All About Pocket Knives

According to the smith at Bean this is a first with him.

Interested to know what they find dogg. Not much bothers me but that actually looks like a pretty dangerous malfunction on a rim fire let alone a centerfire.

Looking at buying one of these. Personally doesn't fall into novelty gun category for me.

Coonan 357 Magnum Auto. Not cheap for sure. Anyone have experience with these?

http://www.coonaninc.com/experience

Jerry

some old single shots were marked 410-12mm so there must be at least a little bit of interchangeability there

yours is pin fire though so it would shoot something like this http://freemycollection.com/?page=list_ ... &size=12mm. Be a neat little thing to play around with, I'd be interested if it wasn't pin fire.

Colonel26 wrote:Steve, I'm a certified Ithaca 37 nut, well it's more of a sickness to tell the truth.

"Slam firing " as some call it will not hurt the Ithaca. By its design it will not fire until the bolt is locked into battery. No danger or damage to the sear either. Now you won't hit squat with the second shot, but it will teach you not to ride the trigger!

With some practice you can slamfire accurately. Although it is usually impractical. I had a 20 ga with a shortened barrel, I could slamfire it from the hip on 5 jugs in a second or less. It's harder with larger gauges that recoil more. It is also very inconvenient when you flush a covey of birds and crank off 3 rounds when you only meant to fire two LOL. Whether or not it will hurt the gun if done extensively is up for debate but Ithaca did not recommend it.

[quote="treefarmer"]Big Monk,
That's a nice looking Remington. Please understand, I'm not being critical, but for me those "see through mounts" would have to go. I know the theory behind them, but they put your head up in the air trying to see through the glass, ruins the "spot weld" that we all learned in the service (just my strong opinion about those type scope mounts ).

Took your advice and removed the "see-thru" mounts ( replaced the scope with a Burris 3x9x50**) also removed the iron sights & added a sling -- hope to get to the range soon,if it ever quits raining ??

Upgraded my Sig 290. A few revised parts for the magazine button. New grips and sig leather holster. ftd

Nice lookin' pistola there ferg.

muskrat man wrote:

Colonel26 wrote:Steve, I'm a certified Ithaca 37 nut, well it's more of a sickness to tell the truth.

"Slam firing " as some call it will not hurt the Ithaca. By its design it will not fire until the bolt is locked into battery. No danger or damage to the sear either. Now you won't hit squat with the second shot, but it will teach you not to ride the trigger!

With some practice you can slamfire accurately. Although it is usually impractical. I had a 20 ga with a shortened barrel, I could slamfire it from the hip on 5 jugs in a second or less. It's harder with larger gauges that recoil more. It is also very inconvenient when you flush a covey of birds and crank off 3 rounds when you only meant to fire two LOL. Whether or not it will hurt the gun if done extensively is up for debate but Ithaca did not recommend it.

That's interesting MM. I've never seen in any Ithaca literature, speaking with Walt Snyder or any where else where Ithaca didn't recommend pump or slam firing. I'm not saying they didn't, just that I've never come across it.

If you don't mind me asking where did you read that? I'd like to look up a copy for my stack of Ithaca information.

As to its practicality I agree whole heartedly. It'd take a heap of practice for it to be beneficial at all for hunting.

But if zombies attack...

big monk wrote:Found a good deal on this Ol' Remington bolt action, Model 788 in 308cal. --- single stack mag is different ( to me**) __best I can find out , this one was mfg. 1974-1977 (most likely 1976 from the serial# *)--never saw these back in tha' day cause we all wanted the 742 Woodsmaster auto !!!! --- going to try and get to the range soon, for a test spin ** ___ picked up a new Ruger American 30-06 in the deal too**___these guns are like knives you can't have ""TOO MANY""________can ya' ????

I've got a 788 in 222rem caliber, it's quite accurate and very pleasant to shoot. I used it to harvest a blacktail deer when I lived on Kodiak island in the early 90's.

Colonel26 wrote:

muskrat man wrote:

Colonel26 wrote:Steve, I'm a certified Ithaca 37 nut, well it's more of a sickness to tell the truth.

"Slam firing " as some call it will not hurt the Ithaca. By its design it will not fire until the bolt is locked into battery. No danger or damage to the sear either. Now you won't hit squat with the second shot, but it will teach you not to ride the trigger!

With some practice you can slamfire accurately. Although it is usually impractical. I had a 20 ga with a shortened barrel, I could slamfire it from the hip on 5 jugs in a second or less. It's harder with larger gauges that recoil more. It is also very inconvenient when you flush a covey of birds and crank off 3 rounds when you only meant to fire two LOL. Whether or not it will hurt the gun if done extensively is up for debate but Ithaca did not recommend it.

That's interesting MM. I've never seen in any Ithaca literature, speaking with Walt Snyder or any where else where Ithaca didn't recommend pump or slam firing. I'm not saying they didn't, just that I've never come across it.

If you don't mind me asking where did you read that? I'd like to look up a copy for my stack of Ithaca information.

As to its practicality I agree whole heartedly. It'd take a heap of practice for it to be beneficial at all for hunting.

My memory failed me once again, it was Walt Snyder that didn't recommend it, not the actual company. Page 194-195 of his book details how the mechanism works and warns that a worn mechanism could result in an out of battery discharge possibly causing injury to the shooter or bystanders.

Very good! I had not seen that before. I know Walt from another forum. I'm glad to see I'm not the only model 37 fan here! Thanks for sharing that with me.

The wife and kids and I went on a little road trip this past Election Day after voting. We went over to Owensboro and ate at Moonlight Barbecue (all you can eat: shredded beef, pork ribs, sliced and pulled pork, and sliced or shredded mutton). They have great vegetables too, but why waste precious room when there's so much barbecue?

Then we went to West Louisville to Whitaker's Guns where she surprised me with an early Christmas present. I brought home this Springfield XDs 45 acp. It's a shooting machine too. Real fun, and tiny!

Good Lord. I haven't been to Moonlight in years. You're killin' me here Cuz.

Congratulations on the new pistola.

Congrats on the new shooter Colonel! How appropriate to get that on Election Day.

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Nice Springfield pistol Colonel Wade - and a very nice gift! This Browning 16 gauge White Lightning was a Valentine gift from my wife five years ago - I put it to good use last week in South Dakota. After owning two (heavy) 12 gauge O/U shotguns in past years I find the 16 ga to be the perfect weight for an upland gun. OH

Excellent! I love that gun, and the pic. One of these days I'm going to go on one of those pheasant hunts.

The 16 gauge is where it's at! I'm a huge fan.

Sweet 16 NICE

Mine is a Mossberg 16 ga, bolt action, magazine fed with a polychoke. Got it for Christmas the year I turned 16.

Wade, last year was my first trip to South Dakota to hunt pheasant - it is everything the old outdoor TV shows made it up to be - a terrific experience. My bucket list allows for one reasonable, but nice, "adventure hunt" each season and I had planned to hunt potholes for ducks in North Dakota this November, but that trip fell through. I had an invitation to go back to SD and jumped on it after the ND hunt fell through - going to try again for ND waterfowl next season.

Thanks Dogg, my wife has given me two guns in our 38 years marriage, both are keepers (like her).

Jerry, do you ever shoot your 16 gauge? Having an old family/gift gun is the best in my opinion. I buy my shells by the flat (ten boxes) because supply is so erratic on 16 gauge shells and the price per box is all over the place. Do you remember the old ads in Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, etc., from the 1950's/1960's? Something similar to 'carries like a 20, hits like a 12'. OH

I don't Colonel. The last time I shot it was probably 1960. I haven't hunted since September of 1966.

I finally got around to finishing this this 308 for my son. It's a no-frills hunting rifle built on a Mexican small ring 98. Bold trigger, Choate blind magazine stock, A&B light contour barrel from midway, old Weaver rings that I've had for years, Tasco fixed 4X scope, and original Buhler low scope safety.

Old Hunter wrote:Nice Springfield pistol Colonel Wade - and a very nice gift! This Browning 16 gauge White Lightning was a Valentine gift from my wife five years ago - I put it to good use last week in South Dakota. After owning two (heavy) 12 gauge O/U shotguns in past years I find the 16 ga to be the perfect weight for an upland gun. OH

That's a great photo!

Ken

That rig looks about perfect for woods hunting. Looks pretty light. How's she shoot?