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Post by Horsie on Jan 5, 2015 13:12:06 GMT
I can appreciate changed the action, even radically, but giving the weapon all sorts of funny angles, ridges, lines, swoops, and bulges until it looks like a laser gun? No thanks.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 5, 2015 18:06:10 GMT
You appreciate classic firearms and classic styling. Nothing wrong with that, I like em too, but I like just about everything that goes "bang". An' I like laser gun styling. Here's something that Vast can appreciate. I think FMK prints that on all their 9C1 pistols. Now I'll never forget my rights, and who to trust.
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Post by Harkovast on Jan 5, 2015 18:12:40 GMT
I am not sure how well fire arms fit with the whole "friendship is magic" idea! They don't look very friendly!
Wordweaver I will get a shotgun painted in a south african flag with a european union flag pennant hanging from it. My opponents confusion about what exact message I am trying to give will give me the advantage!
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Post by Horsie on Jan 5, 2015 18:33:50 GMT
Beretta designed the U22 because they hate me personally. Did I tell you about the time I nearly bought a Beretta-made M1 Garand? No, kinda cute in a weird way though. Of course, I do think my own guns look friendly, just because they're mine. Here's an Applejack shotgun;
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 6, 2015 10:23:06 GMT
If you're gonna bronie up a gun that's a pretty tasteful way to do it. You haven't damaged the value of the firearm so when all that "friendship is magic" shit fades away you can just take it off. Eventually I plan on buying a U22. It's on my list of guns to get. Plus I need something to replace my Walther that I'm retiring. It's just too finicky to enjoy anymore. Although I am kicking around the idea of getting a Phoenix HP22A. They're super cheap, like HiPoint level of cheap. But unlike HiPoint they look nice. They got PPK styling. Anyone that I come across that own one says they're good little pistols. And for a little over 200 bucks you can get one in a range kit that comes with a 3 inch and 5 inch barrel with a cleaning kit. The safety on it is really friggin weird though.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 6, 2015 10:25:26 GMT
Now that I'm thinking about it, Renard. Didn't you get a .22 revolver for Christmas?
Did you take it to the range yet?
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 6, 2015 10:31:15 GMT
Did I tell you about the time I nearly bought a Beretta-made M1 Garand? Nope
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Post by Horsie on Jan 6, 2015 13:58:19 GMT
That's a cute little pistol, but it wouldn't be legal here though (5" barrel would be fine).
I had to send the rovolver back to the supplier because the bluing came off on part of the barrel, so they're having it reblued. I sent it off before the Christmas rush, so I haven't got it back yet. I did take it out when I originally got it though, to see how it worked.
The thing is pretty heavy-duty, the trigger is light and crisp, and it generally shoots and groups pretty well. I was pleased with it.
I found a guy on the other side of the country selling a 1954 M1 Garand made by Beretta for the Belgian army, he was asking about 1K US. It looked to be in great shape, only one or two parts weren't original (and they were replaced with Springfield parts), I asked for and received a photo of the bore, and the rifling looked pretty nice. I asked for some info so we could arrange payment, and that was it, I didn't hear from him again. I even sent a message saying that even if he'd sold it to someone else or changed his mind I didn't care, I just wanted to know if it was or was not for sale.
That pissed me off. Even worse was that a few days before I'd found a 1955 Beretta in similar condition for a similar price about 3 hours from where I live, I'd have driven down the day I found it, but when I called the guy he said he'd sold it just the day before and had forgotten to take the ad down. He'd had the ad up for 2 months before that.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 6, 2015 18:43:01 GMT
My "new" 100 buck gun. It's an Iver Johnson Target Sealed 8 (no clue why they called it "sealed") made in the late 40s early 50s. A double action 8 shot .22 lr. It doesn't really have much collector value, but for 99 bucks I wasn't going to leave it in the store. The outside is in rough shape. Apparently a guy found it in his grandfather's dresser some time after the fellow passed. It was a bit rusty when he found it so he took some steel wool to it (OH SHIT!), and it looks like crap. However, there is no sign of pitting inside the chambers or the barrel, and even the rifling still looks good. It cycles properly and the guy at the store said they shot it the other day to make sure it worked. I'm pretty sure it should work fine. It has a very interesting design that I find appealing. The cylinder doesn't swing out, you have to feed it like an old cowboy gun. Getting the shells out might be a little bit of a pain without any type of extractor, but for a Woolworth/Sears beater gun what do you expect? I'm contemplating on whether I should attempt to reblue it or just paint it to protect the bare steel. Attachments:
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Post by Horsie on Jan 6, 2015 18:46:37 GMT
That's pretty neat, too bad about the finish.
I'm surprised it doesn't have an extractor though.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 6, 2015 19:05:45 GMT
You can pull that front pin out and the cylinder comes out. I guess they figured you could just take it off and shake em out. Or try to shake em out one by one through the feed hole. I'll probably have to use a cleaning rod to poke em out.
That's not a big deal. It'll keep me from shooting too much ammo.
One interesting thing is the trigger doesn't actually drop the hammer. There's a button behind the trigger and when that gets pushed the hammer falls. You can kinda see the button in the pictures.
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Post by Horsie on Jan 6, 2015 19:12:31 GMT
I wondered what that was about.
I've seen that somewhere else, on a really old pistol I think.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 6, 2015 19:18:48 GMT
One thing I'm really not too keen on is that it has a single action style rear sight. If the hammer is in the closed position the sight is covered up. So using it in double action means you don't get to see the sight until you start pulling the trigger.
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Post by Horsie on Jan 6, 2015 19:21:34 GMT
Like a notch in the frame? Can't say I'm too keen on that either, but I don't usually use anything in single-action to begin with, least of all revolvers.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 6, 2015 19:31:24 GMT
I could shave off the top of the hammer so I can see the sight. I mean, I already know it's not worth much anyway (probably a little less than I paid for it) so it's not like I'd be damaging a relic. And I don't think knocking a few mm of material off the hammer will affect its function much.
Part of the reason I wanted a double action .22 was to practice the long hard trigger pull with ammo cheaper than .357 and .38. If I can't see the sights I won't know if I'm missing because I need more practice or if I'm missing because I can't see the sights.
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