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A day that went from bad to good to a disaster.

woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
edited February 2002 in General Discussion
Woke up this morning with an awful migrane. 2:00PM rolls around and it's time for work. Still not feeling well. I call in sick then call a buddy and tell him to gather up some shootin irons we're going to the range. A few weeks ago I picked up a Ruger single six in a trade. Really didn't want it but took it and some pretty good cash on a muzzleloader I wasn't using. I figured I'd take the Ruger and the K-22 and decide which one I was going to keep untill I could find a decent High standard or Woodsman. Before I closed up the safe I remembered some old WW2 surplus 45 acp ammo someone gave me. So I grabbed the 1911. Shooting was great and really helped relieve some stress, headache gone. I get home and rush to clean the 45 before I forget it and the corrosive primers do thier thing on me. Strip it down and give her a good cleaning. Then disaster strikes. Stress crack accross the breach face 3:00-9:00 firing pin hole dead center. I'm heartbroken. This gun was purchased as a junker. Bore looked like a sewer pipe, springs were all weak, Origional 4 digit serial # mutilated and a new # stamped on it.I rebuilt it myself & it made a nice shooter for the past 8 years. It's probably digested 2 lbs of W231 in that time 4.5 grs at a time. I'm wondering what to do. I've got a gunsmith that's wanted it to restore for himself. I could possibly trade it to him for something ( Maybe a SAA replica with acp-LC cylinders}. Or my second thought is buy a .22 conversion for it, & sell/trade both the K-22 & the Single Six towards a new Kimber 45. I'm afraid if I just throw a new slide on it, I'll just start having frame problems next. Or maybe I should just respect it's 80+ years and retire it to the back of the safe. Any thought guys?WOODS
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Personally,I`m learning to let those kind of headaches go to someone else who has time to deal with them.I just traded away a 100 year old 99 Savage,that someone had cut the cresent stock flush,and installed a recoil pad on.Got a M-70 Win.in 225 win......I think I got the better deal.....but that particular 99 was fine,other than the butstock.I`m tryin` not to look back.....thanks for reminding me. .218
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    I just realised I used the word "headache" after you used "migraine",sorry,wasn`t tryin` to be funny..218
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's really a freak happening.Get another slide and a new recoil spring and dont worry about the frame.
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    woodsrunner, Maybe we should talk, I have a Woodsman, I also have a S&W Model 17 K-22 that I love. I'd like to aquire another S&W like I have already, if you have one like mine......My Woodsman has the bluing well worn, probably around 60% ? Most of the wear is around the grip areas and muzzle, and there is a wierd area of wear on the right side of the slide right above the serations about like a half of a dime in size, dunno what from, like that when I bought it. It doesnt have original grips, they were pretty worn when I got it, so I refinished them, removing the thumbrest, which was damaged, they're wood of course, I think I have some black plastic ones for it around here somewhere. It has 2 mags., sights are in fine shape, and it shoots really nice, but I cant tell you a specific group size, its been a long time since I've shot it, but it'll hit squirrels. robsguns@hotmail.com
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    .218; Any way I read your first post it's right. These migranes are caused by work. I've been suffering with them for 2 yrs now. They need to be someone elses headache. robsguns; Mine is a 17-3, 6 inch pinned barrel about 90-95% blue origional wood grips. I'd have to do some research, I have to ship through a dealer. In NYS I need the dealers reciept to get it off my permit. I also would need to find out about bringing pistols into NYS under our new assinine law. I really like the K-22 just I've never managed to shoot it as well as the S&W 41 it replaced. I know the Single Six convertable is out of here though. The K-22 was keeping cheap Remington Goldens in 2.5" at 25yds. The Ruger couldn't keep them in 6".WOODSOH! I bet that half a dime size worn spot was caused by the back of the button on a full flap holster. I've seen a couple worn there.[This message has been edited by woodsrunner (edited 02-19-2002).]
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  • ADfreeADfree Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cheer up woodsrunner; at least you didn't wake up to a cat throwing up on your head and pillow (my morning today)!
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  • alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
    edited November -1
    Talk to the guys at Wilson combat. They have always been a great help to me.
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