Finally! Got to the range Friday.
Not for fun (as I told LOTH
). Not for practice. No! Had to function fire a few things.
1. Needed to actually SHOOT some of those Elmer Keith-style semiwadcutters I cast a couple months ago - before loading gawdalone knows how many .38 Special cases with them. It was a "new" mold, from ebay, so. Don't want hidden issues and to PULL 100s of rounds.
2. Had been hankerin' to shoot my CZ-82. Don't know why; it just needed shooting. Hard as heck to cycle; did I put a Wolff 18-pound spring in there when I got it? It is my habit with all milsurps to immediately change/upgrade all springs. Hm.
1. S&W Mod. 65 made the trip. I've had that gun since Noah beached the boat. Before you laugh at the S&W ivorylite grips, remember what ivory-packin' revolver man Gen. George Patton said to the reporter ...
Patton:
"They're ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans wh*rehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol."
Also, that gun has had so many grips I can't remember. Oversized rosewood magna stocks, Herretts, rubber 80's Pachys etc. This is just the latest iteration. Anyways.
Bullets shot just fine. Plenty of Alox smoke, but a clean cleanup!
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2. The CZ-82 is one amazing milsurp. I may have paid $220 for mine, maybe. CZ quality, and when I stripped the thing to clean, I was aghast. It's practically unfired. The paint-like coating is perfect on the inside. Anyways.
Five magazines, four kinds of 9x18 Mak ammo - 100% performance. No malfs, nothing but fun. err, I mean, function.
That strong recoil spring ensures a mild throw of brass, and you want it: CZ-82 is a blowback design, meaning a fixed barrel. It seems to kick more than you'd think, but the gun's low bore axis and wide grip - she's a double stack of 12+1 - helps absorb it.
I may cast and load 9mm Mak. Can't decide. Comblock ammo is still cheap. Making this gun even better is its polygonal rifling, so an easy cleanup, too.
All steel, old-school pistol with a great (albeit two-stage) trigger.
(this target, so-so. I pull to the right when arm's tired).
So. I can go back to loading a *bunch* of those .38 Keith SWC's. And carry the CZ with confidence, if I choose.
Hope you get to the range soon!
Thanks for looking; comments on CZ and Smith welcome.
AA
Not for fun (as I told LOTH
). Not for practice. No! Had to function fire a few things.1. Needed to actually SHOOT some of those Elmer Keith-style semiwadcutters I cast a couple months ago - before loading gawdalone knows how many .38 Special cases with them. It was a "new" mold, from ebay, so. Don't want hidden issues and to PULL 100s of rounds.
2. Had been hankerin' to shoot my CZ-82. Don't know why; it just needed shooting. Hard as heck to cycle; did I put a Wolff 18-pound spring in there when I got it? It is my habit with all milsurps to immediately change/upgrade all springs. Hm.
1. S&W Mod. 65 made the trip. I've had that gun since Noah beached the boat. Before you laugh at the S&W ivorylite grips, remember what ivory-packin' revolver man Gen. George Patton said to the reporter ...
Patton:
"They're ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans wh*rehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol."
Also, that gun has had so many grips I can't remember. Oversized rosewood magna stocks, Herretts, rubber 80's Pachys etc. This is just the latest iteration. Anyways.
Bullets shot just fine. Plenty of Alox smoke, but a clean cleanup!
____________________________________
2. The CZ-82 is one amazing milsurp. I may have paid $220 for mine, maybe. CZ quality, and when I stripped the thing to clean, I was aghast. It's practically unfired. The paint-like coating is perfect on the inside. Anyways.
Five magazines, four kinds of 9x18 Mak ammo - 100% performance. No malfs, nothing but fun. err, I mean, function.
That strong recoil spring ensures a mild throw of brass, and you want it: CZ-82 is a blowback design, meaning a fixed barrel. It seems to kick more than you'd think, but the gun's low bore axis and wide grip - she's a double stack of 12+1 - helps absorb it.
I may cast and load 9mm Mak. Can't decide. Comblock ammo is still cheap. Making this gun even better is its polygonal rifling, so an easy cleanup, too.
All steel, old-school pistol with a great (albeit two-stage) trigger.
(this target, so-so. I pull to the right when arm's tired).
So. I can go back to loading a *bunch* of those .38 Keith SWC's. And carry the CZ with confidence, if I choose.
Hope you get to the range soon!
Thanks for looking; comments on CZ and Smith welcome.
AA
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