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Gun Show Find
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 9:46 am
by Kirk Stovall
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 9:54 am
by Woody
Nice carbine. I do think it's a little overkill on the ground squirrel though.
Woody
(I have shot them with my 45-90. Some can be tough little fellows.)
Tell MLV that I found my LP08 last week with snail drum!
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 10:08 am
by alfajim
Kirk, very nice original carbine. Go over to jouster2.com under the trapdoor section and request a srs check on the serial number to see if there is any history on it. Post some pictures and Dick Hosmer will critque it as all being correct.
Jim O
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 4:45 pm
by mdeland
What rear sight is that on the Carbine? I see it also has a different trigger than the Cadet . Nice gun, whats the bore like ?
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 4:53 pm
by Kirk Stovall
mdeland wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 4:45 pm
What rear sight is that on the Carbine? I see it also has a different trigger than the Cadet . Nice gun, whats the bore like ?
That is the correct sight for the easily carbine and the bore is bright, shoots great.
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 5:27 pm
by mdeland
Never doubted that all is original , I'm wanting to learn about trapdoor models and was wondering if that is the "Bull" sight mentioned on the trapdoor thread?
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 7:30 am
by Lumpy Grits
Great find Kirk
You should buy some lotto tickets with your luck.
Gary
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 8:18 am
by Kirk Stovall
alfajim wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 10:08 am
Kirk, very nice original carbine. Go over to jouster2.com under the trapdoor section and request a srs check on the serial number to see if there is any history on it. Post some pictures and Dick Hosmer will critque it as all being correct.
Jim O
Got on and registered, but still haven’t been made yet...
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 9:07 am
by kenny sd
You're lucky. I've stopped going to gun shows in Florida. 40 tables of semi auto pistols, three tables of ED drugs.
2 tables of t shirts. and way in the back, one antique gun priced at 400% over the true value.
$9 to get in, and not worth the price....
Ken
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 9:15 am
by alfajim
mdeland wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 5:27 pm
Never doubted that all is original , I'm wanting to learn about trapdoor models and was wondering if that is the "Bull" sight mentioned on the trapdoor thread?
Mike no it's not, the Bull is a modified 1879 buckhorn type four sight. The sight blade pivot pin has been replaced with what looks like a windage adjustment screw from the Buffington sight. Tom would have better info on that.
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 11:23 am
by Kirk Stovall
alfajim wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 10:08 am
Kirk, very nice original carbine. Go over to jouster2.com under the trapdoor section and request a srs check on the serial number to see if there is any history on it. Post some pictures and Dick Hosmer will critque it as all being correct.
Jim O
I got accepted there and posted some pictures, now I will wait and see what happens,
Thanks, Kirk
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 11:32 am
by MLV
Hey Woody, good on ya for getting that LP08. Did it come with the drum loading tool? I’m not even going to say what I had to pay for a drum loading tool!
MLV
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 2:03 pm
by Woody
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Mike, The drum and loading tool is one of the modern repros I had backordered for a while. It came the week before I finally found the LP08. Karma.
I had also just loaded 1K rounds of 9 mm two weeks before the acquisition.
I bought a lottery ticket and won $6.00 Wednesday. I've reinvested that. You never know.
Woody
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 3:52 pm
by MLV
Woody, you are lucky. The repo drum magazine would not even go in my pistol’s magazine well. Nice outfit you got.
MLV
Re: Gun Show Find
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 5:17 pm
by Woody
This one fit fine, but my light reloads initially would not function it. After a box of Winchester white box, it seemed to loosen up. Today, I fired two full drums through it. The first fired all 32 rounds without an issue. The second jammed on round 26. I cleared the jam and finished the mag. I think I need to up the pressure just slightly to get reliable functioning. I'm impressed with the accuracy. I was able to hit a man size silhouette at 200 yards with about 50% of the rounds.
Kirk,
I too like those Springfield carbines. I only have one currently, but have had two previously. My current one will reliably hit pigs and turkeys on the silhouette range, but I couldn't hit a ram. The shortened sight radius just would not let zero in on them. I would not feel under-gunned in the hunting feld though.
Woody