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Sorry Steve, I know the Westwind name but have never met or spoken with Dave. My acquaintance with Boots is strictly that, an acquaintance based upon my interest in barrel-making and his kindness in responding to my queries. A true gentleman.

I was completely floored by my first view of Lee's big treatment of Fisher's Peak in their living room, truly spectacular! And yes I visited Raton but didn't shoot, just enjoyed a couple of mornings spent on the overlook in the park behind the town. Tried to convince My Bride to move out there but no luck....this time.

Also visited K&P Rifle Barrels there in Raton and ordered a cut-rifled 22RF from them. They kinda surprised me by saying that they couldn't find any gunsmithing students that were interested in working for them part-time! When I was @ TSJC in the '60s my roommate worked for Paul Mayer the reamer maker there in Raton, but according to Ken & Peggy the students of today aren't interested in learning the barrel-making trade. Or maybe K&P didn't pay enough.....

I always thought Prator was the coolest instructor there because of his neat little Triumph TR-3 with the racing stripe and leather hood straps. And then there was his natty little bow tie and his extremely biting comments upon my (lack of) expertise!
Regards, Joe

J.D. Steele: I will order up the Rifle back issue discussing the Springfield firing pin modification, my collection from the 1980's is incomplete.

mkbenenson: Thanks for the tip about 1922 parts, I think I have a spare bolt around here someplace, but it may not have all the internals.

I don't want to burn bandwidth by posting them here, but if you go to http://www.google.com/patents and enter the following patent numbers you will pull up both the Garand speedlock and a slightly later Sedgley multi-piece safety pin.

Garand: 1780521
Sedgley: 2089581

If one of our modern good metalsmiths could be persuaded to run off a batch of the Garand type, I would probably buy several. I am not looking for historical authenticity, something like the David Tubb pins would work for me. I just hate the idea of building a custom rifle around an action with AWFUL lock time. I understand the game doesn't know the difference...