But Ma, it followed me home!

I have some reservations about this one. It may be because I see many new shooters with it. They uniformly do not have fun shooting it. It is NOT a good Revolver to learn with, and I see many walk away after shooting it once:

 

This is a Smith and Wesson Model 638 Airweight chambered in .38 special. Five shot DA revolver. 

It will do what is required of it. For the novice however I would stay away from it to learn the fundamentals of Handgun operation. I shot it today and it is not fun, but it IS functional. 

Or maybe I am still old school.

 

I do love my Colt Detective Special!

The Colt 32-20!

Thanks to all that stopped by today. Many have wanted a bit more about the little Colt. Ok. (Click to enlarge pics!)

.32-20 WCF (Winchester Center Fire)

Brigid speaks of weapons of beauty and character. There are safe queens here. Never shot, pristine, "NIB". They have a place of course. I will speak more about this later, and not only about guns.  

Here is one:

  

Here is the Colt Historian Letter for the Police Positive:

So I have been at the gun thing for a time, the Blog is new to me. The thing that gets me about the weapons of character vs. safe queens is this. How did this Revolver get here? Was it ever fired in anger? Put small game on the table? What stories does it have? Sadly it cannot talk. 

Thanks again for all that stopped by today! 

UPDATE! Blogaversary!

That did not take long! The Revolver is a Colt .32/20 Police Positive. Shipped 5/15/1911 from the factory.  
This little Blog just turned two today!

What a wonderful trip so far! To those I have met in person to those that have e-mailed and called, thank you! I hope to meet more of you as time goes on. 

To those that have simply read and/or commented, thanks! 

I cannot say enough about how this medium has opened many avenues to someone sitting in a small rural town. I feel the cold and beauty of Alaska, the precision of North's photos and his words. 

I feel the talent of Brigid in both words and pictures. I also count her as a Blogmother. She kept me going here. 

The queen of snark also was a quick arrival here. To Tam I  must also say thanks to keeping me going here. 

To my friend over at Lagniappeslair have no fear (or ok maybe some) I will be back for you to school me on the M-1 Carbine.

For my favorite lurker, Thanks! You know what I mean.    

Bersa Thunder Help?

The Bersa Thunder .380 has become a weak low pressure front. Why? The disconnect/drawbar spring broke. Get a new one all day long for a buck fifty. That is not the problem. The spring is staked into the pistol. The broken remains look like this:

You can see where it was staked into the pistol.
So how to I remove the remnants of the old one and get the new one to keep from wandering around? 

New one looks like this. 

 





See that hook on the right side? That goes into the lower preventing me from trying to simply pull whats left out. 

Help?

I'm Back!

Just barely though. Both Basic Pistol and CCH classes were at capacity this weekend.

Oh yeah this:

The infamous Ruger MkIII. I took care of it but now I have a Bersa Thunder .380 on the bench that appears to have a magazine disconnect safety problem. 

Sigh.... 

 I will return!

Well It Looks Like CMP Likes Me!

Guess they don't know me well enough! 

"We have received and verified your recent order. Your order will now advance to our sales area and from there to our shipping area.  Please note, that unless otherwise listed, our order to ship time is at least 30 to 60 days. You will receive other emails as the order progresses.

Thank you for your order and support of our program.
 

CMP Customer Service"

One service grade Springfield M-1 on the way!

Story of My Life... and A Idea!

Well without the gunplay, or girl, but you get the idea!

While looking at this guy's channel I noted a tutorial on how he does the effects. It's right here:

So guess what? How can I introduce the concept of slide action and some recoil to new shooters without going live fire? Ta DA! Airsoft gas blowback 1911 is on the way for this weekend! As it shoots 6mm plastic pellets, I might be able to get one of these in the muzzle and practice rapid fire with the laser target!

Oh, I taught basic video software stuff at the Community College. I know this software somewhat! I will worry about that stuff later.