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    Flat nose FTF taccom

    in Pistol Caliber Carbine

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    I have 2 TacCom barreled PPC's  they are  5 1/2" x 16" & 10 " x 16" w/ shrouds. I shoot in steel competition weekly.I'm using "Blue Bullets" x 124 grn. RN. x 3.4 TG.. The 5 1/2" barrel is an early one feed ramper and has 100's x100's of rounds thru it. I believe  his barrels are as good as your going to find and a good value, PLUS he will talk to you and is very helpful..... I use the ETS mags almost 100%. (Glock guys usually run a little shorter OAL... I like to stay near 1.12/1.13, too long and you will have nose-down issues).

    Opinions,Ruger Super GP 9mm vs S&W 929?

    in Revolver Forum

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    Anyone shot both?..(Neither one seems to be available today)... So let's assume we do the internal polishing, replace the trigger/hammer springs and other tweeks... From what I read it seems you may end up with a better "game" trigger with the S&W?..If so,is it going to be a huge advantageS&W over Ruger?..Just curious.I've had a 929 with all the bells & whistles.

    Hammer pull weight older S&W M 28

    in Revolver Forum

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    Yup, click and boom., light hit...I've experimented with cut 11#, uncut 11# rebound springs as well as re-curved, stock S&W, Wolff light  & heavy hammer springs, old Vic Picket "Black Magic" kit, etc.  Internals are polished, all new Starline 38 Super brass, using Fed 100 primers..... Next is a lightened "N" frame hammer. The hammer weighed 1.4 oz. before lightening, after a lot of work, it's 1.1 oz.. I don't see getting it much lighter, maybe a waste of time? ... I have the Power's longer nose hammer pin and  think if it was a bit longer all would be well? (Wishful thinking?).  Hammer protrusion is close to a "dime" (.0520). The revo is pictured in this forum under my original post as to who built it. Mike

    Help, Custom older S&W revolver, Identify the gunsmith?? Beautiful workmanship.

    in Revolver Forum

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    Just excellent workmanship, curious who built it??.... Started life as as 6 shot square butt long ago (Highway Patrol?).. Was converted to 8 shot and 9x23 caliber (38 Super shoots fine). (Came with Win. 9x23 brass and 165 PF loads). Was reportedly use in Bianchi Cup at one time?.  Custom barrel with porting (Even the port holes in the top of the barrel are angle taper ported, not straight bored).It had a picatinny style scope mount & rubber IMG_0227.thumb.jpg.694e9e492bd27ef4208beaa75c36e492.jpg grips which I've replaced.  Still nice and tight and very accurate. Ron Powers says he didn't build it, any guess who did?.. Mike

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    Your powder selection for revolver? 9mm

    in Revolver Forum

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    929 S&W revolver. I had a small amount of Clays powder I wanted to use up BUT I had another revolver shooter tell me as far as case expansion, Clays was to fast??... Which maybe true, as I had some moon clipped cases that didn't extract easily recently and this was when using Clays.... My load is 2.8 grains of Clays , Acme 145gr. red coated bullet, 1.10 OAL( same load  used for PCC carbine) cronos consistant 129 power factor. Dillon 650 /Lees "U" die, Shockbottle gaged, Fed nickel brass. I have 3n37, 1# of 231, lots of CFE pistol,and Auto Comp, Fed 100 primers. Since the PCC uses Glock styie mags , I didn't want to change the OAL for revolver (I know they could be a bit longer for the revo..). Anyone have the same results with Clays?. 

    VR80 Summay after all the bells and whistles.

    in Shotgun - Technical

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    93 notch (Mustang?, my son has a 89 Police Interceptor w/heavy engine mods))... See my post on mag mods... Pretty simple  & low cost.

     

    Update.....Maybe a simple fix for the 19 rd. mags?....... I did remove the bolt hold open from both 19 rd. mags, they were much better. I did lightly sanded/polished the follower.I found that on both mags the followers became stuck in the upper part of the mags at the mid point of the 4 slots. i found about .006 difference in the internal measurements before the "slots" and after the "slots"...........Just enough for the follower to drag a bit in the slotted area, NOT before and Not after. (Bottom part of the mag was fine). I looked for a means to slightly expand this area, nothing seemed to be just right?.... HF to the rescue!!!... The 4 pry bar set ($11.99) worked. Insert one of the longer bars into an empty mag in the slotted area and twist. You can see the metal move but just a few .000's. I tried several spots in the slotted area... Now the follower drops in from the bottom and goes completely to the top of the mag...  A little crude but it was all i could find  at the time 

     

    RIA VR 80 19 rd. mag, issues

    in Shotgun - Technical

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    Update.....Maybe a simple fix for the 19 rd. mags?....... I did remove the bolt hold open from both 19 rd. mags, they were much better. I did lightly sanded/polished the follower.I found that on both mags the followers became stuck in the upper part of the mags at the mid point of the 4 slots. i found about .006 difference in the internal measurements before the "slots" and after the "slots"...........Just enough for the follower to drag a bit in the slotted area, NOT before and Not after. (Bottom part of the mag was fine). I looked for a means to slightly expand this area, nothing seemed to be just right?.... HF to the rescue!!!... The 4 pry bar set ($11.99) worked. Insert one of the longer bars into an empty mag in the slotted area and twist. You can see the metal move but just a few .000's. I tried several spots in the slotted area... Now the follower drops in from the bottom and goes completely to the top of the mag...  A little crude but it was all i could find  at the time 

    RIA VR 80 19 rd. mag, issues

    in Shotgun - Technical

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    New RIA 80 owner.... Not new to mag fed shotguns. This gun looks to be well thought out compared to others...Even cycled some 1 oz. x 7 1/2  loads (5 rd mags).. I've been  reading all the other 40+ posts on the shotgun including the 19 rd mag info. I did the usual removal of any plastic flash from the follower and removed any sharp edges, reversed the springs, etc. After some initial jamming,  the bolt hold open lever edge  has been slightly rounded thinking that was the issue?....... Looking at the inside of the 19 rd. mag body,  it's easy too see that the rear  transition grove from one mag body to the other leaves room for the bolt hold open lever to "catch" and tilt the follower rendering  the mag to a "jammed" condition..... I think the bolt hold open  could be useful at times BUT the spring inside the bolt hold open is to stiff forcing the follower to tilt???? ... looks like I could either remove the spring & arm  (rendering the bolt hold open feature gone) and/or/ try realigning the 2 mag sections as suggested?. Long ago,  I had a Tooth & Nail 1919 28 rounder that never functioned 100% from day one even after a trip back to them, yet some are lucky enough to have functional big sticks? ( Yes, I used the proper ammo back then,  AA's 1350 fps)...When the follower transitions / gets "stuck" the shells are free to rattle around in the mags. SO, we all know that when "trouble" rears it's head  your shooting in a match it seems?.. So what works best?.. It's the follower being stuck/tilted it's not the ammo. The bolt hold open sure could help a reload under match conditions I think?...Opinions please....

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