Recent content by jessebogan

I also have an Ithaca, 43 issue. Not near as nice as yours. It has a WW2 Colt slide, and someone fitted circa 63 "Micro" sights to it in the past. Same as NM sights of that era, but in no way is it a NM gun. Some day I will get off the cash to find a correct slide, but it shoots fine as it is...

I don't hunt with mine, but still want to weigh in. First, most of these guns have likely not been fired much. The price seems reasonable. It is heavy, I think around 70 ounces. Range sessions, I am good for a couple boxes of factory ammo. I enjoy shooting it, but I AM 60, so no need to beat my...

My Dad told me that I didn't have to make all of life's mistakes on my own, it was OK to learn from other peoples.

I will say this. The supposedly Republican Governor of Maryland pushed for this law, and signed it literally surrounded by The Moms who Get No Action. With a smile on his face. In the first month there have been 114 Red Flag orders applied for, in Maryland, a small state. No one has reported on...

I concour. Nice show, with interesting things.

When I bought mine new in 86, I didn't know about "Pinned and Recessed". What I got was a very accurate ,lovely 357 Magnum. I have put a lot of rounds through it, still looks great, and I paid less than 200 1986 dollars for it. It is the last gun I would ever sell.

The kinship is one of the reasons I still attend gunshows. Good to be around the people of the gun.

Mine is fairly close to yours at 173XXX. I have smooth stocks, that are numbered to the frame. Great shooter.

10 rifles, 3 pistols, and 1 revolver. Always looking for the next one. I have a thing for older 22s, I am usually amazed at how well they shoot.

I don't have a clue. It might be worth looking up Rimfire Central, there are many well informed people on there.

I read "Bury my heart" as a teenager. A few years back I tried to read it again. I could not. Disgraceful. I am not sure those attitudes are completely gone either. A few years ago I was travelling some back roads in NE Arizona, and at a fuel stop I held the door open for a young Native lad...

I bought my -3 new in 86. I shoot it a lot, and have no complaints at all.

Most of the time I shoot at public ranges the "pistoleros"are wearing out the 7 yard range. I love breaking out a S&W or two and shooting at the 25 or 50 yard line...You get some good looks. I am working on 100 yards, but so far do not get out often enough to be proficient.

Some bolts are "Torque to yield" bolts, IE Torque figure +90 degrees. Or 180 or whatever. I usually put a paint mark on those bolts at the torque figure, and they should (will) be 90 degrees off when at the final figure. I am not as young as I used to be, so the visual aid is handy..

I have a Pre Model 18 that went through a fire, sometime before my Dad bought it in 62. I bet it burned the stocks off as it has replacements. It is by far the ugliest S and W I own. Almost no finish, and some deep pits here and there. From the looks of it, I suspect someone removed most of the...