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Re: At Last!
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:42 pm
by Stan Hillis
Silvers wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 8:42 am
Stan, I'll leave her original with the two leaf/flip up rear sight. I can still see irons fairly well for shots under 100 yards or so; have been taking special care of my eyes over years now for my clays shooting and that's worked out well. frank
Well played, Frank. I would have made the same decision. And, as far as the eyes ....... me too.
Re: At Last!
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:38 am
by 44whiskey
what a neat story Eightbore
Re: At Last!
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 1:39 pm
by Jim Cloninger
Silvers wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 8:42 am
Stan, I'll leave her original with the two leaf/flip up rear sight. I can still see irons fairly well for shots under 100 yards or so; have been taking special care of my eyes over years now for my clays shooting and that's worked out well. frank
What have you been doing with your eyes?
Re: At Last!
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 5:11 pm
by Silvers
Jim Cloninger wrote: ↑Sun Jul 24, 2022 1:39 pm
Silvers wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 8:42 am
Stan, I'll leave her original with the two leaf/flip up rear sight. I can still see irons fairly well for shots under 100 yards or so; have been taking special care of my eyes over years now for my clays shooting and that's worked out well. frank
What have you been doing with your eyes?
Google “eye muscle exercises for clay target shooting”.
Re: At Last!
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 5:25 pm
by eightbore
44 Whiskey, thanks for the compliment. My old buddy had a million stories, and I have about half that many. He was born in 1915, played football for Georgetown, was a glider pilot in WW2, hunted canvasbacks on the same piece of Potomac river as Nash Buckingham, and was a good friend of mine.
Re: At Last!
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:56 am
by Silvers
More information. Thanks to a kind person I’ve learned this M1903 carbine was part of a shipment of 52 carbines and rifles delivered direct to Von Lengerke & Antoine, Chicago (VL&A) on November 22, 1920. Unfortunately there is no record of the date each was sold or the name of the buyer. A 1920-21 catalogue from VL&D (sister firm to VL&A) shows the retail cost of the M1903 carbine at $92.50 or in the same ballpark as a C Grade Fox.
On another note, my order for new unprimed 6.5 MS cases and dies/shellholder was delivered yesterday and I'm good to go. Now I need to dig out my RCBS Rockchucker, scale, measure, etc. I'll also do up some 348 Winchesters while they're on the bench. frank