Recent content by ZEN.45

An Ithaca 1911A1 and my Colt Series 70 with new grips

I agree with the OP … it takes only a combination of 6 different calibers to make the 357M pointless :)

I have average size hands, but any gun with the slightest reputation of hammerbite does bite me (1911, HP, TT33, P210, …). I don’t like beavertales or round hammers, so for my Series 70 I got an extra hammer and grip safety. Shortened the hammerspur a bit and rounded the edges of the safety...

4 different barrel lengths, 4 different makers

Over here in Belgium a used HiPower (or ‘GP’ as we call them) is about the cheapest pistol one can buy. Most local gun shops have a crate somewhere in a corner with surplus GP’s. I recently had a unfired-new-in-box FN HiPower (made in ’75 and in a collection ever since) put aside for me and...

If you're Lucky (like me :) ) you'll find an Australian SMLE that is in unfired condition ... Well ... actually ... it WAS in unfired condition.

I hate companies that believe ‘customer service’ is a good alternative for ‘quality control’. “If we sell you crap, we will fix it” doesn’t make a good company. Willy Korth used to personally check every single revolver before it was send out. Of course the volumes are not remotely the same, but...

Hello, From your post I get the feeling we have a lot in common. I recently had the same opportunity to buy a Korth 4” Combat Magnum for a very reasonable price. Like you I don’t buy to ‘collect’ but to ‘shoot’ (I used to collect, but not anymore). Because of the reasonable price I...

Indeed, I’m looking for a nice lever and maybe the Ruger 77/357 (if only it was offered with a wooden stock). I paid the Korth about as much as a new S&W M586 would cost me and the FA about as much as a new Ruger GP100. So, no regrets there. BTW, a nice Python can be found here for about...

Over time I have owned different revolvers, but somehow I kept trading them in. However these last few years I've fallen in love with revolvers big time. It started with a S&W M19 with the 2.5" barrel ... Than a Colt Python 6" ... Than a Korth Combat Magnum 4"... And...

I do, I definitely do :)

Amazing collection, gunny. This is all I got ...

I was a bit frustrated with my P228. Great and reliable pistol but the grip is a bit too ‘fat’ for my small hands. So I decided to install the e2 grips and while I was tinkering with it I also added the ‘Short Reset Trigger’-kit. The SRT-kit made an ‘OK’ reset really good, but the biggest...

The Swiss tend to equip their troops with target rifles and target ammo. So … Bolt -> K31 Auto -> SIG550

Always loved the look of this ... and it shoots great too !