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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2009, 10:10:36 PM »
Quote from: CJS3 on September 23, 2009, 10:08:48 PM
I'll be shooting it this weekend (if it doesn't rain again) using hand loaded ammo. 158 gr lead bullet over 2.8 gr of Unique, for a blistering 620 fps. Updates will follow.

Watch carefully and you may be able to see the bullet arcing through its flight........... ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2009, 10:46:31 PM »
Quote from: CJS3 on September 23, 2009, 10:08:48 PM
I'll be shooting it this weekend (if it doesn't rain again) using hand loaded ammo. 158 gr lead bullet over 2.8 gr of Unique, for a blistering 620 fps. Updates will follow.

Looking forward to the report. 
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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #22 on: September 27, 2009, 07:31:15 PM »
Well after a trip to the range, I'm moving the Meriden to the Ugliest Gun Thread, voluntarily. Fortunately I was able to tack the targets to the broad side of a barn, so I was able to hit something.

It functioned as well as I expected, so mechanically, it's OK. Unfortunately the sights were usless and, in full sunlight, are almost invisible. I ran 25 rounds through it and they all hit the paper. Just not at the point on the paper where I was aiming.

All in all, I guess for a 95 year old $1.98 pistol, it worked as well as expected. I'll clean it up, touch up any scratches and it'll wind up in a shadow box in my study.
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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #23 on: September 27, 2009, 07:58:20 PM »
So basically it shoot as if it was brand new. Remember, these guns were sold so poor folks could be safe to, not for target matches.
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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #24 on: September 27, 2009, 08:05:46 PM »
 ;)
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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #25 on: September 27, 2009, 08:12:45 PM »
Keep it up CJ, your tinkering is educational for some of us  ;D
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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #26 on: September 27, 2009, 08:29:03 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on September 27, 2009, 08:12:45 PM
Keep it up CJ, your tinkering is educational for some of us  ;D


+1  I enjoyed it. Great post and nice work CJ !
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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #27 on: September 27, 2009, 10:20:39 PM »
Did he really just say "shadow box"?

Dude, grow a pair.




















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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #28 on: September 27, 2009, 10:27:22 PM »
Quote from: 1911 Junkie on September 27, 2009, 10:20:39 PM
Did he really just say "shadow box"?

Dude, grow a pair.
 
 ;D

Hey, I've made some really neat shadow boxes!   
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Re: Need info on an antique.......end result
« Reply #29 on: September 27, 2009, 10:28:59 PM »
Looking forward to your next project  ;D
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