Colt V-spring Adventures

A collection of posts often on colt E- and I-frame revolvers: pythons, model 357s, officer model specials, etc. Topics not limited to: action jobs, fixing Bubba-gone-wrong gunsmith mistakes, and revolver porn. And sometimes I'll wander off the reservation and type random nouns and verbs that have nothing to do with our sole purpose, because who the hell can really pay attention that long?

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Zing

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Are you saying the citizens of Berkeley are Communists, reminiscent of those on the dark side of the Iron Curtain? There are probably more ...

#1 ranked chess player is 19

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I've not followed chess in a long time, other than Fischer's japes and Kasparov's opera, so totally missed this the fact that th...

Some (colt) porn

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Recently had to sell a couple of colts, which is a good way to finally get some photos taken. Seems like filtered overcast light highlight...

photobucket must die

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I cannot believe these slimy scumbags. Their brilliant moneymaking scheme: if you upload more than some threshold of byte then --- rather ...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Yet more evidence that JFK knew how to party

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Gives new meaning to "never get off the boat" (from TMZ ):

The french and boundary issues

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Innocently reading an economics blog  ("marginal revolution"    http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/12/assor...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Good writeup: CA vs TX

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Simple strategy: spend less, get more. http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_4_california.html Hat tip: MR .
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

emco v13 cutting 1/2" toolsteel to nothing in one pass

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Could go faster, easily. I really love this model, the thing eats SS like aluminum:  

The best takedown of any movie, ever.

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This can't possibly work, but does: Some amateur guy put together a 70 minutes long(!) destruction on "phantom menace" a  mo...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

rhetoric over reality: brit scientist fired over looking into the relative lethality of different drugs

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Article here:  http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/12/13/you_cant_handle_the_truth/ The adviser, Dr. David Nutt, said i...
Sunday, December 6, 2009

Fly cutters rock!

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OK, I know I am about 100 years late to this particular party, but I have to say that fly cutters are freaking awesome! I'd always hea...

Fixing a 3-jaw emco chuck

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So, among the many things wrong w/ an Emco V13 engine lathe I picked up (not it's fault), the chuck had been sorely abused and require...
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