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Today, I took the slide off and reassembled without the recoil spring. When I cycled several dummy rounds, I noticed that while the striker catches on the sear, when the bolt slide forward and catches the next round, it rises up against the last quarter inch of the firing pin. As the bolt is...

narrowing down problem Hello again, In the past month I bought an RCBS 32 ACP die set on ebay, I had been using and RCBS 32 S&WL die set. With the 32 ACP seat and crimp die, brass is slightly crimped so that the transition between brass and slug is smooth. With the 32 S&W seat and crimp die...

Thanks. The cases were sized. If I don't do that, It's hard to get the bullet tight. I tapped the bullet from the muzzle with a piece of dowel. Even though it was a dummy round with a spent primer, it spooked me. But it worked. On inspection the round had huge set back, either from my tapping or...

mauser 1914 slide jam I' m putting this here rather than starting a new thread. I made five dummy 32 ACP rounds by loading cast bullets into spent brass and marked them with black. I put one of them in the mag of my 1914 mauser (after checking that no round was in the chamber). I tried to...

To go farther afield. I believe at Gatsby's funeral in Fitzgerald's novel, his father showed the narrator, little Jimmie Gatz's" copy of Hopalong Cassidy with a list of personal goals in pencil inside the cover, just to show that he was always special, even before reinventing himself as "Gatsby."

Fifteen years ago, a man where I preached gave me a choice for Christmas of a NIB AR7 or a welded chain and come-a-long. With two teenaged sons, I didn't choose the rifle. Later another friend sold me a Charter Arms model with no mag and no stock for $15. Stock from ebay; mag from Numrich...

I just made four rounds 78 gr cast over 2.2 gr Bullseye and test fired four of them. They were in the 380 magazine on top of four dummy rounds, hoping that might give more mag spring tension. (Though maybe spring tension doesn't work that way; I don't know.) I racked the slide. The first round...

OK, to run down your list: *fires (non occurring with dummy rounds) *slide begins to move back (done by me manually *the case comes out of the chamber (non firing, the extractor actually removes the case) *the firing pin exerts pressure on the case; it pivots on the extractor and is...

I just tried something else. I assembled the pistol with the stiker and spring and guide all in place but without the recoil spring. Inserted the mag with two dummy rounds. The absence of the recoil spring allowed me to slowly operate the slide while watching through the ejection port. First...

And the fp OAL is 1.722

I have three dummy rounds made from S&B brass with spent primers and LRN with OAL of .928. They all drop in easily to fit flush. Putting them in the mag and with the slide on with fp, spring, and guide all removed, they loaded one after the other. (I held the gun sideways so at each manual...

I pulled the slide back with a dummy round in the mag.The fp extends a little beyond the rim. When I ease the slide forward the dummy round is caught and pushed forward to be chambered, but won't go in. It will go in when simply release the slide. When I pull the slide back again, the dummy...

OK. After taking it apart and studying the disconnector mechanism, I wondered if grime was keeping it from working right. Took the disconnector out and cleaned it and the pocket where it goes, then cleaned the slide and eveything else. Put in the original recoil spring. Reassembled. Barrel...

Thanks. One possible source of my slide problem: I've read posts that Wolfe replacement recoil springs may be stronger than stock. Another: my ammo may not be hot enough. A third: in removing and replacing the barrel I may not have it lined up perfectly. When the slide is replaced without the...

I've been working on my .32 Ortgies. This time I bought two striker springs and two spring guides from Numrich. The guide goes in the notch and stays while I assemble it. At last! I've been loading it two rounds at a time, with S&B or my hand loads 78 gr LRN over 1.7 and 1.9 and 2.0 gr Bullseye...