Recent content by Blackwing1

Thanks for the pointers rbernie: I went and looked, and the 10-round nickel mags I bought from Natches were ProMag. Thanks for the tip...I'll try some of their 20-rounders, and see if those also function well. The Ruger factory mags have gone up radically in price, but they do work...

Does anybody know of a source for 20-round magazines for the Ruger Mini-30 that will actually work? I've tried the plastic "Eagle" ones, and I've tried the "US Magazine" ones, and I've tried the various no-name gun-show ones. None of them ever fed reliably, even with FMJ. Some of them...

I've tried 4 different 7.52x39's Over the years, I've owned the following, all chambered in 7.62x39: - Chinese SKS - Ruger Mini-30 - CZ 527 - Romanian AK (WASR) The SKS's were picked up for $75...and you (usually) get what you pay for. These were full of Chi-Com cosmoline, and had...

Wow, that's a beautiful room. What do you do for solvent/cleaning fluid storage, dispensing and disposal? I've alway wanted a nice big tray in which to soak parts as I'm cleaning them, maybe with a little wire screen bucket in which to hold itty-bitty pieces.