no source that i am aware of - if it functions _ feeds i would not worry about the bend - those magazines all originally had steel followers - the plastic ones are later production -
Type: Posts; User: schutzen-jager
Forum: Rimfire Area
no source that i am aware of - if it functions _ feeds i would not worry about the bend - those magazines all originally had steel followers - the plastic ones are later production -
Forum: Muzzleloading.
nice find - Gove was also known for converting rolling blocks into lever guns - for the market for his hunting clientele -
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
never heard of such an occurrence in my 78 years - in the hammer doubles i have owned i believe the hammers will deflect the pin away from shooters face if that could ever happen -
Forum: Factory & Surplus Powder
i have never found red dot to be excessively dirty in most hand gun calibers -
Forum: Rimfire Area
jmho - this is still the best + well run !
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
fwiw - my experience with the different manufacturers off brand ones goes back at least three years + of the two triple k ones one had to have the rear feed lips opened up in order to allow the...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
there are many variations - blank floor plate, marked with an [R], and R underlined, dull, + bright blue finish - the one thing i have seen in common with the aftermarket ones is that the follower...
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
the problems i have experienced with them has been in feeding + under hard use the staking loosens + come apart - what brand did you buy ?
Forum: Cast Boolits
jmho - any 158 grain swc loaded to sufficient power+ fits your bore should be fine -
Forum: Swappin & Sellin
jmho - every 513 repro i have encountered for Remington's have needed adjustment to function properly, even those advertised as being made on ex Remington factory tooling - probably better off buying...
Forum: Rimfire Area
just looked into RFC this morning, the topics that i used to post in - military trainers, Remington, Marlin, + legislation - quality has deteriorated greatly loaded with misinformation, opinions...
Forum: Rimfire Area
over the years the Ranger marking was used by Montgomery Wards + others - it was found on both Marlin + Savage .22's going back to the late 20's -
Forum: Shot Loads For Pistols
for those that care, Smithfield was purchased by by a CCCP Chinese conglomerate a few years ago -
Forum: Cast Boolits
fyi - i only restated it because it was in retort to fredj338 in post 57 erroneously claiming that i only had limited experience in powder coating - everyone is entitled to personal opinions + on...
Forum: Our Town
many states have a spring + fall season + you are allowed to eat them at any time -
Forum: Cast Boolits
none of the previous comment about sizing apply to me, like i previously stated i only have any need to size my higher velocity rifle cast bullets when attaching gas checks - i have found no...
Forum: Cast Boolits
i have not had to size any of the cast bullets in over 5 decades + lubing them with liquid alox allows me to shoot as cast - i definitely still find it expensive + time consuming + pc has never shown...
Forum: Rimfire Area
gave up on RFC after over a decade + 4,000 plus posts, i no longer will post there - since the site revision a few years back many knowledgeable users have either passed on or stopped posting also...
Forum: Shot Guns
jmho - rather than alter spring tension, you might try polishing + lubricating all contact surfaces of spring + latch mechanism -
i would definitely follow randy, W.R.Buchanan advice on not...
Forum: Shot Guns
[QUOTE=W.R.Buchanan;5716405]Don't mod the stock spring, mod the replacement, then you won't have to look for a new stock spring which will probably be harder to find?
Randy[/QUOTE
A+++ good...
Forum: Shot Guns
jmho - it would depend on locking mechanism design - it might be a part that also helps keeps the breach locked under recoil on some designs -
Forum: Rimfire Area
yes they are quieter, but be very careful with some foreign produced CB's + both colibri rounds, had several cases of them getting stuck + no exiting rifle barrels at my range -
Forum: Cast Boolits
in my experience powder coating is time consuming + expensive + shows not one single advantage in any way over properly applied liquid alox + most conventual lubes -
jmho - before changing recoil spring try a different magazine - most of the time mag spring is not pushing cartridge up before breech block passes it -
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |