Recent content by Retread

Their charges came to $49.xx including shipping. I overpaid for shipping to them by simply not being prepared. I could have had an experienced local shooter do the job in our town, but not everything has worked out for a few others there. Since I live in a small town without a practicing...

A few weeks back I contacted Volquartsen about the simple drilling and tapping of my stainless 22/45 for a Ruger scope mount. They replied, telling me how best to send the receiver to them. Their site says they are careful about turning around a job like this within 14 days, or so. That was...

I can only be of a sort of general help. The main match was shot over several days then. And, as now, the man vs man or team vs team shoot off was held the day after. I didn't go to the shoot offs that year, instead, staying in my own area shooting a local PPC match. The 1986 Steel Challenge...

Thanks, Rugerguy. Fred Schmidt's was a one man shop. He built about 250 short cylinder revolvers, most for PPC, I think. Mine was one of the last. Another smith much earlier made similar cylinders. Don't know if that guy trained Fred Schmidt or not. The idea was that HBWC bullets would...

Thanks for the valuable input. I had about $850 into the gun when it was returned to me. It is worn, but not worn out by any means. My main concern is to find out whether Fred's skills and his short cylinder design makes the gun valuable to collectors - who might pay a slightly higher price...

I need to get some idea of the collectible value of a Fred Schmidt Short Cylinder PPC gun that I had Fred build for me on an L-Frame 686 in the mid 80s. Out of town shooters are coming into our small town for a match this week end and one of them said a couple of months back that he's been...

I asked an experienced bulls eye competitor and gunsmith to look at my long bbld slab sided Mark II era 22/45 last week end. I thought the trigger rolled a bit more than I wanted it to for bulls eye work. The good people at VQ had installed some of their parts and tweaked the gun for me in...

It helps a lot. I've ordered a new bolt stop assembly which will solve the problem of the bolt staying open after the last shot in a magazine. And I'll "slingshot" to close the bolt from now on. Your 1st photograph of the bolt face might help in understanding another problem with my long...

Both pistols are disassembled at the moment and I'm seeing variations of your photos in each. In the long slabbed bbl'd gun I've been using, the bolt stop lever is considerably worse than the photo. The stainless 5 1/2 inch bolt stop lever is just a bit rounded and maybe isn't a problem. I'll...

After 30 years of combat shooting with Smith L-Frames, I'm switching to bulleye work with two Mark II era 22/45s. My trigger work is really bad and shooters here say to dry fire. I can definitely see the benefits but am concerned how, maybe, 40 or 50 dry fires a week, will affect these...

I see what you mean. Didn't think they'd be that close at retail. Very different guns with different advantages and no inherent disadvantages based on quality or design. The availability of the magnum round is the main reason for consideration of the Single Six. I'll let him decide based on...

Thanks Danno and mm6mm6 for reminding me of what I thought I knew about the shot shells in a semi-auto. Been a long time and memory about details fades a bit. I think my friend will look for a new gun as he's new to shooting. But, I'll keep my eyes open for one of the High Standard's you...

A good friend has moved somewhere into the Nevada desert about 60 miles from Henderson, I think. He's looking for a .22 pistol as a snake gun and general shooter. I'm recommending one of the 22/45s which I'm trying to shoot in bulls eye for the first time in my life (former combat competitor)...

Amazing photos. Thank you. I'm intimidated by looking over other photos of this breakdown. These are about as good as photos could be. Still looks complicated but haven't yet gotten into the details.

It seems like the first thing I need to do is get some oil in the right place(s). I've never lubed this gun so it must be dry. Am going to search for the original tube of lubricant that came with the gun. If not what other kind of oil will be safe and effective? Time isn't a big issue to I...