Recent content by markb5446

Well maybe the Ruger... Ok so I jumped in and voted for the Raging Bull 454, but now I am on the fence. I have a SRH in 454 and 2 Raging Bulls. One big advantage of the Ruger is that not only is the cylinder is made from a better alloy (than typical stainless steel used in revolvers (416 I...

Yes the Colt SA's have been getting a reputation, and not a good one... I had a couple Uberti's that were excellent. Sold because I wanted to spend my trigger time and practice with a 5.5 inch Blackhawk that could be used for hunting also (with higher pressure loads). But I actually miss...

The Taurus bashers are generally wrong and don't understand the guns they own. Some have gotten a bad Taurus, others are snobs. I can tell you that Smith and Wesson has been getting more and more sloppy on barrel to cylinder gap. They used to specify .006" to .008, then .006 to .010, now its...

NICE PIC! Indicates 7 may be better Looking at the pic you can see that the crack happened at the cylinder slots Ruger improved the Smith 6 shot by offsetting the slot so it wasn't at the thinnest point of the outer wall....But it still broke there! The crack wandered at an angle right to...

Yes for Ruger the notches are not at the weak points. Only problem with offsetting the notches, as Ruger does, is that the offset causes an angled contact with cylinder, and the notch is angled towards the weaker, scalloped side of the slot. I have seen Ruger Redhawks that have loose lock up...

... continued last post I meant to say that in order to determine which is weaker a 6 or 7 shot cylinder, you would have to pay a University or engineering consulting firm, to do FEA (finite element analysis) to find the failure point of both cylinder types. This is exactly what S&W must...

Actually it is the opposite, 7 can be stronger In Smith and Wesson Revolvers the cylinder stop slots are directly in line with the chambers causing the 6 shot cylinders to have a thin point, but not the 7 shot cylinders. That is because Smith puts the cylinder stop perpendicular to the...

Glock Miserable Ciustomer Service Yes Glock has gotten fat and is slipping up all over the place. My Glock 29 had one of the defective transfer bars "4256-1", causing failure to fire. Called Glock twice about it put on hold forever. Options are shipping it back for about 40 dollars or do it...

I just did a crude test to look into why my Mueller scopes have impressions and the Simmons/Bushnell/Leupold/Redfield scopes don't. I put each scope on the same rest and supported the same way (at each end). I flicked the side of the tubes with my fingernail, and then a small allen wrench to...

Well I used Weaver rings on about 12 rifles over the years, but only 2 scopes wound up with impressions, and both were Mueller scopes. I just checked my Leupold scope and my Simmons Whitetail classic, no impressions, both had the same type of Weaver rings. I have a super cheap simmons scope on...

The problem is not bending the scope, it is small impressions made by the rings at the location where the most force is applied by the rings. The Eraticator is 2 oz lighter than a Simmons White tail classic 50mm (cheaper scope), yet the Eraticator is a few inches longer. This supports the...

Regarding my earlier post, I have been satisfied with the optics and adjustments of Mueller scopes, but didn't know how thin the tubes were until I looked carefully at the sides where the ring scews are. I didn't overtighten the Eraticator and used brand new Weaver rings, and there are little...

Yes mueller scopes have weak tubes and its intentional I have several Mueller scopes and would have went with another brand if I had known how pathetically thin the aluminum tubes are. They do that on purpose to keep the weight down, and also so they can void all warranty claims because a...