The Czickness LII.2…..the sunshine and roses version.

[mcapo]

I'm at a point in life where I should be selling. Anyone need a couple of AR15's?

We should talk.

 

[mcapo]

That's a real beauty, Bandit !

Thanks!

Someone around here might recognize that SP-01 as its previous owner...

 

[MindfulMan]

Out shooting the Marlin 1893 I repaired with some new made 32-40 cast bullet ammo. The Marlin had a bad firing pin and a broken hammer spring, replaced the firing pin with one from a 336 and found a hammer spring on Ebay. Hammer spring was a little weak causing an occasional light strike and I was considering a heat, bend, and temper job on it, but a fellow on the Marlin forum suggested an easy fix of just placing a small shim under it. This worked very well, learn something new every day.

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Love that style of buttplate, LE !

 

[mcapo]

Love that style of buttplate, LE !

Nothing like a proper curve, right, MM?

 

[MindfulMan]

Nothing like a proper curve, right, MM?

 

[mcapo]

 

[MindfulMan]

I knew what you were thinking, Bandit.
Denise had the best curves of the two .... OH MY !!!

 

[Leadeye]

Love that style of buttplate, LE !

You could get 3 different styles on the 1893, that one is called the crescent, there was a flat one and one called the "S". I've always been impressed with the variety of features you could get on guns back around the turn of the century, even on something as simple as a butt plate.

 

[MindfulMan]

You could get 3 different styles on the 1893, that one is called the crescent, there was a flat one and one called the "S". I've always been impressed with the variety of features you could get on guns back around the turn of the century, even on something as simple as a butt plate.

Wow ... that is amazing. ! Choice, and craftsmanship.

 

[Leadeye]

Sometimes its the simplest of solutions.....

Blackie Collins has a simple invisible idea to tighten up old Colt cap and ball revolvers that get loose over time that involves lock washers. I've got some with a little barrel wobble that I'm going to try his method on. Beats finding and fitting a new wedge. I've already made use of one of his suggestions on a loose arbor using JB weld.

 

[ChrisK]

Will CHIRP work on Parallels?
I'm asking this assuming you're an all Mac guy, except for this need...

CHIRP will run on a MAC but it doesn’t cover all the radios I have. So many new radios are out and CHIRP can’t keep up.

 

[drillsgt]

You could get 3 different styles on the 1893, that one is called the crescent, there was a flat one and one called the "S". I've always been impressed with the variety of features you could get on guns back around the turn of the century, even on something as simple as a butt plate.

Gun companies back then were pretty amenable to options and customer requests.

 

[88E30M50]

Thanks!

Someone around here might recognize that SP-01 as its previous owner...

Those grips sure look familiar but the rest of the gun is way better than anything I've sold over the years.

 

[mcapo]

Those grips sure look familiar but the rest of the gun is way better than anything I've sold over the years.

You can probably tell he has taken a liking to it!

 

[88E30M50]

I did a bit of shooting at lunch today, but no ammo was involved. Instead, I took some pics of my PCR. I developed and then scanned them after work and while I love the gun, the pic does not do it justice. I shot this using a very beat up Canon FTb that I repaired. This was an $8 parts camera that had a major impact sometime in it's life. I paired it with an equally worn macro lens and this is going to be what I use to shoot stuff that needs shot with a macro lens going forward. It does not show in the picture, but that camera needed bodywork by the rewind crank. It took a bit of metal forming with a hammer to get it back into some semblance of what it was.

 

[88E30M50]

You can probably tell he has taken a liking to it!

That makes me happy

 

[DadSmith]

My mother sent me a picture of her just delivered bottle of vitamin c.
Ot had 5 needle holes in the top of it.
She ask if she should take it I said no.
The other bottle does not have those holes.
She is contacting the company now.

 

[88E30M50]

My mother sent me a picture of her just delivered bottle of vitamin c.
Ot had 5 needle holes in the top of it.
She ask if she should take it I said no.
The other bottle does not have those holes.
She is contacting the company now.
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Good for her in paying attention to that. Way too many people would just open it without a second thought.

 

[DadSmith]

Good for her in paying attention to that. Way too many people would just open it without a second thought.

Okay I got it wrong. That picture she sent is the seal. So someone took the lid off, and punched 5 needle holes in the seal.

 

[llh1956]

It was a fun range trip today with B2v, Reece pieces WT and others from our Monday group. I did not care for the FN Reflex, but it would be interesting to shoot one with a red dot. I will shoot the S 2 compact again after adjusting the rear sight. From the factory the rear sight base was about .015 left of center. It was shooting left and low for me. Centered the base and bumped up the adjustment 4 clicks. I agree with B2V that the PCR is a better carry gun.