Rex Zero 1 CP – Revisited

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Most of you remember this almost “ugly duckling from a prior post – well I shot it multiple times and every time more paint (not a factory coating ) would come off. I finally took it up to Jacques @ Inner 10 and had it cerakoted. I just couldn’t stand the splotchy paint job any longer.

Before – Left Side – you can see paint flaking . . .

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After – Left Side – much more better . . .

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Right Side – Before

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Right Side – After . . .

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Sure like the tritium night sights I had Jacques install – real sweet . . .

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Added Talon Grips – available here – found that the smooth upper part of the grip panels ( you can see in the before photos ) are just too slick when you really run the pistol HARD – and I mean hard – it will just not quite bump fire  –  15 round mag in under 3 seconds and still put everything into an 8 inch circle at 7 yards – what an absolute hoot!! – I admit the Rex has replaced my Glock Brand Glock 17 as my favorite europellet flinging device – I carry the REX occasionally and don’t even think about the 2 round trade off -15 rds / Rex vs 17 rds / Glock.

The Talon Grips are an easy install – scrub everything good with rubbing alcohol – dry it good – warm the pistol up with a heat gun – peel and stick then hit it with the heat gun again – next time I do a set I will try to remember to get some pics . . .

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Took my new do everything camera – by the time we got done scaring hell out of the chickens on the ranch and putting stuff away realized I never even took it out of the case – ran through about a 100 rounds of 45 and somewhere around 200 rounds of europellets (9mm) – it was good!

Got some recipe stuff coming and some out of the closet stuff  – have 8 or 9 drafts started – just need to get pics uploaded and stuck in the posts – did get time to grab a new T shirt –

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Just throwing this out here for your viewing pleasure – enjoy!!

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Just about every anti gun / seditious group in the country – pick one – Mothers demanding action – Illegal ( and convicted ) mayors against guns – damn near all of them – owe the fact that they exist – to this man and his money – the term you are looking for is “conspiracy to commit sedition” – control freaks – every damned one of them!

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary . . .

And with what the seditious politicians are doing in Virginia and elsewhere it may soon become a necessity – with sentencing enhancements for conspiracy to commit added 40 years doesn’t seem long enough – however if death occurs ( it has already happened – Hello is anyone awake out there?? ) – the death penalty could reasonably be applied – folks, do your research – they are committing sedition!!

Have Fun ! – Run the Gun ! – and Remember – Fish Heads and ex-mayors suffering Napoleonic Complexes are Cheap!!

Out of the Closet – JC Higgins Model 31

The little darling was brought to me to try and figure out why it not do anything but dump the magazine when it was cocked and the bolt was released forward. It had not been looked at in over 10 years. When the rifle exhibited the full auto failure the owner put it up and wouldn’t attempt to fire it again – wise man!! Imagine if you can my surprise when it came out of the case and it was a match to my personal stash model 31 – complete with functional “hidden” sling that still works!!

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Double Vision much?? When most people do the road trip thing – on vacation or what have you – they go and see the sights – I stop and crawl through pawn shops – Yeah I know – get a fucking life as my blushing bride tells me again and again and . . .

Had only seen 4 or 5 of these complete over the years and damned if one didn’t show up on my door step !!

Let’s take a look . . .

Simple as can be – the long screw on the rear of the fore end also holds the fire control group in place . . .

And the fire control group . . .

The spring that you see right above the safety was the culprit – it had slipped out of the groove on the bottom side of the horizontal piece – which is actually the interrupter – the spring pushes up – and the piece then pushes the sear into engagement – thus “interrupting” the firing cycle.

The reason it had slipped out of place was the groove it ( the spring ) rides in was full of crud – 22 rim fire is a notoriously dirty round – and time and lack of deep cleaning caught up to it.

Found the owners manual – Gotta love the interweb !!

These were manufactured by High Standard for Sears – and at the time they hit the shelves ( early 1950’s ) were quite “state of the art” and very sleek and modern looking – a much wanted item . . .

On this particular one ( as well as mine ) the extractor is worn to the point that it will not pull an un-fired round out of the chamber – fired rounds have the action / reaction thing going on and it has no issue with them – test fired and using inexpensive bulk ammo ( not going to knock on the ammo – it’s 10 years old ! ) I had 5 failures to fire out of 45 rounds – ouch!

Cleaned / lubed it up and put some cleaner / wax / polish product on the wood and sent it on it’s merry way . Whether or not the owner wants to invest 50 bucks in an extractor plus 50 bucks labor in it – when he is all ready 61 bucks into it ( 50 cleaning – 7 range time – 4 for ammo ) and it’s a 100 dollar gun , we shall see . . .

What’s in YOUR Closet??

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!