Neanderpundit

The barrel wrings in perfectly. The damned thing is so pretty it makes me cry. I can hardly wait till the rest of it is ready for blue. headspace nearly perfection itself. The go gauge goes and the no go gauge no goes.

I need to mess a bit with the shell carrier. Not too much, though, I don’t think. And the ejector leaves something to be desired. But again, not a dealbreaker. Photos sooner or later. I’m having too much fun playing. If I can get it to shoot well for me I’m gonna have something nice.

Made the mods to the bolt friday at work. Seems to fit OK. Have to do a little hand fitting.

Bolt and barrel fit together nicely. Have to get the barrel wrung in, and test the fit of the entire assembly- but I think it’s gonna be fine. Hope to testfire it next weekend.

So Partner and I head to the range this morning for some deeply needed stress relief.

We went loaded for bear.

Partner had a Ruger 357, a 22 revolver (JC Higgins, a sweet wheelgun) a Beretta 22 auto. And of course his new P1 Walther. I brought the 380, the 45, and my Stainless Model 65.

We threw enough lead downrange to blacken our hands and faces. We depleted the Big Box of 22 ammo by at least a thousand rounds. We shot ALL of the available 9mm, 380, and 45 ammo.

When we got done, drove to the ranger station to wash up. we both regretted that we had quit smoking, as that would have been a great time for a Pall Mall. Damn. I am having difficulty wiping the grin off my face.