In Arkansas it's a bar ditch, in Alabama it's a barrow pit. Two totally different things.
What kind of gun were we talking about?
Model 30 no dash
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In Arkansas it's a bar ditch, in Alabama it's a barrow pit. Two totally different things.
What kind of gun were we talking about?
Eggs have yokes.
let's drift again....not a Model 30, but kin..and a crane by any other name would swivel as sweet.
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I found my "J" Tyler-T grip and my faux ivory Altamonts were missing the screw, so T-grip it is. Would look better with a aluminum or brass one, but you go with what you got.
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If it's late enough to have a model number, with or without an "ash" it is a "New" or "Improved" I frame with a coiled mainspring. The thing to remember about this is that with the dash 1, the frame is a J type rather than the smaller I.
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Pre Model 30
Here is my pre model 30 from 1955 with two .32 RPs. All three are great shooters. Wish I had gotten an earlier start with .32 S&W Long / NP. Easy and fun caliber to reload. This weekend I am going to break in my RCBS mold for a 98 gr SWC Bullet.
I am always looking to add more .32s. Maybe a J frame or Colt PP or Detective Special.
Here is my pre model 30 from 1955 with two .32 RPs. All three are great shooters. Wish I had gotten an earlier start with .32 S&W Long / NP. Easy and fun caliber to reload. This weekend I am going to break in my RCBS mold for a 98 gr SWC Bullet.
I am always looking to add more .32s. Maybe a J frame or Colt PP or Detective Special.
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I found my "J" Tyler-T grip and my faux ivory Altamonts were missing the screw, so T-grip it is. Would look better with a aluminum or brass one, but you go with what you got.
Is that the same gun?? Sure cleaned up nice.
Tons of my kinfolk are from Alabama and I lived there for 29 years. I NEVER heard the term "barrow pit"?
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How bout Borrow Ditch?
Then Cut down and Southern Slurred into Bar Ditch.
Wiki Say -
A bar or borrow ditch is a roadside channel dug for drainage purposes. Typically, the dirt is "borrowed" from the ditch, and used to crown the road. It is a variation of a bar or borrow pit, in construction, when dirt is removed and used for construction purposes, and later left to fill with water, forming ponds or lakes. The term is most often used in the Southwestern United States.
Then Cut down and Southern Slurred into Bar Ditch.
Wiki Say -
A bar or borrow ditch is a roadside channel dug for drainage purposes. Typically, the dirt is "borrowed" from the ditch, and used to crown the road. It is a variation of a bar or borrow pit, in construction, when dirt is removed and used for construction purposes, and later left to fill with water, forming ponds or lakes. The term is most often used in the Southwestern United States.
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That's a great little carry gun. You might try the Buffalo ammo for more self defense oomph. But of course if you hand load you can duplicate them.
Many J frame .32s have been reamed for .32 H&R Mag to give the punch of standard .38 Spl but with 6 shots. Easiest do it yourself conversion there is, just rent a reamer. Will still shoot .32 Long accurately. Models of 1953/Mod 30s no dash can be as well using handloads and watching overall length bullet seating.
Although many would prefer to know/use S&W terms when discussing S&Ws, we have no "correct term" police here. So you can use any term you like that is understood. As a courtesy some members will identify the correct S&W term for those who'd like to know.
Many J frame .32s have been reamed for .32 H&R Mag to give the punch of standard .38 Spl but with 6 shots. Easiest do it yourself conversion there is, just rent a reamer. Will still shoot .32 Long accurately. Models of 1953/Mod 30s no dash can be as well using handloads and watching overall length bullet seating.
Although many would prefer to know/use S&W terms when discussing S&Ws, we have no "correct term" police here. So you can use any term you like that is understood. As a courtesy some members will identify the correct S&W term for those who'd like to know.
That's where they dig out sand to be used else where. There make great places to shoot. Maybe it's Borrow Pit.
Green Frog
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Here in VA I've heard it called a "borrow pit" since you "borrow" sand or dirt from it to use elsewhere. I've never heard any of these bar or barrow terms in this connection.
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Barrow and borrow are interchangeable for a roadside ditch depending on what part of the US you live. See localization - "Barrow Pit." Western American Term for Ditch - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Never seen so much thread drift. The title of this thread should be changed to Birds, Eggs, and Ditches...
Bar ditch I'm familiar with.
Green Frog
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Is this what you end up in late at night after spending too much time drinking in that bar?
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