Woodpecker Rules

[Larry Jaques]

I'm still trying to figure

Anybody who does anything like that shouldn't be handling a firearm. (and won't be in the near future) Nor should the owner of the firearm be allowing it. CROM, what idiots.

I don't know what you mean by "those 45's" (maybe a link in a post by someone I have filtered) but the ready answer is "No, they shouldn't be able to." And that's another reason all Americans should be schooled in weapons handling at an early age. So they know this and avoid it, and they know enough to -stop- someone who is not so taught before it becomes a problem.

-- The problem with borrowing money from China is that thirty minutes later, you feel broke again. --Steve Bridges as Obama

[woodchucker]

Why not just get a set of prescription safety glasses? Well worth the price considering how much time you probably spend in the shop.

[Puckdropper]

woodchucker wrote in news:l4CdnQQiErFGNWHNnZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]:

It's not a bad idea... I haven't gotten that far yet.

One company makes safety glasses that use a lense insert rather than modifying the shield part. It's much cheaper than their prescription safety glasses offering and the shield is replacable if it gets scratched or broken.

Puckdropper

[Lew Hodgett]

The grass has riz, Where last year's, Careless driver is, BurmaShave

Still remember this one that appeared on US-30 (Lincoln Highway) West bound between Wooster, OH and Mansfield, OH, probably about 1950.

Lew

[Lew Hodgett]

************************** That barefoot boy, With cheeks of tan, Won't let them chap, When he's a man, BurmaShave

Probably also someplace along US-30 (Lincoln Highway).

Lew

[Bill]

I treat every gun like it's loaded, and the safety is off, and the hammer might fall.

This is an old story (there may be a better article about it):

[Larry Jaques]

As you should.

have a "hammer". Plus, those Rems definitely aren't supposed to do that. It sounds as if the higher-ups in Rem made a Ford-Pintoesque decision. Really dumb.

-- The problem with borrowing money from China is that thirty minutes later, you feel broke again. --Steve Bridges as Obama

[Bill]

A 30.06 rifle is not the same as a .45 handgun, Bill. I was just making the point that hammer don't just "not fall" because they are not supposed to. BTW, with regard to your remark--both guns fire center-fire cartridges, that makes them the same sort of machine to me.

[Larry Jaques]

> A 30.06 rifle is not the same as a .45 handgun, Bill.

See the exploded drawings for pistols vs. rifle bolts. Here are two:

problem with borrowing money from China is that thirty minutes later, you feel broke again. --Steve Bridges as Obama

[Larry W]

In the case of the ".45" the OP may be speaking about the model 1911 and the changes Colt adopted when going from the series "series 70" and older pistols to the "series 80." The "series 80" guns have a plunger & linkage that blocks the firing pin from moving forward if the trigger is not depressed, and also changed the half-c*ck configuration somewhat. Some other manufacturers of model 1911s have adopted these or similar changes too. With the older designs, it is possible that with a round chambered, if the pistol dropped onto a hard surface at the right (wrong?) angle with enough force, it could fire. Note that these accidental discharges are not from the "hammer ready to fall" but from inertia moving the firing pin with enough force to strike and fire the cartridge primer. (The hammer might fall in some cases too, but that would indicate something in the gun was broken or modified incorrectly)

[Bill]

The base is 30"x 30" (or 27" x 27" on the inside). I can indicate more dimensions on the drawing. I think that, once you count your clamps, the main thing you need to know if that the risers lean 9-degrees--it's a compromise.

I should lay out my clamps and see how much space they take up! : ) I believe what I've drawn will be adequate for me for now.

Bill