gunoholic

[Major 2]

Does 4 in a day count ? one to match my daughters other one

Just barely...    now if it were every day?   You might could still seek kelp 

[Major 2]

A good trade,
made 3 holsters for my LGS and traded my handy work for this.

[PowderRiverCowboy]

Just barely...    now if it were every day?   You might could still seek kelp 

Well umm  , lucky now I dont have to wait to get a Go from NICS Fill the form out show a card  thanks see you next trip . Not the first time I have done 3-4 in a day and I dont sell

[Major 2]

"... Not the first time I have done 3-4 in a day and I dont sell"

Well, then yeah!  Welcome to the meetings, here you may gain support 

[Baltimore Ed]

Must be nice Mr Rockefeller. 'My name is Morgan but it ain't J P.'

[PowderRiverCowboy]

"... Not the first time I have done 3-4 in a day and I dont sell"

Well, then yeah!  Welcome to the meetings, here you may gain support

Well the problem is right now if you see something you are interested in , you have too get it right then the El Patron I got they got 3 in and I got the last one , they were in stock for a total of 14 hours and 9 on that they were closed .

[Major 2]

I agree the time to buy is when you see it...But and its a big BUT

The Planets must be in line... available funds @ price you can afford or at least live with, and of course you must have the $$$

[Abilene]

That's what plastic was made for. 

Which means that the 1st gen Colt I bought for $1200 twenty years ago actually cost a fair amount more since I didn't pay that card off until about ten years later.    But some things are worth it.

[Major 2]

Must be nice Mr Rockefeller. 'My name is Morgan but it ain't J P.'

I had no clue I was going to walk out with the M57 from my friends LGS.
Simply asked to come in to look at and offer some insight on a cased Adams revolver and drop off some holsters I had made for him.

No money exchanged hands   Looks way cool in my WB holster, Serbian Cowboy

[DeaconKC]

Pop that "ATF" thumb safety off and the trigger pull will be mucho improved.

[Major 2]

I saw a video, where the guy mentions he took his off, to mount some aftermarket grips.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=ymyy-t&ei=UTF-8&p=remove+grips+from+a+M57#action=view&id=3&vid=a1df4d10ac5a2016cd850025a17cc8d4

Trigger is already pretty nice for a Milsurp, I might look into Walnut grips though 

[Fingers McGee]

Just my latest attempts at assuaging my affliction. 

[Major 2]

Nice 

[Coffinmaker]

  Very NICE 

Nice indeed.  Appears to be a very shootable example.  There is nothing wrong with the fitted case neither!!

People Are Hazardous to Yer Health

[DeaconKC]

Added a couple to the herd today. A between the wars Walther PP in .380 with original holster and 2 magazines. Also, A Tisas 1911A1 that became the donor for a Colt slide that will be used in Wild Bunch. Plenty of 7 round mags already and an Officers Belt and holster set. Stuffed some Mexican Eagle grips on it too.

[Major 2]

I like them...

[Abilene]

What's not to like? Nice find.  My first ever gun was a PP.  Except it was an FEG aluminum frame copy.  Feedramp was very lumpy, but it would feed ball and took my CCW class with it.  You'd think one might want to hold on to their first gun but it was pretty crappy and I got an awesome trade-in on a Diamondback with it.    But if it had been a Walther I would still have it for sure.

[DeaconKC]

Here's a couple of pics of the Mud Puppy.

Well, after soaking in Mineral Spirits, the action has cleaned up and smoothed up considerably. The pitting on the outside of the barrel is deep, only bobbing the barrel will get rid of that. However, the bore had looked really rough, so with nothing to lose I used a stainless Tornado brush on it and it cleaned up beautifully! So, once I get some boolits in, I will see how the wee little beastie actually shoots with BP. Also, found out it is probably 1880-85 built, so BP only.

[Major 2]

What's not to like? Nice find.  My first ever gun was a PP.  Except it was an FEG aluminum frame copy.  Feedramp was very lumpy, but it would feed ball and took my CCW class with it.  You'd think one might want to hold on to their first gun but it was pretty crappy and I got an awesome trade-in on a Diamondback with it.    But if it had been a Walther I would still have it for sure.

Some years ago, a buddy of mine and I were at a then LGS hang out (since sold when the former owner retired)
We saw a Shotgun News Ad for Romanian surplus PP knockoffs @ $120 each, 3 for $105.
So, on a lark we, Dennis, I, and the former owner FFL decided to take them up on the three for deal.
What we got were rather rough as a cob finished, otherwise shootable mutts.
I figured I wasn't hurt @ the $105 expenditure...
In fact, as trading fodder I came out ahead, still while it was OK, had it been a Walther, I too would still have it.

[Major 2]

The M57 is a fun little blaster, I been running my hand loaded 7.63 Mauser rounds through it.
It cycles fine, but the groups are somewhat open.
The Bullets are .310 @ 90 grainers for the C96 Mauser. The Mauser round is loaded at lesser pressure than the Tokarev as well.

The Tokarev round is .312 @ 85 grains, so I opted to order from Ammo Seek. The best deal was PPU Pavi $24.99 a box 50 @ Minwal so I ordered a couple of boxes...I'll see how these do.
The gun itself, was according to the serial number made in 1980 in the former Yugoslavia (now Serbia) by Zastava. It is an as new, un-issued military model, rather than the commercial Zastava-Serbia marked
model they still make today.
Sorta of a Cold War relic and will be my truck gun.

I don't know if PPU sells their bullets loose    maybe Sellier & Bellot does:  https://www.sellier-bellot.cz/en/products/components/bullets/