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[thunderhead]

I reload everything from 30 06 ,9mm 44mag,300 savage.12 ga. etc. I do lots of hunting and fishing. Pistols are another way to relax. The spitfire is a Dynaflight kit that I modified for more realism. 81" wingspan, Robart retracts, on board glow with a 108 two stroker. As you can see I have the run of my basement. Everyone looks to have a great place to go and escape the day to day.:cheers

[thunderhead]

Oh yeah. the hand carts are for moving my empties around:lol:

[Ian 777]

Giggle smirk:YeaBaby:

[mnwizard]

I reload everything from 30 06 ,9mm 44mag,300 savage.12 ga. etc. I do lots of hunting and fishing. Pistols are another way to relax. The spitfire is a Dynaflight kit that I modified for more realism. 81" wingspan, Robart retracts, on board glow with a 108 two stroker. As you can see I have the run of my basement. Everyone looks to have a great place to go and escape the day to day.:cheers

I shoot my handguns as often as I can put up some reloads.

My favorites are my old 1911 Government model and my old SW model 29.

Old Ithica riot gun full of birdshot is the "house gun".

Friend of mine is trying to convince me I should go handgun bear hunting with him in Alaska.

I don't know. Bears are REALLY big and nasty.

[DierWolf]

Expecially if you dont kill em on the first shot LOL.

[mnwizard]

Expecially if you dont kill em on the first shot LOL.

Yea, that's the part I'm worried about. :shock:

[another_finn]

My favorites are my old 1911 Government model and my old SW model 29.
Timeless classics :thumbup:

I'm an incurable 1911 guy, and I spent five years looking for a 29 old enough to be made right. The only thing that comes close to that trigger mechanism is my '69 Blackhawk Convertible.

[Jonnyheli]

As it happens. Shooting guns is another one of my fave hobbies. I have a good aim with a pistol. Obviously I don't own a realy one lol. But if it was legal over here then I would definatly have one. Theres something about holding a gun which feels good agreed?:D

I have used air pistols and air rifles etc. I have also shot a real rifle in a kind of festival thingy. Unfortunatly I am short sighted so I need to wear my glasses to sight the target.

I don't think I would go bear hunting with a pistol lol. Well, actually if I knew that the gun was strong enough to definatly kill the bear if I hit it in the head then I would. But I like bears so actually I wouldn't go bear hunting.

-Jonny:D

[mnwizard]

Timeless classics :thumbup:

I'm an incurable 1911 guy, and I spent five years looking for a 29 old enough to be made right. The only thing that comes close to that trigger mechanism is my '69 Blackhawk Convertible.

I've got a sloppy old 1911 that I bought in about '72. It was actually a surplus military pistol from back when you could actually buy surplus weapons. It rattles when you shake it and I suppose I could buy a new slide and frame, but it's like an old friend that I can absolutely, positively count on if need be. I did polish the feed ramp and relieve the top of the chamber a touch so it feeds reliably no matter what I'm shooting. I carried the beast on duty for quite awhile long before autos became all the rage. The other guys called it the 'brick gun". The bullets were big, slow, and like a brick, ya didn't wanna get hit by one.

The 29 is also nearly an antique. I bought it in the late '60s before the Dirty Harry rage. It's the old style machined parts and I've honed everything so the double action is smooth as silk. When Dirty Harry came out I bought a Jackass shoulder rig the same as Harry used in the movie and I carried it off-duty for awhile. I'm a big guy and could conceal it under a jacket, but there was just no way to get comfortable with it.

Awww, I guess I'm ambling again.

Oh, and Jonny - I find it kind of ironic that we have a constitutional right to own weapons, including handguns, because our founding fathers had just fought off an occupying army. British army. It would be funny except for the fact that you can't enjoy owning one.

BTW, I don't like bears. they're a pain in the ass, tearing up cabins, rooting thru gardens and stealing deer carcasses off the racks.

I don't know anyone who has run into one in the wild that would mind shooting one.

I love the idea that they exist, and that they live wild and free, I just don't want one in my garden or tearing throught the wall of my cabin.

I also don't like the way they're hunted here. Hunters put bait out and shoot the bears when they come to the bait. Not exactly sporting. Hunting a Grizzly in Alaska with a handgun, now THAT would be sporting.

Aww jezzzz I'm rambling again...

[thunderhead]

Sounds like we all have a lot in common. I have killed bear on the ground and from a tree stand with my bow but it is illegal to hunt here in Canada with a handgun. My daughter shot a nice three hundred pound black bear last spring with the 300 savage. 75 yds rightin the old noodle. I'm a proud dad. She loaded the rounds her self. What are you loading that old 29 with. My next pistol will be a 1911, you gotta love em. No baiting allowed in B.C. its all fair chase. I'm just getting all my stuff together for the up coming season, bow opener is Sept. 1st. I've already got my eyes on a couple of critters . Check these pics out. Thats my back street.Its hard to tell but thats two different bears. A sow with a two year old cub.Yes thats an elementary school in the back ground. Cool and scary at the same time.

[thunderhead]

Hey Finn as it happens my .44 is a New Model Blackhawk. Love this pistol.:thumbup:

[another_finn]

Hey Finn as it happens my .44 is a New Model Blackhawk. Love this pistol.:thumbup:
If you like the New Model, you should try one from the days of the 3-screw XR3 frames, when they still dared make a decent trigger straight from the factory. I suppose Ruger revolvers would have to count as my second favorite right after the 1911s... I have five, ranging from the .22 Bearcat to a custom Ultimate Black Widow in .500 Linebaugh :YeaBaby:

It rattles when you shake it and I suppose I could buy a new slide and frame, but it's like an old friend that I can absolutely, positively count on if need be.
That's what I love about the 1911 - the only design I can absolutely count on to go bang every time I squeeze the trigger. Don't ruin a genuine vintage piece... If the noise starts to bother you too much, you can always give the slide rails a few gentle taps from above to make the slide a better fit.

Unfortunatly I am short sighted so I need to wear my glasses to sight the target.
Don't let that hold you back, while you can at least still get airguns... I wear -4.0 on both eyes and it never stopped me from hitting anything at up to 300 m using iron sights.

[mnwizard]

Sounds like we all have a lot in common. I have killed bear on the ground and from a tree stand with my bow but it is illegal to hunt here in Canada with a handgun. My daughter shot a nice three hundred pound black bear last spring with the 300 savage. 75 yds rightin the old noodle. I'm a proud dad. She loaded the rounds her self. What are you loading that old 29 with. My next pistol will be a 1911, you gotta love em. No baiting allowed in B.C. its all fair chase. I'm just getting all my stuff together for the up coming season, bow opener is Sept. 1st. I've already got my eyes on a couple of critters . Check these pics out. Thats my back street.Its hard to tell but thats two different bears. A sow with a two year old cub.Yes thats an elementary school in the back ground. Cool and scary at the same time.

Bow hunting bears, I love it! Careful though, as you know, the black bears will climb!

Great work with your daughter. Not an easy shot! I've taught all my sons since they were old enough to hold a .22. Only one of them hunts now though. Funny that he's the one that's a cop now.

I live in the St Paul area in Mn. Last fall the DNR darted a black male in a back yard a couple blocks from my house!

What I really worry about though are the increasing sightings of big cats around here.

Here's a link to a news story about the coppers having to shoot one in Bloomington which a suburban city bordering Minneapolis. Bloomington is where the Mall of America is. http://www.easterncougarnet.org/umw-desc/Cougar%20posed%20threat%20to%20public,%20Bloomingt on%20police%20say.htm


Nice pics, you know what I'm saying about 'em being troublesome.

I run pretty light loads thru the 29 for practice. 180 grain semi-wad cutters and 5 grains of Titegroup gives me about 950 fps. I mostly shoot at 8-12 yards so that's plenty fast enough and easier on my old SW.

For serious work I use factory loads. I'm partial to Federal, they seem to be very consistant from batch to batch.

One thing to be careful of loading the .44s, you have to size the full case as the brass can bulge full length in the cylinder.

Lets us know how the bow hunting goes!

[mnwizard]

That's what I love about the 1911 - the only design I can absolutely count on to go bang every time I squeeze the trigger. Don't ruin a genuine vintage piece... If the noise starts to bother you too much, you can always give the slide rails a few gentle taps from above to make the slide a better fit...

Naw, I'd never change it. It's fun to pull it out of the case at the range and rattle it in front of some of the newer coppers who have only known Glocs. :)

It's also fun to set a .45 round on the bench next to a nine and watch their eyes get wide. ;)

I've got a Gold Cup for when the guys at the range get serious about tight groups.

I love the Ruger stuff. I was really unhappy when they had to start stamping that rediculous warning on the barrel.

The Blackhawk is far better than the 29 if you're gonna be shooting a lot of heavy loads.

It's nice to post on a site where the anti-guns don't jump on my case immediately. :thumbup:

[tom dubya]

I've got a sloppy old 1911 that I bought in about '72. It was actually a surplus military pistol from back when you could actually buy surplus weapons. It rattles when you shake it and I suppose I could buy a new slide and frame, but it's like an old friend that I can absolutely, positively count on if need be. I did polish the feed ramp and relieve the top of the chamber a touch so it feeds reliably no matter what I'm shooting. I carried the beast on duty for quite awhile long before autos became all the rage. The other guys called it the 'brick gun". The bullets were big, slow, and like a brick, ya didn't wanna get hit by one.

The 29 is also nearly an antique. I bought it in the late '60s before the Dirty Harry rage. It's the old style machined parts and I've honed everything so the double action is smooth as silk. When Dirty Harry came out I bought a Jackass shoulder rig the same as Harry used in the movie and I carried it off-duty for awhile. I'm a big guy and could conceal it under a jacket, but there was just no way to get comfortable with it.

Awww, I guess I'm ambling again.

Oh, and Jonny - I find it kind of ironic that we have a constitutional right to own weapons, including handguns, because our founding fathers had just fought off an occupying army. British army. It would be funny except for the fact that you can't enjoy owning one.

BTW, I don't like bears. they're a pain in the ass, tearing up cabins, rooting thru gardens and stealing deer carcasses off the racks.

I don't know anyone who has run into one in the wild that would mind shooting one.

I love the idea that they exist, and that they live wild and free, I just don't want one in my garden or tearing throught the wall of my cabin.

I also don't like the way they're hunted here. Hunters put bait out and shoot the bears when they come to the bait. Not exactly sporting. Hunting a Grizzly in Alaska with a handgun, now THAT would be sporting.

Aww jezzzz I'm rambling again...
Not rambling at all jack,lots of interesting truths there if you ask me. I can't imagine not being able to own and shoot my fire arms. My dad and i used to do a lot of hunting and fishing when i was younger but after he died a number of years ago it was pretty hard to get back into that stuff. Now that i have a three year old i'm getting back into fishing again because i want him to enjoy the outdoors the same way that i did when i was young. Lots of good memories from the fishing trips we used to take up there in northern minnesota and canada. Beautiful country up there, i'm thinkin about making a trip up there next year if he's old enough.

Ok now im the one who's a rambalin, i'll shut up.:lol:

[mnwizard]

Nothin' better than sitting in a boat with a kid. Or with Dad...

[thunderhead]

Stop Finn I'm drooling on my key board. Mn. I shoot a similar load for plinking. 7.5 grn 700X with a 240grn.Cast lead semi wadcutter. Nice and easy on the hands.By the way keep on ramblin on.Good stuff. My 4 year old son recently caught his first rainbow trout, talk about excited. We cooked it up for shore lunch.Good times!!
Look closely at the pic of my reloading bench . Thats a locally caught cutthroat trout in the pic on the wall. I figure it at around 8 to 10 lbs. Catch and release not catch and fillet.LOL.
I agree 100% about warnings on barrels, I figure you know its dangerous you don't need an ugly stamp on the barrel as a constant reminder.
Hey Johnny what kind of air pistols do you shoot. I'm originally from County Durham in the north east of England. When I was a lad I shot a Webley Tempest in .177. I still own one to this day. It keeps me sharp by shooting in my basement. I think if you got up close and personal with one of these black fuzzy bundles of trouble you might change your tune a little.Really there is lots no matter what the ass...... I mean anti's say, :)

[tom dubya]

Oooo i forgot about the shore lunches,nothin better than fresh cooked walleye and tators.

[mnwizard]

You guys are making me hungry! Maybe I'll give the boy a call and see if he wants ro head north on his days off! :thumbup:

Gotta take lots of bug spray this time of year though!

You guys shooting air pistols reminded me of when my grandfather and uncles were teaching me to shoot.

Grampa was one of the most prolific poachers of all time. I don't think he ever had a license. 'Course he feed his family "off the land" during the depression and then during the lean years of the wars. He taught my uncles. They both ended up as Marines in Korea and got back just in time to start teaching me.

They started me out with an ancient Daisy pump BB rifle. No sights on it. They would leave a pile of fish guts on the cleaning bench and the idea was to shoot the flies around the guts.

Really, it can be learned and I eventually got pretty good at it.

I didn't realize how extraordinary it was at the time, but they all hunted deer with a single shot .22. No scope, open sights. Under 50 yards, 1 shot to the eye. Over fifty yds, 1 shot to the heart. (Aim point on a quartering shot was just past the rear edge of the shoulder blade at about 1 o'clock. There were times we ended up tracking one for a while, but I don't remember ever loosing one. One of my proudest moments was when Grampa gave me a real hunting knife. Then I was allowed to start taking game as I was able to clean 'em.

Far different times....

[Jonnyheli]

Don't let that hold you back, while you can at least still get airguns... I wear -4.0 on both eyes and it never stopped me from hitting anything at up to 300 m using iron sights.

Well to tell the truth, we do have airguns but for some reason my dad doesn't like me telling people. Some of the rifles are very powerful. I think his most powerful is a scoprion or a BSA. I could be wrong. I don't know much about guns. Just love fireing them.:D

He gave me his air pistol because he knew I liked them. We never use any of them really. Only once in a blue moon we have a go.

-Jonny

[tom dubya]

Jack, you hunted deer with .22 rifles. That's incredible!

[mnwizard]

Jack, you hunted deer with .22 rifles. That's incredible!

Yea, I didn't know any different at the time.

Grampa did it that way because in the bad times you couldn't afford a centerfire.

I think that during the years they were teaching me it was more that they didn't want anyone to hear the shot. I clearly remember taking deer in all seasons. I remember asking why we didn't take the deer back to the house to butcher it. He told me he didn't like cleaning up the barn floor. 'Course I know now that he didn't want anyone to see him with a deer in July!

When I got old enough to hunt by myself and got a license I had to get a centerfire as rimfires were illegal for deer by then.

It really wasn't anything extraordinary at the time. There were an awfull lot of poorer people doing it then. Especially since you could take a squirrel or a rabbit home for dinner if you didn't get a deer.

[tom dubya]

Not to imply that your that old, but they had those kinda regulations back then. Sorry that just sounds horrible, i used to tease wibble that way, can't help myself.

Wibble come out and play i'm getting bored!

[DierWolf]

BUMP!!!!

:) WIZ DOING SOME PHOTOSHOP WEATHING FOR HOW I WILL WEATHER THE FUSE ONCE ITS GLASSED :)

so thinks its all worth it :)

http://i35.tinypic.com/hrc5t1.jpg

[another_finn]

That's going to look good... To my eye, a clean warbird just looks like a half-finished model. Some of the best weathering jobs you can't really tell from a real plane unless it's missing a pilot or trailing an antenna :)

I just started reviving the little Art-Tech bird today. I dug a channel in the wing and installed a proper wing spar, cut the nose open and built a balsa/ply sandwich motor mount. Now all I need is a new bottle of WBPU, an idea for a paint scheme and about a week or two to sand, spackle and glass it back to a more presentable condition.

Going to be a little heavy, but this time it'll be built for speed :D