I have my Grandmother's model 1903. It was her "burglar gun" that she kept in the coat closet next to the front door.

The ammo available now is inferior quality and the gun jams all the time with it. Back when you could still get Winchester ammo for it, it worked fine.

I briefly had a Model 63 which was the 22LR version of the gun, but sold it before ever firing it.

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15/16 April 2019
 

The internet isn’t 100% where I’m at so here’s yesterday and today’s guns. I will say the beach and the bathing beauties more then make up for it!

As many of you've seen I have a diverse collection of guns. (like most of us) I have a soft spot for vintage Target Pistols - three 1911s (one in .45 ACP and two in .38 Special wadcutter). I also have a few vintage wheel gun target revolvers; including these two: both are Colt Officer's Model 6" Heavy Barrel .38 Specials; first a 1936 vintage that I found in a Cabella's in Indiana. It came with Sanderson grips - one of two custom grip makers in the 30s-50s. It has an adjustable rear and front sight and a very nice DA and SA trigger pull:

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The other revolver, came from another member of the ColtForum.com. It dates to 1940; is essentially the same model (Officer's Model 6" heavy barrel - 43,109 serial numbers newer). What sets this gun apart is that it has been modified by King's Gunsight Company (formerly of LA and San Francisco but the original company is out of business). The revolver is called a Colt-King Super Target with both front and rear adjustable sights, a ribbed sight rail, converted to single action only, and has a "mirror" installed on the rail to reflect light on the front sight. It also has a trigger shoe installed on it. (the mirror works - just looking at the sights in my living room the front sight is illuminated). It came with a set of ill fitting, probably handmade target stocks; which I've replaced by putting the Sandersons on it. Before I left the gun shop we checked the trigger pull - awesome; very smooth, consistently around 3.15#s.

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front sight illumination mirror

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the appropriate .38 Special Midrange wadcutter ammo

Damn nice Colts, Sir!

Agreed!


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17 and 18 April
 

Posted last night but the post is a no show!

17 April:

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Sig P238, .380. Copy of Colt Mustang sized pistols

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P238, 30 rounds from the 3-1/2, 7, and 15 yard line using a half sized target

18 April:

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Swedish, Husqvarna M40 made for the Danish National Police at the end of WWII

Me likes that Swede!


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My FIL has a husquvarna but it mows the lawn

19 April 2019
 

Czech Republic making Gaston Glock look bad! CZ P-09, poly frame, steel upper, 1 in the pipe 19 in the magazine = 20 rounds of 9MM in hand! A great pistol; a more compact version is called the P-10.

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I seem to remember that Cylinder & Slide worked on 1903 models several years ago. They may be able to fix your jamming issues.


Cylinder & Slide
245 E. 4th Street
Fremont, Nebraska 68025
United States
1-800-448-1713

BTW....https://www.usarmcorp.com/manufactur...-pocket-pistol

Very nice, but don’t forget about the P07.


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You can say that again!
A friend let me shoot his P-07 (shorter version) at the range. If ever there was a plastic magic wonder nine I could love, it's that one. Great ergonomics, points naturally, trigger is nice. My wife shot it, his wife shot it, I shot it. Everyone that shot it was slaying plates on the plate rack as if the gun was aiming by itself.

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During WWI France was desperate to arm its military with sidearms. In the North of Spain, near and around Eibar the Spanish small arms industry worked overtime to make what has become known as a “Ruby” style pistol. Chambered in 7.65mm (aka .32 acp) the French Military bought them by the bushel basket! This one, marked “Destroyer” has two markers that point to its service with the French Army - one, a lanyard loop, and two, a round steel button on the left side of the slide to prevent the manual safety from disengaging when holstered. I need to work on tuning the magazine to reliably shoot it; mechanically it fieldstrips like the Browning 1903 the Colt clones...

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I really like that cute little guy

21/22 April 2019
 

The internet access is not 100% here!

21 April:

I recently bought a Beretta Olympia "Dual Action" Rimfire Rifle from J&G Sales. Leaving the bolt handle up the gun functions as a semi-auto. Locking the bolt handle down after chambering a round you must operate the bolt manually. One misfire out of 50 rounds - a defective round. It cycles and fires CCI Stingers without any issues.

Here are some pictures of the rifle; will get it outside when its not raining and take some better shots. It has a Beretta Date Code of XVI for 1960. Considering age its in great condition.

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22 April:
Picked this Ballester-Molina up last year; matched serial number on frame and inside of slide; all matching numbers on frame, slide, barrel, and two magazines. No import marks to be found anywhere... I can't find any evidence that it's been refinished; if that holds up to your discerning eyes - I think winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Photos:

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SARCO has the “Peron” Grade BM for sale at $995.00; I’d hate to see how much they’d charge for mine!

wow that pistol look legit! Nice!

This is Sarco’s Peron, best grade, $995.00 pistol:

http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/images/pro...estgrade.1.jpg

Any similarity to a nice example and Sarco’s best grade would surely be hard to duplicate!

Winner winner is right! That’s a great find for sure!


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23 & 24 April
 

23 April:

Pre-WWII FRENCH MAB Model D, .32 acp

think I paid $250 for mine...

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Wesley Post WWI .32 auto. Wesley also made a version of this gun in .455 Webley Auto.


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I think webleys look just crazy for some reason! Like the gunsmith told his kid to draw a gun and then he made it.

Lmao.... right?


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Of course not to be outdone; H&R got permission to make Webley Clones:

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25 April 2019
 

One of the most highly regarded gunsmiths who took the art of competition worthy 1911s was Jim Clark Senior. Googling his name reveals that not only was he a Master Gunsmith but that he was also a very serious and successful pistol shot in his own right:

One thing that Jim Clark specializes in was turning government sized 1911s into long slides. It’s been said that just after WWII he found several 55 gallon barrels in a surplus store that were full of cut up slides. His technique was to (using a special jig) was to weld a new slide end onto an existing slide, then refinish it. I don’t even remember where I bought my Jim Clark Sr. Longslide that is chambered in .38 Special Wadcutter. The rear sight needs to be straightened - somehow it got bent; other then that it shoots flawlessly. I don’t like to call a gun a “tack driver” he’ll I’d like to challenge anyone to actually shoot and hit tacks with their “tack drivers!”

Here’s my Jim Clark Sr. .38 Special Longslide; one other “good” thing is the gun came with two Colt Factory .38 Special magazines; they are hard to find and run around $150-$250 if you can find them!

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love me a long slide!! Very nice

26 April 2019
 

Did someone say Longslide? Springfield, the commercial Armory has in past times imported some pretty interesting gun. I had a hi-cap Govt .45 that I bought when they claimed their guns were American Made. If you looked at the gun you wouldn’t find the Made in Brazil stamp that was hidden under the grips.

Here’s another example of a well made gun; an Omega 10. The gun has dual extractors so a barrel swap was all that was needed to go from one caliber to another. Mine is chambered in 10MM; the gun was made in Germany. Joe Peters one of the original gun producer (PetersSthal) is in the Philippines trying to manufacture barrels for the Omegas.

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I have to say that extractor makes that gun UGLY!!! Probably a nice shooting unit for sure!

Says the Glock fanboy. ^^^^^^


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YES TRUE...….but glocks are not supposed to be amazing pieces of art like a 1911. 1911's should never have external extractors! That is blasphemy!

27 April 2019
 

Steyr-Hahn the original “Glock”!

The Model 1912 was Austria’s entry into the large frame semi-auto Military Pistol. Chambered in 9MM Steyr it loads throug the top with a stripper clip. Pushing a lever on the side of the gun dumps all the ammo out of the gun.

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wow, was the mock up 2 2x4's cut square and nailed together?! crazy looking

28 April 2019
 

Semi-Auto Sterling Pistol and Carbine

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Going to need one hell of a holster for that pistol

29 April 2019
 

You've heard of the German WWII P-38 and probably the postwar P-1 but have you seen a P-4 Walther? It's a shorter barreled version of the P-1, issued to Criminal Detectives.


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30 April 2019
 

The Ultimate Walther P series - the P5. Both Sean Connery and Roger Moore carried the P5 in one of the 007 Movies. (The 1983 remake of Thunderball titled Never Say Never Again, which went head-to-head with Roger Moore’s sixth turn as 007 in Octopussy. Interestingly, both Connery and Moore carried 9mm Walther P5 Compacts)

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1 May 2019
 

Continuing with the German Post-War P series Police Pistols.

During WWII the German manufacturing capabilities were sorely taxed; as Allied Bombing increased the ability to make small arms (among other things) decreased. Germany went to Spain, although neutral, Franco was Pro-Germany. The Germans purchased the Astra Model 600 chambered in 9 MM Parabellum. Deliveries began but when those pesky Allies landed in Normandy, Germany was unable to transport the pistols and other items bought and paid for from Spain.

After the war ended and Germany was restarting the requested that their police forces were armed with handguns and other small arms. The Allies consented; and Spain said, hey we have all these 9MM pistols in a warehouse - let us sell them to Germany. They did; and got paid for them - for the second time! Here's my ASTRA 600:

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2 May 2019
 

Continuing a theme...

German Police Model Hk P9S:

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3 May 2019
 

Here’s a .300 Blackout Carbine I assembled. Upper is a suppressor ready AAC and the lower uses an Anderson Arms receiver.

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4 May 2019 London Small Arms made SMLE
 

Here's a No. 1 Mk III British SMLE made by the London Small Arms Company in 1915. The stock disc could be a fake or it could mean the 56 Infantry Brigade, aka London's Own. It has been through the Factory Trough Repair Program (FTR) twice by Lithgow, the Australian SMLE manufacturer and repair facility. the Upward Arrow and the letter D indicates it eventually became Australian Military Property; the various date codes on the gun indicate this gun was in WWI, WWII, and possibly the Korean War. I have surplus WWII .303 Enfield Ammo; all corrosive, some of it is made with "Cordite". Shooting cordite ammo, surplus from WWII is rather interesting. Pulling the trigger one can hear the pop of the primer and then the sizzle of the cordite burning until it reaches critical mass and launches the round down range! A good lesson in trigger control and remaining on target until the round is fired! There was an Australian dime in the butt of the gun....

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4 May 2019
 

Yesterday I had surgery to implant a Spinal Cord Stimulator that should have been implanted a year ago.

The top picture is of my Model 1878 Swiss Vetterli, photo of the actions are the Vetterli on top and the bottom, an 1884 Springfield Trapdoor. The Swiss Vetterii is chambered in .41 Swiss rimfire; the Springfield, .45-70 centerfire. Both rounds are ballistically similar but the Vetterli has a 12 round capacity; the Springfield 1 round!

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Certainly hope all's going well with that !!

RIGHT!!

Keep us posted...hope you have a speedy and full recovery!