Lord help me! This afternoon I was minding my own business making a visit to one of my church members who has been transferred to a long term care/rehab. facility. Hopefully he will be able to recover the use of his legs and again be mobile.
After finishing the visit, I dropped by an indoor range to do some shooting. For the next several hours I had a thoroughly wonderful time shooting my beloved 18-3 and a Ruger Mk. II target competition model. Just a heads up to everyone... Federal Champion copper plated .22 LR ammo gives stunningly excellent results when fired in my 18-3, probably indicative of what will result from anyone else firing them in a one of those delightful S&W .22 LR revolvers. And... those Winchester Super-X rounds that recently gave me trouble... I ran 300 of tem through the Ruger. There were five failures to fire out of six of those little fifty round boxes. Accuracy was good. Feeding was perfect. Wonderful pistol.
So... on to the pony pistol! After I'd paid my range time, etc., I was walking out to the car and just chanced to glance, glance I say... only glance at the used gun case. There was of course the usual odds and ends in the case, various handguns most of which didn't float my boat and several that were just simpy over priced. Then I saw it.. a cute little nickle plated Colt .22 LR Peacemaker with the .22 LR and .22 Mag. cylinders, standard wood grips and some pearl grips. I shouldn't have picked it up but I did! Blame the enabler behind the counter! Blame sunspots! Blame my still being overwhelmed by the pleasure of getting to share lunch with my wife before visiting the church member. Blame... me! But, that little pony pistol is no longer on consignment. It is sitting on the couch to my left all cleaned and polished and pretty! My wife took one look at it and said, "It's beautiful." The .22 LR cylinder is marked Nevada and does not appear to have ever been fired. The .22 Mag. cylinder has been fired but not enough to stain the nickle. The nickle plating on the pistol is about 99%... a tiny place or two about like the point of a needle is not perfect on the ejector rod. The wood grips show handling. The pearl grips are undamaged. I think they are not real pearl, but I don't know. I've never had a gun w/ pearl grips. As near as I can tell, this little pistol was one Colt made up for the Nevada centennial... 1864-1964. Now... fifty years later, it is in remarkable condition. About the only thing I need to do is find grips w/ the little Colt emblem inlaid. I think that would be real nice. Later... maybe I can come up with a properly sized holster... etc. First I'll need to check with my daughter and her husband as I'm sure they'll have their own ideas.
Now... this little pony will shortly run out the door! This weekend my youngest daughter and her husband are coming down to visit. They both enjoy cowboy action matches. They are expecting a baby later this year so buying toys like guns, etc. are far on the back burner. So, I plan to give this pistol to them. I don't know if it's what they want to use. But I figure w/ the pearl grips it will look nice when my daughter is using it. And since it is chambered for the .22 LR, they can shoot it without having to deal with the cost of centerfire ammunition. I just happen to have a decent pile of .22 LR ammo that I've been holding on to and using judiciously. I figure I'll give them the pistol and some ammo then sit back and watch their faces! I've never had money to just spend and I certainly don't have it now. But I looked at that little revolver and thought maybe it'd be just the thing for them. I hope it is something they can use for the cowboy matches. It's the kind of little single action I've always wanted. Hopefully they will like it. Sincerely. brucev.
Got a Little Pony Pistol!
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