I went shooting this weekend (pics and videos)

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Sun May 05, 2013 11:23 pm

My wife and I spent a couple hours at the range yesterday going over gun safety, operation, and just plain having fun shooting holes in paper. I had three goals; teach my wife a bit about gun safety, test out my Walther PPK/S, and play around with fast reloads of the S&W 1917. Without any practice whatsoever, I had 5.8 seconds between the last shot of the first clip and the first shot of the second clip. With only five minutes of practice following that, I managed to shave 2 seconds off that time, and my wife captured a cool fireball while filming me, and she looks pretty good, herself, shooting the revolver!

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Post by **Indiana Jeff** » Mon May 06, 2013 3:43 am

Very nice. Indy could have used to in the Raven Bar!

BTW what jacket are you wearing?

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Mon May 06, 2013 9:03 am

It's a reproduction US Army M41 field jacket from AtTheFront.com, but I suspect you already suspected that

ChrisMD · Post by **ChrisMD** » Mon May 06, 2013 10:34 am

Nothing like a good day at the range to relax and have some fun. Nice!

Trebor · Post by **Trebor** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:40 pm

Those S&W 1917's shoot nice, don't they?

I bought mine to make an Indy replica, but don't have the heart to chop it. I'm keeping an eye out for a more "beater" gun for the conversion now.

ChrisMD · Post by **ChrisMD** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:41 am

Trebor wrote:Those S&W 1917's shoot nice, don't they?

I bought mine to make an Indy replica, but don't have the heart to chop it. I'm keeping an eye out for a more "beater" gun for the conversion now.

You probaby would feel less guilty chopping a newly produced 1917 or HE2 like S&W still makes. They make one of them, i forget which. Since its new and has no historical value, chop away!

....now go, spend money.

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:57 pm

While the new ones have no collector's value, they cost more than ones that do. Mine is Brazillian stamped, and while it functions great, the finish is in rough condition with mild pitting all over - the perfect gun to chop up. I intentionally steered away from the "US ARMY" stamped ones with holsters, etc., but there are plenty out there of non-collectable, but shootable quality.

ChrisMD · Post by **ChrisMD** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:01 pm

Mark Brody wrote:While the new ones have no collector's value, they cost more than ones that do. Mine is Brazillian stamped, and while it functions great, the finish is in rough condition with mild pitting all over - the perfect gun to chop up. I intentionally steered away from the "US ARMY" stamped ones with holsters, etc., but there are plenty out there of non-collectable, but shootable quality.

I was actively looking but then I went for another CAS gun. About to pick up my Ruger New Vaquero. M1A, or 1917 are next.

Unless youd like to donate one to me!!!

Canada Jones · Post by **Canada Jones** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:26 pm

For some reason the videos were not available.

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:16 pm

Yeah, I had some trouble with YouTube lately, and had to close the account. I'll work on reporting them tonight, probably compiled into one video.

Canada Jones · Post by **Canada Jones** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:22 pm

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:26 pm

Link fixed on the original post

Canada Jones · Post by **Canada Jones** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:59 pm

Nice job and nice improvement. Is the hammer cut off on this gun?

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:08 am

The photo is actually my first 1917. It had a broken hammer. The one I'm shooting in the video is my second 1917 - I traded the first one in.

Canada Jones · Post by **Canada Jones** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:10 pm

Ok. Thanks for the clarification.