Recent content by 1961MJS

Hi I purchased both a Walnut Square and a Round for K/L Frames from Altamont Company out of Thomasboro Illinois (yeah I know). Not a Chicago area company at least. They have a facility on what used to be Chanute AFB, where my Dad went to USAAC basic and / or weather forecasting school...

Hi, I'm glad / jealous that you can do that with your eyes closed. Getting the Hammer Strut back in place usually required several tries. Like I said, shoots great, only cleaning it sucks. I also hated turning the Ruger in a full circle to get the strut to hang like it's supposed to. I would...

Hi I heard Crawdaddys, Crayfish, and Mud Bugs, but never heard Crawfish for some reason. Never ate all that many fish I caught since the closest local Crick back home was where the outlet to the sewage plant was. Granny's pond was where the cattle went to drink so the catfish had an...

Hi Ruger Mk1-13 assembly The Hammer strut and disassembly method for the Rugers less than IV mean that you have to get a part in the correct position that is at best hard to see and hard to get in the right position. There's a VERY GOOD reason that there's a Mk IV. Later

Hi Dad joined the Army Air Corps in June 1941 and went to Weather Observer and then Forecasting School at Chanute AFB. He was at Mitchell Field for the Pearl Harbor attack. He went overseas in a Dutch Cargo Ship the Tjisadane and served in Fiji, Wallis Island, and Guadalcanal (in 1944 and 45)...

Hi, for starting bullseye, I would start with a .45 ACP 1911, with a decent trigger, purchase a Marvel upper with iron sights if you're under 40 and with a red dot sight if you're not. Shoot until you're rated as Expert and then hit the 1911. If you're really unsure about buying a 1911, then...

Hi I've had a friend who shot for a USAF Bullseye team a LONG time ago. He passed away before 2010. He said that he had 3 Model 41's with him at matches. He said that IF he shot all 90 rounds with one of the 41's, he knew not to bring it to the next match. I THINK this would have been a...

Hi, with respect to Calhoun Community College in Decatur Alabama, South of Athens Alabama. It is located just across the Tennessee River / Lake Wheeler from Decatur. It is adjacent to the local Airport. Locally is was back in the 1990's, referred to as UCLA University of Calhoun Longside the...

Hi, Do you use your Altamont Coke's with a Speed Loader? I plan on doing that since I shoot bullseye with a revolver sometimes. I don't NEED to use a speed loader, but it saves time and keeps the heart rate down. Thanks

Hi, I've put some Skidmores leather cream on a friend of mine's two leather chairs. On the Cowboy action shooting forum, leather section (holsters and cartridge belts) Skidmores is the magic stuff. CASCity Leather Forum Later

Hi, I shoot a LOT of smallbore. Favorite Rifle is a CZ 452, I should have gotten the Lux with the Hogback stock. The American / straight stock is great in prone, setting, and kneeling, but the Lux is much nicer is offhand. My first pistol was a used Ruger Mk II slab side. It shot GREAT...

Hi, it just doesn't look right. If you've shot it, how was that?

Hi again, two questions. For those of you who are using night vision or Infrared scopes, do you use any sort of flash hider? I know (from building the Monogram P-38 model that night fighters had flash hiders at the end of the barrel. If suppressors end up being legal, those might work. A...

Hi This isn't an URGENT need. A friend of mine has had a large family of feral hogs passing through his land. (he's got the place for sale now, so this is probably overcome by events). We were going to see about getting them killed off so as to leave the grass for his cattle. I needed a...

So, just for the fun of it, I typed in clip on Duck Duck Go search engine. I had hopes of finding out a definitive answer as to what the difference between Clips and Magazines is. FAIL. Feel free to delete this, at BEST its completely no help at all. I clicked on a link to the Cambridge...