Club Obi Wan

carebear

They come and go. K's are still more common for bulk police trade-ins.

carebear

I have no association with this site but they get a LOT of police turn-ins and bulk buys.

Lots of "Indy-type" guns, at least K-Frame Smiths.

Give it a look, all state and Federal laws apply.

http://www.summitgunbroker.com/index.html

carebear

What loss in value did the conversion to .45 ACP cause? :-k The converted revolvers are already one step removed from "original" and yet they've become their own category of collectibility. I guess the decision could be based on overall condition? If it isn't high value anymore why not &qu...

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Sure, like actual facts gained with a minimum of effort are really better than empty speculation...

carebear

That's more limited than what I was thinking. Think H. Rider Haggard, explorers into the heart of darkness, that sort of thing. The costume options alone should draw participants, and sundowners out of crystal glasses at a safari camp table beat a shot of rotgut hunched over a campfire any day. :D

carebear

Just need to popularize "Victorian Action Shooting". Get all the classic mid/late 19th Century British and European firearms involved. Adams, Webley, the various French revos (a la The Mummy), C96 Mausers etc with lots of puttees and pith helmets. Looks like Cowboy Action Shooting has spun...

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An Oklahoma gunsmithery is now in the process of restoring Webley cylinders milled down to fire .45 ACP to their original condition allowing .455 Webley to be fired. http://www.truittandson.com/ I have no personal knowledge of the company and cannot endorse them but as this forum represents one of t...

carebear

Depending on your setting, don't get too hung up on concealment issues, no pistol you've mentioned is a problem. From personal experience, it is not terribly difficult to regularly comfortably and discreetly carry (some) full-size autos and K/L frame revolvers under even something as simple as an un...

carebear

The Walther P-1 and P-38's were all over the surplus gun sale sites the past few months. You should be able to track one down for reasonable cost.

carebear

Thanks again guys for the help. I did get the Mossberg today at a gun show in Charlotte for $320. And I am still planning on getting an AK, probably later this summer. I really like AKs and have shot them a good bit, but I'm just gonna wait until the summer when funds are a bit better. Did I read c...

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And, if I may, it doesn't have quite the negative stigma attached to it that the AK does...Not that that really affects my choices, as it were.... Not to sound like an idiot or something, but the "stigma" really doesn't bother me at all. I like what I like. And I do have to agree with you...

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Makes sense, because maybe he would pick up whatever was available locally and cheap. Carrying guns on airplanes and through customs could have been a problem, even back then. You get it when you get there and throw it away when you're done. Just found this thread-maybe its been said before. Tom Ca...

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Forgot to ask. What are you using the blanks for? You could prime up some empty cases with magnum pistol primers, like a cci 350, and get a pretty good "crack" out of them. I wouldn't think there'd be any more ejecta than with a full blank (which are treated like live rounds in terms of sa...

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Not to bad mouth a particular company, but Cheaper Than Dirt often is not. They market well, have a decent selection of products and are reliable and convenient, but their prices and shipping are usually not the best by a long shot. Google is your friend, you may be able to find better prices with m...

carebear

I would think a loaded Hi-Power should weigh about the same as an unloaded N-frame. A few ounces over 2 pounds.

In any event, absent a pending bar fight with Nazi thugs, I agree carrying both would be a pain.

carebear

Something not much better than that got Dillinger out of jail once.

carebear

Oh HECK no!

There best be pictures coming.

carebear

Go to your local hardware or hobby store. Buy 6 inches of this http://www.ravsupply.com/home/rs1/smartlist_28/half__quarter_rounds.html cut in half and glue on either side. By painting with slightly different shades you could probably even suggest the cylinder flutes. If you have a plane or even a b...

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...Just repeat to yourself "It's just a show,
I should really just relax...".

-MST3K wisdom

carebear

I've never had a problem disassembling mine without the recess.

I think it is yet another "craftsmanlike" touch that wasn't particularly necessary but was nice.

Eliminating it wouldn't affect functionality, but would save a great deal of milling time and money.

carebear

Rambler, Good post and thank you for your efforts on our soldiers' behalf. Do you really think "lethality" is the major factor in non-military usage? To put it in Indy-reference civilian terms, if Indy needs to stop a swordsman, it doesn't matter to him if the guy goes to the big backlot i...

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I disagree about the .32-20's utility for self-defense. All that follows is my semi-educated opinion. The .32-20 is not the same critter as the .32 Long, it has far more energy given that it's coming out of a revolver about 2-300 fps faster. It's pushing a, what, 100 gr. round at about 1000 fps from...

carebear

I googled UK airsoft and got to the following website.

Dealers by necessity track the laws quite closely, they are worth starting your research with.

http://www.airsoft-direct.co.uk/vcra.php

carebear

hehe so that means my chinese AK is screen accurate... :lol: that is actually the first thing I thought when I saw them on screen. I'm also in the process of getting my Curios and Relics FFL so that I can get get my hands on quite a few of the "Indy gun" and quite a few others without the...

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I’m considering buying a Walther PPK/S. I’ve heard similar stories about “bite”. Anyone have any experience with this? Regards, Forrestal The Walthers are better known for slide bite than hammer bite. A lot of folk's hands rise up high enough that the sharp edges of the slide cut into the web of th...

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I was thinking a good option for the new replica makers would be an accurate mold of a grip frame that was otherwise a bright pink, obviously non-gun, "holster filler" body. Keep the correct-ish dimensions to fill the holster, but with no moving parts. So anyone confronted could have it re...

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Replica or real gun, check your state and local statutes on carrying weapons and see what the theatre policy is. In Virginia, open carry is legal. As long as the theatre management didn't ask you to leave or have the building posted, you would be legal from what I know of their state statutes. Given...

carebear

They are all gonna run just under 3 pounds.

That's the approximate weight of the steel N-frames.

carebear

Minnesota Jones wrote:I take it the Russians will be carrying AK47's?

Or walkie-talkies, depending on the version.

carebear

McFly wrote:If anybody ever breaks into my house - I'm calling a *gearhead!*

Shane

The common response to that on gun boards is:

Don't bother, by the time they figure out the right gun to bring, the burglar will be long gone.

carebear

Good link.

Below is the 1916 US version.

You can find authentic used holsters cheap on eBay, if you plan on distressing the thing, just pay less and buy one with the real deal already done.

http://www.pacificcanvasandleather.com/ ... l_24_r.htm

carebear

I have the Hogue Pau Ferro grips on my 66 and found them quite an improvement over the combat grips that came on my revolver. I do wish that i'd gotten a 4 inch barrel instead of 6. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1417/1021506775_1afb1d3cf9.jpg What is this "instead of" of which you speak?...

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Here ya go for comparison purposes. 27th Ed. Blue Book of Gun Values 2006 There are three listings for the .45 Hand Ejector: .45 Hand Ejector, (Model of 1917) Military: 175,000 mfg. 1917-1919 100% - $900 98% - $650 95% - $475 90% - $350 80% - $300 70% - $275 60% - $250 Commercial guns mfg 1920-1941 ...

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I knew what double-action and single action meant, I just never thought of the abbrievation at the time of the post, lol. But it's nice to clearify. The finish, from what I could tell was pretty good, in my opinion (then again, I AM the person who psoted the 'What To Look For' thread, lol). Again, ...

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Mulceber wrote:
SA is like a cowboy gun, you have to cock the hammer by hand. All the trigger does is release it.
I'm pretty sure there are scenes in Raiders where the revolver is DA. :junior: -M

I was explaining firearms nomenclature in a simple way, not a particular pistol.

carebear

DA stands for double action, meaning the trigger both cocks and releases the hammer. SA is like a cowboy gun, you have to cock the hammer by hand. All the trigger does is release it. Remember the barrel on a revolver is measured from the muzzle to the back of the forcing cone (the part that is right...

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The thing to remember is that basic firearm technology, both revolver and auto, hasn't markedly changed in several decades. Modern handguns are essentially identical in function to ones from a hundred years ago. The biggest changes have been in metallurgy (and plastics), those changes have allowed t...

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"Hand Ejector" is just what Smith called their earliest swing out cylinder revolvers. As Smith created more and more versions in different calibers they went to a standardized numbering system. For example, the "6XX" means it's in stainless steel. If you aren't concerned about it...

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Yeah. I'm currently shopping around for a good 22 for target practice. I was searching GunBroker.com and saw that S&W makes a 22 clone of a 1917. Anyone know something about them? Are you referring to the Mdl. 22 Smith? That's a modern recreation of the .45 cal. If you want a Hand Ejector in .2...

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The right side, (looking down on it), the part with the holes for the buckle, has a narrower portion with the holes, so it can go through the buckle. Right after the last hole, the belt widens out and has the screen accurate stiching pattern one the outside face. I have it in the last hole and it s...

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Yes, it is a sad commentary on our over regulated world. For the Man with No Man outfit, I got the sterling silver coiled snakes embeded into the grips, orf my Navy blank firing replica, and have a very Clint Eastwood screen accurate belt and holster. It' accutually a little bit too big for me and ...

carebear

I don't suppose you have any info on who did the assembly and when?

I don't think I've ever seen a "custom" Webley.

carebear

The Webley was still perfectly adequate for the task. Reliable and hard-hitting. Why get rid of something you're familiar with that does the job just fine? To maybe save a few ounces? He's not a gunfighter, he's an archeologist who carries a gun because sometimes he needs protection while doing his ...

carebear

The Lebel is "The Mummy" revolver.

Although his were an earlier 11mm 1874 "Ordnance" Model, IIRC.

carebear

Texas Raider wrote:Don't worry, Interchange,,some of us knew what you meant. ;-) (semantics)

TR

Semantics (and accuracy) are important. You don't want people thinking he's a reporter from a major media outlet or something, do you?

carebear

Some states allow carry, open and concealed, without a permit. Some states have a "permit to carry" which is required whether the weapon is carried openly or concealed. Some states allow open carry without a permit but require one for concealed. Some don't allow open carry at all, but do a...

carebear

just to be clear.. the HP was a .9mm? Technically it was a 9mm. . 9mm would be a safety pin. :D Common mistake though. The .32/.38/.45 calibers are in hundreths of an inch, thus the decimal. As you get into handguns more you'll find out interesting details, like the fact that the .38's are actually...

carebear

They're Hungarian IIRC. They were exact clones but I think they now have slightly different internals.

Try the other two big online sites as well and give it some time. I got my Belgian production Hi-Power for about that much.

gunsamerica

gunbroker

auctionarms

carebear

If you want an "Indy-ish" holster for the HiPower just pick up a WWI/WWII-era military holster for the 1911. It will fit just fine.

carebear

So you want to know how to check out a used revolver?

1) Go to this thread.

2) Read it.

3) Go shopping.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=1430

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