I'll let ya know if it gets freed up... but if I remember correctly, there's a ball stuck in one of the cylinders.Originally Posted by gewing
If that Muzzle loader needs a new home....
As far as sights go, I don't have a terrible affinity for the basic site picture. I do okay with it, but its unwieldy to me. I've been told by an instructor that I have a natural point shooting ability and that I shouldn't mess with it. I find I have a harder time shooting accurately with conventional sights, so the express style suits me just fine. Something about a larger awareness of spatial relativity between front and rear seems to work better for me. Not sure why.I don't feel comfortable with "Express" style sights. I just can't imagine them being very good for accuracy.
I hate Buckhorn and semi buckhorn sights on a rifle too.
I would go with a Ghost ring on a rifle, first, and they are available for pistols too, but...
A friend bought a Taurus PT1911 last week, with the factory Heinie "straight 8" night sights. He LOVES it, and them. He swears they are faster than conventional night sights (he carries a Glock with conventional night sights on duty as a rural deputy) and that there is no parallax in them. If you aren't lined up, you don't see both dots. These also allow a conventional sight picture during daylight.
I have conventional trijicons on my kimber, I like them just fine. If I was going to put any serious money into upgrades, I would probably add a pair of Crimson Trace Lasergrips. If they were available in the new Green beam laser that would be even better, but they are already out of my price range.
I don't like buckhorn sights, either. Ghost rings work well for me. I strongly considered those straight 8 sights, but they still depend on the conventional sighting system. I've never been able to shoot the whole 3 dot system, I don't imagine making it 2 dots would change it a lot for me, though. Another sight system I'm interested in is Novak's ghost sight with the half moon rear and conventional front sight.
The whole laser thing is interesting. I've only played with them when they were on someone else's gun, but it makes a lot of sense. Shooting a target while standing on the other side of the wall is pretty impressive, too. =)
Hmmm, I always thought the .45 ACP was adequate, and that the +P or +P+ loads would fill the gap adequately if a bit more oomph was needed. I've never tried .45 Super or .460 rowland. In any case, I do like the idea of being able to go down to wal-mart to buy the ammo, if needs be, though... and that is the main reason I don't own any exotic ammunition or guns. For some reason, I seem to always fall back to the zombie scenario or any of those kind of doomsday ideals for picking my main guns.Okay, if I had LOTS of money to spare, I would probably get a 1911 with the conversion either to .45 super or .460 Rowland. The latter is probably getting a little silly though.
Oh, I know that cartridge conversion cylinders are available for some of the percussion revolver reproductions, but I DON'T know how that affects the way the ATF views them.
Well, Washington may go the way of California, as our governor seems to want to turn us into California North, but we are a long way from that yet. And Idaho is about as free on guns as it is possible to get. I would move there, but I can't afford to.
I have a thing for the cowboy idea, too, keeping rifles and pistols in the same caliber as to be easily convenient to both. I'm no long-shot, so keeping it short and easy works well for me. With .45 ACP and .44 Magnum as my main calibers, it works well. I suppose to be truly zombie-ready, I should probably have a 9mm, since they're so common, but I really do hate that caliber. =/
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