Missionary
Well-Known Member
The 15-2 is one fine revolver.
Someone really liked that one.
Someone really liked that one.
The Gun & Knife Thread
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JonB
Halcyon member
Direct sunight and a digital camera really show the wear and patina.
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It came with new looking rubber grips and Honestly, with a coating of oil and the dim light of a gunshow, that 15-2 looked almost 98%...at least I thought so when I bought it, LOL. Did someone say, I need my eyes checked?
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A friend at the other forum did a swap with me, for a pair of minty set of factory Target grips for this gun. When I installed them, that's when I first noticed the gun really had a lot of wear, and those minty grips looked out of place, so I put those wood grips back on the shelf.
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That was about 8 years ago. Somewhere in the meantime, I found a set of unknown grips (sans the screw) in tough shape, for cheap price (like $5?) at a gunshow, I bought them cuz I thought they might fit my Mod 36. I just put them on the shelf and never checked anything out with them. Yesterday, while taking photos of some other gun stuff, I came across these tough looking grips in a baggy marked mod 36 and thought maybe I should just move them down the road, BUT Looking closely, I thought they are surely too big to fit a 36. Sure enough, I checked them on my 36 and they are too big.
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I then brought out my Mod 15-2 and removed the rubber grips...Waa Laa, perfect fit, but no screw. I dug out a knife and took a photo for this thread. But, after taking the photo and cropping and resizing it, looking at the image on the computer screen, I realized those beat up grips sure match that rough looking gun. I guess I'll keep the grips, now I just gotta find a screw.
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Luckily the wear and patina is all on the outside, looking at all the key areas of the gun, that should show wear for a lot of shooting, all look real nice, cylinder isn't loose, clockwork/lockup feels right & tight, forcing cone looks nice (of course there is my eyes, LOL).
Full disclosure, I have only shoot this gun one time, and that was in my Buddy's woods, just shooting at a wood pile.
Missionary
Well-Known Member
You will enjoy that 15-2 for a long time. Maybe even add a few new stories it will wear proudly.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
FWIW, those are original Model 10 grips, standard police issue. You can tell by the rounded bottom edge, as Model 15 grips are square on the bottom like the K-38's. Guys who were thicker around the middle like the rounded bottoms better.
JWinAZ
Active Member
Colt Trooper .38 Spl. 1961 and Schrade Old Timer ~1972. The Trooper was carried by a previous owner and has holster wear on the muzzle and cylinder. The left grip has wear on the butt as from being carried in a belt holster and rubbing on things. The ejector rod was a bit bent, not enough to cause a problem, which I straightened. The grips rocked a little bit, a dab of "Micro Bed" took care of that. I took a stab at recutting the checkering, you can see how that worked out. A very nice revolver, maybe finished a bit better that a S&W from that time. The short cylinder is something to be aware of when handloading ammo. The Old Timer is still in almost daily use as my shop knife. It has been sharpened so much I had to grind the base of the blade so the point will drop below the liner.
Missionary
Well-Known Member
Those old Colts are a masterpiece in Blue.
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Couple carry Rugers, the SP101 is a back pocket pistol. The Kershaw folders are my favorite watch pocket carry folder. The large one still has a little checkering on the scales, but the smaller Kershaw checkering is gone, and a new small one. I bought about a dozen of the smaller knifes and gave a few to my boys, I’ve lost a couple but have 3 new ones in reserve. Kershaw stopped making them probably 30 years ago
Missionary
Well-Known Member
That Norwegian Knife is a keeper !
Would you mind writing a little more about that short barreled .348.
I have a .348 barrel that may need "customizing".
Would you mind writing a little more about that short barreled .348.
I have a .348 barrel that may need "customizing".
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well I bought it from a guy who advertised it on the CB Sight. The advantage for me was he lived in Kenai south of Anchorage. It is an original carbine 20” barrel and somewhere along the line the full mag tube was added with a flat band style you would find on the 1894’s from the late 1940’s, but larger. It came with a Monti Carlo butt stock with a 12.5 inch pull. Horrible. Also the Lyman steel receiver sight and it’s a short tang.
Well I like 14 inch pull on the stock so I didn’t even shoot it till I had the correct stock on it. I hunted for an original and I’d find replacement but new or a buggered originals all for high prices. This turned into a two year hunt.
Well I was on email one day and I got notification that a stock had just been listed. Went to the eBay listing and it was an original stock for a short tang without the butt plate. $20 buy it now. I of course jumped on it. I think that stock was listed for maybe 10 minutes. Stock was in very good shape so not having a butt plate and this gun had already been altered I had a Decelerator pad installed, which works great as I like a long pull.
The end result is a great fit in a shorter carbine length rifle that handles beautifully for me. I’ve never liked the model 71 24 inch rifle, it just didn’t feel right.
I have a Lee G Buy 225 grain mold that shoots lights out. 2 inch at 100. For me with a receiver sight that’s great.
This nasty thing is what came on it.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
That's like a perfect carbine if a guy was writing a novel about an old Sourdough trapper, prospector, bush dwelling hermit. Man I can see it now. Snug little cabin, snow shoes, moose antlers, elevated food cache, an axe in a chopping block, and that carbine with an old yellow and red Western Cartridge box as a still life painting.
Bazoo
Active Member
That is a beauty, thank you for sharing the pictures and story. I've always thought the 71 was the most handsome of leverguns.
Missionary
Well-Known Member
That looks like the river bottoms I hunt.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Way too many trees!
