Charley C
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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!
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!