Posted: 6/14/2013 2:46:08 PM EDT
My Great Grandpa used this pistol for shooting competition bullseye on the AMC (American Motors in Kenosha, WI) team. I guess they did pretty well. Not sure about all that. But I do know it's a beautiful pistol. It's a Colt Huntsman manufactured in 1966. If my memory serves me correctly.
My Dad gave it to me about 15 years ago or so. It ran great. I shot is some here and there. Always found it to be accurate and fun to shoot. Then about 8 years ago it started malfing all the time. Couldn't get through a mag without 2 or 3 malfs. And I took it to a gunsmith. Paid him 40 bucks he said he adjusted the mag and it didn't do anything. I was kind of irked. Then I was just frustrated with it any time I'd try to shoot it. So it sat for a while. Then after being around guns more and working on them a little, I thought, "I should pull that thing out and see if I can't get it running." So, like a good arfcom member I asked some of you on here how to fix this thing. I got good suggestions and I got two parts. Someone on here also gave me beautiful instructions on how to break it down. I found it to be pretty simple. I swapped the recoil spring and the firing pin. If I was a little bit smarter I would've done the firing pin spring too, but I didn't think of that at the time. But it ended up being OK in the end. It shoots great now. First time I had it out after put the parts in, it's still jammed more than I wanted. But I remember I didn't lube it very well. And then the last two times I've shot it, I made sure to put a good amount of CLP on it. And bam, it worked great. I still had 2 ftf's in 40 rounds one time and 3 ftf's in 70 rounds the next. I suppose that does mean maybe I should've changed that firing pin spring. But that's a whole lot more acceptable than all the malfs I was getting. FTE's FTF's, failure to feed properly. The usual suspects for an unhappy pistol. So I'm a happy camper and I thank you all a bunch!!!! Oh, and this thing is accurate. I took my kids to the range Monday and the only range we could shoot at was 100 yards. They had a .22 rifle. It was a great time. But I shot this thing rested and standing and I'll be danged if it wasn't spot on. I'd like to say I was busting clays every time. Which wasn't the case. But I did hit some, and if I missed I wasn't horribly off. The thing that blew my mind was I didn't have to use Kentucky windage. It was pretty much on at 100 yards with Federal bulk pack 38 grainers. I'm guessing my Grandpa had it set up for a 6 oclock hold at 50 yards. I guess that would be a typical bullseye hold. But it made it made it to impact at the top of the post at 100 yards. Or at least pretty darn close to that. Anyways... Thanks for helping me shoot an old competitor. My Great Grandpa was one of my heroes and he was very good to me. And shooting his pistol is just really really special. I hated that it didn't run well for that time. Because I didn't want to shoot it. It was no fun if every other round you have to clear the malf. I do have to say this though. I have an old Ruger Mk1 that has never malf'd. That one was built in like 1952. And it runs and runs. So... Ruger obviously knows how to make a rimfire pistol. More than likely this Colt had a lot more rounds run through it and that's why it needed some TLC. 
That was only the second time shooting for my Daughter and she nailed a bull!!! LOL. Her brother didn't, but he shot better than her overall. They had a contest. That one pic shows him writing down the results. They shoot and then look through the spotting scope to see where their rounds were hitting. Anyways.... It was a great day and I just wanted to share and thank you guys for the help. There is a lot of good knowledge and good people here. |
Actually I think it's even more angular.