7 June 99
At this year’s event I used a S&W 4556, smoothed up by my good friend and master gunsmith, Don Johnson, converted to self-decocking (DAO) by my good friend Bert DuVernay and the wonderful folks at the S&W Custom shop, and finally refined my good friend and also master gunsmith, Jim Garthwait.
It is chambered for 400 Cor-Bon, invention of my good friend Pete Pi at Cor-Bon Ammunition. I was shooting his 135gr round, and it really smacked the targets. What a round! The barrel was made for me by my good friend Irv Stone, at Bar-Sto.
My holster is the “Braveheart” model, made for me by my good friend Dave Elderton at Ky-Tac. Smooth and slick, but retentive. It never fails.
Don Johnson
3816 Exchange Av
Naples, FL 33942
941 263 1911
941 643 6900 (Fax)
gunworksprynet.com
Jim Garthwaite
Rt 2 Bx 310
Watsontown, PA, 17777
717 538 1566
jg384045postoffice.ptd.net
Cor-Bon
1311 Industry Rd
Sturgis, SD 57785
800 626 7266
800 923 2666 (Fax)
corbonsturgis.com
Bert Duvernay
Smith & Wesson Academy
299 Page Bd
Springfield, MA 01104
800 331 0852 ext 244
413 736 0776
bertduvaol.com
Irv Stone
Bar-Sto
73377 Sullivan Rd
PO Bx 1838
Twenty-Nine Palms, CA 92277
760 367 2747
barstoeee.org
Dave Elderton
Ky-Tac
PO Bx 6925
Champaign, IL 61821
217 897 6776
kytacaol.com
/John
