.45Coltguy
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That ammo looks like it was swapped out for what was originally in the box
That was my thought also. Damn the luck.
That ammo looks like it was swapped out for what was originally in the box
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 tooIs the ported stretch counterbored into an expansion chamber compensator or are the holes just straight into the rifling like Magnaport?
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.That ammo looks like it was swapped out for what was originally in the box
It's possible, but it's without a doubt all CCI.That ammo looks like it was swapped out for what was originally in the box
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.
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.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.
I will echo the same, it happens to the best of us, and in my case the dumbest. Think of it this way, at least you didn't trade a mint Colt Woodsman for a Llama .45. I'll never get over that.
Now it's broken and I'm not sure if it'll get fixed.
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.
It helps to have a sense of humor about it, for sure.I'm so on a terrible streak...still too salty, too much lost. Don't wanna talk about it, yet lol
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
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 meFirst 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.
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....you win…
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....