BUNKHOUSE RAMBLINGS

[Dr. Bob]

Kewell!!  Thanks for the opportunity to see our national bird!

[JD Alan]

Well, it looks like this thread is going to the Birds! My wife took this within walking distance of our daughter's house, about 8 miles from our house.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Dr Bob, this guy is a turkey vulture.

[Forty Rod]

I guess vultures, including Condors, are neat birds but they look like a nightmare from hell.

[Curley Cole]

Here are a couple of my favorite pelican shots from Pizmo Beach. There were hundreds of them there during that trip.
If you want to see more go to my web page:
http://sdough.smugmug.com

curley

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Thanks for the pics, JD, Curley. Birds are fascinating. The Pajaro Valley, where Watsonville is situated and I'm on the edge of, was originally called Bird Valley because there were so many birds.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

That's a good size Turkey Vulture Will, we had one down the street the other day working over a dead squirrel, boy are they big.


                      tEN 

[Marshal Will Wingam]

They are big, for sure. All the books I've seen say turkey vultures are brown with the red head. Ours around here are almost black with a red head. Without them, we'd sure have a lot of carcases lying around. They like the sail squirrels around here.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

 

    Ours are the same Will black with a red head, maybe there is a difference in them depending on what part of the country they're from, I use to see them all the time on my way home from work, I use to drive through the Santa Monica Mountains, they were alawys in abundance there.

   Question?  I'm thinking about getting a 1911, if I were to get one with the ambi safety and a few other refinements, would it be OK for the Wild Bunch stages, I'm looking at the Springfield Armory 1911 LOADED, model, being left handed this one looks like it would suit be pretty good, it comes with the ambi safety. What do you think?

                   tEN wOLVES 

[Marshal Will Wingam]

They allow the ambi safeties in the modern category. For traditional, you need more of a 1911A1 type. For WB, remember to get a 5" bbl or you won't be able to use it. Here's a link to the rules: http://sassnet.com/EoT/wildbunch.php

I had one of the Springfield Mil-spec 1911s loaded with the parkerizing and it was a very good shooting gun. I did have to relieve the ejection port slightly to be able to eject a live round without shaving the tip of the bullet off. That thing shot accurately and never gave me any grief. I'd recommend one highly. I got rid of it because the barrel was too short for WB. When I got mine, Mil-specs were available with 3, 4 and 5 inch bbls. I've been thinking of getting one of the A1 replicas one of these days. I guess I'm just a traditionalist. I have a Kimber with the ambi safety. I got it thinking that would be really useful but unless I'm shooting left-handed, it isn't any advantage. I do shoot left handed now and then, so it is helpful occasionally.  If you're a leftie, by all means don't get one without it.

Here are the mil-specs. http://www.springfield-armory.com/armory.php?model=7

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Thanks Will, I appreciate the information, and the links, I've always wanted a 1911, I think with the ambi safety I'll be a happy camper. Even if I don't shoot the Wild Bunch.

      tEN wOLVES 

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Remember, now. If you get one, (a) make a holster and (b) post pics.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Remember, now. If you get one, (a) make a holster and (b) post pics.

   Actually Will, I waaaassss thinking I needed one, so I could make a holster for it 


                   tEN 

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Glad to see you have your priorities straight.

[Curley Cole]

TW
Here is a pix of my 45auto I got ifn I participate in WB. It is one of the SA gi series. got it new for $425. Didn't like the GI grips so changed them out with a set of walnut Sarco double diamonds and it now looks great. As you know I two am lefty. Not sure what I will do about the 45, but I put an Ambi safety on my Browning HP my self. Guess the 1911 wouldn't be much harder.

love the SA....great gun

curley

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Howdy Curley

       Nice looking Springfield Armory GI 1911, I forgot you were a lefty too, I looked at there LOADED model yesterday, it really is nice, and better yet it feels good in my hand, the ambi safety is easy to use and feels right, now I need to make up my mind between Stainless or blue.

                Thanks for the picture Curley, looks a keeper to me

                             Regards

                         tEN wOLVES   

[White Buffalo Chip]

Howdy TW,
Have you thought about the S&W's

[Marshal Will Wingam]

That's a nice shootin iron, Curly. I love that GI model. It makes my leather tools in the back room twitch.

TW, I got the stainless model when I got my Kimber and had the parkerized Mil-spec Springfield. I wouldn't be able to advise you on the finish because I like both. Maybe the stainless will be more durable over time since it won't wear off.

I put Alumagrips on it and they really are outstanding. If you have a couble chage go off in the gun, your hand won't be porcupined by wood splinters. That happened to me (factory double charge) with my cousin's Colt 1911 and he had the steel re-inforced grips. My hand hurt but there wasn't any real injury. The pistol was toast, though. For a frequently used pistol, I'd defininetly put them on. Here's a photo of what they look like. Note the ambi safety.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

WBC, I was looking at the S&W, DANG NICE , I haven't made up my mind as too which one I'm going with, I'm open to Springfield Armory, Kimber, and S&W, Your gun is real nice pard, how do you like the S&W? thanks for jumping in here, I like all the input I can get.

            tEN  


  Will, that's a good looking gun, is that a Kimber?, I was looking at there Eclipse model, I really like that, it was a black and stainless, I've heard that Kimber was having trouble with their magazines, and also heard that might be taken care of now, these three company's have some real nice guns, and options, Springfield Armory has a gun that looks just like the Kimber Eclipse that I like, it has the slats on the side, and between the slats it's black, and on the top it's black, with black grips, real sexy looking. How do you like the Kimber ? those Aluminum grips look good, your a lucky pard , that you didn't do any damage to you hand when the gun came apart.

        tEN  

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Yeah, that's a Kimber CDP, 4". Can't use it for SASS, but for everything else, outstanding. I've never had any problems with mags, feeding, or anything. If I was going to do it again, I'd buy the same thing. For SASS, I'd get another one of the Springfield Mil-Specs, which I'll do one of these days. Colt makes a beautiful replica of the WW1 1911 which I drool over now and then. http://www.coltsmfg.com/products-c5-q50-COLT_PISTOLS.aspx