1911 NM .38 Special mid-range

Calfed · September 30, 2020, 07:35 PM

Earlier this year I glommed a S&W model 52-2...

https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=606059

Ever since, I've been obsessed with getting a 1911 .38 Special mid range as a companion piece. Today, I glomed one...sn 3239-MR

Jim Watson · October 13, 2020, 11:01 PM

Let us know which is more accurate.

RickB · October 14, 2020, 12:09 PM

Those guns are apparently much nicer to shoot than the blowback Mk. III.

Hammerhead · October 14, 2020, 12:13 PM

Very nice!
Would love to handload for that gun.
I hear mags are pretty rare.

Jim Watson · October 15, 2020, 10:16 AM

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Those guns are apparently much nicer to shoot than the blowback Mk. III.

I thought all those factory .38s were blowback, the Mk III just the last attempt with grooved chamber and improved throat. Maybe the OP will take his apart and show us the works.

RickB · October 15, 2020, 12:59 PM

You may be right; I thought the early Colts were like the AMU and Clark guns, with pivoting barrel.

Dan-O · October 15, 2020, 01:50 PM

Nice!’

Jim Watson · October 15, 2020, 10:23 PM

I think the .38 Special Kits were recoil operated.

smee78 · October 30, 2020, 07:12 PM

I know the Smith 52 I shot was a tack driver, hope yours in the same.

Calfed · October 31, 2020, 04:56 PM

Thanks, guys!

The California DROS system finally rendered to Calfed what is Calfed's...

September 30, 2020, 07:35 PM	#1
Calfed Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Posts: 295	1911 NM .38 Special mid-range Earlier this year I glommed a S&W model 52-2... https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=606059 Ever since, I've been obsessed with getting a 1911 .38 Special mid range as a companion piece. Today, I glomed one...sn 3239-MR

October 14, 2020, 12:09 PM	#3
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	Those guns are apparently much nicer to shoot than the blowback Mk. III. __________________ Runs off at the mouth about anything 1911 related on this site and half the time is flat out wrong.

October 15, 2020, 12:59 PM	#6
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	You may be right; I thought the early Colts were like the AMU and Clark guns, with pivoting barrel. __________________ Runs off at the mouth about anything 1911 related on this site and half the time is flat out wrong.

October 30, 2020, 07:12 PM	#9
smee78 Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,918	I know the Smith 52 I shot was a tack driver, hope yours in the same. __________________ We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located, among the millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are

October 13, 2020, 11:01 PM	#2
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,542	Let us know which is more accurate.

October 14, 2020, 12:13 PM	#4
Hammerhead Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,432	Very nice! Would love to handload for that gun. I hear mags are pretty rare.

October 15, 2020, 01:50 PM	#7
Dan-O Senior Member Join Date: August 3, 2011 Location: Northern Colorado Posts: 969	Nice!’

October 15, 2020, 10:23 PM	#8
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,542	I think the .38 Special Kits were recoil operated.

October 31, 2020, 04:56 PM	#10
Calfed Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Posts: 295	Thanks, guys! The California DROS system finally rendered to Calfed what is Calfed's...