Any Gun Enthusiast Will Probably Love This

[Charley C]

What could you possibly buy for only $17.98 that a large % of folks on THR would really get a kick out of? Yesterday I wouldn't have had a clue; but today.....

I'm usually always in Terre Haute on Wednesday, and today I decided to stop at Sam's club.

My first stop when I go in any store is almost always where they sell the books; and today, I found........"The Book"! Outdoor Life, The Ultimate Shooting Skills Manual.

If there's anything I like as much as a really interesting book, it's finding one for a bargain price; ( in this case, a book that the publisher wants $29 for, and Sam's only wants $17.98 for.
There are a lot of 1911 enthusiasts here on THR; The book's author, John B. Snow, has a great picture of and all of the details about his 1911 "project gun"; starting with a S&W 1911 .45 ACP, he gets a .22 LR barrel, a couple of custiom made aluminum 10 round mags, (which both handle 13 rounds "just fine", adds a PT rail and an Aimpoint micro R-1 red dot sight, a suppressor, and (get this ) snake skin grips!!! That is one impressive 1911, for sure!

But even more interesting, (at least for me ), is a razor sharp picture of......."The Ultimate Handgun"; a S&W Performance Center 500; with a Leupold VX-lll 2.5-8 X 32 scope. And his recommendation for ammo? Cor-Bon 325 gr. Barnes XPB; (1,800 fps / 2,338 ft. lbs. (for "small stuff") Bigger stuff.....Hornady 350 gr. XTP Mag; (1,900 fps. / 2,805 ft. lbs. ) and for "really big stuff", Winchester 400 gr. Platinum; (1,800 fps. with 2,877 ft. lbs. energy!

I have been lusting over the S&W 500 forn a while now, but until I read about this gun in John Snow's book, I was completely unaware that; what you're looking at ISN'T the barrel; it's the barrel SHROUD! And the barrel is seated into the frame, and is held securely in place by the compensator on the muzzle! Also of interest......thanks to the special sorbothane grips dampens the 500's kick to less than a 44 Mag.

Rifle fan? this book has more rifles than I knew existed! And all of the shooting sports; If you love guns, you'll love this book!

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Sounds like great winter reading.

And a wonderful photo mine for future projects.

How about a pic of the cover?

Todd.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Count me in your minority. Can't stand books that offer a lot of subjective opinion rather than objective information.

 

[Hardtarget]

I've looked at that book at "Sam's Club" several times. Just haven't bought it yet.

Mark

 

[rcmodel]

And the barrel is seated into the frame, and is held securely in place by the compensator on the muzzle

No, it isn't.
If the book days that, it is wrong.

The shrouded barrel used by S&W is held in place by the barrel liner being screwed firmly into threads in the frame, using a special wrench that fits the rifling in the barrel liner.

The comps are interchangeable with only an Allen Wrench, and are locked into the end of the shroud by splines & grooves.
They have nothing to do with holding the barrel to the frame or holding the shroud on the barrel liner.





rc

 

[Charley C]

How about a pic of the cover?

Todd.


Sorry Todd, but I have yet to master the task of getting a photo onto THR;

The cover of John Snow's book has a close-up photo of John sighting through the camo scope of a camo, bolt action rifle.

With the ISBN # 1-61628-832-7 you can probably find a photo of it on an online book store.

 

[Charley C]

rcmodel says;

No, it isn't.
If the book days that, it is wrong.

The shrouded barrel used by S&W is held in place by the barrel liner being screwed firmly into threads in the frame, using a special wrench that fits the rifling in the barrel liner.

The comps are interchangeable with only an Allen Wrench, and are locked into the end of the shroud by splines & grooves.
They have nothing to do with holding the barrel to the frame or holding the shroud on the barrel liner.


RC;
Here's exactly what John Snow says in his book; Quote; "the compensator also acts as a barrel nut, suspending the barrel in the barrel shroud. In essence, it pulls the barrel between the frame and the compensator, eliminating barrel stress and enhancing accuracy." Quote;

Personally, I was very surprised to learn that any revolver even had a "barrel shroud"! Not that it will ever make any difference to me, as I would need to hit the power ball lottery to ever consider having $1,500 invested in a huge hand gun that I would probably never even have an opportunity to shoot, (or the deep enough pockets to be able to afford ammo for it.) Even so, I'm still very interested in knowing all of the details about things like this.

Thanks for the great drawing and photo, explaining about how the trick barrel "wrench" actually uses the rifling in the barrel in order to gain the necessary torque needed to seat the barrel threads into the frame threads. I was having a hard time trying to imagine what the author was talking about with his brief explanation.

I suppose I should have probably noted that this book is probably aimed more toward the "newbie" who is just becoming interested in guns and the shooting sports, and explains a "little bit" about all types of guns and the various types of shooting competitions, and is illustrated with a lot of excellent photography.

 

[Apachedriver]

How about a pic of the cover?

Todd.


Sorry Todd, but I have yet to master the task of getting a photo onto THR;

The cover of John Snow's book has a close-up photo of John sighting through the camo scope of a camo, bolt action rifle.

With the ISBN # 1-61628-832-7 you can probably find a photo of it on an online book store.

Is that the book? If so, you cross-loaded part of the ISBN #s.

ISBN-10: 1616288329
ISBN-13: 978-1616288327

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Too cool ^^^^

Thanks for the photo DRIVER. I'm a "visual" guy and now have an image to look for.

Todd.