Recent content by berkmberk1

Yep Got my first taste of high power shooting CMP qualifying matches with a club supplied M1. Then I got my own CMP Springfield Armory, Korean vintage. I put it away for a while when I joined the IL ARNG HP rifle team.........shot a heavy barrel, heavy target stocked M14. I've since retired. I...

Does anyone have a M27 stocked in 91/30 wood? Does anyone have "first hand" knowledge of any (used to have, physically handled, know someone who has one)? I have one, and I've heard 'round the boards of others, and its an interesting topic/version. I've started researching this area, and I would...

Anyone seen one? I have a M28 with a receiver with no identification. It DOES NOT look like anything has been removed. It just looks like it has never been marked.

CZ All the way for me I bought mine (a real Czech one) in Germany in 1982. I don't have any idea how many rounds have gone thru it since. I bought it after reading some articles by Jeff Cooper wrote about the 10mm when it was being developed. He had worked with CZs some then (they weren't...

I'm back I've purchased one of these recently, primarily for camping/hiking (we don't have concealed carry in Illinois yet), and I too have been intrigued with the load question. Now...since this is a hypothetical question....please refrain from the usual - "why would you want to"....."thats a...

I think I found a (the?) problem. I don't know why I didn't check this (probably because I forgot I had the tool) but a poster on Firingline Forums suggested a tight cylinder gap. I checked it with the thinnest feeler gauge I have...... .002 ...and that doesn't fit! Pretty damn tight!!!! No...

Loads are comparable..........8 gr Unique at 850 fps......30-32 gr 3fg at 800-850 fps........with all due respect.....all manufacturers will say they void warranties if you shoot reloads/anything not out of a first time commercial box...... by shooting dirt I mean....taking a clean patch and...

The cylinder pin was lubed with olive oil and had zero fouling on it. Other than the occasional "mystery jam", the problems centered around the hand not engaging or turning the cylinder. When disassembled completely, there was no fouling in the action. A little shooting dirt, but no fouling. All...

I'm relatively new also. So far I've expended 100 caps between my Pietta 1851 and Pietta 1858. CCI #11s need to be crimped on both or they fall off. They seemed a bit stout so I used a needle nose pliers. I have a can of RWS 1075 caps. I was told this was a #10 size. They seem to fit but...

Your mission, if you so choose to accept, is to solve the puzzle of the malfunctioning single action. The victim - an EAA Bounty Hunter. Caliber 45, 7.5 in barrel. The symptoms - when shooting smokeless powder loads the victim has had nary a hicup. When firing blackpowder loads, however, it will...

I forgot It's .45LC. I haven't slugged it but my .454 loads won't chamber until I run the through the sizer a second time. I've shot smokeless and BP with no problem.

I got one. Shoots fine. No problems yet! Its a long story, but it wasn't my choice to get it......it was a replacement for a Cimarron that a "so called gunsmith" who I won't name (you're safe Bill Oglesby) screwed up. :fire:. It didn't have the class of the 7.5 in cavalry model I had, so I gave...

How wildly west are you Dr Law?

Just thought I'd throw in my $13.99....... two cents adjusted for inflation............ In regards to the rammer face causing a suction.........could it be possible that your rammer has an overly sharp face that may be cutting into the ball and thereby sort of imbedding itself into the ball and...

I've been following the debate pretty closely as I am interested in eventually making some of my own BP. I assume many of us have been cruising the internet looking up things like "gunpowder", "blackpowder", "explosives", and the like.......and probably found some pretty interesting sites...