoenix Rod & Gun a few hours before it opens to the public so we don’t have to wait in line to shoot. I can only have o ne free guest though but it’s only $5 to shoot. The next two Saturdays are a maybe but I’d have to leave by ten. We can start as early as seven. The range is open to the general public at nine.
Not a black rifle maybe but that’s not shabby at all.
Note to the Phoenix members, there is a Crossroads of the West gun show this weekend at the state fairgrounds in Phoenix. I’m going tof a couple of hours early on Saturday if anyone is going by there and wants to say hi. My mobile number is 602-405-0670. Probably wont’ shoot this weekend but unless plans change I’ll be going out early Saturday March first at Phoenix Rod & Gun at south mountain.
Balle_M, you and your Allin conversion are welcome in the SDMB Black Rifle Club. Just because I didn’t list every military caliber ever used in a rhetorical statement doesn’t mean any are excluded.
I DID see an excellent Allin conversion at a gun show. I can’t give you anymore details about it because I was struck with hysterical blindness after I saw the price tag…
I am currently working on assembling an FAL. Can I join, or do I have to come back after it is complete? I also have a few other military rifles, including a trap door Springfield in 50-70 and an Enfield No.5 Mk1 carbine.
An H&R Trapdoor carbine. Going to use it for some long range and Plainsman in cowboy action shooting. Unfortunately it was one with one of the infamous defective latches so I’m trying to track down an orignal Springfield part to get it fixed.
It’s not a black rifle, but for my birthday (which was Feb. 21) I recieved a Winchester 94 lever action in .44 mag, among other things. I never quite realized until I held it how small it was, or how it seemed. The very essence of a carbine.
Quite a happy birthday. I’m quite looking forward to a range trip.
Psyche! Gotcha. You can be in the SDMB black rifle club. Happy birthday too HPL. What neck of the woods are you in?
From your remark about compactness I assume you got one of the popular 16" trapper models. I started cowboy action shooting with one in .45 Colt and loaded .45 Schofield ammunition so I could fit ten in the mag. I later switch to an Uberti repro of the '73 Winchester so I could be period correct for my character.
A couple of small mods make the '94 a little better. Chop a couple of coils off the mainspring. This will reduce the initial cocking pressure a bit as you open the lever. Doesn’t seem to compromise reliability as I used CCI primers then which tend to be the hardest. Other thing is to wrap the leaver in leather so you don’t bang your knuckles so much when slamming the lever open. The key is working the lever hard and fast and not short stroking it. You can also get the oversize loop “John Wayne” lever which looks cool but it decidedly not the hot setup for speed in competition. The crossbolt safety can be a pain as sometimes the saddle ring will flop over and switch it to safe when you didn’t intend. I don’t suggest disabling it but some folks put a few automotive O rings over the button so it doesn’t accidentally get pressed.
I can’t play, none of mine are BLACK… My son has all the military stuff. All the guns from my military service had little grey rocks clamped in the hammers. :: sigh:: I can’t afford them now…