Recent content by dleong

One of two mint condition, unfired Walther P1 pistols I picked up from Gander Molehill way back in 2007. This one is shot on a regular basis while the other has sat in a safe since its acquisition.

If you're concerned about recoil, rest assured that the sheer heft of the 10.5" SBH does a superb job of absorbing the recoil of even the stoutest full-house loads. The only (admitedly minor) drawback of the SBH's heft and 10.5" barrel is that it balances nose-heavy, and may be tiring to hold...

Walt and Schmeky, I do not know if CZ has changed the extractor pin hole in the slide of their recent production guns to be non-tapered, but in all of my CZ pistols (11, with the newest one bearing an '04 datestamp), the hole "steps" to a slightly smaller diameter toward the top. My first...

It's the other way round, as the hole for the extractor retaining pin tapers at the top. (There's a technical note on page 22 of the CZ 40B manual to that effect, and the 40B's slide is mechanically identical to the 75B's.)

This is typical of the groups I get with my 10.5" .44 Mag. Ruger Super Blackhawk with my target handloads. The two targets pictured above were shot on April 15 at the local indoor range, offhand slowfire at 74 feet (24.67 yards). Sorry, I don't have any 10 yard targets as I don't find it...

For what it's worth, my standard handload for my 7.5" Ruger SRH is a Hornady 300 gr. HP XTP (non-"Mag") atop 27.7 gr. of W296 in a CBC case with a WSR primer at an OAL of 1.77", with a heavy crimp on the lower cannelure. This load yields a muzzle velocity of 1264 fps with an SD of 26 fps. This...

If the gun is new and/or still under warranty, you can usually request Ruger to issue a UPS "call tag" to ship the gun back to them at their expense for repair. Some years back, I ordered a new Ruger SBH 10.5" .44 Mag from an internet dealer that arrived with an off-index barrel which...

I sent a .44 Mag 10.5" SBH back to them (on their dime) in early '08 because of an off-indexed barrel (front sight was canted to the right); they kept it for 10 weeks before informing me that they "couldn't fix it" and would replace it with a revolver of my choice. That was how I ended up with a...

I've had my original Auto-Prime since about '01, when I started handloading. I've primed tens of thousands of cases with it, and when the lever broke a few years back, Lee just sent me a replacement handle and I was back in business. Like you, I probably won't be buying the new one anytime...

A number of Ruger owners have reported that their revolvers have come from the factory with canted front sights. From RugerForum.com: Why can't Ruger put on a barrel straight? There are links in the thread to images of the tilted front sights. My own experience: I purchased a new...

My Ruger Super Redhawk 454 Casull with the 7.5" barrel. A real wrist-snapper with my full-powered handloads! My stainless Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 Magnum with the 10.5" barrel.

My standard 40 S&W match load that I use in my dozen or so pistols chambered in that caliber is a 155 gr. Berry's or Rainier TCJ-FP projectile over 5.4 gr. of Universal Clays at an OAL of 1.145" with a very light taper crimp, with whatever small pistol primer I can get my hands on. This is a...

Here's my .40 S&W Jericho 941/Bable Eagle that was purchased back in '04: The barrel features conventional "land and groove" rifling (which surprised me, as I had expected all BE barrels to have polygonal rifling), and the LPA adjustable rear sight was added some months after I acquired...

DH, No problemo. Did you use a bit of Locktite on the screw to ensure it doesn't back out again when your're shooting the gun?

DH, Here's a blow-up of the LSI parts from your original image: Unless I'm seeing things, that little threaded shaft sticking up from the LCI nut (part #49 from the manual) appears to be the barrel stop screw (#65). If that's the case, then you have all four parts of the LCI assembly...