How I spent my day

[Bill]

Well all I have been doing is reading whats going to happen with the gun ban and how its going to go and it got me to thinking about my guns.
SO I got them out and was looking them over and after looking through the shotguns and rifles I finally made it to the handguns. I noticed something right off. I had forgot to clean them since I had bought the last two. One a 4506 and the other a 1006 had both been bought used and were dirty when I bought them. I had taken them out and shot them right after I bought them and had put them away. I had even shot a pistol match with the .45. So I decided that it was time to clean them.
I had never taken a .4506 or a 1006 apart so I downloaded the manual for them from S&W and read through that. ;D That is unusual in itself as I never read the directions.
What I found was they work pretty much like my old 1911's did. Easy to strip and clean and put back together. What else I found was that even though the 4506 showed a bit of wear normal to its age the 1006 must not of been shot much as the inside looked like it had hardly ever been shot.
So now my guns are all clean again and ready to go. I am hoping that I can get enough time to do some competition with them again this year. Not sure how that is going to work with the 10MM but this fall I worked on a load that would shoot 165 grain Rainer HP's with enough force to make the gun function reliably but without the huge recoil of full house 10MM's It still has a hefty recoil but is manageable. Both of those guns are a large heavy gun but when it comes to putting out a lot of firepower they both can run with anything out there.

[twomoons]

So why have a 10 mm when you are loading 40 short and weak? The 4006 is just what you want and you don't have to download it. Oh wait I remember that's what the FBI did.

On a serious note at least with the lighter load the 10mm will last a long time, there was a rumor of the full house loads cracking the frame. I had a 4506 once but the safety was bass ackwards for an old 1911 guy so I swapped it off.

Talk about cleaning I had a guy in last week who put a gun safe in his damp basement and locked up his guns 3 years ago, surprise surprise when he opened the safe last week. Can you say oxidation?

[jimh]

i have a 6906 S&W and i have been advised not to shoot the hot P loads through them.
i was wondering if there was some sort of aftermarket bolt buffer that could be swapped out to protect the gun and allow the hotter loads to be shot through it? it shoots very well and i've never had an issue with it. i've had it for about 22 yrs now but i bet it don't have 500 rds through it.

[jmarriott]

Back In the day I wanted an auto pistol and that old Miami Vice TV show was a big hit. I wanted a Bren Ten and got one. I should have bought the H@K p7 m9 instead.

10mm is fantastic ballistically.

The bren shot accurately and fit my hands well. Seemed to be very well made. I just could not get it to feed shells into it. The maker and distributer said that the Mags were made by someone else and did not work right and when the next ship landed in the USA I would get new ones. 8 months later still no good mags. I was made an offer for it I could not refuse after 12 months without good mags and down te road it went. They are now very collectable.

I have wanted one again. I think the Mech tech conversion to turn them into rifles is the perfect fit for home defense.

I still want a p7 squeeze cocker. I shoot that little pistol the best of all the 9mm's I have shot, The second best shooter for me in 9mm was a star BM single stack. I shoot the 92 the worst and the sig's are right behind them. The pistols shoot well and in others hands the group well. Glad I am in a LEO and have to shoot one of the DAO pistols.

[Bill]

If you have a problem cracking frames it is due to weak springs. I have seen nothing on a problem with any of the 3rd gen S&W Pistols cracking a frame in any of the calibers they came in. The 4506 3rd gen is one of the few pistols that you can change over to .45 Super with only a spring change. Actually the 1006 is still loaded hotter than a .40 S&W is. ;D Just not to full factory ammo spec's is all. That 165 is still smoking along pretty good,
Right now I am looking at possibly buying a 6906 just to have something a bit more concealable. Plus it will fit into my 3rd gen S&W pistol collection real well ;D if you want to call 2 a collection. That would make a 3rd so maybe it is.

[bounce]

I have never taken much to simy auto's
But I am glad to have my Black Hawk Buckeye back home were it belongs in 10MM & 38-40
It is sweet in 10MM
The only auto pistol I have now is in .22 I sometimes think of changeing that but don't know why I should either.

[jmarriott]

Jan 4, 2013 11:21:58 GMT -5 bounce said:

I have never taken much to simy auto's

The only auto pistol I have now is in .22 I sometimes think of changeing that but don't know why I should either.

I had a glock 45 and 40 short and weak. Sold them off. I could never get the glock love everone else has.

I had a model 92 shot it like crap. Sold it off. I was accurate for him not me.

Currectly I have a 45 acp colt model 70. a buckmark sillywet and ruger government target as auto pistols (all shoot much better tan I but I am getting some quality time with them. )

I will get me a h&k p7 sometime. I also want a bullseye 1911 in 38 super but i can't afford it now. same with the p7. I need some overtime.

I much perfer revolvers in pistols. a 357 mag is what the 10mm is is an auto.

[Bill]

With S&W back into production with the Mod 610 I keep eying one of those. Don't know why I would need one except that I want one. ;D For some reason my S&W collection is starting to grow.

[bounce]

The 41 mag & 10MM are the same pretty much.
In my Buckeye the 38-40 is my weak or soft load, as to shooting it with 10mm is the hot load.