Just curious ...
I have a box or two of Velocitors, and a brand-new Norinco Olympia .22 LR ... and naturally was wondering if the beefier Velocitors would be OK (not do damage) in the Nork, when I am not too worried about pin-point accuracy.
It's an all-steel handgun ... and Norinco's forged tough steel is well-respected (almost) everywhere ... I've had their basic 1911 for more than a dozen years ... but just thought I'd ask if any of us lucky few owners has had any real-world experience with this cool little Olympia target pistol.
More dubious/ questionable ... would them same Velocitors stress-out my Smith & Wesson Model 61 Escort? It cost me all of $52.50 at the S.I.R. store when I bought in when I was in university. I am sure that the Velocitors would cycle the action, but that pistol is mostly alloy ... the steel barrel (all 1.875" of it) is actually "press-fit" into an alloy slide. And the rest of the gun is aluminum as well. The magazine is steel.
I am 12(6) obviously.
The Model 61 wasn't meant to be fired a lot at the range ... but to work 100% perfectly (outside of Canada, obviously) at least a few times ... and it was only made for a few years.
I've run maybe 300 rounds through it (at ranges) during the last 50 years ... with only a few FTF's. It would be interesting to know if it would reliably shoot a 5-round magazine of Velocitors ... just once ... without a hiccup. That's a i of of noise and energy ...
The Velocitors were originally purchased for my jewel-like early 1970's S&W Model 34 "Kit Gun" ... with the the same steel J-frame as the company's cop-spec smallish .38 Special 2" snub-nosed revolvers, so strength and longevity was never a concern.
Thanks in advance ...
I have a box or two of Velocitors, and a brand-new Norinco Olympia .22 LR ... and naturally was wondering if the beefier Velocitors would be OK (not do damage) in the Nork, when I am not too worried about pin-point accuracy.
It's an all-steel handgun ... and Norinco's forged tough steel is well-respected (almost) everywhere ... I've had their basic 1911 for more than a dozen years ... but just thought I'd ask if any of us lucky few owners has had any real-world experience with this cool little Olympia target pistol.
More dubious/ questionable ... would them same Velocitors stress-out my Smith & Wesson Model 61 Escort? It cost me all of $52.50 at the S.I.R. store when I bought in when I was in university. I am sure that the Velocitors would cycle the action, but that pistol is mostly alloy ... the steel barrel (all 1.875" of it) is actually "press-fit" into an alloy slide. And the rest of the gun is aluminum as well. The magazine is steel.
I am 12(6) obviously.
The Model 61 wasn't meant to be fired a lot at the range ... but to work 100% perfectly (outside of Canada, obviously) at least a few times ... and it was only made for a few years.
I've run maybe 300 rounds through it (at ranges) during the last 50 years ... with only a few FTF's. It would be interesting to know if it would reliably shoot a 5-round magazine of Velocitors ... just once ... without a hiccup. That's a i of of noise and energy ...
The Velocitors were originally purchased for my jewel-like early 1970's S&W Model 34 "Kit Gun" ... with the the same steel J-frame as the company's cop-spec smallish .38 Special 2" snub-nosed revolvers, so strength and longevity was never a concern.
Thanks in advance ...
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