It\u2019s a particularly cold winter so far in much of our country.\u00a0 The time of year to sit by the fire and indulge your hobby by reading good gun, hunting, and shooting books. Or drilling on technique dry fire, or with air guns or even Airsoft. Or\u2026to start working on \u201cgun projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
Going to bed the stock on your hunting rifle?\u00a0 Install a new scope?\u00a0 Stay in where it\u2019s warm, sit down at your reloading station, and load up the 2017 ammo supply?\u00a0 Customize something otherwise?<\/p>\n
I have a couple of gun projects going on my end \u2013 both classic handguns, one a lot older in concept than me and the other a \u201cmodern classic.\u201d<\/p>\n
On my twelfth Christmas I received \u2013 and instantly bonded with \u2013 a Colt 1911 .45 auto produced toward the end of World War I.\u00a0 I still own it, and my affinity with it spawned, um, a few more.\u00a0 I\u2019m long overdue to finish a \u201cproject gun\u201d I began in the 1990s, and then dropped the ball: a Colt Lightweight Commander .45, Series \u201980.\u00a0 I decided back then to do something I rarely do, and give it a nickname.\u00a0 It will be \u201cFreddy the Forty-Five,\u201d named after the movie character \u201cFreddie From Elm Street,\u201d who was said in the horror films to be \u201cthe bastard child of a thousand madmen.\u201d\u00a0 This pistol will be the bastard child of a thousand gunsmiths with mad skills. Well, maybe not a thousand.<\/p>\n
So far, Pete Single has done the gripframe checkering (superlative!) and the great 1911 pistolsmith Richard Heinie has already installed a low-profile magazine well that won\u2019t compromise concealed carry, but will speed up reloading.\u00a0 Dave Lauck has provided the heavy duty fixed sights, \u201cledged\u201d so that in a one-hand-only situation the slide can be racked against belt or holster. More work is due. \u00a0This may well become my \u201cretirement carry gun,\u201d assuming I live long enough to grow weary of what I do and actually retire.<\/p>\n
The other is a Glock 19 I earned at a pistol match. The Evil Princess and I already have \u201chis and hers\u201d specimens of this hugely popular 9mm compact, so this one cries out for\u2026experimentation.\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking new sights, a grip re-shaping to better fit my arthritic old hand, and\u2026???<\/p>\n
How about you?\u00a0 Any winter gun projects coming up?\u00a0 Maybe some plans to shoot in a Winter League?\u00a0 You\u2019re invited as always to share here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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