I'm on a not so hot streak.

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Jim Watson said:
Is the ported stretch counterbored into an expansion chamber compensator or are the holes just straight into the rifling like Magnaport?
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I think it’s just a bunch of holes! it has a cool look. Not sure it does anything for the recoil or muzzle flip. But I can 2 hand shoot it really fast and accurate too
 
starnbar said:
That ammo looks like it was swapped out for what was originally in the box
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That ammo looks ancient. With Blazer packaging, the new stuff I bought doesn’t have the drawing of a shooter image on the box, so the box may be a few years old, but i think you’re right in the ballpark with the ammo-swap theory.

(The packaging may have changed though.)

This is fairly-recent production, bought in 2021.
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Stay safe.
 
starnbar said:
That ammo looks like it was swapped out for what was originally in the box
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It's possible, but it's without a doubt all CCI.

kcofohio said:
Hopefully, after you have the MKII and 39A on the back burner for a bit, you can get a fix for them.

Money pits can suck, unless there is a worthwhile reward at the end.
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That's the only way I'd ever come out. Put them up and forget about them until cold weather hits and I'm twiddling my thumbs.
 
Riomouse911 said:
That ammo looks ancient. With Blazer packaging, the new stuff I bought doesn’t have the drawing of a shooter image on the box, so the box may be a few years old, but i think you’re right in the ballpark with the ammo-swap theory.

(The packaging may have changed though.)

This is fairly-recent production, bought in 2021.
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Stay safe.
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I did just buy a brick of Blazers a couple weeks ago and checked...like yours, no shooter silhouette. But I do have some old Federal and Winchester that predates bar codes that looks new in comparison.
 
Howland937 said:
Bad part is the boxes aren't that old. I mean, new enough to have a bar code on them, which makes them newer than a bunch of my .22 ammo. View attachment 1105797

I may send the 39A to a smith, but availability of parts is the rub. I've got the cartridge cutoff to work, but the one that's in it now is too short. Holds the cartridge in the tube, but binds the bolt best I can tell, throwing off the timing for the lifter. I dunno. I'm kinda over it and will probably take a loss to let someone else worry about it.

The 22/45 is either gonna get sold at a loss or end up Cerakoted Caution Orange...just as a reminder.

Yes. I may have had too much of a good streak going and got complacent. Just glad I'm not one of those poor souls that only has one of each.
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That box may have been stored in a wood cabinet made of oak. Oak off gases something that does that to lead and some lead alloys. Years ago I made a rifle carrier of oak. I placed some cast bullet reloads in the case with the rifle and the lead alloy bullets had a very similar appearance.

NRA Benefactor Golden Eagle
 
defjon said:
I'm so on a terrible streak...still too salty, too much lost. Don't wanna talk about it, yet lol
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It helps to have a sense of humor about it, for sure.
I know that the easiest and cheapest route is to stay pat and be patient. I'm just not any good at that, so I typically end up cutting my losses and putting whatever I'm able to recover into something else.

Maybe some of the encouraging responses here will help both of us get pointed in the right direction :thumbup:
 
Mark_Mark said:
what 2? During the Plandemic, I bought a 1873 10mm that the cylinder lock snapped off before I could shoot, and Uberti at the time was a 5-6 months repair wait. $25 in parts, fitted myself. Now it shoots real good
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First was a Savage MK II FV SR. It had an extraction problem and accuracy problems. I fixed the extraction problem but never accomplished much at all with the accuracy. The other is my recently acquired Wrangler. Everything works like it supposed to and everything looks good but the accuracy sorta sucks which puts it in the lemon class IMO.
 
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doubleh said:
First was a Savage MK II FV SR. It had an extraction problem and accuracy problems. I fixed the extraction problem but never accomplished much at all with the accuracy. The other is my recently acquired Wrangler. Everything works like it supposed to and everything looks good but the accuracy sorta sucks which puts it in the lemon class IMO.
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dang! I sometimes go years before shooting a new gun. So learning to fix things and putting it in the Lemon category is a thing for me
 
DustyGmt said:
I was 21 years old and I wanted a .45acp and was working on min wage with a 2 year old and I had a few ruger .22lr pistols and the Woodsman and didn't understand the dumbassedness of what I was doing, just wanted a .45 but its still no excuse....
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I just wanted to say that we've all done some regrettable things at a young age so don't beat yourself up too much about it. I know it hurts but it's still just a gun.


You could even replace it if you really wanted to.
You just would have to pay a hefty "mistake tax".
 
I'd also like to say that one man's bad trade is another man's "what's the problem here?". People who don't give a care about .22 rimfire might feel similarly about what you did.


Recently read where somebody was regretting trading a 1911 for a Marlin pistol caliber lever gun. In my mind I am thinking "nice score".
 
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