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Post by potatojudge on Aug 15, 2022 15:31:28 GMT -5
I've got a Model 69 that looks about like that, ...but I don't like to talk about it. Must have been some horrific load to do that. What amazes me is how it deformed the bottom of the frame. Never would have expected it to bend that way. Sorry to bring up a sore subject, but how did the 69 blow?
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 15, 2022 12:11:22 GMT -5
A lot of people pull the lock and put a thumb piece with a little extension at the top that covers the hole. Can't recall who makes the thumb piece now, but they're nice. Better checkering on the new part.
I'd like a 41 version also, but the reality is there is no reason for one. If bottle neck rounds were on the table I could see a 44 necked to 357, 10mm, or 41 as being useful in an L frame. 38-40 hot rodded as well. All that said, none of those are a meaningful improvement vs a 44 mag, except for small improvement in trajectory.
The scandium L frame in 44 special is better still, if you're ok with Special loads and the price tag.
Glad you're liking the 69. It's a game-changer and for me a near perfect DA.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 14, 2022 10:49:56 GMT -5
I like that hammer and trigger work a lot. Overall looks very nicely done. I like little J frames that are made into target-ish guns. My model 63 is kinda like that with a 4 inch barrel and adjustable rear sight.
Are you saying the front tang of the sight needs contouring or the rear sight blade should be flush with the rear of the main frame?
I think the front sight would benefit from a sight base that's half the height of the front sight with a pin in blade, but the current sight could be trimmed to a Baughman with the same profile as a base+sight. That with serrations would make for a very nice sight picture, if less holster friendly.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 13, 2022 9:43:34 GMT -5
Apparently that's possible
The main frame looks like it almost let loose also, with tearing of the metal top and bottom by the breech face.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 12, 2022 9:55:25 GMT -5
Use all the screws when fitting the frame
If you try to just use one or two you might find it will shift and your frame will end up undersized.
A spare set of sacrificial grip frame screws will keep your good ones clean
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 11, 2022 17:39:50 GMT -5
I’d appreciate y’all not bidding against me. Be nice to get it for less than the buy it now.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 11, 2022 17:20:01 GMT -5
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 11, 2022 13:41:31 GMT -5
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 9, 2022 23:25:06 GMT -5
At least somebody makes grip frames that fit your hand.
Nobody makes Pringles cans that fit my hand.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 9, 2022 10:44:37 GMT -5
Many of the guns the seller has listed require a closer look...
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 8, 2022 10:34:03 GMT -5
Without long range hunting, why would we need 1/3 MOA hunting rifles, 18x + hunting scopes with drop reticles and drop turrets, high end bipods, new high b.c. bullets and the new cartridges designed around them?
We wouldn't, but then that stuff wouldn't be viable for companies to develop and we'd all be shooting game under 300 yards with a 30-06 using a 4x steel tube Weaver scope.
Nothing about hunting is fair to the game. We have laws, then we have rules each of us makes up to feel however we want to feel about how we take the game, but given modern equipment and the dirth of man eating tigers we're just making up challenges on moving targets.
Last point is why do we own hunting guns? If the end goal is preservation of our freedoms via the 2A, then hunting is about generating marksmen with some experience in taking live targets at whatever range their equipment allows in uncontrolled conditions. When our kids have to fight, do you want their shooting experience to be 150 yards with a 30-30 or 600 yards with a 300 PRC shooting across a canyon?
For entertainment purposes, there is obviously a market for long range hunting shows and like any product there are detractors. Change the channel.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 3, 2022 23:47:57 GMT -5
Very nice
Only issues I see are finding pants that have the right buttons and fighting the inevitable wedgie.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 3, 2022 16:36:34 GMT -5
Best things you can do now are modify risk factors- blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, gum health
Good luck with all that. It's a lot, but you can do it. It'll save your eyes and hands for shooting.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 2, 2022 12:21:52 GMT -5
Those triggers are easy to clean up at home. Try that, then decide if spring swapping or trigger/hammer shims are worth it. I've had very good luck getting SP101 actions where I wanted them. Still a notch below a good S&W trigger, but very shootable.
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Post by potatojudge on Aug 1, 2022 9:37:51 GMT -5
I've been happy with CMC triggers, but can't say I've tried a lot of others.
They are perfectly good for what I need in an AR, which is hunting with a thermal.
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