THE CZickness XLVIII....."The Holidays are Coming" edition...

[MindfulMan]

I got cold just looking at the mailbox through the picture window !

 

[wtburnette]

Funny how happily intoxicated becomes overnight...

Morning all...

 

[88E30M50]

Happy Saturday folks! ️

 

[Biggredchev]

Mornin. It’s wicked cold out there folks and the wind makes it downright brutal.

 

[patience0830]

Mornin. It’s wicked cold out there folks and the wind makes it downright brutal.

Not too rough in New Castle.
Light breeze and chilly.
and on my way to Dayton.

 

[jagee]

Just a bit chilly in Fayette Co woods this morning.

Pretty sure I jumped a deer walking in, heard it but never saw anything. Squirrel stampede now.

 

[ditcherman]

What makes the 85 different than a 75b with ambi safety?

Check out that hammer spur!
It’s like the funny Beretta drawing on the no guns signs.

 

[ditcherman]

I don't think I've ever seen one in that condition before. That's a sweet pistol.


Today the wind got the chill down to my bones. I've got the wood stove burning a little warmer. It died down to a breeze around 1600, but by then I had a chill to my bone. Anyone else work outside all day today? Maybe I'm just getting older and feeling it more nowadays.

I’d like to say I work outside, but in reality we have machine or truck cabs we spend time in, as the boss I’m probably 90/10 operating in a cab, but even the worst job is 50/50.
But I’ve spent a long time with cabless equipment, working alone, and upgrading. Actually made a joke about it in the first world problems thread.

I am definitely feeling it though, the more I age.

 

[Firehawk]

Check out that hammer spur!
It’s like the funny Beretta drawing on the no guns signs.

Good eye on the 85 I didn’t notice that! Looking closer it has the old 75 style trigger guard (called a pre-B?).

 

[ditcherman]

Good eye on the 85 I didn’t notice that! Looking closer it has the old 75 style trigger guard (called a pre-B?).

“Good eye” - you’ll poke your eye out with hat thing!

You obviously know more about them than I do, but I assume that spur is an age thing not an 85 thing?

 

[jagee]

Ok, I lied. It's freaking freezing. At least I've actually seen some deer to keep the excitement up a bit. Now I just need them a couple hundred yards closer on my side of the line.

Also, I've heard zero shots so far...am I the only one out here freezing my parts off?

 

[patience0830]

Ok, I lied. It's freaking freezing. At least I've actually seen some deer to keep the excitement up a bit. Now I just need them a couple hundred yards closer on my side of the line.

Also, I've heard zero shots so far...am I the only one out here freezing my parts off?

Nope. Friend sitting my patch. Saw a bruiser cruising a bean field w of Richmond this AM. Just S of I70.

 

[drillsgt]

Morning everybody, not CZ but picked this up yesterday. I got tired of waiting for the SA-35 so I had to scratch a BHP itch. I found this Girsan MC-35 on GB for less than 475.00 so I decided to try one out. It's a very faithful repro of the MKIII BHP. Better slide/frame fit than you would find in most Browning's too. I'll shoot it this weekend some time. Typical bad BHP trigger though but that can be tweaked pretty easily. I had a Ritchie Leather holster ready to go for when I found an SA-35 but still waiting.

 

[mcapo]

Morning everybody, not CZ but picked this up yesterday. I got tired of waiting for the SA-35 so I had to scratch a BHP itch. I found this Girsan MC-35 on GB for less than 475.00 so I decided to try one out. It's a very faithful repro of the MKIII BHP. Better slide/frame fit than you would find in most Browning's too. I'll shoot it this weekend some time. Typical bad BHP trigger though but that can be tweaked pretty easily. I had a Ritchie Leather holster ready to go for when I found an SA-35 but still waiting.

I have never owned or fired a BHP or clone. Gun store/show fondled a few. Regret not buying a nice T series about a decade ago.

 

[Firehawk]

Question… How do I properly remove the thread protector on the barrel? Is there a specific tool that goes with this? I don’t want to use pliers/channel locks and scratch it up. Looks like it has to come off in order to remove the barrel from the slide for cleaning. Thanks.

 

[mcapo]

Question… How do I properly remove the thread protector on the barrel? Is there a specific tool that goes with this? I don’t want to use pliers/channel locks and scratch it up. Looks like it has to come off in order to remove the barrel from the slide for cleaning. Thanks.

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A strip of leather belt and the appropriate set of pliers.

I have plenty of extra leather belts as they keep shrinking in my closet....

 

[Firehawk]

A strip of leather belt and the appropriate set of pliers.

I have plenty of extra leather belts as they keep shrinking in my closet....

I think I have a scrap of leather I used for waxing bow strings. I’ll give that a try when I get back home.

I don’t have extra belts as I more recently reached “adulthood” with the purchase of my first genuine leather belt this year!

 

[hANNAbONE]

Good Morning *still* to all my fellow CZicko's

Sunny and a very crisp 27 here in the AridBelt

Never did shoot the last coupla days. Might try tomorrow, not sure.

I have the dreaded head cold I received from family in Des Moines a week ago.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice...............no Cov!d tho'.

 

[Firehawk]

A strip of leather belt and the appropriate set of pliers.

I have plenty of extra leather belts as they keep shrinking in my closet....

That worked! Thanks!

 

[mmpsteve]

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Holy cow! That was fast. I wish someone would mark that ad sold so I quit being tempted by it.

Nice pistola!

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