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  1. Cajun Gun Works… Anyone used them before?

    I have a Tactical Sport they worked over. The trigger is as good as a great 1911 trigger. I expect if you intend to carry it, you'd want it that crisp and short travel... but maybe not 2 lbs. I also bought and installed their kit on an Omega. It's much, much better than stock, but not in the...
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    Safe interior question

    I keep mine locked. If you're admiring it, it's not keeping your stuff safe...

  3. Question about smiths working on 1911s.....

    John Harrison, http://www.harrisoncustom.com/ Not sure if he's taking on new work, but I can completely vouch for his quality of work. You can do worse, but it's questionable if you can do better in GA.

  4. P365XL FTE

    I'd second that-- try commercial ammo. If it only happens with that first round, it may be the additional pressure and drag of the rounds in the mag pressing on the slide from below are slowing it enough to mess up cycling. As I believe you are thinking. Mo' power may be enough to make it...

  5. Rust removal

    Never heard those before. Thanks for the tips.

  6. Rust removal

    Take a wild guess.... Buddy left me some guns while he was temporarily moving to California. One of them an old Hi-Standard .22, with rust issues. I thought I'd surprise him by fixin' it up. Now it has a two-toned barrel. Surprise!

  7. Rust removal

    Well, DO NOT use Evaporust. Takes the bluing off instantly. Trust me.

  8. Best Gunsmith in Atlanta Metro

    APA is good for rifles. John Harrison is the guy for 1911s. As others have said, they specialize.

  9. Gunsmith for rebluing rifle, and refinishing stock? (Gwinnett/NE GA)

    Looking for a recommendation for a friend. He's got a rifle he'd like reblued and the stock refinished. He's in north Gwinnett. Any suggestions from the assembled brain trust? Thanks. Kuduman

  10. Adding safety to M&P Compact 2.0

    I don't know, but I'd like to know myself. The 1.0 series... you had to buy it with the safety, then you could remove it. Ones from the factory with no safety did not have the cuts to support one later.

  11. Cheapest CZ sight installation in ATL?

    Buy the $45 NcSTAR VTUPRS Universal Pistol Rear Sight Tool, Blue, One Size by NcSTAR ...and do it yourself. And get your other guns' sights straight. And your relatives'. And your buddies'. Etc. I never could hammer the rear sight out of my CZ P01 Omega, incidentally-- and I've done many...

  12. Sight pusher?

    I bought the name-brand one, not a knock-off. It was closer to $100 with all the trimmings, but well worth it. Makes changing and adjusting sights a breeze. Windage is right on all my handguns now, because it's very easy to move the sight over a calculated amount. And you can do it at the...

  13. Need barrel Nut tightened

    It's slightly more involved than "looking through the receiver to see if it's straight". The gas tube has to not bind on the carrier key. This may take multiple tries to get right, and there's a technique to it, and ways to check the alignment. Not hard, but not necessarily easy, even with...

  14. S&W Revolver Problem-- pierced primers, not due to pressure

    Yeah, I know who Elmer Keith is, and I've done a great deal of reading over my 23 years of reloading, though not much of it about revolvers. I certainly didn't know about those issues with the magnum primers. That's interesting, and I will investigate further. Thank you.

  15. S&W Revolver Problem-- pierced primers, not due to pressure

    The piercing problem is gone-- "stoning" the firing pin fixed it. I'm still going to switch primers though.

  16. S&W Revolver Problem-- pierced primers, not due to pressure

    Well, I have some .44 special because I have a gun that shoots it. I hear you though-- case sorting is a pain. And I hate having to clean the crud ring out of six chambers... that gets real old, after doing it the first time. I load light charges in .357 cases for that very reason. Was using...

  17. S&W Revolver Problem-- pierced primers, not due to pressure

    Thanks y'all for all the good suggestions. I'll whip up some with Mag primers, and test out the filed firing pin on Wed. And the mag primer loads-- it will be good to know that I have enough pin left to set off harder primers, whether or not the filing fixed it. Jackie has a good point...

  18. S&W Revolver Problem-- pierced primers, not due to pressure

    That I've actually got (commercial .44 SPL). Don't like shooting it out of the magnum, as then it's a pain to clean the cylinder, but I'll toss some in the range bag.

  19. S&W Revolver Problem-- pierced primers, not due to pressure

    OK-- that sounds good. I'll measure the protrusion and see if I can't clean it up. More worried about re-rounding it than anything else. And I'll measure the end-shake while I am at it. EDIT: OK, that cleaned up in about five minutes. Protrusion still looks to be 30 thousandths plus, and...

  20. S&W Revolver Problem-- pierced primers, not due to pressure

    I have not changed primers, but am using Rem 2 1/2, just LP, not magnum primers. I have large magnum primers, or can get them. That might help, but if it's firing pin damage I need to fix the underlying cause.
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