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Kris,
Thanks for your diversion from Fit-stuff. I worked for the Automag factory in So. Pasadena for a short time before they went bankrupt the first time. The Clint Eastwood "Magnum Force" Dirty Harry movie brought new attention to the out-of-production pistol, and investors brought it back for a short time with the original tooling.
I collect and shoot "cannons" also, but of a previous century. My 1875 Sharps Carbine is chambered for the .45-120 cartridge (that I have to make myself out of .45 basic brass). This is a 400 grain lead slug pushed by 120 grains of black powder, in a cartridge that is 3 1/2" long. The 1872 "Trap Door" Springfield used by Custer's 7th. Cavalry at the Little Bighorn was chambered for the .45-70 Government round- same bullet but half the length and less than half the powder. This is a bad gun for photography- after one shot, EVERYTHING vanishes in a giant cloud of smoke.
You, or "Wave" mentioned an addiction to firearms in an old post. there are many sufferers of this malady, and most of them also belong to car forums. How odd.
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