TINCANBANDIT's Gunsmithing: Week 4 2023

This Week in Firearms History:

January 22: in 1944, WWII, Allies commence Operation Shingle; in 1987, amid allegations of fraud, Pennsylvania State Treasurer R. Budd Dywer commits suicide during a live press conference, he is later exonerated.

January 23: in 1855 John Moses Browning is born

January 24: in 1848 James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill, starting the 1849 California Gold Rush

January 25: in 1787 American Daniel Shays leads a rebellion, fighting against debtors prisons.

January 26: in 1880 General Douglas MacArthur is born

January 27: in 1945, WWII, the Red Army liberates Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland; in 1977 the Pyrodex gun powder factory in Issaquah WA explodes killing 4 including the inventor of the powder

January 28: in 1915 by act of Congress the United States Coast Guard is created.

Gun of the Week: Ruger Single Six

The Ruger Single Six is a single action, 6-shot revolver developed in the early 1950s to fill a void left by the Colt Single Action Army leaving production in 1941.

The single six has been produced ever since its introduction in 1953 with one major change, in 1973 Ruger introduced a new lock work that incorporated a transfer bar safety (known as the "New Model Single Six). Both blued and stainless versions are offered, and at times a fixed sight version has been offered, a sort of mini-Vaquero, known colloquially as the "Vaquerito".

The gun is usually found in .22 Long Rifle, sometimes with a .22 Magnum companion cylinder. It has also been chambered in .17 HMR and even in .32 H&R Magnum & .327 Federal Magnum. Barrel lengths have been offered in 4 5/8", 5 1/2", 6 1/2" and 9 1/2".

The Single Six evolved into other models with higher capacities, the Single Seven, Single Nine and the Single Ten. Ruger also offers a budget priced version with an aluminum frame called the Wrangler.

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Cartridge of the Week: 380 ACP

Known as the 380 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), the 380 Auto, 9x17mm and in Europe as the 9mm Kurz or 9mm Browning Short, the 380 ACP was developed by John Browning in 1908 for Colt's 1908 Pocket Hammerless pistol

The 380 is a 9mm, having a bullet diameter of 9mm or .355", same as the more popular 9mm Luger. The bullet weights are lighter than its bigger brother, usually 85-100 grain. Used primarily today for defensive pocket pistols, just as it was developed for more than 100 years ago.

Gun Quote of the Week:

"Gun control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound." — unknown

Bubba Gun of the Week:

This "Streamlined Shot-the-Wad" bolt action shotgun was built for Golden Poop Gunsmithing competition by Jake Jeb Joseph Jasper Jinglehiemer