Your Best Wheelgun Story
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Madcap_Magician
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I will post a Jordan story, then. 
He said that he was on the scene of a shooting by a young Border Patrolman on a bridge across the Rio Grande into Mexico. The young officer stated that he had chased a smuggler to the bridge, and the smuggler turned, drew a silver revolver, and fired once at him before the border patrolman shot him dead. Unfortunately, he died near the edge of the bridge, and the suspect's revolver fell into the river.
At the time there was an ambitious prosecuting attorney who did not have much experience in the area yet. This attorney decided that the shooting was probably not justified, since no weapon had been found to verify the involved officer's story, and so he opened an investigation into the shooting and ordered that the river be searched with a powerful magnet.
Well, Jordan knew the officer involved and didn't think he would lie about a shooting. If he said the suspect had a gun, then he had a gun. Jordan decided to take a walk down to the bridge in question to look around, and since he was off-duty and not carrying his duty revolver, he took a small revolver with him and slipped it in his coat pocket.
When he got to the bridge, he leaned out over the railing to look at where the suspect's gun might have fallen, and lo and behold, his own revolver fell out of his coat pocket and into the river!
So the next day, the magnet arrives and the prosecuting attorney has the river beneath the bridge swept.
He ended up closing the investigation, but never had a good thing to say about the Border Patrol afterward because the magnet had come up with not just one, but five small silver revolvers, all with exactly one shot fired!
He said that he was on the scene of a shooting by a young Border Patrolman on a bridge across the Rio Grande into Mexico. The young officer stated that he had chased a smuggler to the bridge, and the smuggler turned, drew a silver revolver, and fired once at him before the border patrolman shot him dead. Unfortunately, he died near the edge of the bridge, and the suspect's revolver fell into the river.
At the time there was an ambitious prosecuting attorney who did not have much experience in the area yet. This attorney decided that the shooting was probably not justified, since no weapon had been found to verify the involved officer's story, and so he opened an investigation into the shooting and ordered that the river be searched with a powerful magnet.
Well, Jordan knew the officer involved and didn't think he would lie about a shooting. If he said the suspect had a gun, then he had a gun. Jordan decided to take a walk down to the bridge in question to look around, and since he was off-duty and not carrying his duty revolver, he took a small revolver with him and slipped it in his coat pocket.
When he got to the bridge, he leaned out over the railing to look at where the suspect's gun might have fallen, and lo and behold, his own revolver fell out of his coat pocket and into the river!
So the next day, the magnet arrives and the prosecuting attorney has the river beneath the bridge swept.
He ended up closing the investigation, but never had a good thing to say about the Border Patrol afterward because the magnet had come up with not just one, but five small silver revolvers, all with exactly one shot fired!
OK, here's a revolver story.
About 25 years ago in CA mountains I pulled over at a designated sightseeing spot. The view was magnificent. A pick up truck with a camper was parked there and a 60-something gentleman sat on a stump seemingly enjoying the view.
I noticed him following something and I looked and saw a golden eagle soaring around overhead. The man got up and stepped to his camper. He opened the door, leaned in, and came out with a scoped, bolt action rifle. He worked the bolt loading a round into the chamber and shouldered the gun. As he was following the eagle with the muzzle I drew a 357 Colt Trooper (here's the revolver part) and held it casually at my side. The movement caught his eye and he looked at me without turning his head much.
"If you shoot that eagle, I'll shoot you."
He very slowly lowered the rifle and let go with his right hand so that it hung from his grip on the fore end. He turned even more slowly and put the gun back in the camper and closed the door. Never taking his eyes off me he inched along the side of the truck to the driver's door and got in. The truck then disappeared in a cloud of dust down the road.
I also departed (in the opposite direction) in case he decided to try a long range shot at me with his rifle. To this day I have no idea why he apparently thought he wanted to shoot that eagle, and I have no idea if he could have hit it. But the fact that was going to try made me very angry.
He believed I would have carried out my threat. I can't say for certain, but he might have been right.
About 25 years ago in CA mountains I pulled over at a designated sightseeing spot. The view was magnificent. A pick up truck with a camper was parked there and a 60-something gentleman sat on a stump seemingly enjoying the view.
I noticed him following something and I looked and saw a golden eagle soaring around overhead. The man got up and stepped to his camper. He opened the door, leaned in, and came out with a scoped, bolt action rifle. He worked the bolt loading a round into the chamber and shouldered the gun. As he was following the eagle with the muzzle I drew a 357 Colt Trooper (here's the revolver part) and held it casually at my side. The movement caught his eye and he looked at me without turning his head much.
"If you shoot that eagle, I'll shoot you."
He very slowly lowered the rifle and let go with his right hand so that it hung from his grip on the fore end. He turned even more slowly and put the gun back in the camper and closed the door. Never taking his eyes off me he inched along the side of the truck to the driver's door and got in. The truck then disappeared in a cloud of dust down the road.
I also departed (in the opposite direction) in case he decided to try a long range shot at me with his rifle. To this day I have no idea why he apparently thought he wanted to shoot that eagle, and I have no idea if he could have hit it. But the fact that was going to try made me very angry.
He believed I would have carried out my threat. I can't say for certain, but he might have been right.
Years ago I had a registered red and rust Doberman Pincher puppy, and during the day I kept him chained in the front yard where he (Pancho Via) could not get into the street or the neighbors yard.
Well, one day I looked out the window and saw a neighbour walking his Pit Bull down the street and edging toward my yard.
He happened to glance up and saw me standing on my porch with a 1875 Remington 45 in my hand, and asked what it was for?
I said, let your dog, touch my dog, and you'll find out.
So he mumbled something about the police and went home.
Well...a little while later the police did show up, but they took him away in cuffs.
animal control trucks were also there, and they hauled off over twenty Pit Bulls he had caged up in his back yard.
Come to find out he had been fighting them, as they were pretty torn up.
Never saw him again after that.
Well, one day I looked out the window and saw a neighbour walking his Pit Bull down the street and edging toward my yard.
He happened to glance up and saw me standing on my porch with a 1875 Remington 45 in my hand, and asked what it was for?
I said, let your dog, touch my dog, and you'll find out.
So he mumbled something about the police and went home.
Well...a little while later the police did show up, but they took him away in cuffs.
animal control trucks were also there, and they hauled off over twenty Pit Bulls he had caged up in his back yard.
Come to find out he had been fighting them, as they were pretty torn up.
Never saw him again after that.
bamaranger
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Dad
My Dad started to dabble in handgun hunting and eventually ended up with a 10-1/4 inch Super B. In the early years he shot the pistol with factory irons, eventually he put a scope on it. With the scope, a clay pigeon at 100 yds was an easy target from the 100 yd bench at the club we were in at the time.
We'd slip over to the clay ranges, pick up an arm load of clays that had not been hit or shattered on impact, and arrange them on the 100 yd berm. I was much impressed with that revolver, I can tell you. Dad eventually did kill one deer with it. My sister has it now. But....
Not long after he had purchased the gun, while it still wore only irons. Dad hunted with it the first few days of deer season. We sort of had a family spot, and typically parked in the same spot and hiked up from an old cemetery to a little ridge to hunt. The graveyard was the jumping off point for a lot of hunters, it would not be unusual for the first few days of the season to see 5-6 vehs there and a bunch of guys. I missed the first day or two of season with exams, and didn't get to hunt the until about the 3rd day. I made it out, but Dad did not (him back to work). Naturally, I pulled into the old spot at the graveyard. As my headlights swung across the embankment, there laid Dad's big new Super B in its holster on dry rock (there was good bit of snow down). I snatched it up, locked it in the trunk of my old Buick, and hunted the day. That night I went on to home. Dad had never missed the gun. It had laid there all night, and was simply good fortune that I had arrived early and that somebody else did not hunt the graveyard and see and snatch the revolver.
My Dad started to dabble in handgun hunting and eventually ended up with a 10-1/4 inch Super B. In the early years he shot the pistol with factory irons, eventually he put a scope on it. With the scope, a clay pigeon at 100 yds was an easy target from the 100 yd bench at the club we were in at the time.
We'd slip over to the clay ranges, pick up an arm load of clays that had not been hit or shattered on impact, and arrange them on the 100 yd berm. I was much impressed with that revolver, I can tell you. Dad eventually did kill one deer with it. My sister has it now. But....
Not long after he had purchased the gun, while it still wore only irons. Dad hunted with it the first few days of deer season. We sort of had a family spot, and typically parked in the same spot and hiked up from an old cemetery to a little ridge to hunt. The graveyard was the jumping off point for a lot of hunters, it would not be unusual for the first few days of the season to see 5-6 vehs there and a bunch of guys. I missed the first day or two of season with exams, and didn't get to hunt the until about the 3rd day. I made it out, but Dad did not (him back to work). Naturally, I pulled into the old spot at the graveyard. As my headlights swung across the embankment, there laid Dad's big new Super B in its holster on dry rock (there was good bit of snow down). I snatched it up, locked it in the trunk of my old Buick, and hunted the day. That night I went on to home. Dad had never missed the gun. It had laid there all night, and was simply good fortune that I had arrived early and that somebody else did not hunt the graveyard and see and snatch the revolver.
rotten mick
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best one for sure...
Guy tried to talk me into buying one.. I didnt, and have been happy ever since
True story... was looking at .45's and gun store tried pushing a judge on me... because its a .410/.45 and hot "cool" of a gun it was. Shot em, and just dont thrill me at all.
Shot em as a kid with the family and even then the semi autos were the favorites to most. Just as the repeating rifle didnt fade out the muskets and breach rifles completely, they are just a small percent of guns now.
Thats my true story an sticking to it.
Guy tried to talk me into buying one.. I didnt, and have been happy ever since
True story... was looking at .45's and gun store tried pushing a judge on me... because its a .410/.45 and hot "cool" of a gun it was. Shot em, and just dont thrill me at all.
Shot em as a kid with the family and even then the semi autos were the favorites to most. Just as the repeating rifle didnt fade out the muskets and breach rifles completely, they are just a small percent of guns now.
Thats my true story an sticking to it.
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S&W 27
My very early days of collecting. Very little cash, and wide eyes for anything Colt or S&W. Came across a really nice S&W 27 for $350.00. Bought it on layaway took 2 months to get her home. It had a different type of rear hammer, "humpback".
Soon another guy approached me to buy the S&W for $125 more than I paid. Why not sell! I did, wow $125 profit!
Turns out the S&W I sold was a Registered Magnum! Live and Learn. Knowledge is power.........
My very early days of collecting. Very little cash, and wide eyes for anything Colt or S&W. Came across a really nice S&W 27 for $350.00. Bought it on layaway took 2 months to get her home. It had a different type of rear hammer, "humpback".
Soon another guy approached me to buy the S&W for $125 more than I paid. Why not sell! I did, wow $125 profit!
Turns out the S&W I sold was a Registered Magnum! Live and Learn. Knowledge is power.........
A couple of younger fellas at work had been getting into shooting. Mostly they had been shooting rental guns. One of the guys bought a 9mm CZ. In the course of the conversation, as he was telling me about it, His best buddy chimed in that he didn't care for it, said it was to puny and he preferred the big bore .45 Colt he had rented. These are a couple of nice kids and I know he was just giving his buddy a ribbing.
I agreed to meet with them at the local range that Saturday and brought along my 629 along with some hot hand loads. We all tried Matt's new CZ and I provided a CZ 85 combat for them to compare it with. Also shot my 1911 and a Browning buck mark. Then I retrieved the 629 from my bag to which his partner Todd proclaimed "Now there's a real man's gun". Now I grew out of Magnumitis many years ago and save the hot loads for hunting and woods work. At any rate I loaded up 6 of my target hand loads and proceeded to place them in one big hole dead center of the target, I even surprised myself.
Then I asked Todd if he would like to try it. Loaded up 6 hot loads and backed out of the stall . He took hold of the gun pointed it a fresh target and pulled the trigger. first shot hit in the black, shots 2 through 4 missed completely, he opened the action, put the gun down and said he better quit while he was ahead. After we provided some good natured ribbing, I let them both shoot off the rest of my target loads, which they both enjoyed very much. It was a great day and we had a lot of fun. By the way Tumbleweed Todd and Mustang Matt have labeled me Bullseye Brutus, much to the amusement of my fellow coworkers.
I agreed to meet with them at the local range that Saturday and brought along my 629 along with some hot hand loads. We all tried Matt's new CZ and I provided a CZ 85 combat for them to compare it with. Also shot my 1911 and a Browning buck mark. Then I retrieved the 629 from my bag to which his partner Todd proclaimed "Now there's a real man's gun". Now I grew out of Magnumitis many years ago and save the hot loads for hunting and woods work. At any rate I loaded up 6 of my target hand loads and proceeded to place them in one big hole dead center of the target, I even surprised myself.
Then I asked Todd if he would like to try it. Loaded up 6 hot loads and backed out of the stall . He took hold of the gun pointed it a fresh target and pulled the trigger. first shot hit in the black, shots 2 through 4 missed completely, he opened the action, put the gun down and said he better quit while he was ahead. After we provided some good natured ribbing, I let them both shoot off the rest of my target loads, which they both enjoyed very much. It was a great day and we had a lot of fun. By the way Tumbleweed Todd and Mustang Matt have labeled me Bullseye Brutus, much to the amusement of my fellow coworkers.
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police training...true story
I decide to become a cop and was worried about the training. I bought a reloader and a S&W 686 4" .357 Magnum. It was what every cop was issued in the area. I shot and reloaded every day.
I was smooth and fast. I only had two speedloader but I could fly through them fast. For months I never shot less than 100 rounds and shot everyday.
I went to the Academy and after 4 weeks they took us to the Range and handed me a Glock....I could have cried.
It all worked out but I have never been so prepared for something that did not happen!
I decide to become a cop and was worried about the training. I bought a reloader and a S&W 686 4" .357 Magnum. It was what every cop was issued in the area. I shot and reloaded every day.
I was smooth and fast. I only had two speedloader but I could fly through them fast. For months I never shot less than 100 rounds and shot everyday.
I went to the Academy and after 4 weeks they took us to the Range and handed me a Glock....I could have cried.
It all worked out but I have never been so prepared for something that did not happen!
a learing story
At my clubs pistol range one afternoon I was shooting my Super Blackhawk .44 mag. About halfway threw my session I went to eject the emptys, and everything was gone. Ejector housing, plunger, and spring. I put the gun down and starting looking for parts. Found the housing with screw still in it right under the bench. A few feet away there was the plunger. ( I'm feeling a little better),and after much searching, found the spring. (I'm a Happy Camper).A few minuts with some gun cleaner and a rag, I cleaned up the parts and put it all back together to finish my session. This 1984 Blackhawk is working on its 3rd 5 gallon pail of wheel weights, and is a great accurate shooter. Moral of the story =CK YOUR GUN SCREWS !!!!!!!! hdbiker
At my clubs pistol range one afternoon I was shooting my Super Blackhawk .44 mag. About halfway threw my session I went to eject the emptys, and everything was gone. Ejector housing, plunger, and spring. I put the gun down and starting looking for parts. Found the housing with screw still in it right under the bench. A few feet away there was the plunger. ( I'm feeling a little better),and after much searching, found the spring. (I'm a Happy Camper).A few minuts with some gun cleaner and a rag, I cleaned up the parts and put it all back together to finish my session. This 1984 Blackhawk is working on its 3rd 5 gallon pail of wheel weights, and is a great accurate shooter. Moral of the story =CK YOUR GUN SCREWS !!!!!!!! hdbiker
"Best" implies there should be only one story but this is another good one.
When I moved here 12 years I saw this in a local pawn shop. A 4" U.S. Navy Victory Model in 38 Special it had been refinished and worse, the barrel was bulged. Tagged at $100 I told the store owner it would be hard to sell at any price due to the damage. He asked me what I would offer for it and before thinking I mumbled "I dunno... maybe 60 bucks..."
"Sold!"
Great. Really wasn't interested but it was mine at that point.
Found a 5" M&P barrel on ebay with a $5 starting price. Nobody else bid and it was mine. The serial on the barrel put the donor gun at 1939 manufacture so it went well with the 1942 Victory Model. Did the barrel swap myself after a smith quoted me $100 labor. Way too much to make the project a go. I changed the barrels without incident in about 30 minutes. BC is good and front sight came up TDC. Gotta love mass produced parts. Shoots great. Total investment $65.
Also found an older Bianchi holster on ebay for the 5" k frame. Bagged it for $5 and that's a steal if you ever looked for 5" holsters.
When I moved here 12 years I saw this in a local pawn shop. A 4" U.S. Navy Victory Model in 38 Special it had been refinished and worse, the barrel was bulged. Tagged at $100 I told the store owner it would be hard to sell at any price due to the damage. He asked me what I would offer for it and before thinking I mumbled "I dunno... maybe 60 bucks..."
"Sold!"
Great. Really wasn't interested but it was mine at that point.
Found a 5" M&P barrel on ebay with a $5 starting price. Nobody else bid and it was mine. The serial on the barrel put the donor gun at 1939 manufacture so it went well with the 1942 Victory Model. Did the barrel swap myself after a smith quoted me $100 labor. Way too much to make the project a go. I changed the barrels without incident in about 30 minutes. BC is good and front sight came up TDC. Gotta love mass produced parts. Shoots great. Total investment $65.
Also found an older Bianchi holster on ebay for the 5" k frame. Bagged it for $5 and that's a steal if you ever looked for 5" holsters.
I risk getting mod-slapped for not entering a story here, but responding to an interesting bit!
First... did you shoot the revolver with the bulged barrel? I know of two in my circle that have bulged barrels and both shoot like tack drivers, though neither bulge is "obvious" from the exterior of each handgun. (Model 10-10 & Ruger Mk I)
Secondly... how on Earth do you "change" a Smith & Wesson barrel? Do you at least need some manner of a tooling rig, something (I'm wondering/hoping) that's more specifically gun oriented than a bench top vise? It seems like a job fraught with pitfalls, but it sure sounds like it went well for you.
$60 is ludicrous! And I'd be a happy camper with a $5 barrel, $10 more for shipping and a hundred bucks to have it mounted properly, but you really pulled that one off. That is an awfully good revolver story. Maybe the picture makes it look even better than in person, but what a sweetheart for $65, that's nuts. It'd be hilarious if you sold it for $250 and the guy walked away cackling and thinking that he took you for a ride.
First... did you shoot the revolver with the bulged barrel? I know of two in my circle that have bulged barrels and both shoot like tack drivers, though neither bulge is "obvious" from the exterior of each handgun. (Model 10-10 & Ruger Mk I)
Secondly... how on Earth do you "change" a Smith & Wesson barrel? Do you at least need some manner of a tooling rig, something (I'm wondering/hoping) that's more specifically gun oriented than a bench top vise? It seems like a job fraught with pitfalls, but it sure sounds like it went well for you.
$60 is ludicrous! And I'd be a happy camper with a $5 barrel, $10 more for shipping and a hundred bucks to have it mounted properly, but you really pulled that one off. That is an awfully good revolver story. Maybe the picture makes it look even better than in person, but what a sweetheart for $65, that's nuts. It'd be hilarious if you sold it for $250 and the guy walked away cackling and thinking that he took you for a ride.
So I'll slip in a revolver story & maybe a mod will miss my last post! 
Took my 10-year old daughter shooting today, the fourth time we've been out. Today was a terrific day. We've been working on safe & proper gun handling for quite some time and on-target accuracy has taken a back seat and been a "hopefully next time" kind of goal, but today we found the right combinations of target, handguns and a big one-- a great setting.
We used a large low-buck pizza pan as a decent target that would collect easy to see holes and I also blew up some good sized balloons and used duct-tape to anchor them down range. And we shot at my club, where the layout is such that we get a h-u-g-e lane that's all to ourselves, so I can focus directly on my student with nobody else anywhere near us.
For the revolver portion of the story, my little girl was shooting a six inch stainless Colt King Cobra awfully well with a nicely light 158gr plated bullet .38 Special load that runs very, very well in all my wheelguns. Mostly, we shot rimfire, but though the weight (and massive forward weight with the long barrel) was certainly at her limit of strength & comfort, she did a wonderful job with this pretty Colt workhorse and she had me beaming from ear-to-ear. And folks were stopping by on their walk to the Sporting Clays course and pointing, nodding and smiling at the fine shooting and exceptional work of my student.
There's few things that are more enjoyable in these shooting sports.
Took my 10-year old daughter shooting today, the fourth time we've been out. Today was a terrific day. We've been working on safe & proper gun handling for quite some time and on-target accuracy has taken a back seat and been a "hopefully next time" kind of goal, but today we found the right combinations of target, handguns and a big one-- a great setting.
We used a large low-buck pizza pan as a decent target that would collect easy to see holes and I also blew up some good sized balloons and used duct-tape to anchor them down range. And we shot at my club, where the layout is such that we get a h-u-g-e lane that's all to ourselves, so I can focus directly on my student with nobody else anywhere near us.
For the revolver portion of the story, my little girl was shooting a six inch stainless Colt King Cobra awfully well with a nicely light 158gr plated bullet .38 Special load that runs very, very well in all my wheelguns. Mostly, we shot rimfire, but though the weight (and massive forward weight with the long barrel) was certainly at her limit of strength & comfort, she did a wonderful job with this pretty Colt workhorse and she had me beaming from ear-to-ear. And folks were stopping by on their walk to the Sporting Clays course and pointing, nodding and smiling at the fine shooting and exceptional work of my student.
There's few things that are more enjoyable in these shooting sports.
Sevens- Soaked in oil 48 hours after stripping it down to barrel/frame. This was to loosen barrel threads.
Used punch to drive out barrel pin.
Clamped 2 pieces or 1x2x4" pine into jaws of large bench vise. Slipped barrel in between the boards and closed the jaws down on it. This crushed the barrel into the soft wood and allowed a firm grip.
Placed large wooden handle (like 2.5" diameter) through cylinder window of frame. Located it right up against farthest forward position to lessen chance of twisting frame.
Applied slowly increasing pressure on wooden handle. Didn't take much for barrel to unscrew. Came right off, in fact. Actually, the frame unscrewed as the barrel was tightly clamped in the vise.
Screwed replacement barrel in by hand until snugged. Front sight was about 1/16" inch from TDC by hand. Again clamping barrel in boards in vise jaws, used wooden handle to screw frame on last bit until sight at TDC. The pin took a bit of doing as getting that tiny hole exactly lined up is tough, but after a couple tries I got in.
That's how you swap a S&W barrel. It's not magic and it's not all that hard.
Used a feeler gauge to check BC gap and it was .006". Perfect. Test fired the gun. See for yourself. I always seem to shoot fixed sight DA revolvers about 2" to the left so this is normal.
Yes, I did shoot the 4" bulged barrel and got 12" groups at 15 yards.
On the price, recall this was 12 years ago when a shootable refinished M&P might cost $150 or so. I figured if I could fix this one and have less than $100 in it then I got a good deal. I think I got a good deal. At least, I got a good story out of it.
Someday a guy will wonder about a Navy VM in 38 Special with a 5" barrel.
Used punch to drive out barrel pin.
Clamped 2 pieces or 1x2x4" pine into jaws of large bench vise. Slipped barrel in between the boards and closed the jaws down on it. This crushed the barrel into the soft wood and allowed a firm grip.
Placed large wooden handle (like 2.5" diameter) through cylinder window of frame. Located it right up against farthest forward position to lessen chance of twisting frame.
Applied slowly increasing pressure on wooden handle. Didn't take much for barrel to unscrew. Came right off, in fact. Actually, the frame unscrewed as the barrel was tightly clamped in the vise.
Screwed replacement barrel in by hand until snugged. Front sight was about 1/16" inch from TDC by hand. Again clamping barrel in boards in vise jaws, used wooden handle to screw frame on last bit until sight at TDC. The pin took a bit of doing as getting that tiny hole exactly lined up is tough, but after a couple tries I got in.
That's how you swap a S&W barrel. It's not magic and it's not all that hard.
Used a feeler gauge to check BC gap and it was .006". Perfect. Test fired the gun. See for yourself. I always seem to shoot fixed sight DA revolvers about 2" to the left so this is normal.
Yes, I did shoot the 4" bulged barrel and got 12" groups at 15 yards.
On the price, recall this was 12 years ago when a shootable refinished M&P might cost $150 or so. I figured if I could fix this one and have less than $100 in it then I got a good deal. I think I got a good deal. At least, I got a good story out of it.
Someday a guy will wonder about a Navy VM in 38 Special with a 5" barrel.
I will print out that post and contact Roy Jinks with the information, so that he can send a really great factory letter to the guy who ends up requesting one!
I'd be prairie-doggin' at the point where I began to twist a revolver frame with a length of wood. But yes, I'd like to try it!
I'd be prairie-doggin' at the point where I began to twist a revolver frame with a length of wood. But yes, I'd like to try it!
2damnold4this
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Sevens, that's a great story about shooting with your daughter.
quicker than I thought!
Years back while scouting future fisshing holes along the Middle Fork of the Tuolumne river, I walked the bank fully engrossed in searching out a good hole.
Well. as things go, I slipped and started to fall in the bank, BUT(!) right where I was falling laid a fat jucy Diamondback Rattler!
As I fell I herd a popping, it came from my right hand which hels a H&R 929 .22 revolver!
Without even thinking, I quickilly (Gosh it was fast!)drew the little revolver and started firing shots at the snake without even thinking! A totally automatic response from some simple training I'd given myself and my hip holsrered .rimfire. I got away, the snake got ventillated...
BPDave
Years back while scouting future fisshing holes along the Middle Fork of the Tuolumne river, I walked the bank fully engrossed in searching out a good hole.
Well. as things go, I slipped and started to fall in the bank, BUT(!) right where I was falling laid a fat jucy Diamondback Rattler!
As I fell I herd a popping, it came from my right hand which hels a H&R 929 .22 revolver!
Without even thinking, I quickilly (Gosh it was fast!)drew the little revolver and started firing shots at the snake without even thinking! A totally automatic response from some simple training I'd given myself and my hip holsrered .rimfire. I got away, the snake got ventillated...
BPDave