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As the title would suggest, I have a Puma 92 carbine (as well as a 7.5" Blackhawk) in .45 Colt. I have a few questions. I've been reloading .45 Colt for about a year now. I have been using fairly conservative loads with Oregon trail 200gr LSWC and 250gr LRN powered by WW231 (7.0gr under the 250...

I have an AR-24, which for all intents and purposes is an EAA Witness that has been parkerized. The extractor never worked right, so on a hunch, I bought a Wolff extra power extractor spring for a Witness. It works better now, no more FTEs. I have a new problem, which is not as pronounced as the...

I was cruising my favorite surplus sites online and found one place had a glut of various S&W model 64 4" DAO variants for $230ish (good to very good condition) before shipping and transfer. Very good plus condition was $10 more. I'm an S&W acolyte, and I've been looking for a Model 10 for a...

I'm having trouble with the steel butt plate sliding around entirely too much when I'm trying to shoot. I'm thinking about using a dremel with the wire wheel on to make a vertical "V" pattern from the bottom up and an inverted "V" from the top down, and either fill in the void with a shrinking...

I'm thinking real hard about selling my M&P15 carbine (with all the extra toys) and buying a Polish Tantal Ak-74 from J&G sales . The reviews written after Feb of this year seem to concur that the CAI Tantals now have properly sized barrels, so the dreaded keyhole shouldn't be a problem. I...

I put a total of about 220 rounds of Bulgarian 7.62x25mm from 1953 through my TTC yesterday and today. I had a couple of failures to feed caused by an unseated magazine, but no failures that were the gun's fault. Oh, the Bulgarian ammo (from sportsman's guide) had about 12 bad primers so far...

I just ordered a Romanian TTC from J&G sales, and yes, I paid the extra $10 for a hand picked one. I also just threw down some cash on a spam can of Romanian 7.62x25mm. At least I'll be able to shoot over the summer now. My pile of .22lr and 9x19mm is dwindling to dangerous levels. Tokarev ammo...

I took my brand new AR-24 out this weekend and put 160 rounds through it. I had two kinda-FTE's. The one FTE at 50rd, then at 160rd--one common denominator was both occurred with the same factory mag (which led to me forthcoming theory). The FTE-ish thing was this: (first time) The spent case...

I have a Glock 17 that isn't getting much mileage since I got my M&P Compact. I was picking up some .22lr ammo in my favorite fun store today and an AR-24 full size caught my eye. I fondled it and instantly knew I had to have it. They're asking $499 new, two 10rd mags (sucks, but I hear they can...

I'm all set to buy a Puma 92 carbine in .45 Colt. I've read as many reviews as I can find, but heard something that worried me: They don't like hand loads. Now, this doesn't make much sense to me unless the loader was making the OAL too long. I read a review followed by gossip in the comments...

I'm having a bit of trouble finding a good way to carry my .45 Colt ammo. I've got a Blackhawk .45colt and a levergun to be bought next month in .45 colt. Right now what I do is just take my big plastic 100rd boxes and leave them on a flat stump and go back for more when I'm empty--not a problem...

AND I LOVE IT! I have all the tacti-cool stuff to remind me of my "saving the world" days, but I like this more. I loaded 100rds of nickel brass with 50 250gr LRNFP's (seen above) and 50 200gr LSWCs over WW231 (CCI LP primers). Man is it a hoot hear that thing go "KABOOM"! The recoil is fun, the...

I'm getting a Blackhawk in .45LC next week (celebrating turning 24) and I'm setting up to reload for .45LC (already do so for .223, .308, and .45ACP). My book lists 1.600" as the min AND max C.O.L. I'll be loading 250gr LRNFP and 200gr SWC (leftovers from .45 ACP) over moderate doses of Win231...

I took the 'ol warhorse out today. It's the first time I'd shot it. I hung up a target at 50yds and shot standing and kneeling. I ended up with 6" groups roughly, using Bulgarian heavy ball ammo. Then the target hanger (a 9" diameter tree) came crashing down after 31 rounds. Worry not-- I was...

I just got an M&P9C and want to retrofit a couple of 12rd flat-based mags with the finger rest that comes on some of the compact mags. The pistol came with one mag w/finger rest, and one without. The two free mags from the rebate are going to be flat bottomed. Anyhoo, I can shoot it either...

I've searched this forum on the subject of Nagant revolvers and still have a few questions. I've found arsenal refinished Nagants for $75+S&H+transfer and a bunch of my friends want them now too. 1. Apparently 32 S&W Long works in Nagants (I don't want to spend $25/50rds). Are there any...

Lately I've found myself feeling an uncontrollable urge to look up old milsurp bolt guns. I've wanted a Mosin-Nagant for a few years, but couldn't get motivated enough to actually buy one. So yesterday, I went to the surplus store on the edge of town looking for a new winter coat. The coats were...

So my friend at my guard unit picked up a 8 3/8" S&W Model 17-4 .22cal revolver for DIRT cheap. Some degenerate had taken off the rear sights and put on a scope mount. My buddy quickly scrapped the scope mount and put some S&W sights back on. The revolver is blued, still a very deep blue, hammer...

I'm looking at a RRA 2 stage trigger for my M&P15. Anyone know what size the trigger pins are (large or small will suffice, since this is how RRA lists their parts)? Sorry if this is a re-post. I tried the search tool here at TFL, google, S&W's website, RRA's website, etc. I would check...

I've decided to get a Ruger Blackhawk (new) 5.5" barrel (Impact guns lists 6.5", Ruger.com lists 5.5" -someone is wrong). Probably won't place my order until January '09, so I have some time to weigh pros and cons. I looked up components on Midway last night, and ruled out the .44mag because I...