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Its politics (...and nusiance...) for us. Its dollars for companies who have to fight litigation. My guess is that the legislation to limit tort lawsuits stopped the need for "enhansed" safety features and the need for corporations to "refine the design" to the n'th degree. Leroy

Lifted this from the Colt website: Link here: Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC. Read this: House Passes Bill Protecting Gun Makers from Lawsuits This is lifted from that paragon of information. Wikipedia: Link here: Smith & Wesson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ya see; it is in large part about the litigation. We live in a "no fault" society in large part. Guns are inherently dangerous and someone (...other than the smuck operating it ---- after all, he probably has no money; the gun manufacturers do, however...) must, therefore, be responsible for any damages or deaths resulting from the use of guns (...at least, it was that way for a while...). Then the adults stepped in with the tort legislation. Leroy

Greg:___________ Be careful about this. Some of us are engineers. Registered Professional ones at that. Retired after 37 years of practice. Since i helped stir this little hornet's nest up to begin with; I'll try to explain the "cock on draw" carry mechanics, and the way to make the gun "safe" again. In the "old days" (...in my case, about 1965..) you didnt see the ambidextrious safeties you see now. You saw the standard safety (...the one on the left...). The best 1911's were the plain jane Colt manufactured ones. That is what most of the 1911 guys had then. If you were left handed (...i am...), you had a problem with carrying the pistol "cocked and locked" because you couldnt quickly knock the safety off on the draw due to being wrong handed (...remember, the single safety is on the left...). To solve this problem, some folks opted to carry the 1911 with the hammer down on a loaded round or on the half cock and full cock the pistol on draw, just like the old timers in the western movies did their single action army colts. Remember, the 1911 has a rebounding firing pin (...one that is not as long as the firing pin channel...). That means that the pistol could be carried hammer down and the firing pin not rest on the primer of the round in the spout. It takes the energy of the hammer to smack the firing pin, overcome the spring pressure holding the firing pin rearward, and drive the pin forward forcefully to set off a round in a 1911. The procedure was simple, you drew the pistol, and during the draw stroke, you cocked the hammer --- VIOLA--ready to do business (...as Punisher would say, "ready to void birth certificates"...). To make the pistol safe to reholster, we always pointed the pistol in a safe direction and carefully lowered the hammer with either the off hand thumb or index finger inserted in the space between the hammer and the back of the frame. I always gently pushed the hammer back with my off hand digit (...to lift it off the full cock notch so as not to 'damage" the engagement surfaces...) gently squeezed the trigger, and carefully (...and gently...) lowered the hammer with my thumb (...which is plenty strong enough to do all this...) all the way down in the frame, retracting my off hand digit as the hammer was lowered. As was said before, this worked well with the spur hammer, because the spur is easy to get a good grip on. It didn't work so well with the rowell (...round top...) hammer, but you could still do it if you were careful. In regard to the "original" design (...up thru the 70's...) of the 1911; there are two (...ok, three, if you count the grip safety...) distinct mechanical safety systems. The first is the rebounding firing pin which allows the hammer to be rested on the firing pin and the pin not touch the primer of a loaded round; and the "safety" that blocks the hammer. We can quibble about which one is "more safe"; but the truth of the matter is that neither one is completely failsafe. The main reason you have these "enhanced" safety features on today's 1911's (....the series 80 colts and the series 2 kimbers, and so on ---the ones with the additional firing pin lock safeties ...) is that in the eighties folks started shooting themselves and hiring lawyers to sue the manufacturers who built the pistols under the guise of "defective design". The combination of activist judges, sorry lawyers, and idiotic juries came together to allow these suits and award jugements in some cases. That drove the pistol manufacturers to "enhance" the safety features of the 1911 (...and other types of handguns as well -- look at the current smiths...). That is how you have gotten to our present design features. Hope this clears up any angst about all this and asuages any outrage at the method of carry. It will work, and it is another way of doing things. Is it best for you; you gotta decide that. ....By the way, my carry 1911 has an ambidexterious safety, it can be carried 'cocked and locked' and made ready quickly to fire with my left hand... . Remember, there are lots of ways to do things. Regards, Leroy

You didnt hear me say it was "safer". You heard me say it was "just another way of doing the same thing" and "just as safe" if you know what you are doing. Knocking the safety off a pistol or cocking the hammer and pointing it at someone is an inherrently unsafe activity. It's meant to be that way. I merely explained how it came to be and how it works. You may not have thought of this; but there is ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM EVERY TIME YOU DRAW IT, no matter what the method of making it ready to fire. You, the individual, are the ultimate safety feature of any gun. I believe the quibbling about how to carry the 1911 is just that. The old 1911's had a floating firing pin (...one without the safety feature...). That means that you could, in fact, carry a round in the chamber with the hammer down and be safe. The various safety features related to 1911 firing pin locks are an "improvement" done to keep the more "klutzy" among us from shooting themselves and suing firearms manufacturers. You may not have thought much about this, but folks have been carrying 1911's in various states of readiness since world war one. Your generation is not necessarily the "smartest and safest" of the lot. There are lots of old time pistoleros who carried the 1911. I would take a baby aspirin and calm down if i wuz you. Leroy

The "half cock" with "full cock on draw" carry is an old time method that lots of guys (...including me...) used to use. It will work (...just as safe and well as "cocked and locked"; it has just fell out of favor due to the passing of the old guys...). It is a throwback to the "old days" from the single action guys (... no one thinks about this; but there were lots of folks that carried the old colt single action armies right up thru the sixties...). It works very well (...especially with the spur hammer...) and is just as safe as "cocked and locked" with combat type 1911's. We can quibble about how fast it is vs "cocked and locked"; but it is just another way to get the job done with a 1911. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Leroy

All:_______________ Please take the time to read this column. It is very enlightning. Link here: Michelle Malkin » Big Labor’s legacy of violence. Text here: Take the time to go to the article and read the comments section. Union membership is at about 7% or so when you dont count GOVERNMENT UNIONS. That brings the membership up to about 13%. Folks need to think about why this is going on and exactly who these union leaders are. Interesting read. Leroy

Vero:______________ The "S" serial # guns were built before 1968. The "N" guns were built after 1968 (...the "N" serial numbers ran out about 1981; i think. ...). Some folks like the "S" guns and think they are better (...some folks collect the older ones...). My opinion is that they are both the same quality; one is simply older than the other. All that being said; the newer models (...the ones with the alphanumeric s/n's ..) are not the cosmetic quality of the older ones. In some cases, they are not of the same internal quality. Again, having said all that; they ALL WORK VERY WELL; no matter what the vintage. I believe the smith and wesson large frame double action is the king of the double action revolvers. We have several in all categories. ps--I LIKE THE NICKEL GUNS TOO! THEY LOOK BIGGER -- HEHEHE. SERIOUSLY, I LIKE THE NICKEL FINISH; THEY ARE A THROWBACK TO THE PAST AND LOOK GREAT!!! Hope this helps. Kind regards, Leroy Hope this helps

LngRngShtr:_____________ Lanyard looks great!!! Risky:_______________ I always take a look at Stormdranes Blog for paracord ideas. Keep up the good work! Kind regards, Leroy

Me too!! The "sandpaper" one. It works great. Hope this helps. Leroy

amen brother! I heartily agree. Keep up the good work. Leroy

6.8:__________ Thanks for posting this article. I fully agree. Barak Obama is, I believe, our second (...maybe our third anti-american president. There are some who would class Woodrow Wilson our first because of the "League of Nations" thing. Although Wilson just sold out the Germans, not his own country..). Jimmy Carter was the second and Obama the third. Obama is, by far, the most Anti American in thought and speech, and he has surrounded himself with folks just like him. On a personal basis, he is simply overberaring and unlikable. Neither Carter nor Wilson were that way. The good news is that most people have come to understand that and they will very likely see to it that he will be a one-term president. I know i'll do my part to see that he is. Barak Obama represents all that is wrong with the one worlder, secular, socialist trash that populates much of academia and the Demorat Party these days. Barak Obama's "Hope and Change' message is one of "Hope for the perverted and non producers" and "Change from dollars in your pocket to the pockets of those on the dole". Food for thought. Leroy

Amen brother!! Keep up the good work. Kind regrds, Leroy

Key switch. Leroy

Ima and Youra Commie Chump!!! Think about it. leroy

My favorite so far!! Spend big on rifle (...especially the hard kickers -- 7 mag/300 Win. Mag and up...); save money with BB gun scope! Another great one by Deerslayer: Keep up the good work! Leroy

Mike:_____________ You may want to take a look at the round freefloat handguards. You can put a small peice of rail where you want it and leave the rest of the handguard for your hand, and not spare rail. I like the free floats. I believe they are the best accuracy improver you can do to a non-precision AR (...or any other rifle, for that matter...). RE: Saving money. I agree, we have done a couple or AR's. The great thing is that you get what you want. Keep up the good work! Kind reagrds, leroy

This is great advice for anyone who loads ammo that needs to go off every time you pull the trigger (....hunting, SD, etc. ...). The surest way to get ammo PROPERLY PRIMED is with a hand primer. PS-- i fully agree those who opine that .005 is a miniscule oal difference with the reloaded ammo. Dont worry about it. Thanks for posting this great info. Kind regards, leroy

Glad to have ya brother!!! Kind regards, leroy

Take a look at the Walther PPS. They are made in bothe 9mm and 40s&w. They are a well made and reliable pistol. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Leroy

Me too!! Thanks for posing this! Keep up the good work. Kind regards, Leroy

Some great wisdom in this post. Especially the words about the "perfect candidate". There aint any. RE: Ron Ramsey:____________ I have hesitated greatly to say this; but i believe it is worth consideration. Could it be possible that Haslam used Ramsey as a willing accomplice to split the Republican Primary vote in order to beat "Stateline" Wamp in this primary in exchange for his (...Haslam's...) backing sometime down the road (...say after two Haslam terms as governor....)? I don't want to think that because i like Ramsey on a personal basis; and there is no way to know for sure; but politics is a dirty business. Dont discount the possibility. It has happened before. Food for thought. Leroy

Good advice. We always used Balistol (...it must be a water soluble vegetable type oil...). Dont use a petroleum based oil with black powder/pyrodex type powders. They will make a hard fouling that you will have to work hard to get rid of. We always used bore butter soaked patches under the bullet (...or ball..) in our percussion revolvers. To clean after shooting; we always scrubbed with a mixture of equal parts of water, non ammonia windex, alcohol, and hydrogen peroxide (...got this recipe from the North-South Skirmish website--- dont know what the hydrogen peroxide is for. ....); dried the bore, and wiped it down with balistol. We always swabbed the nipples with the same cleaning mixture and wiped them dry with pipe cleaners. PS: I think rabatatoo is right about this too. Black powder shoots better and doesnt choke you to death with the nasty fumes from the black powder substitute stuff. Black powder also cleans up better. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Leroy

Conrad and all:___________________ Here is a link giving some historical data on the 257 Roberts. It is probably the greatest of the 25 caliber wildcats. Link here: Nazarian. I remember when the 257 came out in the Ruger 77, along with the 7X57 Mauser round. There was great excitement in the "real rifleman" (...no bazooka calibers or weatherbys; these were guys that actually shot their rifles on a regular basis ---target or hunting....) world about the indtroduction of these old time cartridges. When Bill Ruger was alive, Ruger did a great job of publicizing their production and mixing it up with the great old calibers. The 7 X 57 and the 257 Roberts were two of their best offerings. As I remember, they did them both in bolt action and single shot versions (...Ruger 77 and Ruger #1...). Enjoy your Roberts, it is a great thing. Kind regards, Leroy

Aaron:___________ Got the same problem myself. I dont like shoulder holsters, they can get uncomfortable. That being said; I carry a glock 33 in an Allen Miller kydex pocket holster (.... link here: Welcome to Aholster ...) in the hip pocket (...or front pocket...) of my dungarees (...shorts or long pants...). When i wear khakis or dress pants, i carry a sig 238 in a D. M Bullard roughout leather front pocket holster. They both work very well. By the way, im a gimped up 5ft 8in --300 lb round man who wears his clothes a bit loose. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Leroy

Dont worry about the UN. They are only in to stealin money, passing it around to dictators, and murdering and raping defenseless women and children in third world countries where the men have all been murdered off and the populace is too weak to resist. They didnt enforce the peace between Hezbolla and Israel in the south of Lebanon and they aint commin over here to enforce the "rights of the child" either. Leroy