The Czickness LII….it is the grey time of year. Tungsten Grey that is…

[MindfulMan]

Good morning, CZickos !

 

[rkwhyte2]

Morning

 

[Born2vette]

Hello gang!

 

[bcannon]

Good morning fellas :bgoOJ:

 

[Leadeye]

That looks well traveled!

It is. To Britain for WW1 in 1915, then back to the states. In the 30s it went to Dan King's out in California for install of their proprietary sights and hammer. The caliber was probably changed then to 45 Colt, barrel cut, and modern cylinder latch installed along with an action job. Where it went past there is a guess, but Kings built it into a very large bore snub gun for somebody. Maybe the customer was looking for something like the Colt Fitz special which was being made at the same time.

It would be a old relation to the idea behind MM's giant S&W.

 

[ChrisK]

Good Morning all!!! Time for Church...

 

[Usmccookie]

Good morning y’all.

 

[hANNAbONE]

So....is it too early for talking about the Spring Gala.?

(*truth be known I haven't shot in so long that I'm not even sure how to hold a rifle or handcannon these days - sheesh .. what a Layoff.)!!!!

 

[T-DOGG]

After a lot of research I finally made a decision and ordered a new vise for the mill. I went with a Glacern GPV-412. It was $579 and should be quite an improvement over my $60 vise I've been using for the past year. Along with the upgraded Mitutoyo dial test indicator I just got, the quality of my work will improve.

https://www.glacern.com/gpv_412

 

[zachcz]

Quiet day in here. Hope that means lots of range time for everyone with the nice weather. Made a deal for a single stack 9mm 1911. Will post tomorrow morning when it’s in hand.

 

[T-DOGG]

Larger dial and flat face make for easier viewing.

 

[MindfulMan]

After a lot of research I finally made a decision and ordered a new vise for the mill. I went with a Glacern GPV-412. It was $579 and should be quite an improvement over my $60 vise I've been using for the past year. Along with the upgraded Mitutoyo dial test indicator I just got, the quality of my work will improve.

https://www.glacern.com/gpv_412

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Now that's a manly-man's vice ! Solid = accurate.

 

[T-DOGG]

Now that's a manly-man's vice ! Solid = accurate.

Sadly it looks like a kids vise compared to others. It's a 4" wide jaw model and weighs 40lbs. The 6" jaw model jumps to 81lbs.

Another Example. I was looking into the Kurt DX4 vise with 4" wide jaws, that weighs 30lbs. In the photo below, the DX4 is on the left, with the DX6 on the right and the DX8 in the middle. The DX8 weighs 175lbs.....

 

[drillsgt]

Decent day today, weather was great. I made some progress on my custom S&W 4567 project and got my bead blaster all set to go as well.

 

[MindfulMan]

Sadly it looks like a kids vise compared to others. It's a 4" wide jaw model and weighs 40lbs. The 6" jaw model jumps to 81lbs.

Another Example. I was looking into the Kurt DX4 vise with 4" wide jaws, that weighs 30lbs. In the photo below, the DX4 is on the left, with the DX6 on the right and the DX8 in the middle. The DX8 weighs 175lbs.....

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Overkill, says I !

 

[Bennettjh]

After a lot of research I finally made a decision and ordered a new vise for the mill. I went with a Glacern GPV-412. It was $579 and should be quite an improvement over my $60 vise I've been using for the past year. Along with the upgraded Mitutoyo dial test indicator I just got, the quality of my work will improve.

https://www.glacern.com/gpv_412

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Don't know anything about machining tools. Looks like a solid piece no doubt.

 

[ChrisK]

We had the DX-6 on the mill where I worked. Very good vise.

 

[Leadeye]

Finishing off a bottle of wine I opened earlier in the week, giving up on a Winchester 1886, people are paying crazy money for Winchesters these days.

 

[ditcherman]

Finishing off a bottle of wine I opened earlier in the week, giving up on a Winchester 1886, people are paying crazy money for Winchesters these days.

From reading around here, I thought the rules were you had to finish the bottle of wine before the bidding picked up?

 

[ditcherman]

Sadly it looks like a kids vise compared to others. It's a 4" wide jaw model and weighs 40lbs. The 6" jaw model jumps to 81lbs.

Another Example. I was looking into the Kurt DX4 vise with 4" wide jaws, that weighs 30lbs. In the photo below, the DX4 is on the left, with the DX6 on the right and the DX8 in the middle. The DX8 weighs 175lbs.....

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Well if your 4” weighs 10 pounds more than the Kurt, that says something about the quality. Kind of the gold standard.








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