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[Renault]

Ok. Looked thru my meagre reference material. Only other mounts I could find were the old Leupold "Ajusto-Mount" and the fixed Lyman Alaskan. I believe the Leupold mounts were for their old Pioneer scope.

I looked thru my old Stith lit (1957) and I do not believe they offered any windage/ elevation type mounts then. But I thought they did like in the 30's.

Good luck!

 

[tmal]

Thank you Renault. I may be looking for the impossible. But anyway I greatly appreciate the help.

 

[Renault]

No problem. I wished I was still working. I was confident I had pulled a pair of B&L's off a pre 64 70 and stuck them in a ziplock. But like all else in the world (and 10,000 guns later) I could have dreamed it.

 

[Oldsarge]

Anschutz M54 Model 1411, 22LR Bolt Action,...sh0oting at 50yds BR this day.

When I'm not shooting I do Minature Bonsai Landscapes, I took 9th place out of 100 with this one, it is made up with "Shimpaku" Juniper and special Ying Rock from China....

and then time to relax...

I have a unrequited passion for bonsai. Well done, sensei.

 

[gtdean48]

My Army retirement gift (from me) – the Commander-sized Kimber Pro Carry II in .45 ACP. It came with factory black rubber grips and I recently added these Kimber Rosewood Army grips.

SWEET gift Robert! HNY

 

[Atticus Finch]

I bought one of these for my retirment and Christmas gift to myself. It's at the gun shop waiting for me to pick it up when they reopen. I retired in December and I'm just a regular old civilian again. I was suprised and a bit humbled at the "hoops" regular old civilians must pass through in order to get a purchase permit in North Carolina.



AF

 

[DeaconKC]

Atticus, purchase or carry permit?

 

[Atticus Finch]

Atticus, purchase or carry permit?

Just a purchase permit.

It's a long story. I went to the sheriffs office for a permit, just as I used to do thirty years ago. I found out that permit applications are now all done on line. They can't be done using pen and paper and not at the sheriff's office. And, of course, there has to be a background check. To speed up the check, I handed the deputy my business card and explained that I was a retired prosecutor...which meant that I wouldn't have any criminal history, at least up until my date of retirement...which was only thirty days ago. If I had a criminal history, I wouldn't be a retired prosecutor. I'd be a fired prosecutor. The deputy was nice, but he explained that even if I was Eric Holder, he'd have to do a complete background check.

So, not being Eric Holder, I drove the fifteen miles back home and fired up the computer. The process wasn't difficult for someone who is accustomed to working on line, but I can see how it would intemidate the heck out of someone who isn't. Like an elderly person from Jones County, NC. Then, as I finished the application, I noticed that I would have to return to the sheriffs office within five days to sign a waiver allowing the Clerk of Court to check for involuntary commitments in my medical history. I wish I could have signed that waiver while I was at the office earlier that day, but oh well, its only fifteen miles.

And, while the deputy was nothing but nice, he said his office wouldn't begin processing my application until after the new year...and it might take a few days after that. Which is why my 1911 is still waiting for me in the gun store in Jacksonville.

AF

 

[Kirk H.]

AF, I wonder if it is different from county to county. When I renewed my CCW I did it in person, signed the consent form, presented my credentials and left. The part that took the longest was waiting for the paperwork to come back from Raleigh. It's not like the old days though when I would just show up present my credentials, pay my money, and walk out with purchase permits. BTW congratulations on your retirement.

Kirk

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Funny that even Portugal being an almost 100% "computorized" country, a background check is something I have to ask on a counter on a State service store (those exist on a "citizen store").

 

[jkingrph]

Here in Texas it's rather easy, especially if you have a concealed carry permit. I just walk in, pick out a firearm, whip out the permit, they make a copy while I fill out the federal paperwork, pay, take the gun and go.

 

[MikePotts]

Just did that self same thing this afternoon! Vickers Glock 19, hardly 'Vintage' so no pics.....unless you insist

 

[DeaconKC]

"Vickers"? Yeah, we insist!

 

[MikePotts]

Phew, thought you'd never ask

LAV Glock 19 with genuine Bianchi International accessories

 

[Kirk H.]

Very nice. I looked at Vickers 19 in FDE several months ago, waited to long, and someone else got it.

 

[Kirk H.]

Here in Texas it's rather easy, especially if you have a concealed carry permit. I just walk in, pick out a firearm, whip out the permit, they make a copy while I fill out the federal paperwork, pay, take the gun and go.

It is the same here in NC if you have a CCW permit. In NC there are purchase permits which allow you to purchase one handgun per one permit. CCW permits which allows you to carry concealed in certain places as well purchase a handgun with it.

 

[mr_lits]

In Alaska, I can walk into a Fred Meyer (grocery megastore) and buy an AR15 & several hundred rounds of ammo. After a 30min background check and some Federal paperwork I can walk out the front door with it all. It's crazy .... crazy how easy and quick it is to acquire an assault weapon here in Alaska. Of course, we have a lot of gun violence here too.

 

[mr_lits]

All that being said, I am a proud gun owner and hunter. Here is last years moose and my trusty 1903 Springfield built in 1917 and still the best bush rifle I own. Great at 100 yrds with peep sights.

 

[MikePotts]

In Alaska, I can walk into a Fred Meyer (grocery megastore) and buy an AR15 & several hundred rounds of ammo. After a 30min background check and some Federal paperwork I can walk out the front door with it all. It's crazy .... crazy how easy and quick it is to acquire an assault weapon here in Alaska. Of course, we have a lot of gun violence here too.

At the risk of being blacklisted, why is that 'crazy'....as long as you're not 'crazy?

 

[mr_lits]

I dunno maybe crazy is a coarse word with too wide a boundaries. All I know for sure is I love hunting and shooting, but I see wayyyyy.... too much gun violence here in "urban" Anchorage, Alaska. Check out the phrase "Spenard Divorce", it's a real thing ya'll.