Dan Wesson goodness.

The wife's Valentines present

Quick shot of my latest pistol optic acquisition, a Holosun SCS MOS on my G45.

It previously had a Trijicon SRO mounted, and while I liked the large field of view, I was unhappy with the height of the optic as well as the relative fragility of the SRO:


Whereas this SCS MOS mounts directly to the MOS cut without an adapter plate, and is fairly short anyway, so it puts the optic into your natural sight line and standard height sights give a lower ~1/4 cowitness. I paired it with a set of Ameriglo Defoor sights with serrated front and blank rear, just for use as backups.

Much happier with this setup so far, despite the noticeably smaller optic window. (Which doesn't really seem to matter, the more I use different red dots.)

Now to decide what to do with the SRO... I'll likely try mounting it on my CZ Scorpion.

365 Spectre Comp on an X Macro frame, TRL7 & Osight S optic

Oh my, them Dan Wessons.

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Originally posted by arcwelder:
Oh my, them Dan Wessons.

Top gun is a 445 SuperMag ( a 44magnum on steroids) The bottom is a 44 mag. Either gun frame will accept any of the barrel combos or grips.
Very accurate guns.

Work and play

Large & Small

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by pulicords:
My most frequent choices:

Best I can do

Now that I am retired, I spend many days every fall/early winter on my recreational property deer hunting with family and friends.
Every day is a vacation day for play!

Smith and Wesson Performance Center 10.5" barrel chambered in .500 S & W. Leupold EER 2.5 x 8 variable pistol scope.
I traded it away this past fall as I hadn't shot it for a number of years. As I've aged, the recoil became less & less fun for warm weather practice and pre-season sight in range trips.
I never noticed the recoil while hunting, only when practicing and checking it for being sighted in every fall. Loud, and rude to shoot.

Destroyer 002 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr

Thompson/Center Encore single shot chambered in 30-06 Springfield. Fox Ridge Outfitters Custom Shop air gauged barrel with integral brake. (T/C Factory Custom shop, long out of business)
It will shoot five shots under a nickel coin at 100 yards, benched, sandbags. Leupold EER 2.5 x 8 variable pistol scope. It's a bit loud. Also good at removing steel roofing sheets from shooting range covered firing point roofs. I still own it and it gets to stretch it's legs occasionally deer hunting. Range trips are fun also, it clears out several benches on either side.
The muzzle brake is rather effective. A folded towel under the grasping hand/arm elbow is highly recommended when firing it from a hard surface shooting bench top.

Guns 003 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr

Ruger Super Blackhawk Hunter in .44 Magnum. Leupold EER 2.5 x 8 variable pistol scope. I recently removed this scope from the above traded in .500 S & W and installed it on this Ruger.
I had a Leupold fixed 4 x on the Hunter revolver previously, one of the worst optics purchasing errors I have ever made. I hated that fixed 4 x scope!
It was virtually impossible to get behind the scope "eye box" when shooting from unsupported field conditions. (like looking through a drinking straw)
Throw that 2.5 x 8 variable scope up in front of your face using an unsupported field shooting position and it's like looking out a house picture window.

Old fixed 4 x scope, now removed. (silver scope)

IMG_20250326_123642561_HDR by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr

The 2.5 x 8 variable scope transferred from the traded in .500 revolver, and is now installed on this Ruger. It required two sizes taller scope rings with the larger objective bell. (black scope)

PXL_20251011_003505348 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr

My SVI Infinity IMM Open gun is chambered in .38 Lapua.
.38 Lapua reloading brass is .38 Super rimless, and the only brass available, suitable (tough enough) for the grossly overloaded powder charge needed with the "Popple" holes in the barrel which vent expanding powder gases upwards while the projectile is still engaged in the barrel rifling. The closest Popple hole in the barrel towards the shooter is only 5/8" in front of the projectile of the cartridge in the chamber. It's rude, EXTREMELY loud, totally performance based without any regard for anything else including purchase and operating cost, and the concussion is beyond belief. The optic is a C-More, the one piece titanium scope mount (excluding the optics blast shield) is something I made myself due to being unhappy with the OEM optics mount which was a three piece assembly screwed together. I originally won the SVI Infinity frame at a large match prize table and later had the IMM pistol built on my frame at the Infinity Factory in Texas.

DSC00734 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr

DSC00737 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr

The above .500 revolver was traded for this rifle and 10 boxes at 100 count each of Hornady .44 caliber 200 grain XTP projectiles. (reloading components)
The rifle is chambered in .44 Magnum. I added the (factory part) color case hardened large loop lever, the taller front sight, and the sling attachment points.

PXL_20251028_212938484~3 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr

PXL_20251028_212607440 by cee_Kamp 32ACP, on Flickr