bountyhunter

Sweet.

I remember back when I bowled, they had leather gloves with the palm area padded to support the ball. Might cushion the recoil against the sore part of the hand. Or you could try padding a shooting glove.

The answer is NO. Really.... OK: leaf springs come from the factory with a specific bend (arch). Gunsmiths increase the curve of the arch to reduce trigger pull. Then, you install it and crank down the strain screw which arches it even more. My point was that if the spring steel was "taking a set under strain" as mechanical engineers would say, you would lose some spring force and get a lighter DA pull, never heavier pull. The spring would also have slightly more arch "at rest" than it originally did. There is no effect that can cause a leaf spring to "straighten" itself out sitting on the bench and cause a heavier trigger pull.

Are you drop testing it with the trigger pulled back like it is when firing?

First suspects would be the sear face/hammer hook, either the angles or maybe wear on the edges of the cuts. Or maybe the sear spring is too light? Is it possible a disconnector problem may be hanging the sear up so it doesn't release and re engage the hammer hook?

This is what I see when I use target focus, except there is a second sight/gun image to the right. Note that mechanical eye focus is on the target but you can still shift "brain focus" (awareness) to the sights and align them.

Wow, sweet deals. Can't do it because I am in the occupied territory of Californistan and they are not legal for sale here. Great buy for somebody.

That's exactly the point: when I target-focus, I lose the 'awareness' of where my sights are. That's why I asked if someone can suggest how to train for this. Some visual exercises, perhaps?You need to determine your dominant eye: look at a black dot on a wall some distance away and focus both eyes completely on it. Then point your index finger and raise it until you see the finger pointing at the dot on the wall. The finger will be fuzzy, your eyes still focus on the dot. Whichever eye the finger is "in line" with is your dominat eye. You need to practice sighting exactly that way: look at a target dot taped to the wall and raise the gun until the sights align in front of the dom eye. You will look through the sights which are fuzzy but have visual awareness and align them easily and accurately.

That's the secret: you are still aligning the sights, they are just slightly fuzzy. Eye focus is on the target, but you are still looking through the sights and having awareness of sight alignment.

Me too. Much prefer the quick "pop" of the 40 to the long slow push of a .45. Always felt like I was waiting on the .45.

Good advice but I've never seen anybody who wanted to sell theirs....

You can go with a mass made brand or something better. The mass made guns from SA, Para, Colt, RI and all the rest are fine.... unless they aren't and then you have a project that spends it's life getting fixed. My recommendation for value is to buy in at the lowest price point of a better maker like an STI Trojan. I don't know if the STI Spartan is any better than other mass made guns because I assume they are also mass produced, but the Trojans are (or were) still hand fitted guns. The point is you can spend $1400 for a "upscale" Colt or SA or Para but they are still made by Colt, SA, and Para. You can spend $1400 for a Trojan which is a semi custom made by people who build some of the finest 1911 guns going.

That is what has to be the cause, because you said: "After a year or so, I disassemble the gun, and upon reassembly the trigger pull seems a tiny bit heavier." If the spring was losing some of it's bend, the trigger pull would get lighter not heavier. I always set up my leaf springs so that I get the spring force I want with the strain screw about 1/4 turn out from all the way in so that I have a little extra spring available in case I get some ammo with stiff primers that are not wanting to fire. I use blue Loctite to set the screw where I want i to get the right spring force. Of course purists cringe at bending springs and running the strain screw out to adjust the spring force so proceed with caution...

You're lucky if your tinnitus can be masked. I used to have that kind, then one day I had a horrible ringing in both ears that "rides" above ambient sound levels. Still have it.

Everybody does that. I support about 25 different charities and give them a check twice a year... but all year long they keep sending me requests for money and many of them include stamped return envelopes. Killing a whole lot of trees and dollars for that.

I never knew that was a signal for a radar trap. Out here, blinking the lights is to signal that the car is either driving without lights or has their high beams on.

Detectors don't work out here. They use the instant on LIDAR guns so there is nothing to detect until the laser beam hits your car when he presses the button on the gun. They can also pick a single car out of a pack because they have aiming hardware like a scope or red dot unit on the gun. BTW: there are some places where radar detectors are illegal, and there are a number of states (Like California) where detectors are legal but attaching anything to the windshield is illegal and they ticket you for that when they see a detector.

I run the standard extractors, but I thought the point of the AFTEC was that the spring loaded design meant the thing didn't need tuning. Is the extractor hook square and sharp?

I was wondering that myself....

I once theorized that if I did ever learn to shoot a Glock well, I would probably not be able to shoot any of my other guns. Seems like you have proved that theory.... The Glock is the "anti matter" version of what I prefer in a trigger pull: light smooth take-up, a definite break point which is easy to stage. The Glock pull is a long, stacking mushy pull with no clue as to where it is going to break. I never learned to love the Glock trigger... or even tolerate it actually. Obviously some people shoot them well. I doubt I will ever be one of them.

If the OP is talking about the "New" model 66 it has a stronger forcing cone area compared to the older model 66. The new model can handle full power .357 all the time. No worries like the older model had about cracking the narrow rear area of the barrel.What did they do to make it stronger? On the old K frame 66 guns, the "rim" of the forcing cone was trimmed (flat cut) on one edge which was obviously not as strong as if the full rim had been there around the circumference. It was done that way to make the frame more compact, the L and N frames do not have this "feature".

Dumb question: are you sure there isn't carbon buildup in there fighting the case going in? I might try using a .22 NYLON bore brush dipped in polish (like chrome polish) and spin it with a hand drill in the chambers.

I'd wager the difference in powder is the burn rate and how quickly the energy is released. The difference would probably be seen if a G meter was attached to the gun. Perceived recoil is probably a function of peak recoil impulse. The total recoil (area under the curve) is probably defined by the mass of the bullet and final velocity, but perceived recoil can be different based on powder burn speed.

Yeah, I use antenna (no cable) and get hundreds of channels. Sometimes our NBC affiliate shows the local baseball games and ditches the entire prime time lineup. If you are watching serial shows like Hannibal or Crisis, it leaves you on your own to try to see the missed episodes. I don't know why NBC would allow that crap from a local affiliate but they don't seem to care either.

I signed up for Hulu plus a couple of months ago..... and I am certainly underwhelmed. But it should be good for something? I had been watching this stupid show on NBC called "Crisis" and wanted to see how it ended.... since NBC cancelled it halfway through and it disappeared weeks ago. I found out that the "final episodes" had been shown at some point and I missed them. So, Hulu Plus to the rescue.... What a wonderful experience. My flatscreen has the Hulu Plus so I go there and ask to see Crisis and get a giant error message telling me that it is UNAVAILABLE for streaming, I have to watch it on the PC from their web site. So, after resetting the password for that, I start watching the crappy sized picture on the monitor and get my first treat: Not only do you get a butt load of commercials on the Hulu website you PAID for, they start the show off with four commercials even though the broadcast doesn't have them there. Thanks. And the audio volume on the commercials is, of course, set 30 dB louder than the program sound. Thanks again. And I am watching this thinking: Wow, we pay extra money to watch broadcast TV that is sent out for free and get to watch extra commercials too! We must be a nation of idiots.