This is the video for part one.

So I am starting with this.

And end up [...]]]> This last weekend I started making the stocks for the VG1-5. This is a multi step process in which the basic board is measured, have the edge squared, re-sawed, planed,and generally set up to then make the stock.

This is the video for part one.

So I am starting with this.

And end up with the blanks ready to cut into stock blanks.

http://www.saami.org/videos/sporting_ammunition_and_the_firefighter.cfm

Now on to the rest of the story. A [...]]]> I know that I am going to get a little flack about this post and someone will write how there’s or  someone who does reloading make great stuff even better then the major manufactures. First is a short video from SAAMI about testing commercial ammunition.

http://www.saami.org/videos/sporting_ammunition_and_the_firefighter.cfm

Now on to the rest of the story. A friend of a friend went to the local gun show and bought some reloads off one of the tables. A couple of weeks later he goes to the range to have a little weekend fun. This story is about that day.

The day was beautiful, a great day for some shooting practice. A brand new SIG 1911 pistol to take out and sight in what could be better.

What a piece of equipment, so why would anyone then go to a gun show and buy cheap reloads from someone he does not even know. This is the result of trying to save a few pennies after spending a small fortune on a real nice pistol.

You can see the fired cartridge still in the chamber and the extractor missing. The only thing that saved his eye was that he was wearing safety glasses.

This is what the case that exploded in the magazine looked like when I received the pistol.

The bullet and primer were in the magazine.

The rest of the ammunition was damaged from the explosion

Be careful with cheap reloads, in fact don’t buy them.

The front of the shaft showing the tip of the firing pin.

rear view showing the back of the firing pin

side view of [...]]]> What you are looking at is the spigot stem to a “Bigot”. For those of you not familiar with this weapon it is a dart firing adapter for a 1911 pistol.

The front of the shaft showing the tip of the firing pin.

rear view showing the back of the firing pin

side view of the base. It has the dimensions of a 45 acp.

back view of the base

complete assembly

The base and shaft installed in barrel

Rear view of the dart

This is how the dart would look pushed on to the shaft

As it would look in the pistol ready to fire

A cross section of the entire dart.