Week 22 2023

 

This Week in Firearms History:

May 28: In 1908 Ian Flemming is born, in 1971 Audie Murphy dies.

May 29: In 1736 Patrick Henry is born, in 1883 Colt is issued their 1st patent for the Lightning Carbine

May 30: In 1962 (Memorial Day) The USS Arizona Memorial is designated a National Shrine.

May 31: In 1930 Clint Eastwood is born; in 1947 Communists seize power in Hungary.

June 1: In 1215 Genghis Khan sacks the city of Peking (Bejing) China

June 2: In 455, King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome, the looting lasts 14 days.

June 3: In 1943, the week-long Zoot Suit Riots begin; in 1987 The Untouchables is released in theaters; in 1989 the Tiananmen Square Massacre begins.

Gun of the Week: The Hi-Standard Sentinel

Introduced in 1955 the Hi-Standard Sentinel was a small revolver built by High-Standard as mostly a .22 rimfire gun.

The revolver which was made from a cast aluminum frame, has ties to Ruger and Sears. The designer was none other than Harry Sefried, who also designed the Ruger Security/Service/Speed six line of revolvers. The two designs share the same grip profile.

Sears sold the gun as the JC Higgins model 88. The guns were originally offered with a 4 or 6" barrel and the swing out cylinder held 9 rounds of 22 LR ammo.

The finishes were usually blued/parkerized, but some came nickel plated and some were anodized in blue, red, pink or gold.

Later a 357/38 version was sold under the Sentinel name, but was made by Dan Wesson.

High-Standard produced the revolver from 1955 up through the 1980's

Cartridge of the Week: 25 ACP

The .25 ACP is another of the Colt pistol cartridges developed with the help of John Moses Browning.

Colt wanted a small pocket pistol, but didn't want to use the .22LR rimfire cartridge as there are often issues with feeding a rimmed cartridge in a stick magazine.

Introduced in 1905 by Browning and first chambered in the FN model of 1905 (which was also produced by Colt as the 1908 Vest Pocket) and called the 6.35mm in Europe.

The cartridge closely mimics the power of the .22 Long Rifle and is semi-rimmed like it's larger 32 ACP brother. The bullet weights are typically 35, 45 or 50 grain. Despite its diminutive size and is not considered a target cartridge, reloading dies for the .25 ACP are available.

Gun Quote of the Week:

" As we used to teach in the spook business, carry a .25 if it makes you feel good, but do not ever load it. If you load it, you may shoot it, if you shoot it, you may hit somebody and if you hit somebody and he finds out about it, he may be very angry with you" - Col Jeff Cooper.

Bubba Gun of the Week:

This week's Bubba gun is actually built by a guy named Bubba. Hailing from Wendover, Utah, Bubba Dean Anderson attached himself a scope mount to his model 94 Winchester.

Gun Sticker of the Week:

Our gun sticker of the week will inform people of the nutritional facts of the contents of your ammo can, buy them here

Gun T-shirt of the Week:

Here is a shirt I had made up from a sign or slogan I found online.