Leap year update...

I have been trying to update once a month and I figured the 29th of February was a special enough occasion to wait for.

I took a friend shooting for the first time last month.  We shot a variety of guns including my Walther P38 mentioned in another post.  My first impression of the Walther was that it was a very smooth shooting gun.  I didn't expect that.  I thought it was really going to be nasty.  Especially when you see how wimpy the dual recoil springs look when compared to modern firearms.

I also shot my Colt 1991A1 after performing the trigger pull modifications.  I was quite pleased with myself!  No issues or misfires.  I suppose now I can pat myself on the back for a job well done! 

Additionally, we shot my Smith and Wesson 686-5 with a 4" barrel.  However, when I took it home for cleaning, I was dismayed to see that the firing pin bushing was missing a chunk!  I was shooting factory load American Eagle 38 special 130 grain FMJ.  I contacted Smith and Wesson and they sent me an RMA.  2 weeks later my gun was back in my hands repaired at no cost!  Smith and Wesson has top notch customer service and I want to acknowledge and thank them for that!

If you enlarge the pictures, you can see the firing pin bushing is missing a chunk. 

I've been unfortunately too busy lately to get back to the range to test fire the 686 since it has been returned.

I also picked up a CZ75B in some sort of limited stainless finish. 

I was looking for a new 9mm pistol (as though I needed one) and had read about how unique the design was.  The slide sits in the frame instead of on it.  It is a neat gun and a lot of fun to shoot.  I liked the regular CZ75B well enough except the sights were kind of junky looking.  The photo luminescent dots weren't round so much as blobs put on by some sort of paint brush.  Instead I got the nicer model with true night sights.  

It was fun to shoot although I think I need to get a feel for it still as I was shooting a bit lower with it than I expected.

From what I can tell, the CZ75B is an all around good deal though if you are looking for a reliable all steel gun in 9mm.  Most metal framed 9mm pistols on the market are aluminum alloy.



I have been making a conscious effort to try and play guitar and work on guitars daily and denying myself any sort of reward until I have.  This system has definitely been helping.  Hopefully this will lead to a resurrection of my SpaceCharge effects and amplification project which has been on hiatus for a very long time now.

Despite the short writing on guitars, I have been in a much more musical space than in a gun space lately.