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It was a stock trigger to begin with and all they replaced was the slide.

Hello all, I recently sent my M&P9c in for warranty repair. There was some unexplained damage to the part of my slide that pushes the trigger bar out of the way during cycling. It had a great trigger before I sent it in, but they replaced the slide and now my trigger is extremely gritty...

So when you use powder coating, are you using some kind of tumbler to coat the bullets? Then I assume it needs to be baked somehow? I was leaning toward the alox until I learned it stays tacky. It seems counterproductive to me to have a sticky lubricant.

What about the liquid alox? Is that any good?

Still haven’t decided on the lube yet. Finances being what they are it’s going to take me a while to gather all the equipment I need before I can get started anyway.

Ok that all makes sense. I guess my best bet would be to go ahead and get the sizer. Better to have and not need than need and not have I suppose. I’m looking at the Lee 500 grain .45-70 mold. It’s a pointed bullet similar to a spitzer but I don’t have to worry about cycling or a tube magazine...

So, I’m reading up on bullet casting and I’m a little confused about something. Everything I read says cast bullets need to be sized before they can be used. Is that true even if they cast at the correct diameter? For example, if I buy a .459 diameter bullet mold and I want a .459 bullet do I...

Yeah, you’re right. I got carried away. I wish there was another place near me that had reloading supplies. The store I go to has pretty terrible prices, but the next closest place is Bass Pro and its over an hour away. I think a little competition might bring those prices down a bit. The only...

Thanks for the suggestion. I picked up some Trail Boss today. It was WAY cheaper than IMR-3031. If it’s accurate in my rifle it’ll save me a bunch of money.

Sure, I'll be happy to post a pic of my rifle. Just gotta get home from the office first lol. Did any of them come with a rail? Mine doesn't have that. In fact, it isn't even drilled and tapped. My sights are pretty similar to older Ruger 10/22 sights. That's what they remind me of anyway. For...

That makes sense. I checked my Hornady manual. The trapdoor loads in there top out at 25,000 CUP and it specifically mentions those loads as safe for the Shikari. Unfortunately that particular manual only has bullet weights up to 350gr. I figure I’ll just stay with standard factory loads and...

The fastest trapdoor load in my Lyman manual for a 300gr. is 1714 and the fastest 405gr. is 1578. Even in the 1886/1895 section there are only a couple of loads that go over the FPS listed in your post. I’ve heard reloading data is often on the conservative side, but that’s more conservative...

OK, I’ll definitely follow that advice for reloads. Thanks everyone. What does that mean for factory loads? Is the off the shelf stuff going to be safe? Obviously not boutique or +p type stuff but I’m talking normal Federal, Winchester, etc.

Is the receiver the weak spot? Or maybe the lockup? The barrel steel is really thick, looks like it could handle just about anything.

Does anyone have any info on this model by chance? I can’t find much on the net other than a rough manufacture date. I’d like to know what power factor .45-70 I can safely shoot in it, but any info is appreciated.

Well, with a combination of Hoppe's #9, foaming bore cleaner, WD-40, a lot of soaking, and a metric ton of patches I finally got it clean. I don't think there are any serious pits. I can see some small discolored spots in the bore, but for the most part it's pretty bright all the way through. I...

Normally, I would agree with you but this one is a little sentimental, which is why I'm not happy with myself for letting it get in the shape it's in.

That’s probably not an issue. If I plug the muzzle and the gas port it shouldn’t affect any bluing.

Naval Jelly huh? Never heard of it, but I’m willing to try. Getting chemicals into the gas system won’t be an issue, I’ll just take it off. I’ve already had it apart once since the corrosion happened and I didn’t find any problems. It’s just the barrel that has issues as far as I can tell.