Crazy Cat Lady

Good old model 10s. I carried one as you described in the academy and I was able to outscore everyone except the range master and his custom PPC gun. I wouldn't mind having one of those with the three inch barrel even now.

"I’m starting to understand how that mentality comes about.  Poor kitten, I will take just this one and care for it.  Thirty nine "poor" cats later, the neighbors refer to you as the crazy cat lady…."




With guns as with cats, the trick is to never let them in the door.  


Or as my father used to say...never invest in anything that eats or needs paint.


Guns are OK.

Schaumannk wrote:Or as my father used to say...never invest in anything that eats or needs paint.

Guns are OK.

But guns eat ammo. In the past year, my Ruger Mk III ate 3x its worth in ammo. At today's cost, a case of ammo is worth as much as a gun...

I had one of those AimTech mounts ad wasn't too happy with it. It kept loosening up under the violent recoil of 2.7gr BE. The last thing I was going to do was loctite the sideplate screws to keep it tight.

Actually, I may still have it somewhere.

Well, shot the Model 10 in league last night.  Bright lights right above the shooter (that can't be shut off) made seeing the tiny fixed sight a bit difficult.  6:00 hold using some of my DR reloads netted me serveral good targets.  One of the slow fire was a 93.  Then I started swanking them out of the black in rapid fire.  The fixed sights work but you must be very critical of the exact alignment.  Lighting didn't help.  Finished 529/600 or something close to that.  Very pleased the old girl still knows how to push projectiles down range.  Might just keep this poor kitty...

I got out of work early about two weeks ago and decided to check the used counters at some local stores, more for entertainment than anything else. A black rifle shop had a 1980's S&W Model 41 for less than gunbroker prices. It looked kind of lonely there. While doing errands recently I decided to see how it was doing. Lo and behold, they now had a 1972 Model 52-2 and a different Model 41 from 1978. Left the store going "wow that would be fun to try", then turned around and bought the 52-2. It had been put away dirty twenty years ago, but cleaned up well with no pitting.

The next day I went back to get the Model 41 to make a set, keep it company.

One day I went in my local gun shop and the salesman, knowing me too well, said "you need to see this.."  He pulled out a K frame Smith, which had obviously spent too much time stored in a holster.  But it was just fine surface rust and I was looking for a project gun.  And it was a Model 15, so I thought.  As I took it in my hand to look at it, I noticed the fourth screw on the side plate!  Really, I thought.  A few moments later I spied the fifth screw on the front of the frame!  Now, I didn't need another safe queen, and there was no way I would start replacing parts and drilling and tapping on this old girl.  But I couldn't just leave her there and let her end up in a bad home. . .

I can say the same thing about the 375H&H Model 70 (pre 64 of course)  I just had to rescue from the gun pound.  500 bucks later.....


Pretty tough shooting it rapid fire though

A ratty old mod 10 needs a nice Bomar/Aristocrat rib on it to cover those unsightly holes......  

What is a good red dot rail for a Model 10?

A poor M64-3 4" with a very nice action followed me home recently. I'd like to see what it can do.

I love the model 10s!!! They really are just a stone basic firearm that just never quits.