tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6458189200561855504..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Playing favorites.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47241470077225803922009-03-29T21:40:00.000-04:002009-03-29T21:40:00.000-04:00I recently bought a Colt .22 Automatic made a few ...I recently bought a Colt .22 Automatic made a few years before they were named "The Woodsman." I'd been looking for a K-22, but this appeared unexpectedly and caught my interest. I'd heard that they were good, and a pleasant fellow shooter was offering it at a fair price. It seemed OK when it arrived, but there wasn't the instant A-Ha! that my hands felt when I first started fondling 1911s. Well, I knew that its value probably wouldn't go down in the future, anyway. "Hey," I thought..."at least it was designed by JMB (PBUH)."<BR/><BR/>Then I took it out and shot it. <BR/><BR/>Oh. MyGawd...I like this pistol. I shoot better with this pistol. I can learn a <I>lot</I> with this pistol. <BR/><BR/>Maybe valid "first impressions" only start when you pull the trigger. :)<BR/><BR/>Oh, and my favorite rifle? PING!Brian Dalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41675709070759432062009-03-28T21:34:00.000-04:002009-03-28T21:34:00.000-04:00my 617 and my 1911 are my most fired at the range ...my 617 and my 1911 are my most fired at the range but my bisley is my fav in 45 colt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19909320083185708722009-03-28T16:27:00.000-04:002009-03-28T16:27:00.000-04:00CZ75B in .40Even when I go to the range only inten...CZ75B in .40<BR/>Even when I go to the range only intending to shoot rifle or shotgun, this one is in the bag, just in case.Starik Igolkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17661344734844214512009-03-28T15:17:00.000-04:002009-03-28T15:17:00.000-04:00Most enjoyable range handgun - I'd have to say my ...Most enjoyable range handgun - I'd have to say my Marvel Precision .22LR 1911 conversion. Take a 1911 frame, shoot .22s off of it, and just for (no) kicks, it's got a compensator.<BR/><BR/>Recoil?<BR/><BR/>I'm still not sure I've ever actually shot the thing. It's like dry firing except for the little holes in the target.<BR/><BR/>That, and then take along something that shoots black powder. You have to have some noise, recoil, and smoke to have a real range trip. Nothing makes a more satisfying deep resonant boom, nor such a nice cloud of smoke, as black powder.alathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07774862634576632497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74404510447017562952009-03-28T09:13:00.000-04:002009-03-28T09:13:00.000-04:00I bring and shoot my High Standard Supermatic ever...I bring and shoot my High Standard Supermatic every tie I go to the range.<BR/>Although I have a 1911 that I carry and try to shoot every time, the HS is by far my fav.dittonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88663964892954524132009-03-28T02:51:00.000-04:002009-03-28T02:51:00.000-04:00Yup. A 6 inch barrel S&W K-22 mfg 1952. Picked...Yup. A 6 inch barrel S&W K-22 mfg 1952. Picked it up at a local show Saturday after New Years. In wonderful shape got it for just under $500. Quickly became my 2nd favorite, right behind the 3 inch S&W 36-1 (late 70's early 80's) & just ahead of snub S&W 36 from 1967, original box & papers and NO turn marks on the cylinder.<BR/><BR/>Daughter #2 is trying to lay claim to the 36-1.midnight riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18438029111428393889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44231965725834686972009-03-27T22:23:00.000-04:002009-03-27T22:23:00.000-04:00The K-22 is the favorite for me. Have a 6" K-22 th...The K-22 is the favorite for me. Have a 6" K-22 thats been in the family since the 70's. I have well over 200k rounds thru it. Still shoots amazingly well. Had a 4" 22 Combat Masterpiece, but the chambers were tight, and it only took a brick or so to make it hard to seat new rounds, and sticky ejecting fired ones. Either would shoot groups of just about an inch @ 25 yards. The old 6" gun seemed to go on forever without needing cleaning, so I traded off the 4". <BR/><BR/> Got to where I could hit running squirrels and rabbits, and things thrown in the air with that 6" gun. All those saturdays shooting a brick or more at a time paid off in time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79294509601218018952009-03-27T20:25:00.000-04:002009-03-27T20:25:00.000-04:00S&W Model 15-3. By far.S&W Model 15-3. By far.mIshohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740397221323450062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66548037366977706572009-03-27T19:55:00.000-04:002009-03-27T19:55:00.000-04:003" 629, of course I do load it to .44 special leve...3" 629, of course I do load it to .44 special levels. At .44 mag level it's more pain than I enjoy after about 12 rounds. <BR/>The one that goes to the range most often is a 22/45 I bought new shortly after they were released.Zdogk9https://www.blogger.com/profile/10377048350840426630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62586261773164772792009-03-27T19:51:00.000-04:002009-03-27T19:51:00.000-04:00My favorite range gun... it has to be my Ruger Mar...My favorite range gun... it has to be my Ruger Mark I with 6 7/8" Target barrel. It's the first gun I ever owned, I made some custom wood grips for it with finger reliefs just for my hands sometime in the early 80's. I've carried it on a thousand hunting trips, and who knows how many rounds I shot through it over the years. I've owned a lot of pistols since, but it's still my favorite plinkin' gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80620348716436401402009-03-27T19:29:00.000-04:002009-03-27T19:29:00.000-04:00What, is this Sophie's choice?Fosbery, no question...What, is this Sophie's choice?<BR/><BR/>Fosbery, no question. When I still had it, it went every time. Even for just a cylinder full.<BR/><BR/>And I'm laughing at "fatler".<BR/><BR/>My word is proodlae, which I think is a typo of the Latin for more than one small, fu22y dog.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21805902208536145522009-03-27T17:23:00.000-04:002009-03-27T17:23:00.000-04:00Rossi 971 2.75" (Compensated) Stainless.That was m...Rossi 971 2.75" (Compensated) Stainless.<BR/><BR/>That was money very well spent when I got it.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18983573517928637602009-03-27T16:06:00.000-04:002009-03-27T16:06:00.000-04:00My favorite range gun is a Colt semiauto .22 (now ...My favorite range gun is a Colt semiauto .22 (now a Beretta, same tooling). It's specifically a range gun because it has the magazine release in a place that makes holster carry impossible with a magazine in. Specific qualifiers here.<BR/><BR/> I wasn't on the design team, I was on the engineering team, meaning I had no input anent design. I just had to get the design I was handed into production.<BR/><BR/> There were several things, admittedly minor, that I wanted to change. I was told to find a beach and pound sand, and, while you're here Ed, I wanted to let you know the first sales date has been moved up, and you only have two weeks to get the molds finished. <BR/><BR/> So, it's not a carry gun, but it is really accurate, hangs well, and has a suprisingly decent trigger.<BR/><BR/> Also, the draft (relief) angle cast into the magazine well to get it out of the mold is from the top, meaning the hole is smaller at the bottom, making it the only plastic reciever'ed handgun out there that doesn't let the magazine pendulum around the mag well, suspended from the latch. The inner reciever is stainless steel, and aligns the top of the mag with the feed ramp, so the entire thing is tight and smooth as glass.<BR/><BR/> A really professional little pistol. I never could understand why Colt's gave it to the Italians after all that development work. Anyway, it shoots like a dream, and has had many thousands of rounds through it in the last 17 years. It has taught at least a dozen non-shooters how to squeeze a trigger, and was still doing that last weekend.<BR/><BR/><BR/> Also, I have one of the first 50 serial numbers, so it has a bit more cache at the cleaning bench.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80455957579243597482009-03-27T16:03:00.000-04:002009-03-27T16:03:00.000-04:00Most of the time if not all of the time I bring ou...Most of the time if not all of the time I bring out my 1939 Outdoorsman and some 38 specials. Usually I will bring out my DW 722 or my K22 Masterpiece from 56 if I remember correctly. <BR/><BR/>Those old S&W's are just fun to shoot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71878706100590298592009-03-27T12:47:00.000-04:002009-03-27T12:47:00.000-04:00Of course my answer is going to be complicated.My ...Of course my answer is going to be complicated.<BR/><BR/>My favorite gun to shoot at the range is my S&W 25-5, hands down. Tam, you know all about the feel of short-barrel 45 cal N-frames, so no further justification is needed, I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>But I don't shoot it much because I don't want to beat on it. (I'm clumsy, and all my guns end up with scratches and nicks.)<BR/><BR/>The gun I most often take to the range is my 4506. This is odd, because I <I>hate</I> the trigger. Yet I feel compelled to conquer it, and so I keep loading 45 ACP and hauling the gun to the range. I guess I'm into pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13173443034528554532009-03-27T12:40:00.000-04:002009-03-27T12:40:00.000-04:00Used to be my S&W model 10-6. The thousands of...Used to be my S&W model 10-6. The thousands of rounds fired through it is what got me into handloading in the first place.<BR/><BR/>I started reloading for the .45acp a few months back and now my plain jane mil-spec 1911 clone has been edging it out.<BR/><BR/>When it comes to rifles, one of the .22 single shots, usually the Remington 510 or the Romainian UMC 1955, always comes along with the others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15416168694424590082009-03-27T12:13:00.001-04:002009-03-27T12:13:00.001-04:00I never go to the range without my Desert Eagle .5...I never go to the range without my Desert Eagle .50AE. I know most folks think it's a big, heavy piece of shit but I'm a big guy and have learned through repeated practice to handle it well.<BR/><BR/>At 50 yards I can put every round inside the 9 ring. At 100 yards I can put every round on the black.<BR/><BR/>This is with a 10" barrel of course and off a bench rest.<BR/><BR/>Even with my big hands and being used to the gun, I usually get tired of shooting it somewhere between 50 and 100 rounds.<BR/><BR/>Joe<BR/><BR/>P.S. - I've always got a Ruger Single Six in .32 H&R Magnum and a couple hundred rounds with me just to relax after shooting the big boomer.Assrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093506505019819353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25867316833175492562009-03-27T12:13:00.000-04:002009-03-27T12:13:00.000-04:00I have a 4" K-22 that I inherited from my father-i...I have a 4" K-22 that I inherited from my father-in-law and it is a lot of fun to shoot. But my fav is still my pre-B CZ75. It just feels *right* in my hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79697069160322169392009-03-27T11:36:00.000-04:002009-03-27T11:36:00.000-04:00Super Blackhawk with 7.5" barrel. 44 mags or 44 s...Super Blackhawk with 7.5" barrel. 44 mags or 44 specials, they're both fun.<BR/><BR/>Word Verification: ganisma<BR/>Sounds a bit obscene.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56471647970141186012009-03-27T11:33:00.000-04:002009-03-27T11:33:00.000-04:00Colt Official Police in .22. It was my grandfathe...Colt Official Police in .22. It was my grandfather's gun, and the one I learned to shoot a pistol with. Blue is gone from the sides of the barrel, frame is splotchy, but the cylinder locks up tight and the action is smooth. It, multiple boxes of .22, and a sunny day on the farm are just about as good as it gets.Loose Gravelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12665764142290122709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29513963370622855932009-03-27T11:19:00.000-04:002009-03-27T11:19:00.000-04:00colt police positive, 6" in .22lr recoil? whats re...colt police positive, 6" in .22lr<BR/> <BR/>recoil? whats recoil?<BR/><BR/>rms/pa<BR/><BR/>wv:fatler;herman goring in his dreams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12039922013916078372009-03-27T11:17:00.000-04:002009-03-27T11:17:00.000-04:00My Beretta NEOS is a lot of fun to shoot. I can g...My Beretta NEOS is a lot of fun to shoot. I can go through a brick of 22 in no time and its accuracy makes even me look good... well OK at least...<BR/>Word verify - unwably. Yeah, kinda like that.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06315093661424458165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42859875105532778292009-03-27T10:15:00.000-04:002009-03-27T10:15:00.000-04:00Colt Combat Commander, blued, with a Jim Clark (Sr...Colt Combat Commander, blued, with a Jim Clark (Sr.) trigger and action job. Yeah, it's as nice as it sounds.<BR/><BR/>I may not shoot it every trip, but it's always in the bag.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13579043129470256468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60484945843988724602009-03-27T10:12:00.000-04:002009-03-27T10:12:00.000-04:00My favorite pistol to shoot "when we were all...My favorite pistol to shoot "when we were allowered to" was my 455 S&W Triple Lock followed very closly by my K38 and short barrelled Model 19 but my all time favorite was any 1911<BR/>i owned at the time.ajdshootisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17840409483182827616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91983237617719553012009-03-27T10:04:00.000-04:002009-03-27T10:04:00.000-04:00Tam,My G29 is the most uncomfortable handgun I own...Tam,<BR/><BR/>My G29 is the most uncomfortable handgun I own to shoot. My 6" Dan Wesson .357 Magnum feels like a delicate flower when you shoot it because it is such a BFG.<BR/><BR/>The Para is heavy and while brisk in its recoil, John Moses Browning's design makes the grip comfortable especially compared to the Tupperware's short and oddly angled one.<BR/><BR/>My mother owns a cheap-ass Rossi 38 Special with a 127 lb trigger pull and a 1/4" length, snub nosed barrel and I can barely get 3 rounds off before I'm ready to whack at my wrists with a deadblow mallet since that's relaxing in comparison. 38 specials out of my DW actually feel like misfires.<BR/><BR/>So, caliber matters somewhat, but I've also found that you can introduce people to larger calibers by giving them a firearm that will eat them up and absorb some of the recoil.<BR/><BR/>Or, have a heavier gun with a .22 and ask yourself "What recoil?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com