Recent content by 1-1917

Recently acquired a 16-4 but was a little surprised to see all the cylinder throats are .314. I have a bunch of 95 grain SWC cast bullets that are about .3135". They won't fall straight through the cylinder but don't take much of a nudge to get them through either. I have both 32 S&W long and 32...

My HE model did manage to survive with its original magazine or at least one correct for the vintage.

Old post but it's of interest to me. I just got a 16-4 recently and was surprised to see that a .314 pin gauge was a go and .315 no go. Seem like really large throats especially for a jacketed bullet. Might have to powder coat some jacketed bullets to bump them up. Gun appears unfired so it may...

I just ran across one of the short barrel H-E models a few days ago. I've seen it written that only 1006 of them were made. Does anyone know where that number comes from? How many were the shorter barrels? Makes a nice companion for the HD Military. So few of the H-E models, they are hard to...

I have a Beretta made XXII from about 1965, great rifles in my opinion.

That should be a fun shooter. I have a later model one with a shorter barrel. No quit the sight radius of yours.

I just got Argentine small pistol primers (what I use the most of) last week. 10K primers were $400 delivered to my door. Maybe not perfect but close enough for my needs.

The 639 safety looks and feels about identical to my 39. Tops of the slides and sights are different.

I bought the Limited at an estate sale just because it was in a Performance Center aluminum case and looked "special". I didn't have to know any more about it to know it was coming home with me. I learned more about it here later. I've been around this forum since back when there weren't but a...

Probably miss ID on my part. I don't know squat about automatics. Just got these two this month. Only other auto loader I own is that 3566 Limited thing and a Sigma I keep on my tractor. I do have a few revolvers from Registered Magnum down to .22 kit guns.. (-:}

I like the look and feel of my old 39 and have seen dozens of 639s but they all had plastic grips and square trigger guards. Not sure why this one is so different but for the price, when I saw it I had to get it. I'm not much for automatics but this will go nicely with its S&W brothers in my...

I have BNG0020, no clue how it shoots. It's just too nice to turn into a range gun. I'll use my Registered Magnum (REG 1399) for that.

Only 870 I own is an older .410. Shoots good but never have figured out exactly why I bought it.. (-:}

I got a revolver that I haven't found much info on. Curious if anyone here knows anything about them?

That's an interesting angle I'd not considered. I'm surprised they would etch a number rather than use a tag. Also surprised they would use the UT logo (no question what that is) unless they maybe the gun was taken in by the UT police so they used it like a department ID. Would be interesting to...