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Was there a Military version of the Enfield revolver with a snub nose? Saw one at the gunshow this weekend. Albion manufacture, Standard hammerless version but only about a 1-1/2" barrel. Front sight looked correct. $500 was not worth a gamble.
Snub nosed Enfield revolver
Was there a Military version of the Enfield revolver with a snub nose? Saw one at the gunshow this weekend. Albion manufacture, Standard hammerless version but only about a 1-1/2" barrel. Front sight looked correct. $500 was not worth a gamble.
I own firearms not to fight against my government, but to ensure I will not have to.
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Last edited by Art; 04-05-2012 at 09:49.
That's Ok, I never worry about sticking to the subject matter anyways...LOLOriginally Posted by Art
I own firearms not to fight against my government, but to ensure I will not have to.
Nope, an aftermarket conversion. I have one.
Thanks, I could remember that I had been told this before, just couldn't remember what it was, that I was told...
I own firearms not to fight against my government, but to ensure I will not have to.
Too bad someone bobbed an Albion. Those are much more scarce than the Enfields
The Enfield revolvers don't really do anything for me anyway. DAO with a 1,147# trigger pull and handloading is the only viable option for anything resembling accuracy. Factory type 38 S&W prints nowhere near the POA. I let mine go a very long time ago. Nice one too. 95% original factory parkerizing and no importation markings whatsoever. Must've been a poker game win and a duffle bag bringback or something.
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Obama. A lifetime of affirmative action gone wrong.
JB, I only here two things about them, great shooters or can't hit the barn from the inside. I shoot pretty darn good with them. The trick is just to swing it onto target and yank the trigger...LOL Any attempts at form or accuracy usually result in the opposite...
Also, your assumptions about trigger pull are way off, no way they are over 5 or 6 hundred pounds of trigger pull.
Last edited by Guamsst; 04-05-2012 at 04:59.
I own firearms not to fight against my government, but to ensure I will not have to.
JB, what bullets did you handload with for the .38-200? I have some .38 S/W brass that I was going to load up using .38 special projectiles. Is there a better choice?
Only revolver that I have ever fired that has a single action trigger pull that is worse than the double action.
Last edited by Scott from Indiana; 04-06-2012 at 08:30.
Scott, you'll need to go from 160 gr. LRN at least then upwards from there if possible. The 145's and 155's did absolutely nothing for me. If you can cast 175 or 180's that seat OK you should do fine. They like the heavies. With the one I had, anything at extended ranges required me to hold off the paper to score. My S&W Frontier DA in 44 Russian could outshoot it in my hands with a stretched pawl to retime and a pitted bore.
Call me spoiled, but my commercial 38's hit tin cans at 50 yards very regularly. I collect shooters, not wallhangers so I let it go when the offer was made. In all fairness though, the DA trigger was glass smooth with just a tad of stacking prior to the break. The pull was actually somewhere around 17 lbs if memory serves. It was heavy!
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Never quite as old as the other old farts
Obama. A lifetime of affirmative action gone wrong.
I will have to play around with it and see what I can do. The weather keeps getting better here, and I am itching to go shooting.
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