Recent content by Quantrill

Both have had spotty Q.C. I steer away from both.

Ruger LCP

Gun show at Ft. Tuthill, 13th and 14th.

The old accepted TARGET load was/is 2.7 Bullseye under a 148gr wadcutter.

Get the real thing. A Colt is not really all that much more money, and look at the investment possibilities.

CajunBass +1

Old Colts and old Smiths

Officer Model Match. Same frame as a Python. Probably the most accurate revolver ever made. Used by most of the Camp Perry shooters back in the day.

RWS Target for league and matches, CCI STD for practice

The gun I shoot best (get the highest scores with)is a High standard Supermatic Citation. Not a "carry gun". I carry a S&W "j" frame .38spec. which I qualify with yearly and feel confident with. I have carried for over 30 years now.

The "Keith" SWC bullet varies (in the Lyman manuals), any where from 168 to 173 gr. In his book, "Sixguns", Keith refers to that bullet as 173gr. He also refers to the same bullet in a hollow point configuration as the "Keith Lyman" bullet. He lists the 160gr. bullet as being .001 over groove...

Star Buckhunter, I would still check with "Fitz" for parts. See my previous post. Quantrill

I got mine and voted it. Quantrill

As a kid in the 1950s, we carved X's on .22LR rounds to make them more deadly. I never saw any difference, at least on squirrels. Later on in life, I made up a fixture that one could put in .38sp with Lyman #358429 Keith bullets loaded and drill hollow points into. It was much less labor...

I have gone to the Police Firearms Instructor School at Camp Perry (3X) many years ago. I have also gone and taken my daughters and some of the neighborhood kids to both the rifle and pistol Small Arms Firing Schools for many years. My youngest daughter (then 16, now 36) went as a volunteer for...