Recent content by jpcortese

Early P238 A plastic guide rod is very odd indeed. Mine is even an earlier production gun and my guide rod is metal. The new flat spring goes in easily and the gun shoot fine. Why would they have used a plastic guide rod? I've never seen that on any semi-auto.

P238 flat recoil spring Got mine yesterday from Sig (it was free) and installed it just now. It measured 3.25 inches, is non-directional and went it easily, but I can see that you do need to be careful that it doesn't get hung up on the guide rod. After installing it the gun functions...

I want to replace the base pin on my Cattleman and I heard that Belt Mountain is the way to go, however, on their web site they don't specifically mention Uberti's. Will a base pin for a 1873 Colt work? I thought Id try here before calling them.

That's the set up I have used for .38 and .45 however I used the RCBS Lock Out Die in station 4. Works great. At some point I may use the PTX so I can seat and crimp separately, but for now the setup works just fine.

I have been reloading for many years on a single stage press and finally decided on going progressive for pistol. I have spent the morning watching the video cd that came with my new Hornady LNL AP press and setting it up. However I have a few questions that don't seem to be explained in the...