Not just the guns, but all the stuff that goes with them
[Al Pacino voice] Just when I thought I’d got out, they pull me right back in [/Pacino] with this little offer:
And yes I know, I already have the .357 Mag need, shall we say, extremely well covered.
But a new 6″ stainless Python for under a grand? Damn this poverty…
[exit, sobbing]
…in which Our Hero from TGS Outdoor tried his hand at skeet shooting for the first time last year and fell in love with the sport.
So much so that he came back this year and tried again.
There’s two wonderful, relaxing hours of viewing in the above two links, so have at it.
I’ve watched each one twice.
In passing, what I really enjoy about watching Jonny Carter is that he’s a remarkable shot — that part is undeniable — but he’s also appallingly humble. Note in the first video his unselfconscious attitude towards admitting he’s a newbie at skeet shooting, his willingness to listen to advice from the pros, and his absolute refusal to blame his performance on his borrowed, unfamiliar gear.
He’s fallen in love not just with skeet shooting, but with the entire skeet shooting family; and I bet they love this gangling Brit with his quiet, self-effacing humor just as much.
Thanks to all Readers who helped me out with the estate sale of the late Jim Siegler’s cherished Krag-Jorgensen carbine.
We reached our reserve (actually, a few bucks over which, with your permission, I’ll use for the shipping of said weapon to the lucky winner).
Oh, and speaking of the lucky winner, Reader Michael Y. needs to email me his FFL’s details. Unfortunately today and tomorrow both find me snowed under with busywork, but I’ll take care of the transfer early next week. Congratulations, Mike!
The money has been sent to Irish.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I have the best Readers on the Internet.
I’m referring of course to this activity, whereby you, O My Readers, get a chance to win this lovely Norwegian Krag-Jorgensen carbine for a paltry $10 per ticket, no limit on ticket purchases.
I’m still about a hundred-odd dollars short of its reserve, so I’m going to leave the thing out there for the next few weeks… and the details are in the above link.
Remember, it’s for a good cause. (#JimsWidowIrish)
As I was wandering along the Gunny Trail, I happened upon this new thing:
It’s from Henry Rifles, and they’ve apparently created a new department called “Special Products Division” (SPD). This particular model is known as the HUSH line.
“Why ‘HUSH’, Kim?”
Thought you’d never ask.
Long Time Readers will be all too aware of my antipathy towards plastic stocks, and especially so when used on classic rifles like Murka’s own lever action repeater.
I have to say, though, that this one’s not that horrible when there’s a suppressor attached (although how well a suppressor is going to work on the booming .45-70 Govt cartridge remains to be seen).
Let’s just say that when suppressors are freed from the stupid red tape and registration nonsense (not to mention the average cop’s hostile attitude towards them), I would be tempted — not towards a .45-70 Govt chambering (as pictured), but certainly the .357 Mag model — and certainly still more if I were to shoot the Hornady Critical Defense 110gr light loads — which achieve just over 1,000 fps out of a 4″ revolver… now imagine them emerging from that 24″ barrel, suppressed.
Excuse me, I need to take a quick cold shower.
Sorry. Anyway, I’m not saying I’m going to become a Plastic Fantastic fanboi anytime soon. But there’s just something about that HUSH rifle that intrigues me.
Being Henry and Made In The USA, these rifles are gonna be spendy, my guess in the almost-two grand area, but these are the times we live in.
Well, some time has passed in the disposal of The Layabout Sailor’s estate guns, and nothing has changed since this post. In other words, there are a couple-three rifles are still available.
Let’s start with my favorite, the Norwegian Krag chambered in 6.5x55mm.
As I mentioned earlier, the carbine has been sporterized because its original stock was literally falling apart (like, giving the unwary shooter splinters when handled). As such, it has little collector value because those old boys want it original.
But as a hunting rifle? Hoo baby. If I were younger and still hunting, you wouldn’t be seeing it here because I’d have kept it for myself. I’ve fired the rifle myself before, back when Jim and I were doing one of our many range visits together, and it’s a honey. Look, it’s not really a long-range (400+ yards) gun, because few carbines are. But if I were doing dense-brush hunting for hogs, or deep-woods hunting for whitetails or even black bears, I would take this Krag ahead of any other rifle. And I mean that.
As for its action:
Butter-smooth, of course, and that Krag loading tray ditto. None of that wrestling a stripper-clip or thumbing individual cartridges down into a stiffly-sprung magazine, no siree; throw five cartridges in the tray, snap it closed and the gun will sort it out for you.
This Krag is a proper Norwegian issue (see the arsenal proof stamps) and was made in 1908.
Honestly? I love this little carbine so much that if I had the money, I’d just buy it from the estate myself, despite my having quit hunting. It’s that nice a gun. But I don’t, so I can’t (more’s the pity).
Now here’s the deal.
I want to raffle this off to you, my Loyal Readers. There is a reserve price of $500 that must be reached first, but to make it really easy, I’m asking for a ticket price of only $10 (no limit on purchase quantity). So if I get fifty entries (assuming only one ticket per Reader), it’ll be done and dusted — I’ll do the draw immediately, notify the winner and ship it off to your FFL. Shipping is on me.
Now ask yourself the question: Would I like the chance to own a sweetie like this for only $10? (That’s the current cost of one McDonald Meal Deal, go figure.)
Zelle to [email protected]; Venmo to @Kim-Dutoit-3. (I don’t do PayPal anymore, sorry.)
And paper checks to the usual Sooper-Seekrit address:
6009 W. Parker Rd
Ste. 149-141
Plano TX 75093
Do it for me, do it for Jim’s Widow Irish, but most of all, do it for yourself. You will not regret it.