The Old Salt

Monday, April 30, 2012

April Adoption

This month, a refurbished circa 1951 Tula SKS rifle. That's the good news.

The bad news is that someone removed and lost the original magazine with matching serial numbers thereby changing the rifle into a shooter. Original 10 round Russian magazines are hard to come by and installing any other magazine makes the rifle "not compliant."

Parts on order, pictures to follow:

A TAPCO six (6) position collapsible tactical stock with a top picatinny/weaver style rail. The stock provides easy drop-in installation with all hardware included.

Specifications:

•Marked as manufactured in the USA by Tapco
*Upper and lower mounting platform
*Storage compartment in SAW style grip
*6 adjustable positions *Solid locking
*Counts as three (3) SEC 922r compliant parts

Specifications:

* USA manufactured magazine
* Composite body with horizontal grooves
* Incorporates a metal floor plate
*Counts as three (3) SEC 922r compliant parts

Specifications:

*Heat treated 4140 steel
*Hard chrome plated
*Counts as one (1) SEC 922r compliant part.

Monday, March 19, 2012

March 2012 Adoption

Today I adopted a KelTec P3AT pistol, caliber 380 ACP. It came with one six round magazine allowing a total capacity of seven rounds.

Paradise RV Park, March 2012

Eight rigs arrived on Thursday.

Ours, all set up.

Eight more rigs arrived on Friday for a total of sixteen.

Park swimming pool, heated.

Horseshoe pits.

Another shot of the Roaming Elks.

I tried to show all sixteen rigs but the detail is lost in the picture.

Inside the small clubhouse.

Another view inside the small clubhouse.

Shuffle board courts.

The large clubhouse, I didn't go in it.

Racing cars, one of the games played by club members.

Tree lit up outside the small clubhouse.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Lake Oklawaha RV Park, February 2012

Our first trip in three months. Where the heck is everything stored. I know I put everything right where I could find it. Yeah right!

The Roamin Elks gather. This trip we had four rigs in attendance.

The campground office.

They had a great pool, however February is not so hot for pools.

Lake Oklawaha, the water has been drawn down by the state water management folks. We saw a lot of alligators in the lake and lots of waterfowl.

Some type of eggs dug up and eaten by some other critter.

The trail down to the water.

Our rig, referred to by DW as the Four Season screen room after the temperatures dropped down to 28 degrees during the night.

A shot across the pool of our group.

They have a real nice clubhouse,

With a really nice fireplace in it.

Oak trees were all over the park. At night they seemed to be full of owls. The hooting lasted throughout the night. It was really neat listening to them.

A shot of the far side of the rig.

Friday, December 16, 2011

Springfield Model 187R 22 Caliber Rifle

A Springfield Model 187R came across my work bench. For those who like to detail clean and/or repair, I think it is good to have some pictures of the action on hand before disassembly commences.

Right side of the receiver view.

Left side of trigger group & safety.

Right side of trigger group & safety.

Closer view of right side safety.

Closer view of right side of trigger group.

Closer view of left side trigger group.

Left side of trigger group.

Left side of receiver towards muzzle.

Forward end of receiver, aft end of barrel.

Bottom of trigger group.

Right side of receiver, open bolt.

This is a schematic of a Model 187N rifle from http://www.gunpartscorp.com/SchematicDisplay.aspx?schem=/images/schematics/Savage_6Jand187JSeries_schem.jpg&name=187N+(*)which seems to be similiar to the Model 187R.