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A little something for the Colt guys ...... HERE!

Nice colt's.
As a member of the german gun club,i like the M1911 A1

Gerd

Yeah, I shot Expert with it while in the Navy, but I could always get a better score with a Luger. I have a 1916 DWM Navy (6" barrel) that will shoot rings around my .45 National Match Gold Cup

I know the 45 Gold cup very well,a friend of mine owns this type. I prefer the S&W 686 4" stainless.

Nice, but I don't care much for wheel guns. Had a chain-fire in a Ruger 22 mag that put me off them big time. First shot after buying it and every cartridge in the cylinder went off. Traded it off as soon as I replaced the cylinder and cylinder latch

Sounds scary Vern.
How many do you own? The Laws in Germany are very,very strict. And it's a long and expensive way. It also take much effort.
Just back from the shooting range and today i used the SIG 210 from a fellow.Also nice and good quality from the 60's.

A few At the moment, around 22 modern handguns (from C-96 Broomhandles and Lugers to the Colt Gold Cup), 6 Colt Single Action Armies, and 16 various black powder pistols. The Luger Navy is probably my favorite to shoot but Browning Hi-Powers run a close second. I do OK with the Colt .45 Automatic or the Beretta 92F. Not impressed with either the accuracy or handling of the P-38 or the Glock. Guess it's just what you get used to and are comfortable with.

Wow ,this is the holy grail,for sports and hunting!!!
In Germany,as a hunter,only two! So everyone has to made his own decision what he will need or not.
Very common is a 357 with a 4" barrel,as backup for a "final shot" at a boar. Also the cal 40 S&W.

For hunting, I have a .243 Sako for light game and varmint shooting, a .270 for deer sized animals, a .300 Winchester Magnum for boar and elk, and a .348 Winchester Magnum for bear and moose. All are built on FN Mauser actions. Dad had a gunsmiths license back in the 1960s and we built custom sporters. All of these were done back then. Throw in a Browning Auto Light 12 for birds, rabbits, and squirrels and that covers just about everything. I like the Hi-Power as a backup.

By the way, I put up a gallery of FN/Browning pistols HERE. Enjoy

What caused the chain fire? I'm not sure how that's even possible with a modern centerfire or rimfire. I understand the principal with cap and ball revolvers, but never heard of this with a modern revolver.

Chainfires were common in the Ruger Single Six with interchangeable .22LR and .22 Magnum cylinders. The .22 Mag chambers were beveled, but some chambers were just large enough to allow the case to split at the rim when it was fired. The resulting jet of flame would set off the rest of the cartridges in the cylinder. Ruger had a recall on the cylinders, but it was kept very low key. If you find a Ruger Single Six with interchangeable cylinders, have the .22 Mag cylinder checked by a gunsmith before you fire it.

I got a Single six with both cylinders. I never used the LR cylinder but have shot 100's with the Magnum cylinder with no incidents.

Do you know when it was produced? The problem was in cylinders made in the 1960s/early 1970s.

I've owned several of them over the years. This is the first time I've ever heard about any issues or recall.