Day at the range

Weather was great. Had the range to myself. Finally got a chance to try out my new Colt Huntsman 22. It's a fun little plinker. Extremely comfortable and accurate. I was able to get some new magazines for it online at a decent price. They are the real Colt brand mags, so they feed as they should. Played with the glock some more. They still look awful toy like to me, but they are extremely accurate and an easy shoot. I like the feel and look of my Smith and Wesson 1911 better than the glock, but I can't get the tight grouping with it like I can with the Glock.  I still can't hit worth anything with the break top. It is a heavy gun, so I suppose I could use it as a club, or lob it at someones head as a last ditch effort. It is a cool looking gun. One of the guys at the club said he has one chambered in .44 and the only way he can hit anything with it is to aim about six inches low. The sight on it looks like half a penny.

Next out was the Garrand. One of my favorites. I managed to score some Greek ammo at the machine gun shoot for it. The ammo in picture is out for my 03A4. I have the ammo in en clips for the Garrand. Found a shop down here that will buy my empty en clips, bandoleers and any other military leftovers off me. I can usually find the ammo in cans with en clips and bandoleer's, so it is good to find a source to use the empties. He has a K31 I am hoping to get. I have one, but his is mint with all accessories and number matching bayonet.

   

Next out was the O3A4. I finally got my laser bore sighter, and had sighted it in at home prior to coming out. It shot well for the first three shots, then was all over the place. I checked scope, and it had loosened up. I will have to dig up the locktite and get her sighted back in.

Next toy out was the #5 Enfield Jungle Carbine. I still need to find the proper rear sight for it. Prior owner put a scope on it, but as short as it is, and general build, a scope is a waste on this rifle. I will put scope and mount on my #4 Enfield. I need a micrometer type rear sight for this as that is what it came with. I will probably have to go E-bay for it as I can not find one at the gun shows (not even the Indy show).  It is a nice shooter, but kicks like a mule. It has a harder kick than the Garand by far. It's still a cool looking gun. It wasn't too popular, so it is a very uncommon Enfield. This one is genuine as there are civilian knock offs and conversions out there. I lucked out and found it at Whitaker Gun shop for only $199. Any where I see them, they start around $500.

I managed to get the Engine for the mustang to the shop yesterday. I rented a truck to get it in. My buddy that was going to help get it in has been working overtime and just didn't have time when shop was open to get it in. I will probably have to take a vacation day to pick motor up. They are closed on Saturday, and close at five o'clock making pick up and drop off hard to line up if you work for a living. I have the welder now and I ran the electric for it so it has its own breaker. Hopefully start making sparks tomorrow. Have to get everything ready for when motor gets back. It was nice to get a break and go outside for a while though.

Glad to be a hoosier

Did not take long for Hitler Mayor Daley to try to revamp his gun control rules after Supreme court ruling. New rules include not being able to take your gun out of house, but you are required to take classes and put in time at gun range. Did I mention that the only people allowed to use ranges in Chicago are police. Kind of hard to go to range when you can not legally get your gun to a range for required training. You can have more than one gun, but only one may be operational at any given time. You may not carry gun on your property, only in your house. If they catch you on your porch or other areas of your property with a gun, you will be arrested and jailed. Gun shops shall stay out of Chicago and you have to pay a hideous permit price to get a gun. You have to register your handguns with the police. The Federal government doesn't require people to do this(yet), but the city of Chicago can much like Germany did when Hitler was in power. The city with the absolute toughest gun control laws, has the countries highest crime and murder rate. It is too bad Daley can't understand criminals do not care about gun laws. The only thing Daley does is take away ones ability to protect themselves. He is a coward that stands, surrounded by armed body guards, and tells people they have no need for guns for protection. The scariest part is, this is the cesspool that Obama slithered out of. I for one have had all the change I can handle. If they throw a three headed monkey into the running in 2012, I am going for the monkey (the three headed one, not to be confused with the current bumbling monkey in charge). The monkey in charge now wants to let the illegals stay for a price. As long as the government gets their cut (back taxes, fines), the hell with the laws.  I guess he can not understand if you give amnesty once, It sends the message that if you sneak in and stay long enough, we will make you legal. God help America because it appears to be circling the drain.

Think I will take a break from the car and garage tomorrow and go to the range and play .  Thank God I don't live in Illinois or one of the other commie states.

Garage Power fixed

Finally got the breaker in and the power run for the 20 amp outlets. I now can use my air compressor again, and my mig welder should arrive Thursday. I have cut out the bad metal in battery area and trimmed replacement piece to fit. Tomorrow I hope to get the carpet up, and cut bad section of floor out. I am suppose to have new floor pan by Thursday. Once welding is done, I can run the new gas and brake lines. Be nice to start to reassemble some of the car. I can also start blasting under hood area and repainting it.

Rebuilt shifter

Got the shifter out today. It was pretty nasty. The 43 year old rubber seals that keep dirt and debris out of shifter are deteriorated and shifter was rusty. I ordered new spring packs as the old ones had no spring left in them, so shifter just wobbled loosely back and forth instead of centering itself.  I also ordered the rebuild kit for the trans with new syncros and new rubber boots for above and below to protect shifter from contaminants.. One more week until vacation. Hope to get car to body shop to repair floor pan area and weld parking brake brackets on for me. Then I can start reassembling everything.

Went to gun show today. They had a few nice colts and a Krag for sale. I already bought a Colt Huntsman, or I would have bought a real nice woodsman model they had for a real good price. They had a few nice, but overpriced M1A'S  for sale as well.

Dropped the trans

I dropped the trans (quite literally) today. I had jack under it, and removed crossover. Went to lower jack, got her half down, and she rolled and dropped the last six inches. It didn't get any appendages, so all is good. I will be putting it back in attached to the motor so reinstall shouldn't be a problem. Ordered the new clutch kit today. I ordered new clutch fork and shifter boots too.Clutch was totally shot. Hardly any material left. Still trying to get motor in to shop. My buddy that was going to take motor to shop for me fell off his pole barn roof while clearing debris. Fortunately he didn't break anything, just bruised and sprained shoulder pretty badly. I will go see him tomorrow. Told him to call if he needs anything. He is the kid that just bought the new house.

Ah, the good old days

Yeah right.  I just got my new prebent brake lines in the mail today. $168 to my door, that's  tax and delivery included. All prebent stainless steel. Remember the good old days of trudging to the auto store and buying the straight pieces of steel lines with seams and piecing them together into a Hodge podge patch work mess. All the bending trying not to kink the lines. Cutting and flaring the ends. I am happy not having to deal with the mess. I also bought new stainless fuel lines and a hardware mounting kit with all the fasteners needed for both fuel and brake lines. I will get the tranny dropped out of the way tomorrow, and start cleaning the engine compartment. I can then run the front brake lines. Hope to install power brake conversion kit next year, so having all new lines will make that an easy addition.

Finallyyyyyyy

Between massive overtime, and the high temp and humidity outside, I didn't manage to get the motor out- until today. Wanted to pull the motor and trans at the same time, but I couldn't get the get the reach over the hood to clear all obstacles. Trans will be an easy drop. I have all the cross member bolts out. Just need to jack trans up a few inches, knock out cross member, and drop trans. First things first though, I need to get buddy with truck over to get motor to shop. My buddy loaned me the load leveler for the motor as seen in picture. That is nice. You can crank handle at different stages of pulling motor to shift angle of motor to clear obstructions. Was a bit of a pain. Couldn't get hold of anybody to help pull motor,so it was pretty interesting. Thank god for long arms. Barely cleared body with motor. Thought I would have to yank pan.