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  1. Coltdriver

    Pocket .25 Automatic

    I have an old beater Browning Baby. Traded at a gun show for an upper I had that would swap on to a .45 frame. This thing was rusted and in bad shape, pitted and a bit crusty. I completely disassembled it, cleaned off the rust, re blued the slide and part of the frame, got a couple of...
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    Your Favorite Rifle

    I have a Sako Tecomate in .270 WSM. I have dialed in a load for a 140 grain partition that comes out the muzzle at just a tick over 3200 FPS. The rifle is a total tack driver. I have taken deer, elk and antelope with it. Stainless with a McMillan style bedded stock. Fluted barrel. Mine has...
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    1911 style pistol for CCW?

    The 1911 was designed as a weapon of war and was never designed to be carried cocked and locked. Nor was its follow on; the HP. We have modern battery of arms that make automatics carry like a revolver only with built in safeties today. I had one of the smallest Kimber .45's over 25 years...
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    Picked up a Springfield SA-35 today

    Congrats on the SA! I got one a few weeks back. Got the BHSpring solutions kit and swapped out the extractor and disconnect lever plus most of the springs. Runs great. Just received a stock Belgian HP safety which I will swap on in place of the one that came stock. They fall to hand and...
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    Lapping Scope Rings - Neccesary?

    Totally depends on the rifle and scope ring combo. Older benefitted. Newer does not need it. All benefit from installation with an alignment tool so the lowers can be better aligned. Don't get me going on vertical split rings, a solution in search of nothing. An alignment tool is all you...
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    Need scope advice

    Get a Swarovski. I have a BRH reticle on mine.
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    Understanding powder changes

    What is the burn rate order for the powders? My load books are in a moving box. Each may attain its burn rate by different chemistry.
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    Should I buy a cz600?

    I have owned several CZ rifles. My only beef with them is every one of them had an excessively long throat. You could never reload a few thousandths off the lands and fit the round in the magazine. They were also designed for a 50+mm objective lens which is common for Europe where you can...
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    Are you in CO? Watch your local government.

    Think about this and I'd be curious to hear your thoughts. Many states have declared themselves to be "2nd Amendment Sanctuaries" . Let's say some ridiculous curtailment of 2A happens. What then? The state I am in and the people in my state will likely not comply. Who is going to come...
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    SA-35 First Range Trip

    So I took it apart and cleaned it. There were two very small flakes in the right side of the slide channel. Other than that it was all just soot from the ammo.
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    SA-35 First Range Trip

    I sure am glad to hear that. Mine is in the 7000 range for a serial number.
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    SA-35 First Range Trip

    I am not familiar with the guide rod from BHS. I have dealt with 1911's forever and while some swear by them I think they are not really necessary. You can slow the slide down in your HP with a heavier recoil spring and or a heavier hammer spring. I am going to run mine a few hundred more...
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    SA-35 First Range Trip

    I picked up a new SA-35 recently. I am a former Hi Power owner, had three of them of the past 25 years. Nothing fits my hand better or points more naturally for me. I ordered the BHSpring Solutions reliability kit including their extractor. There have been some issues with extraction on...
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    Used guns - do you trust them?

    I think you owe it to yourself to be able to inspect a used gun for, at least, known weaknesses if there are any. Some frames crack, some frames get battered, lots of revolvers need to be "re-timed", Some revolvers have enough flame cutting to be a concern, rifle chambers really should be...
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    Are you in CO? Watch your local government.

    My family goes back in Colorado to the late 1800's. I left the state two years ago. Removal of state level preemption is just another communist tactic to work against the freedom of the citizens. They don't even hide their intentions anymore.
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    Ever Reached a Point

    I got to that point and then started pining for some of the guns I had at one time but sold. So remember you can always go backwards!!!
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    Nra show hi-power thoughts

    That is not the impression I got when I watched their assessment of the Girsan. But I will re watch and see if I was mistaken.
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    Nra show hi-power thoughts

    I haven't posted here for a while. I have owned three Belgian Hi Powers and just got a Springfield SA-35. Not to disparage any person here, the Girsans are junk. Go to BHSpringSolutions and watch their assessment of the Girsan. They also do an assessment of the SA-35. Yes they do sell...
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