Posted on 09/23/2009 6:19:16 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Roger that... Got to keep the hearth fire lighted. After all... We have The Hobbit movie coming soon. Gotta keep the place all warm for new visitors.
Whoops.
That's mostly because all the dwarves are out chasing elf women, so the Hobbit Hole is in the summer-before-the-big-movie mode. Put out a "free beer" sign, and we'll be up to our waists in dwarves. :)
Meanwhile, I have an outlet to spread the word to anyone interested in my geekery and gadgets. Gandalf was a master of fireworks, done strictly for the enjoyment of his fans, and himself. I'm no Gandalf, but I get a lot of enjoyment tinkering with these items, and trying to tempt others that it's good clean fun, even if they never need to pot an orc or zombie.
Strangely enough, while I'm working on a project, two or three more project ideas pop into my head without invitation. I wish my writing could come that easily.
As an example, this followed me home today. I have another project in my to-do stack, and this little-known classic will fit in perfectly.
A third-generation S&W .45, but the seldom-seen "slick slide" configuration. It's a combination of a redesigned M1911 with a S&W Model 39/59 SA/DA slide and trigger action.
However, the model 4586 uses a partially-tensioned trigger/hammer, much like Glock uses a partially-tensioned striker as the safety. A small stub hammer is partially visible when there's a round in the chamber. The weapon is nicely broken-in already (it's about 20 years old), but my usual break-in with Nanolube has already reduced the smooth, long trigger pull from 10 to 9 pounds, just cycling parts while doing my initial teardown. The next hundred rounds should take the trigger pull as far as it can go.
Without seeking it out (something that's happened to me about seven or eight times this year), I glanced down at the used handgun case, and that mythical compact fluorescent light bulb went off in my head like it does in cartoons. M1911 ergonomics, slab sided, no external controls except the slide stop/takedown, and a caliber that won't draw sneers. Also a hammer that can't bite, and only a pro-forma beavertail. The only downside, so far, is that OEM mags are hard to find and expensive, and Promag aftermarket magazines are generally rated as carp.
Range report this week, I hope. And I'd love to report on the bigger project, but it's almost like that name that should never be mentioned, especially after dark. Everything is legal and aboveboard, but if Lord Bloomberg got whiff of this, he'd have a cow so big it would make 24-ounce softdrink cups look like a tempest in a teabag.
And after mangling all those cliches, I'll sign off until the next unscheduled event appears.
It’s getting exciting!
Thanks for the update video; quite an operation.
what he said...
I chose a S&W 36, and a Savage 99A in .243, which I shot on the range with the now-deceased FIL... the 99A has iron sights and a rotary magazine, and 200 yds, I was dropping 9" steel silhouettes without fail...
~yawn~... more coffee...
~yawn~... more coffee...
Morning ALL - Well, Win-Mag, the candles behind “Beer” sign at the ol Green Door Tavern must have worked.
Welcome back G’nad.
Most anytime is the right time for coffee..until it is beer-thirty.
The Savage 99 is a fine rifle, great acquisition.
Any newz on your clan’s attendance at Marshall Mo. this year?
You picked a couple of classics to remember him by. Very classy on your part. Deep down, dwarves are really softies when it comes to things like this.
For Father's Day, I took Dad's favorite handgun, an earlier present from me, and fired it in his honor. Only the second time it's been shot in about the last 30 years. Had to use a touch of Nanolube, since the oil had evaporated over all that time.
It shot better than I expected, probably due to the spring collet and flared barrel that appeared briefly on the Colt Series 70, and never seen again. The grips are aftermarket simulated ivory.
His long illness meant he never got a chance to fire it himself, so I dedicate the bullet holes to him as my special way of saying, "happy Father's Day".
Well, there you are! It’s been a while.
I suppose by this time all the g’nadligs have moved off to attend grad school and/or raise family themselves by this time :)
Srsly, good to see you.
Nice target and wonderful sentiment, shooting your Dad’s Colt on Father’s Day.
I got my Dad a Colt repro 1849 .31 Cal Pocket Revolver one year; He liked it so a couple years later I got him the wood case and contents (flask, mould, wrench, a repro box of caps and some balls). He never shot it and I haven’t either. That was in the early 70s. Dixie Gun Works was my friend.
EGE: heh.
That was a great way to honor your father, winmag... you’re a top-notch...
I’ll be gettin’ a couple of concealment holsters fer the 36... I’ll start with a Don Hume PCCH, (I have one fer muh P-12 and I love it...)
Any recommendations for a pocket holster?
That was a great way to honor your father, winmag... you’re a top-notch...
I’ll be gettin’ a couple of concealment holsters fer the 36... I’ll start with a Don Hume PCCH, (I have one fer muh P-12 and I love it...)
Any recommendations for a pocket holster?
the 66 is one of my “Grail Guns” as well... congrats!
IMHO - Mika’s Pocket Holsters. Round bottom for jeans and slacks; square bottom for cargo pockets.
While there, I also tried out the new Hogue rubberized grips for the S&W 4586. They made a noticeable improvement in shooting comfort over the hard plastic stock grips.
I'm also making an improvement in finding the proper shooting technique for this new weapon. There are universal principles, but every different size and shape of handgun has a best way to hold and fire it. I think the group shows I'm getting closer, but I still have to "nail it down" completely. Still, not bad for less than 50 rounds from a type of handgun I never even knew existed before I bought it.
More practice when my four spare mags come in. And maybe a bit of tinkering with spring rates. Happy Father's Day.
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