Recent content by Ignacio49

My friend is not happy with this barrel and will sell the gun, in anticipation to the possible finding of more "unpleasant surprises" which would confirm Harballers sad reputation.

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Previous owner shot it, but I do not know him and don't have any related information.

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Tool marks. They seem to have caused an uneven surface/height in the rifling lands. Could these cause any problems with accuracy? Other problems?

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This is an AMT Hardballer barrel. At first glance I thought it was lead in the barrel…Then I realized it was only in the rifling lands/hills, nothing in the grooves/valleys….. very strange. Well, I tried to get rid of the lead but couldn’t. Bronze brush, pod cleaning scrub pad, Lewis Lead...

. My friend's Hardballer s/n is A31xxx, Irwindale, CA. Any idea about its quality and/or vintage? .

The stainless steel used to manufacture the AMT Hardballer - was it a soft ss? a hard ss? What were the cons/pros of using a soft metal, or a hard metal? Thanks

Problem solved! A friend has a couple of these mags and will give them to me for free. My lucky day today Thanks for your help.

I can’t find 45 acp magazines for my old (1978) Sig Sauer P220 / Browning BDA 45. It has the “european” locking mag system, that locks the bottom of the mag and therefore, AFAIK, current production mags do not fit these old P220’s; they have a plastic bottom that won’t go into the mag well. I...

You are right, not +P rated.

Unanimous answers! Thanks for your help. And happy 2019! Ignacio

. Thanks for your answers. I am familiar with S&W Airweights and their potential cracking problem. In fact my first gun was a model 37, many moons ago - never had a problem with it. I've seen/owned J frame or equivalent snubbies from S&W, Taurus, Astra, Colt, Rossi, but none with such a thin...