by tinker1066 | Sep 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Good day of shooting at Champion Arms in Kent Washington! Trying out new loads in .38 Special and .38 S&W, and brought some .32 S&W Long along because it has been too long since I shot the Detective Special. The story begins with the Astra Police .38. ...
by tinker1066 | Sep 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Handgun stopping power arguments rage throughout the gun community, most often 9mm vs. .45, but we’ve all seen about every conceivable variation over the years. Evan Marshall tried to study this back in the 1980’s by studying real-life shootings. His...
by tinker1066 | Aug 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
I spent some quality time after my last range trip to rectify a few of the faults from last time, and to make the final repair on the Webley RIC. The Webley is supposed to have a flat spring in a slot in the cylinder-pin. Without it the cylinder rotates too freely;...
by tinker1066 | Aug 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was .45 day at the range yesterday, with three different calibers represented; .45 Colt, .450 Adams and .44 Colt (I know, I know, but it shoots a .45-caliber bullet so it counts!) The guns were almost all single-actions- the JP Sauer& Sons Sherrif, the ASM...
by tinker1066 | Aug 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
I wanted to start this article with a brief history of Armi San Marcos, but there is surprisingly little information available online. I’ll tell you what I do know. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. They were one of the first Italian companies to...
