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tac · Feb 17, 2019

I like CZs and their clones.

I even had a CZ75..........

KTM530XCW · Feb 18, 2019

First of the 5 CZ's im refinishing is reassembled and complete. It grew a SAO trigger in the process too. More to come over the next few weeks

fournines · Feb 19, 2019

Rapid1 said:
this post needs some 10s!

Delta Elite
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Howard1955 · Feb 21, 2019

GP100 .357, 5" barrel.

I bought this from a man who is stationed in Baghdad. He's raising money to build a barn on his place in Colorado. His wife handled the shipping.

In my experience, a 180 grain hard-cast round fired from this gun will drop a deer like its been struck by lightning.

slingshot1943 · Feb 21, 2019

I have a 5" gp100 also. You don't see many.

DeanMk · Feb 21, 2019

Howard1955 said:
GP100 .357, 5" barrel.

I bought this from a man who is stationed in Baghdad. He's raising money to build a barn on his place in Colorado. His wife handled the shipping.

In my experience, a 180 grain hard-cast round fired from this gun will drop a deer like its been struck by lightning.

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Nice gun Howard. I didn't know there was a 5" barrel option for the GP100. Good to know. Thanks. -b
I like your practice of using a heavy bullet, too.
There used to be a 200 gr, loading for the .38 Special that was called Super Police...lately, I've been wondering how well a bullet of that weight would work in a .357.

Dean

drewp · Feb 23, 2019

new toy...found out the cetme L took standard ar15 mags, had to get one.
I will probably redo the welds but otherwise i love it

KTM530XCW · Feb 23, 2019

Picked up CZ #12 yesterday. Cool little piece of history...

Howard1955 · Feb 23, 2019

DeanMk said:
Nice gun Howard. I didn't know there was a 5" barrel option for the GP100. Good to know. Thanks. -b
I like your practice of using a heavy bullet, too.
There used to be a 200 gr, loading for the .38 Special that was called Super Police...lately, I've been wondering how well a bullet of that weight would work in a .357.

Dean

The 5" barrel on this gun is well-balanced for me. Almost bought the 6" version, but it was a bit front-heavy.

HSM sells a "Bear Load" 180 (box of 50, as I recall), and Buffalo Bore sells them in a box of 20. I've killed deer with the BB 180's, and I'm guessing the HSM rounds would work the same (and cost less).

We have cougars, and the occasional black bear come through our farm near Monmouth. If I don't have a long gun with me, the GP100 is my woods gun. Not as stout as a .44, but if I hit the bear just right, it'll work. Never have tried bear meat, but I'd like to.

DeanMk · Feb 23, 2019

When I was a baby, my family lived in Sacramento.
During that time, we went bear hunting and got a nice black bear.
He told me.....toughest meat he ever ate. He thought it might have been an old bear, though.

I figure anything loaded by Buffalo Bore has got to be so strong it'd knock over a building, so I don't doubt you have a box, but I'll have to check out the HSM loads, thanks for the tip.....that 5 shot .44 has peaked my interest, too. :s0033:

Ownerus · Feb 23, 2019

Howard1955 said:
...... Never have tried bear meat, but I'd like to.

A few years back my son-in-law got a bear in north Idaho. He brought us a bunch of the meat. It was really good. I suspect the age of the animal and what it's been feeding on has a lot to do with it.

KTM530XCW · Feb 27, 2019

Got #2, the vz.50, back together in my winter CZ Refinish project. I messed up pretty bad on the slide paint and may strip it back off and retry later on. Also i need some correct grips for it. Not pretty, but here it is next to the 75b.

loofa · Mar 1, 2019

tac · Mar 1, 2019

This is my old faithish Ruger Redhawk in it's original configuration in .44Mag. I got it in 1988 as a deal from a pal who was awaiting corrective eye surgery, and wouldn't be able to shoot without a scope thereafter.

Like all the other handguns that I kept, it was deactivated in the late 90's so that I wouldn't go to jail for five years. It was not used to hurt anybody in all the time I had it, but it was sudden death on bowling pins, and that's for sure...

tac · Mar 1, 2019

Model 29 .44Mag [but you all knew that, right?]

Model 686 'Trophy' - called that here in yUK. I sold the Hogue grips to a pal in Germany, and all the leatherwork and six speedloaders to the Government for a lot of money. Figuring I would need the empties for the eventual buyment of an underlever, I kept around three hundred, and sold the other thousand or so to the government. I ended up with a Super Redhawk, but it's just so freakin' ugly I don't want to show it again.