gunoholic

[Coffinmaker]

I'm the Coffinmaker and I'm a Gunoholic

I've fallen.  I've spent the last eleven months in ReHab from COVID.  I've done well enough to treat myself to a reward.  I scored TWO Brandy knew El Malo 2 revolvers.  I am unable to post here, but photos are available on Cimarron's web site. 

Absolutely gorgeous guns, three-n-a Half inch, Octagonal barrels.  The actions are sweet right out of the box.  Other than fixing the dumb two position base pin, no real action work is needed.  I have, however, changed the grips out for Navy Pattern plow handle grip sets.  Really neat guns they are!! 

[Delmonico]

And then we have a completely inane "Label" applied by an ultra right thinking conservative with absolutely no knowledge of an individuals basis for an opinion.

First of all I am middle of the road and second you are one of those Liberal types that thinks they have a right to tell others what they should like and what they should own.  Face it you said something rather stupid and I'm done with this, when I was little my mother told me not to talk with Liberals because they wanted to tell others what they should and shouldn't do and like most times she was right.  Type of guns, type of cars, it's all they same, they just like to try and control others because they they think they are the only ones who are right.

If you can't see what is wrong with your comment on someone just wanting to shoot a fun gun you are a sad person indeed.

[Major 2]

Well !  when a carrot is dangled in front of a Gift horse, who am I to say no 
 

These are actually made on COLT Machinery
Colt commercial Model 1911A1 that was manufactured under contract for the country of Brazil. There were approximately 14,500 made in total under this contract in the 1937/38 time frame with very, very few ever seen in the United States. Eventually the country of Brazil adopted the Model 1911A1 as their standard pistol and started producing them at the State/Military run IMBEL factory.

[Coffinmaker]

"Well Indeed" 

Major 2 that be a righteously nice Brazilian 1911.  I have seen and worked on Spanish built "El Tigre" 1892 copies but I have never run into one of those Brazilian 1911s.  I presume you also made the grips for it??  Really nice indeed!!!

Makes it hard to "Stay on the Wagon" don't it!!

[Major 2]

No on the grips, that's the way it came.
I assume they are handmade replacements.  .

I'm still reading about these Brazilian Contract 1911's made at IMBEL

[Major 2]

 The above Brazilian 1911 in Reply #442
Originally the grips would have been as shown in the photo below (not mine) from the internet.
Also note: the slide serrations are different on this Colt Contract commensal Government Model.
One of 14,500 pre WW2 purchase.

The Brazilian 1911 above is post war late 40's or early 50's IMBEL factory build.

[DeaconKC]

Swapped into a clean Walther P-1 today. It's the post-war model of the Walther P38 with an aluminum frame.

[Major 2]

Cool, 

There is some very good info to be found on the Walther Forum, here is a link to one thread over there.
https://www.waltherforums.com/threads/walther-p-1-serial-numbering-and-matches.41003/

What is the Date of Manufacture on yours?  it looks like I see 5/81?

I had a former Bundeswehr Model dated 9/81

[Mogorilla]

My dad had a P-38 he brought back from Germany.   He was there at the close of the Korean War, so always wondered how it was obtained.    He ended up selling it to a collector.    I was a sad little boy that day.   

[Major 2]

Mog, do you remember if it was War era or Post war ?

The post war guns were Aluminum framed used both by the  Armed Forces Federal Republic of Germany (Bundeswehr) and the Police (Bundespolizei).

The one I have now is a 1944 Mauser  "byf"   Mauser-Werke AG, Oberndorf

[Mogorilla]

I am 99% sure it was war era.  Dad was in Korea 50-51 and Germany 51-53.   He obtained it in Germany and had stories about running into former Nazis who resented the US presence.   One such altercation cost one of his friends a stripe.   The guy who bought it was big into WWII, so I have always guessed it was war era.

[Major 2]

About 10 years ago I was perusing Gun broker, just window shopping.
I happen on this Stainless Steel Uberti, the consigner was Bob James.
The description mentioned it was a SASS tuned in 45 Colt.
The opening bid was $499 and listed with no reserve, there were no bids as yet and 3 days left.
So, what the hey, I bid the opening figuring I be out bid.
Well, when the auction reached 6 hours remaining, I was getting some nervus and some concerned.
Heck, I might win the bid "if" I did why?  was there something wanky? 

I won, and what I received was quite the "GEM"   I had scored, actually!

The gun is a 2014 CM date code, meaning it was the then current year manufacture.
Bob James is or was a well-respected SASS competitor and Gunsmith.

The Gun arrived as new in box, with a Bob James Gunsmith detailed build invoice.
Including Action Job, springs, FP bushing, and the Colt checker style faux ivories.
There also a set of Black checkered grips.

I don't recall the list price of SS Uberti in 2014 or the going cost of an action job back then.

But I felt like a bandit    and this gun runs & shoots beautifully.

[Abilene]

The smoothest action on a SAA I ever felt was one of Bob James' guns!  Yeah, that was a helluva steal!

[Major 2]

I stumbled upon it; at the time I did not know of Bob James.
After I received it, I looked him up and found many accolades from his SASS customers.
I agree it is a sweet action.

Is he still working?

[Abilene]

I kind of think he is.  Used to be known as the Arizona Thumber in the fast draw world.  He worked a lot with Legendary Guns in Phoenix, you could check with them.  He was set up in their tent at Winter Range once, which was right next to the Cimarron tent where I was working.  I had my 1st Gen SAA with me that the mounting stud on the barrel for the ejector housing screw had come loose (3rd time since I'd owned it).  He took it with him one evening and brought it back the next day, fixed.  He said the previous repairs had silver soldered the stud, but it was supposed to be staked in.  He charged me nothing and it has been fine since! 

[Major 2]

I was just wondering; I have no SAA in need of service at present....

[River City John]

A recent acquisition, my only Model P, and 4 3/4".
Action is butter-smooth, but dang hard to photograph the beautifully carved ebony grips.(I'll have to try again outdoors on a brightly lit day.)

[Major 2]

Thats nice John 

[Abilene]

Very cool.  I don't know that I've ever seen carved ebony grips before.

[Major 2]

Here is another in my collection, it's not at all new to me I actually bought it in 1971.
A Model 999 Harrington & Richardson Sportsman, I purchased for my Dad.

Here is the back story. my Dad had one of these H&R's which was made before the War. (the model 999 was introduced in 1932)
I remembered it well as the gun I learned to shoot when I was about 7 or 8. circa 1957-58.
However, in 1963 my Grandfather passed, My Dad relied on a Lawyer friend of the family to administer
the will. The Lawyer did indeed get his fee, but my Dad gave that H&R to him as a personal "thanks".
Years passed...
So, it was 1971 and Christmas time, I had turned 21 earlier that year.
I had seen this H&R Model 999 is the Sporting goods Dept. at the Miami * K-Mart.
BINGO, I felt it was the perfect gift for my Dad, and so it was.
He enjoyed it and we when shooting 22's on several occasions.
It returned to my possession when I lost my Dad in 1986. It is one of 4 guns that were my Dads that are priceless to me. The original pre-war H&R was defiantly what instilled my passion of Firearms.


* Kmart, which had 2,100 stores all over the nation, has not sold handguns since the 1970s.
As of Jan 2024, only two locations remained in the continental United States, one is that very same Miami, Florida store I bought the new H&R and a Westwood, New Jersey location.
The number was reduced to just two mainland U.S. stores when a Birmingham, NY location closed in late 2023.