Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
02-04-2013, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 780
Re: FEG AP9 blowback issue
Fiocchi loads their 7.65Br to CIP standards. SAAMI only allows it to be loaded to 21000 psi. CIP is loaded to 26000 psi. Same thing for S&B. I notice a huge difference between UMC and the European...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
01-26-2013, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 907
Re: Unknown gun #1
Made by remington. They were contracted to make them for them. I have one that was made in france.
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
01-07-2013, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 755
Re: Why no .41 mag semi-auto?
I remember them days. 41AE hit 1150fps with a 210 grain projectile. Then came along the weaker 40 with a lighter 180 grain launched 150 fps slower.
Marketing and hype was all the 41AE was in need...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
01-06-2013, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 261
Re: .40 S&W Soft Point
Winchester Super Clean NT. 140 grain Tin core JSP at 1330fps. I have shot it in 9mm, good ammo but it costs a good bit.
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
01-02-2013, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 570
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
01-02-2013, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 350
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
01-02-2013, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 350
Re: 1 3/4" mini shells?
I get them at my LGS. They come in a duplex buckshotload with three #1 pellets and seven #4 pellets and a slug load. Cannt remenber velocity but they do kill up to 30 pound raccoons real fast. They...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
12-29-2012, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,973
Re: Nagant revolver
Wrap a single layer of scotch tape around a 32 long will help it fill the chamber better. It dont stop the bulge, it just centers it in the chamber better. The brass expands enough to keep blowby gas...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-29-2012, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 584
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-29-2012, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 584
Re: Self Defense Reloads
I used to live in WA. If you live there read the laws. They are very clear about them and even list what can not be used. Handloads is not one of them. You also can not be put on trial unless you...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
12-28-2012, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,973
Re: Nagant revolver
Is this something you heard or experienced? I shoot 32 longs all the time in mine and they are the most accurate rounds I have fired from mine. I do not get lead shearing and have fired 3 50 round...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
12-23-2012, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,470
Re: What justifies .40 S&W?
http://le.atk.com/ammunition/speer/handgun/details.aspx?id=53883
http://le.atk.com/ammunition/speer/handgun/details.aspx?id=53962
Compared to
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
12-10-2012, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,439
Re: S&W M&P vs. Springfield Armory XD/XDM
Abuse to you is normal use to others. To the range and back and maybe carried every now and then is a safe queen. Hunting, camping, week long hike trips, all normal to me. I have seen M&Ps rust on...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
12-09-2012, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,439
Re: S&W M&P vs. Springfield Armory XD/XDM
You sure about that. S&W has huge QC issues with their slide finish. They try to use a metal treatment like Glock but if done wrong on stainless metals it makes stainless very rust prone. The process...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
12-08-2012, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,439
Re: S&W M&P vs. Springfield Armory XD/XDM
S&W makes some decent 1911s, M4s, but their Glock line of pistols is lacking. 20 years of copying it and they still aint got it right.
After Gaston destroyed that company they have been nothing...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
12-08-2012, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 531
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
12-08-2012, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,439
Re: S&W M&P vs. Springfield Armory XD/XDM
What!?
Any pistol that needs a refurb at 5K is worthless. On a Glock a refurb kit is a new recoil spring and on an XD it will last 15-20K before a new recoil spring is needed.
Get the XD....
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
11-18-2012, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,206
Re: Frog Lube
Latest test. Fired a bunch of corrosive 7.62x38R from the 1895 Nagant. Did not clean it, but only covered the bore, chambers and gun in frog lube and never heated it up. Stored in a leather holster...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
10-30-2012, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 267
Views: 32,076
Re: Silver Bullet Gun Oil test..
Its not the detergents, its the Extreme pressure addatives. To get enough in there they have to overbase the additive. Overbased additives in oil have polar bonds, so does water. Water bonds very...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-05-2012, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,206
Re: Frog Lube
I been back home a little bit now. I stored the guns I did earlier in leather holsters in NC humidity for just under 6 months. No rust at all. Even did the CZ82 before I left. Real smooth and no rust...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
08-27-2012, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 267
Views: 32,076
Re: Silver Bullet Gun Oil test..
I took a bottle on my last work rotation in a dusty place. If you use too much it will gather dust. So I used less than just a tiny dab and it gathered less. Used the entire bottle as directed. By...
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
02-07-2012, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 32,618
Re: The 9mm for self-defense
A pretty pathetic bunch we have here.
I did a quick google.
http://www.gunrightsmedia.com/showthread.php?t=412731
You fellas are lost in your tiny chunk of cyber world here. Unreality is...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
02-07-2012, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,016
Re: .410 Hand Guns
If soft lead pellets will jack up the riffling that bad, just imagine what them super hard jacketed 45 Colts are doing to the riffling......
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
02-06-2012, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 32,618
Re: The 9mm for self-defense
Post number four is fiction.
I give two chits what you think. I been to war 3 times. Three full years and in a short minute you won't see me here for another whole year. I'm not a 92Y, 42A, or...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
02-06-2012, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,016
Re: .410 Hand Guns
Simple easy to understand way to describe the judge is it is a 45LC pistol with a very long cylinder. It just so happens that long cylinder will accept a 410 shotgun shell. It's a pistol, oh and...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
02-06-2012, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 472
Re: Recoil Spring Tester
Glocks have a real easy test to tell if the spring is in need of replacement.
Unload the gun, double then triple check it's empty. Dry fire the Glock and keep the trigger pulled all the way back...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
02-06-2012, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,016
Re: .410 Hand Guns
I have a Super Comanche single shot 45/410 pistol and it has a straight rifled full choke 10" barrel. It shoots as tight as my 19" barrel H&R snake charmer. Throws a slug good enough to whack yotes...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
02-05-2012, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,206
Re: Frog Lube
First range test done.
The P22 was like a new gun. For some reason after about 100 rounds it gets dirty enough in the firing pin channel that it will not fire in the DA because the hammer does...
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
02-05-2012, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 32,618
Re: The 9mm for self-defense
Nope. But unlike alot of people commenting on what works who have no real world experience at all and spew opinion as fact, well I will let them know everything will fail. And they all do.
Carry a...
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
02-05-2012, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 32,618
Re: The 9mm for self-defense
I been to war a few times. I know I know, only the old guys with the hats with pins all over them are real vets.
Well I know kids who were teenagers when they gained a life's worth of combat. Far...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
02-04-2012, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,206
Re: Frog Lube
JLA is onto something here. I just did the P32 this morning. I took her down to the pieces and degreased everything. The gun was spotless clean before I degreased. I took a tooth brush and scrubbed...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
02-04-2012, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 472
Re: Recoil Spring Tester
The beast test I know of is to replace after about 5000 rounds from a 1911. You can go longer with a higher quality spring. If you have cheapies do it more often....
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
02-04-2012, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 108
Views: 32,618
Re: The 9mm for self-defense
In my life and experience at work I have seen a man take a blast of OO buck at rooms length and never flinch. I counted all nine holes perfect COM. A single 5.56 finished the failed shotgun attempt....
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
02-03-2012, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,162
Re: 410 long gun for defense?
Just an FYI for ya. That Russian Barnaul 410 buckshot is not the same size as American #4 buckshot. They use a different number system to size buckshot. Them Russian #4 buckshot pellets are the same...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
02-02-2012, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,206
Re: Frog Lube
It is a turd. However when I shoot 32 longs with 98 grain LRN loads it is accurate enough for me to bag rabbits out to 30 yards. The SA pull is indeed heavy but is lighter and easier to shoot than a...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
02-02-2012, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,206
Re: Frog Lube
I did it again. Tore down the 1895 Nagant and blasted it with powder blast. Looked clean, until I put a simple tooth brush that isn't even stiff with frog lube on it and just lightly scrubbed. What...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
02-01-2012, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,206
Re: Frog Lube
I took some degreaser to the Walther P22 tonight and did like JLA did and scrubbed the entire gun with a tooth brush. I was amazed at how much more carbon was lifted off what looked like a completely...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
02-01-2012, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,206
Re: Frog Lube
So far it's good. Repels water real nice too.
When I get home from work the Walther P22 is getting degreased and redone with frog lube. I will shoot the snot out of it this weekend and get back....
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
01-31-2012, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,206
Re: Frog Lube
I just got back home last night and my test bottle was just waiting for me. I just cleaned up the daily carry piece and lubed the rails and covered the entire surface of the barrel.
My first test...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
01-01-2012, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 444
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
01-01-2012, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,923
Re: Russian Nagant M1895
I just picked up some late Soviet amm for mine. In the 80s they loaded Tokarev 86 grain FMJ bullets in this caliber.
They get 1300 fps measured 10' from the muzzle and just under 320fpe.
They...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
12-30-2011, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,923
Re: Russian Nagant M1895
Lead in the cylinder chamber will not bind up the entire cylinder. Someone was thinking and posting, and you believed what they thought. Thinking can be dangerous.
I fired two full boxes, that's...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-17-2011, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 548
Re: Easy Primer Question
Ah, gotchya. Never tried to interchange them two. My dads 45LC rifle always worked great so I never seen a need to try. Guess I woulda learned the hard way lol.
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-17-2011, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 548
Re: Easy Primer Question
Back when I had a NEF 357 mag rifle I had a load with a Hornady 200 grain .358" JSP RN I loved to wack deer with. The leade was long enough in the chamber I could load them to the crimping groove....
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-17-2011, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 769
Re: new cal to load
I wouldn't load it for him. Offer him rental of your equipment if he brings a few brews over when he is done loading them up.
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Forum: General Discussion
12-16-2011, 04:58 AM
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Replies: 195
Views: 4,318
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
12-15-2011, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 280
Re: KRISS
I have seen them fire. Wasn't interested in shooting it after watching a few copies jam regularly. The ammo was blamed and I believe that. However no matter how Kool it is I don't like unreliable...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-13-2011, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,730
Re: 9mm Wolf or Silver Bear Ammo Reviews
Silver bear (Barnaul) is much better quality than Wolf (Tula) is. The 145 grain JHP by Silver bear is actualy a very accurate and reliable round aswell. If you have a choice pick the Barnaul first...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
12-12-2011, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,565
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
12-08-2011, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 867
Re: Blind distance from camp
I have shot deer from camp. Had a nice buck with his nose in the smoke from the morning fire. Was real curios what was going on. Never had to leave camp the rest of that trip other than to gather pot...
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