DeaconKC
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Take a look at Hogue's grips for the 342. A little extra length makes it a lot nicer to shoot!
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Yesteryear
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Here is my favorite revolver to shoot, this Cimarron/Uberti 7th Cavalry 1873 SAA clone, loaded with real black powder 45 Colt. It's all the typical fun of target shooting, but with the added thrill of a fireworks show!
DeaconKC
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YY, I shoot Cowboy Action Shooting and use .45 Colt loaded to factory levels. At a shoot two years a go I was on a Posse with three black powder shooters. We made so much noise the Posse next to us were laughing that they could tell when any of us were shooting compared the folks using .38s with target loads!
Yesteryear
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Nice! Cowboy Action Shooting would be a fun activity to get into, however there aren't any groups around where I live that do it. I live pretty far up north, unfortunately most folks around these parts aren't very interested in the cowboy guns.
There are some 2-gun competitions hosted by the local club though, which likes to have a military rifle/sidearm theme from any point in history. Most just shoot modern AR-15 rifles, with the corresponding 9mm sidearm. Every once in a while, you get someone with a WWII theme sporting an M1 Garand and 1911, but that's as far back in history as people go. I would love to show up with an 1873 Springfield trapdoor rifle in 45-70, and my 1873 SAA in 45 Colt. Both with authentic black powder cartridges of course! I probably wouldn't win the competition, but it sure would be fun! I just don't have an 1873 Springfield rifle yet; however it's on my short list.
DeaconKC
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You could always use a 66 or 73 Winchester clone to your mix in 45 Colt!
Diamondback
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We have Battery! Two inches more to go...
Needed the rubber mallet to get the frame and slide apart again after this test fit/mockup, but...
Needed the rubber mallet to get the frame and slide apart again after this test fit/mockup, but...
DeaconKC
One Too Many
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Nice! Is the rear sight cut for a traditional slot or a Novak cut?
Diamondback
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Novak, with LPA fiber-optics waiting to go in. Still debating about an optic cut, but decided that would be a "Later" matter after Initial Operational Capacity.
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Buddy, if I would be in an less-restricted country, THIS .357 would be my allround. So cute!!
4444Design
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One of my favourites - especially in the surplus-ammo version chambered 7.62 x 39 ...
Ammo is dirt-cheap but i had to change the pin to a longer version to make her eat the russian rounds a bit more reliable
4444Design
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My 1928 "Auto Ordnance" Thompson in semi-auto ...
The gun is a previously full-auto converted to semi according to local laws. It fires from an open bolt, handling is very simple but she is heavy like a fridge and still relatively inaccurate. Having in mind these guns haven't been made for precise marksman-competitions but full-auto bursts it is still okay.
Mags with a capacity over 10rds are banned thus i use cut-down box-mags plus an "X-Type" (X = the roman digit for 10) drum mag i purchased years ago.
The gun is a previously full-auto converted to semi according to local laws. It fires from an open bolt, handling is very simple but she is heavy like a fridge and still relatively inaccurate. Having in mind these guns haven't been made for precise marksman-competitions but full-auto bursts it is still okay.
Mags with a capacity over 10rds are banned thus i use cut-down box-mags plus an "X-Type" (X = the roman digit for 10) drum mag i purchased years ago.
