Today I picked up and or ordered the finishing touches for my Mad Max Contender. I have had the frame for a couple of year but decides that I wanted to get into handgun hunting. So I decided that I wanted to start out with something fairly mild and work my way into it. I choose a .357 Maximum. Now my dad wasn't really sure about it at first, but once I told him that I was going to borrow a reamer and "fix" my 10" .357 mag barrel, he told me that if I could find a Factory barrel he would buy it and trade it to me for my 10" mag barrel.
Great news for me, bad news for him. A gentleman that is a regular at our local gun show, here in Topeka, Ks, used to have one all the time. So all I had to do was wait for two weeks. The was a show coming up in Kansas City, so I talked Dad into driving over to check it out. Mr. K.A. Thomas of The T/C Shop, just happened to be there. And what did he still have. A beautiful 12" .357 Maximum Hunter barrel. My dad paid him the asking price of $175, and I came on of the deal smelling like roses. So we get back to his place, load up a handfull of rounds, swap barrels out and head for the farm to do a little shooting.
Needless to say, I'm in love. The barrel having no sights I had to barrel sight everything. Hit a pepsi can at ten yard(cheating I know but had to make sure it would go off). So I decided to stratch the range a little. I set a 1 liter pepsi bottle on a tree stump at about 65 yards. Barrel sighting and with three sighters I hit the pepsi bottle. Now it was time to get everything else that I had to have.
This morning I got up and ordered a Pachmayr Gripper grip off the net for $55. Then later, at the show I picked up a 2x7-32 NcStar illuminadated reticle pistol scope for $80 and a set of LeopoldDual dovetail rings and base for $25. So ran home at put it all together. Now here is the problem. The objective on the scope is so close to the hammer that I have to use both thumbs to cock the hammer. Do I buy an aluminum hammer spur extention for $20 or a taller set of rings for $30. I'm into this setup for about $335 and am trying to do things on a budget since I have a wife and 23 month old daughter that already takes all of my money. What should I do? I havd to replace the hammer spring shortly after I got the gun and was told that Hammer spurs are the cause for this. Thanks for any input and hopefully I will be able to keep you guys updated as this project progresses.
Jumpsteady
