David Bradshaw Photos - Vol. LXI Odds & Ends

[Lee Martin]

Another view of Jim Clark Long Slide .38 Special. Clark grafted two 1911 slides to produce one Long Slide.



Clark 1911 target pistol for Centerfire category bullseye competition. Chambered for .38 Special----wadcutter only. Test targets @ 50 yards. Slide legend: "Clark Long Slide .38, Shreveport, La."



Colt Woodsman Match Target .22 LR, 4-1/2" bbl.



Among the educated illiterate, a Saturday Night Special.



Walther straight blowback, 5-shot, .32 S&W Long target pistol.



North Country snow plow in Island Pond, Vermont. Fold away wings on both sides. Powered by locomotive.



New Hampshire residents, whitetails hale & hearty in a hard winter. Much cedar in the area----unbutchered.



Ruger reportedly made only one Number One chambered in 6.5x55mm Mauser. This is it. An iron sight woods rifle.



-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Building carpal tunnel one round at a time"

[kings6]

Took my first elk in 1971 with a little 6.5 x 55 Swedish Mauser with open sights in eastern Oregon. Adult cow went about 30 yards after the shot, stopped to look at me and died right there. That little rifle is still owned by my brother and it ignited my life long love of elk hunting.

[cmh]

Always a treat Mr Bradshaw Thank you Sir

[AxeHandle]

That 32 Hammerli looks a lot like my old 22LR 208S. Says 22 Long Rifle on the side like mine too..

[bradshaw]

Axehandle.... thanks for the correction. Wrong photo: the Walther pictured is a .22LR, not a .32 S&W Long.
David Bradshaw

[cmh]

Very interesting

[croesus]

Mr. Bradshaw,

Would you kindly share some details about the rear sight on the Ruger No.1?

[bradshaw]

croesus.... the rear sight looks to be cobbled from a Williams open sight with a Williams Guide aperture in the elevation dovetail. This was a common adaptation of Williams iron sights for woods rifles and carbines in the 1960's and 70's. Later, Jeff Cooper would confer the appellation "ghost ring" on the Williams Guide sight, and the term caught on. Deep in the woods it remains the Williams Guide.
David Bradshaw