Recent content by ka2rzo

If I had to pick just one: Smith & Wesson Model 544 Texas Commemorative, .44-40, 5" barrel.

Lots of good info here! JeffG, I certainly agree with the two-pronged test of custody and movement requiring Miranda. But what if I'm cuffed and I start getting questioned? The LEO considers me to be "detained", but I'd sure consider myself "under arrest" or at least not free to leave. That...

It's a really nice range. There is a club you can join or just pay $10 and shoot all day. If you don't have a KDWP park permit on your vehicle that's an extra $5.

The one at Hillsdale Lake State Park is my favorite and it has a 200-yard range. Looks like its about an hour's drive from Lvnworth. Welcome to Kansas.

Veral Smith at Lead Bullet Technologies (www.lbtmolds.com/) sells caliber-specific lead Push-Thru Slugs. They make it very easy to detect a barrel constriction and I've found them very useful in determining when to stop firelapping.

Even without moonclip

Chambers and shoots .45 ACP no problem.

It has steps machined in the cylinders about halfway down (see prev pic) and there's about 0.1" between the rear of the cylinder and the recoil shield. The rear of the cylinder has a witness mark that matches up with one on the star, so it hasn't been shaved down. And there's a tiny...

Just thought of something guys. Could it have started out as an Eley when it has an RAC inspection mark?

JRH6586: No FB mark, but gun was heavily scrubbed in the past. Old Fuff: You're right on the money about the chambering. It's very finicky and won't close on full moonclips, so I have to use halfmoon clips. So you think this thing is a rechambered Eley? I'll buy that. Thanks a bunch, guys!

Plus, it had a lanyard ring but someone cut it off. Did the civilian guns have lanyard rings? Not sure. So between the military inspector's mark and the lanyard ring, I was wondering if maybe this started out as a military pistol.

Rinaldo A. Carr. He was an Army inspector at the Colt factory which made me wonder why his initials would be on a civilian gun.

What's really bugging me is the "A.C." stamp on the right side. If that's a scrubbed version of R.A.C., how did it end up on a 1911 NS? Is this some earlier model of Colt DA revolver and not a New Service?

Not sure what it is Hey guys, I've acquired a seriously modified Colt and am hoping someone can help me find out what this puppy started out as. Past refinishing removed almost all markings (rampant colt, model, patents, butt, etc.) except for "A.C." on right side just above grip (R.A.C...