tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5430135863241759391..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Gunsmithery. Sorta.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31206781499797994992008-11-28T16:19:00.000-05:002008-11-28T16:19:00.000-05:00What frame are you looking at, by the by? I have a...What frame are you looking at, by the by? I have a nice longslide that I want to blue dark and put on an Essex stainless frame. Any thoughts on that choice? Or a better alternative in a similar cost zone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85882533125592252982008-11-28T15:03:00.000-05:002008-11-28T15:03:00.000-05:00A few years ago, Industrial Archeologist [sic] Pat...A few years ago, Industrial Archeologist [sic] Pat Malone won the Norton Prize by wheedling access to the vast cosmoline bunkers beneath the real Springfield Armory. Puzzled by the contrarian fact that the number of skilled smiths on the payroll had actually increased after the development of Armory Practise ("mass production" for those in the back), he put some Model of 1809 muskets 'under' an electron microscope. All those matching interchangeable parts were covered with hand file marks.<BR/><BR/>Tony, you live in a great country. You need to have a word with its current government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46141462850009279242008-11-28T14:31:00.000-05:002008-11-28T14:31:00.000-05:00lol....I always thought '*drop in* installation' m...lol....<BR/><BR/>I always thought '*drop in* installation' meant, *your better off having your factory parts altered, as opposed to purchasing our overpriced and not so slicked up aftermarket parts*.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78518207782505701272008-11-28T14:10:00.000-05:002008-11-28T14:10:00.000-05:00Ah, nevermind, I found it.Ah, nevermind, I <A HREF="http://neanderpundit.com/?p=2791" REL="nofollow">found it.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46106080815128913092008-11-28T12:36:00.000-05:002008-11-28T12:36:00.000-05:00The downside to saving the take-off parts is they ...The downside to saving the take-off parts is they tend to grow into complete guns and bloom when your wife is looking at the bank register.<BR/><BR/>BUSTED!<BR/><BR/>Even worse, the new R603 clone you've been carefully nurturing and feeding CLP to is her ideal rifle and she takes it as her own!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82025099363172719412008-11-28T10:56:00.000-05:002008-11-28T10:56:00.000-05:00"I've arranged to get my hands on those two missin...<I>"I've arranged to get my hands on those two missing parts, and soon my Ciener .22 conversion kit will have a permanent home and I'll have a dedicated .22LR training 1911."</I><BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about doing the same for years now. Only problem is, right now my conversion kit is legally a gun part, not a whole gun. If I were to add a dedicated lower (no permit requited in Finland) to it, I'd possibly have an illegal firearm in my hands (depending on how one would like to interpret the less than rational laws we have - the whole concept of a caliber conversion kit is strictly speaking unknown to the law, which makes permit issues weird) unless I applied for a new permit. And since this autumn, hand guns have been de facto banned here, so no way to get said permit even if I wanted to bother with the paper work...<BR/><BR/>I live in such a great country. :/<BR/><BR/><I>"What ammo do you shoot thru your Ceiner topen to make it cycle?"</I><BR/><BR/>Dunno about Tam, but I like shooting CCI Velocitor through mine.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258123828236711055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64402990621427461912008-11-28T10:45:00.000-05:002008-11-28T10:45:00.000-05:00I look through Brownell's and find parts I want to...I look through Brownell's and find parts I want to order, then I think about my crazy Philipino 1911 and wonder how much work it will take! <BR/><BR/>Good luck with the filing and let me know about swapping bits. (It's metal by the way, no polymer on my gun)redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631873754575187093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26853206188712365642008-11-28T09:46:00.000-05:002008-11-28T09:46:00.000-05:00What ammo do you shoot thru your Ceiner topen to m...What ammo do you shoot thru your Ceiner topen to make it cycle? I tried about 10 brands before giving up and throwing it onto the shelf of my "expensive bad ideas" cabinet.<BR/><BR/>KeithPignockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04983750364937363231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80714100497206694172008-11-28T08:20:00.000-05:002008-11-28T08:20:00.000-05:00hey, do you have your conversion tables handy? i'm...hey, do you have your conversion tables handy? i'm trying to remember how many hojillionths in a skosh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44529557353235077902008-11-28T08:04:00.000-05:002008-11-28T08:04:00.000-05:00I always thought "Drop-in" meant: "Drop in to the ...I always thought "Drop-in" meant: "Drop in to the gunsmith and as soon as they finished laughing at you, they'd do it while you wait instead of making you wait 6 months for it."<BR/><BR/>Must be a regional thing.Joe Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610203017162443764noreply@blogger.com