Recent content by Benton

Oh yes, I'm loading from the magazine. The problem is consistent: slow or fast bolt operation, one or more rounds in the magazine. I suppose I'll end up sending it back to the factory. I bought the thing so I'd have a .257 Roberts to hunt with this season, since the Cooper .257 I ordered...

I have a new Ruger Hawkeye in .257 Roberts that does not extract cartridges when the bolt is pulled. Ruger's service department sent me a replacement extractor and collar ring, but the problem remains the same after switching out the parts. I've used factory-loaded Hornady ammunition and...

The Ruger .257 Roberts rifles are built on long actions. I'd have preferred it on a short action, but I know others say the long action is useful for seating the bullets out farther when that is desired by the handloaders. It seems to me there would be adequate room to work with most...

My first suppressor was an SWR Ruger integral. I have shot it alongside a friend's AAC Phoenix and found them to be very similar instruments. I'd be happy with either one. I next added an AAC Scarab .22 muzzle can to my collection. It is pretty much identical to the Pilot silencer except...

9mm: Browning High Power (post-internal extractor, pre-ambidextrous safety) .45: Series 80 Colt Commander .357: S&W Model 66 four-inch

A little over a year ago I bought my first subgun, a Vector Uzi with which I am very happy. In the preceeding 12-15 years I'd been shooting a friend's M11/9 once or twice annually. Whenever I shot the M11/9, I had fun but thought to myself, "It's just a bullet hose." This kept me from getting...

F4GIB, Nader is not the Green Party candidate.

I was in Hawaii a couple of weeks ago and saw the Honolulu Gun Club handing out color leaflets on the sidewalks of Waikiki. They were in English and Japanese, advertising the opportunity to fire "Real Guns/Factory Ammo". The packages available ranged from $9 for 24 shots of .22LR to $95 for 75...

I see the .221 Fireball listed as an option for the CZ 527 at the cz-usa.com site. What is the velocity of this round from a rifle, and how is the accuracy from this particular model? I know/own CZ rifles and am not asking for a reference for their product line. Thanks

I still don't know what Ruger was thinking when they discontinued the Security/Service Six line of revolvers. They are so much handier than the GP100.

I've had a .222 in mind for a long time because of the accuracy of the cartridge. There's never been an opportunity for me to try one out, however. Does it have a noticably lower report & muzzle blast than the .223? That cartridge is just too loud for me many times, and I've thought a .22...

I dislike the noise enhancing properties of the muzzle brake on my DSA StG 58. Should I replace it with one of the unvented fake flash suppressors; cut the muzzle brake and threaded section of the barrel off; or, sell it as is and buy a DSA without a muzzle brake? I figure any modifications to...

Well, there certainly is a lot of santorum in Congress these days.

cordex, you are so right! If the Elmer Fudds of the nation (and I view about all my relatives and half my friends in that catagory) would wake up, some of this legislative foolishness might stop. There are a lot of them, many are politically influential, but they haven't viewed any of the gun...

I had a pair of the Pachmayr Jordan grips for my K-frame Model 64. They were great in my hand, but they fit the revolver very loosely. The gun rattled and shifted side to side within the grips, and the hollow, hard plastic shell felt cheap. I wish they could have done a better job with them...