I took the ’43 apart and polished the feed-ramp on the new-old-original era Colt barrel.
Now the thing locks up as tight as a drum now and only rattles a bit when you shake it side-to-side. The background is an old (1880) Admiralty chart.
UPDATE: New picture
Click to gain 2000-some pixels altitude.
nice gun thankyou info
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Very cool. I'd love to have one. One day…
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Robert Blackfork – Thank you! I've been using a 14×17 piece of bright white bristol – it's not enough. Nice work at Shiprock! 🙂
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Go to hobby lobby and buy a poster-sized piece of silver card. Cut a 6X12 in piece off and use it as a reflector to fill in the light add a little sparkle to this great old gun.
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Didn't realize you might be a cartography idiot, like me.
I sometimes lose track of time when I break out the atlas to look at something. Waaaaaay too easy to get distracted.
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I need to try using my pretty-pixel camera, and to run a few hundred rounds through it with the new-old barrel.
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Send it to me DC and I'll take care of that for you….
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Thanks Dan, the picture isn't the best and that's bugging me.
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Nice looking firearm… moderately jealous. 😉
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