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  • Birthday 10/14/1977

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    3-gun, USPSA, Skeet, Sporting Clays, Hunting, Firearm Renovation (usually its not good enough to call "restoration"), Mechanical Engineering
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    Mark Hammond

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  1. .090-56 Shoot me a message and I'll mail you a couple beads for free.
  2. A mill definitely can speed up the process but is not a must. I have one and decided not to bother and did my VM by hand. Careful use of sanding drums on a Dremel, a little touch up with a good flat file, and then some buffing with Dremel's"EZ Lock Finishing Abrasive Buffs" can product excellent results. If you fancy yourself a handyman, I'd go so far to say its almost idiot proof if you don't get carried away http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Accessories/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=511E http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Accessories/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=512E I agree with Kurt on the finish. I initially took mine to a mirror polish and figured out in 2 practice loads that it was a mistake. Went back with the 280 or the 320 buff (sorry can't remember which) and gave it more of a brushed finish and it works much better. But if you want to let someone else do it, then I can vouch for Mr. Rose's work.
  3. Ha! I hadn't paid attention to that before: an inertia gun with a HEAVIER bolt. Now that makes sense! I consider myself a gas gun guy but I like the sound of that and might have to check one out. So how light of a load do these things actually function with?
  4. Sorry to contradict you on this one Steve, but that guy is mostly wrong and clearly just likes to hear himself talk. #1 Rest assured, Remington has no prejudice when it comes to shipping less than perfect product. Your local gun shop has just as much of a chance at getting a lemon as Walmart and Remington doesn't make a habit of giving its "seconds" to youth organizations and the NRA. Any gun that Remington sells that is used, a former demo/sample gun, or a refurb gets stamped with a "5" on the barrel (usually the left side at the chamber) or sometimes on the bottom of the receiver bridge where the mag tube is installed. The box end label is also typically overstamped with a big red "USED". #2 There is typically nothing wrong with the MIM extractor (despite what all the MIM-haters say) and definitely not the first thing I would change. #3 It is also typically not machining marks in the chamber that are the problem. Yes they sometimes look rough but the surface finish is not typically enough to grip a flimsy plastic hull. His method of polishing does however probably cure the problem in most cases as the real issue is a burr or machining undercut at the rim counterbore. This gentleman is more spot on and explains in a far more efficient 7 minutes and doesn't waste a lot of your time with a bunch of BS that he thinks he knows. The only thing I might add is that I have typically seen burrs / undercuts at about the 2 and 7 o'clock positions when your rib is at 12 o'clock. This is where the bolt can slam into the back of the barrel and roll over an edge; especially if you've made a habit of closing your gun hard on an empty chamber. So don't be shy, bust out the Dremel and a grinding wheel do a little smoothing out of those two areas and you'll be in business. I like the bullet shaped aluminum oxide bits to start with followed by something along the lines of Cratex to polish it up. Your local Lowe's or Home Depot will probably have something that fits the bill.
  5. The VERSA tactical / competition bolt handle rotates because they saved $0.50 making the tactical cheese grater bolt handle a turned part (the field model is MIM) and eliminating a mill cut on the bolt handle (countersunk slot that keeps the field bolt handle from rotating). The bolt handle is a cheese grater because they designed it to stand up to full powered hunting loads which can sometimes bend or break some of the tactical bolt handles on the market. Most of those were designed for Beneli's and the VERSA runs at significantly higher bolt velocities with heavy 3 and 3.5" loads. I guess they figured somebody might use one for home defense. They did almost sell it with a 7+1 tube you know. And as for cheap extended ProBore tubes, that happened because after the 105CTi and 1100G3 died before their time, Remington figured they would scrap or fire sale most of their extended ProBore tube inventory to evidently get it off the books before the end of the year or something. Imagine my surprise to discover a few years ago that they had discontinued the Skeet ProBore tubes and had 0 in inventory. And then they sold IC, Mod, and Full on there website for something in the neighborhood of $3/each.
  6. The two best values for upgrades in my opinion is a Briley bolt handle and a C-rums welded lifter. Briley make a tactical handle for both the field bolt (has a recessed cut to prevent the standard bolt handle from rotating) or the tactical / competition models (just a hole). Its longer than the factory Tactical handle and much easier on the fingers. Based on my luck with Briley's customer service however, you'll probably want to order the opposite of what you actually want to receive! As for the lifter, I'd still buy a welded up standard lifter over the new version Remington puts in the Competition model. As others have already found you can't always unload the magazine by pushing the carrier up and depressing the feed latch and I you want to cut your loading port further forward (like they did on the Competition model) the thing can still bite your thumb depending on your technique.
  7. +1 on the free ProBore version if you pay shipping. :-). Don't forget that thing will put you in open class.
  8. You say "eject", so it sounds like you believe the shell is getting extracted from the chamber. Are you finding the fired hull partially out the ejection port and trapped by the next live round feeding up on the carrier? I would suggest checking extraction of live rounds of the same brand you are having issues with. That's not a fool proof test but it could tell you something. If it extracts the live round flawlessly, then I would look some other places before changing extractors. If it doesn't well that may mean nothing. My gun won't reliably extract any live rounds (it drops them before it gets to the ejector), but it has not failed to eject anything in probably 3,000 rounds. Other Versa's I've checked this on eject live rounds easily so this does lead me to believe there is some excessive variation going on here but that may not be your problem. Since the loads you mention are low recoil, you might also have a power issue. Can you check higher power loads that appear to use the same case? If you have the means you could also check your gas ports to make sure they are not clogged. I've seen some blocked during the brazing process. I'm not sure you can do this with your standard hawkeye borescope so you will probably needed a flexible articulated borescope to look at the 45 degree angle the ports are drilled at. Another method would be to try and run a small wire ( less than .040" diameter) through each of the ports to ensure the are open.
  9. I run Remington managed recoil slugs and couldn't tell any difference in POI or group size with Cyl up through LM. That being said I found myself in a situation at the Rockcastle SG match were I really needed a MOD and had to shoot slugs. Luckily it didn't seem to cause me any problems but I failed to plan for that scenario. So my point is don't overlook the tighter constrictions.
  10. The field models have a recessed oval / roun-end slot that accepts the anti-rotation feature on the standard bolt handle. The Tactical and Competition bolt carriers only have a hole. So as you can guess, the Tactical bolt handle will work with both, the standard field bolt handle will only work with the field model bolts (unless you modify one of the parts).
  11. I don't own any yet, but I picked up one of SEVERAL $100 gift certificates on the price table at the Benelli / Rockcastle Shotgun Championship this past weekend. Big shout out to Kevin for supporting the competition and being one of only a few vendors to be on site. I'm sorry I didn't quite make time to stop by and shake his hand but most certainly will the next time our paths cross. Looks like a great product and I am anxious to try it out.
  12. GunCat is correct. All VERSA's have 3.5" chambers. Barrel is only marked 3" due to the potential for 3.5" shells buckling in the mag tube under heavy recoil from those types of loads.
  13. Ricks my friend you just have a big thumb! :-) The new carrier was 2 steps forward and 1 step back in my opinion. The new carrier in an unmodified Tactical or Field model isn't bad, but Remington cut the loading port on the Competition model further forward negating what they accomplished by de-forking and extending the new carrier.
  14. Colbyjack the Hammer is case hardened. Trust me Remington has balanced its properties as best they can. Tools steels are great for the proper applications but a through-hardened hammer is not one of them. If one was to be made to the specs you mention, it would most likely crack and completely fail in short order; maybe in as little as 1 to 2 shots.
  15. You shouldn't have to clean the pistons on the VERSA Max very often, maybe never. If you are seeing fouling that binds them up then you have something abnormal going on. The only thing I've seen bog them down is wad material skived by the gas ports. That issue was corrected during development and I've never heard of it being a problem in the field. Given the pressures and temperature of gas they see, they do pretty much clean themselves out and you should only be seeing dry, powdery carbon residue. I've observed tests where 5k and 10k rounds were fired between cleanings and nothing of consequence built up. I would not be afraid to oil them either. I don't believe it can hurt and probably gets burned off quickly. With all due respect to Mark, I would have to see more evidence before I believe excessive lube resulted in bulged or cracked gas blocks.
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