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1 minute ago, MO Fugga said:

I owned a stainless snubby once. It was a fun little gun. Those 158 hardcast weren't much fun, but challenge accepted.

Nothing says gun guy like 50 rounds of .357 Remington Magnum from a Smith and Wesson J-frame  2" AirLite.

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On 12/4/2021 at 11:46 PM, MO Fugga said:

I shot this awhile back. Overgrown, but yes this is an older driveway with a pole in the middle. Ozarks baby.

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My son's driveway is similar.  One day we were visiting.  My DIL went to get her mail from the box by the driveway.

She escorted all of us back down the driveway to its end at the street.

The mailbox 4"x4" that held the mailbox was shattered.  Motorcycle parts left in a line directly to the Power pole.  More part littered the street and driveway around and leading away from the pole.

No sign of people/motorcycle/vehicles.  NO skid marks either!

We figured someone just got a Motorcycle and found what the definition of torque reaction meant when they left the roadway -- quickly.

Someone must have been with them when they got the bike, since this happened in the hour from when we arrived to when the DIL went to get the mail.  They must have loaded the bike remains and scooted.

My son just laughed when I asked him if he was pissed about his mailbox.  He and the DIL ride motorcycles.  He said just to know that someone was so stupid that they ran down a 4"x4", and then hit a power pole was fun enough for him.  He kept the cylinder fins as a memento.

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38 minutes ago, tous said:

When replacing the strut and trigger return springs on GP-100 type revolvers, be sure to test the new strut spring with a variety of ammunition .  Ideally, hand load some samples with Federal, Winchester and CCI primers to make sure that the new spring has enough whack to reliably ignite the cartridge.

Rapidly cycle the pistol double-action to make sure that the lighter trigger return spring operates as expected.

I agree with everyone that states that the SP-101 trigger is terrible.

 

 

I only own and use CCI primers, sit on a life time supply, so that will never change. CCI cups are known for being harder, I will find out soon enough what spring still works. That being said, I bet 9 pounds will do it. I'll also polish the entire trigger mechanism which will add some striking power.

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12 minutes ago, crockett said:

 

I only own and use CCI primers, sit on a life time supply, so that will never change. CCI cups are known for being harder, I will find out soon enough what spring still works. That being said, I bet 9 pounds will do it. I'll also polish the entire trigger mechanism which will add some striking power.

I got a bunch of old WLP, before I knew better. 350 and 450 are all I need.

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I bought an SP101 3" many years ago. The action got really sticky at one point and I took it to a local gunsmith who's good. He put the lighter spring in it and polished up a bunch of burrs and such in the trigger mechanism. Boy did it come out good. Almost like a Smith. Love that little hunka iron.

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The wife and I just got back from cruising around town looking at Christmas lights.

There were some really elaborate displays, but by far, the best one of the night was the simplest. No colorful blinking lights. No wire frame reindeer in the yard. and no huge inflated Santa waving at the people driving by.  Just a plain house with curtains drawn open on warmly illuminated room.

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35 minutes ago, jmohme said:

The wife and I just got back from cruising around town looking at Christmas lights.

There were some really elaborate displays, but by far, the best one of the night was the simplest. No colorful blinking lights. No wire frame reindeer in the yard. and no huge inflated Santa waving at the people driving by.  Just a plain house with curtains drawn open on warmly illuminated room.

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Hmm. I had Chinese tonight.

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You haven't fired a snubby until you have fired one of these. I had this little big guy for a few years and put quite a few rounds through it. It is chambered in .460 S&W Mag. That thing could fling a 200gr bullet at more than 2,000fps. As powerful as it was though, it really was a sweet shooter. The .500 S&W Mag I had, on the other hand, was a ******* hooligan. I sold them both years ago. I don't miss the .500, but I should have hung on to the .460.

 

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When I first bought it, it came in a 'Bear Defense Kit', packaged in a nice Pelican case. It had the yellow grips below and came with a whistle, bear pepper spray, a book about bears and some other crap that was loosely related to bears. When the .460 first came out, the only way I could find it as a snubby was in that stupid kit. I put the black Hogue grips (Pictured above) on it and bought a nice IWB holster for it, although I didn't carry it much.

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35 minutes ago, Eric said:

When I first bought it, it came in a 'Bear Defense Kit', packaged in a nice Pelican case. It had the yellow grips below and came with a whistle, bear pepper spray, a book about bears and some other crap that was loosely related to bears. When the .460 first came out, the only way I could find it as a snubby was in that stupid kit. I put the black Hogue grips (Pictured above) on it and bought a nice IWB holster for it, although I didn't carry it much.

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I carry a variety of hand cannons. From a Freedom Arms .454 to a Ruger Redhawk 4" in 45 Long Colt that is stoked up to near the .454. I have a Ruger Toklat in .454 also, and 5 or 6 other Redhawks in .44, .41, and even an early one in .357. Had a S&W .500 but sold it.

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12 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said:

I carry a variety of hand cannons. From a Freedom Arms .454 to a Ruger Redhawk 4" in 45 Long Colt that is stoked up to near the .454. I have a Ruger Toklat in .454 also, and 5 or 6 other Redhawks in .44, .41, and even an early one in .357. Had a S&W .500 but sold it.

Freedom Arms makes one hell of a wheel gun.

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