More Civility News!

It turns out Potluck, my sinister cat with an unsavory past, goes berserk over the smell of Hoppes cleaning solution, and tries to rub himself all over the revolver when I clean it.  This will be a real cost-saver in shammies and paper towels.

An exercise in Civility...

Finally got a chance to take Civility to the range for breaking in and zero.

Put 150 rounds downrange (50 Ten-X .44 Special, a 'cowboy' load and VERY dirty)

and 100 rounds of full-bore .44 mag.

 The gun shoots well (better than I do, anyway, rusty as I am), but I may

have to replace the issue sights with something a little more friendly to 50+ 

eyeballs.  Like most single-action .44 magnums, it really wants to roll in your

hand because of the classic Colt grip shape, which goes back to the

days when you needed to flip the weapon up to let pieces of percussion cap

fall clear without jamming the action.  But if you address it with a firm and 

manly grip you can recall it to its duty — If you don't it will rap your ring finger 

with the trigger guard to remind you.

The trigger pull and indexing were very smooth and

uniform.

Deborah Leigh, occasional commenter at Paco's, Tim Blair and here, gave it

a try.  Naturally she had to show off with stupid muzzle-flash tricks.  

Must be a chick thing.

Great Moments in Democratic Civility (4) -- BULL CONNOR

I Have Attained Civility...

After finally clearing two months of backlogged orders, background check (frankly, I was sweating outing myself to flag@whitehouse.gov, back when) and the CA 10-day "cooling off" period.

Meet "Civility"

Uberti Cattleman "Callahan" .44 Magnum, 

blued steel frame, 6" barrel, target sights

And his older brother "Discourse"

1st Model Dragoon, cal. .44 percussion
case-hardened frame, 7½" barrel

(saving up for cartridge conversion)

I'll be having their barrels engraved next payday.

Great Moments in Democratic Civility (3) -- Lester Maddox Pushing Blacks!

Great Moments in Democratic Civility (2) -- FDR's Concentration Camps!