OT: Cimarron

[Aries]

Anyone own one of the stainless Cimarron guns and any opinions on them and which do you prefer, stainless or not?
http://www.handgunsmag.com/featured_han ... on_072804/

[marlinman93]

My Cimmaron is a .32-20 with cased frame and blue. I'm not a fan of stainless myself, just doesn't look traditional.

[Mutt]

I don't have a stainless , but my wife just gave me a B/C Bisley Cimarron .45 for us getting along for 6 whole years. I love it. A few finish mistakes , but man does it shoot. Right where I aim. None of the four Colts SA s I own will come anywhere close . Hard to believe I paid 1000 bucks and more for the Colts and can't hit the barn with , and a 500 dollar imitation beats all of them. Right out of the box. Really has helped me to re-enjoy my fun time.............Mutt

[claybob86]

I like stainless just fine. I see no reason why old designs should not be manufactured with modern materials. I still like 'em in blue/CCH too!

[Nate Kiowa Jones]

Anyone own one of the stainless Cimarron guns and any opinions on them and which do you prefer, stainless or not?
http://www.handgunsmag.com/featured_han ... on_072804/

I would rather go with EMF's Great Westen II in stainless. The parts are historically correct accept for the leaf type hand springs. The GWII's have the coil spring update. Plus, EMF's customer service is tops. I do warranty work for EMF and I have seen them replace guns that I know were abused.



Here is a pair of their express pistols setup for a lady SASS mounted shooter.

[JustaJeepGuy]

None of the four Colts SA s I own will come anywhere close.

There was an article in either Gun Digest or Handguns 2xxx (I can't recall what year) by a guy who didn't want "imitation" Colts, and he didn't want to bend/file front sights to make the guns shoot, so he bent the barrels. He would take a 12-ton hydraulic press to the range, and try his chosen load and bend the barrel until the gun hit where the sights pointed. He said that the actual amount of bending necessary wasn't much, and you couldn't tell from the photos that the barrel had been bent. I have done this with a pellet rifle and it worked wonders. I was unable to put my rear sight far enough left to get on paper; then I bent the barrel and centered the sights up. I will be trying this on a Ruger Bisley Vaquero I have some day. It's worth considering.

[Buck Elliott]

None of the four Colts SA s I own will come anywhere close.

There was an article in either Gun Digest or Handguns 2xxx (I can't recall what year) by a guy who didn't want "imitation" Colts, and he didn't want to bend/file front sights to make the guns shoot, so he bent the barrels. He would take a 12-ton hydraulic press to the range, and try his chosen load and bend the barrel until the gun hit where the sights pointed. He said that the actual amount of bending necessary wasn't much, and you couldn't tell from the photos that the barrel had been bent. I have done this with a pellet rifle and it worked wonders. I was unable to put my rear sight far enough left to get on paper; then I bent the barrel and centered the sights up. I will be trying this on a Ruger Bisley Vaquero I have some day. It's worth considering.

Some folks'll do whatever they want, even if it's wrong, just because they can...

[JustaJeepGuy]

How is it wrong? It would depend on why the sights wouldn't match the POI, maybe? I won't condemn it if it works.

[flb]

Never bent a rifle or handgun but if you are a trapshooter and haven't bent a barrel you haven't shot much. Bent mine to shoot 80% high, easy if done right. Best shooter I every saw was Britt Robinson(a legend in trap) bent all his barrels.

[marlinman93]

It's wrong because it makes a gun look terrible! Plus it can cause the ejector rod housing to break free of the barrel. That's a tiny little screw holding the end of the housing, and it takes very little pressure to snap it off.

[JustaJeepGuy]

The bend is very slight, just a few thousandths over the length of the barrel. The ejector rod housing screw won't be affected; it won't do anything different than it did before. As far as looks, would you really prefer a front sight bent up, filed down and otherwise mangled?

[Buck Elliott]

If it's just a simple matter of windage, it can usually be cured by turning the barrel in ever so slightly until the sight comes up square with the rest of the gun... Or until it shoots where it is pointed. Very rarely is the barrel already screwed too far in, but if so, it can usually be backed off a tad if needs be.

Trap guns are one thing, but sixgun barrels are another breed of cat entirely. DON"T bend 'em...