Silenced Heavyweight 9mm = .38"Special:

I again ran some more of my 158gn copper-plated loads through the Just Right Carbine and my Glock 17 last weekend and continue to be 'well pleased' with how very quiet they are when pushed-out of the silenced carbine - truly they DO sound very like an air rifle.

Just Right Carbine - with New York Legal Stock & Magazine - Plus Silencer.

"Cutters" commented that the guns quietness was being enhanced by this lower velocity - some 300ft/sec. below the speed of sound (1,127ft/s).

 - This load of-course also works fine through the Glock 17 pistol.

Load Details - For Information Only: 

I am loading copper-plated 158 grain flat-nose .358" bullets after re-sizing them through a .356" dia. Lee die.

The ADI Sporting Powders AP70N smokeless Pistol Powder is volume metered through a Lee #32 disc cavity and weighs approx. 3.1grains and when fired from the carbine are giving a sub-sonic velocity of 820 - 830 feet per second.

That 825 ft/sec average velocity with a 158gn pill looks very much comparable to .38" Special performance.

- With my head down on the buffer tube all I hear is the "spong" of the action spring - followed by the "ting" down-range from the steel target.

158gn Subsonic 9mm Reloads - Nice Yogurt and Tomatoes eh.

Comment: Currently I feel that while this load is working fine - I do think that I will in future use a more 'standard' load with 9mm 147gn bullets. - This would eliminate the resizing operation and help further reduce internal pressures.

Marty K.
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Lego Revolver Works:

I've been featuring "ridiculous revolvers" and hand cannons a couple of times - but now here's a toy one that I wish had been available when I was a kid - A Lego "Colt Anaconda" toy that works well.

That is so cool - when can I buy one for my grandson?

Please bring out a boxed kit.

Marty K.

32 Barrel Machine-Gun-Cannon:

On the club range over the weekend we were talking about "the biggest revolver" and 'hand-cannon' and how it was all getting a little extreme/odd maybe - but guys can have a great time building working cannon and firing them.

Well - here are a couple of experimental "Cannoneers" having fun and youtubing it so that we can all enjoy it too - all 32 barrels!:

32 Smoking Barrels.

Working under tough conditions - as someone forgot to bring the correct .36" calibre balls - the Guys above stayed with-it and improvised by using .31" calibre balls.

Great effort and Thank You men,

- Here are some others showing what can be done:

Looking Good.

 

I do know of a local kiwi shooter who has a cannon that he demonstrates using projectiles made from aluminium soft drink/beer cans - filled with concrete.. You must admire folk doing these fun things for others to enjoy eh.

 

Marty K.

Engraved Handguns:

I used to be indecisive - but now I'm not sure.

Another Nice Engraved S&W M60.

I dunno whether I really like or dislike engraved guns ..  Trouble is while some of them are very tasteful - others remind me of the die-cast toy "peacemakers" and 'cap-guns' that I saw as a kid.

Toy Gun

 

It's all a bit academic really as my Dad wouldn't let me have a toy gun when I was young - and now I'm old - I couldn't afford to own a quality engraved pistol anyway!

Engraved Original Colt from 1929.

 

Colt 1911. - Shame About That Grip.

 

Ruger Vaquero -Hmm Maybe?

 

Glock -Er - OK?

 

Colt .38 Super - Ooh Yuck!

 

I Guess that it is just a question of taste - like tattoos - what do you reckon?

 

- As long as they still 'function' - why criticize eh?

 

All pictures from the internet.

 

Marty K.

 

SURVIVORS - by Terry Nation:

Over three years between 1975 and 1977 - The BBC showed a very popular TV series 'SURVIVORS' that ran to 38 episodes before being cut for "lack of funding".

Written by Terry Nation - I've always thought that this original series was excellent and very thought provoking - So much so that I am the proud owner of the BBCs boxed multi DVD set!

- Mostly filmed in rural Herefordshire locations - apart from the dated '70s model cars - this primer for preppers has aged well.

Paperback Terry Nation Book:

- And now I also have a 2008 paperback of the book (first published in 1976) Terry Nation was a great writer who invented the Daleks , Doctor Who, and Blakes 7 as well as Survivors.

The book too is well worth your time - while the final section (Book3) is totally different to the TV Series.

( - The paper-backs cover-illustrations are from the much later 2008 TV "remake")

There are quiet a lot of guns featuring throughout the original series - mostly shotguns - but also rifles, military semi-autos that seem to be FN.FAL  (L1A1 SLR?) - and some handguns.. plus crossbows.

 "Greg" and "Abby" from Series One.

The later 2008 Survivors is different again from both the book and original TV Series.

- It has the  same main story characters and general pandemic disease story line - but I feel its twelve episodes suffer in comparison with the '75-'77 version and is less memorable. - And it seems that the producers felt the same - as it was chopped early.

I see that there is a audio-book available from Big Finish Productions too.

Anyone watching or reading Terry Nations story must have their eyes opened to just how vulnerable organised society might be to "the plague" - certainly it has happened before,

 - even as recently as the influenza PANDEMIC of 1918 - That virus may have killed 100 million people worldwide.

No other event has ever killed so many (8,600) New Zealanders in such a short - two months period.

Marty K.

9MM Ammo Animation from GECO:

- Well worth watching - this animation about Gecos 'Hexagon' 9x19mm precision ammo comes via 'The Firearms Blog' and Facebook.

It is really so good - that while I do realise that it is an advert - I'm not fussy.. If it tastes right - eat it.

The "Hexagon" name refers to the projectiles six nose grooves - that they claim has a similar effect to golf ball 'dimples' - and I'll even put-up a commercial photo from the Geco site as a small appreciation for the high quality of their graphics.

- that's pretty - somebody deserves a bonus.

Marty K.