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I have the same problem. Looking closely, I could see a slight lip of metal, protruding around the recoil shield firing pin hole. Gently filed it smooth. Helped, but still loves 122gr and up grain lead bullets. They shoot well. 100 to 115gr seem to slow or hangup. The recoil shield may need to be replaced or reset?

Hmmm, I wonder who....

I shot at Oakwood Outlaws, near Oakwood, Texas, this weekend. Short drive, hot humid weather. IDEAL! I shot this Saturday and Sunday there, 6 stages both days. Sunday I shot the Pietta's GWII "Gunfighrt competitors" My thoughts, They shot great. For some reason, they get on target easily. No misses, no ruger(Pietta? go rounds) But, they do love 122/125gr bullets best. 105's gr, seem to back out primers every so often. I practiced with them on Saturday and decided to shoot only 122gr or 125gr on Sunday. Still the best price, out of the box - to the range - SASS legal handguns I have ever shot and owned. Now the problem of ..... Ruger's NV's OR Pietta's GWII Gunfighter Competitors....I could see me shooting the Pietta's at the Nationals 2025. Though, I do love my Lassiter Ruger New Vaqueros short stroked classics.....Tis a good problem to have.

Congratulations to JEDI GF #376: Hopalong ACE

I am sad to hear this. I am still impressed with mine. Yet, I am shooting smokeless, I think you are shooting Black powder or a sub.

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Hmmmmmm, ya got me re-thinkin this. I knew him, whenever I shot at Eagle Lake. Stayin in the Columbus motel, and walk by his room...door was open and he was on the floor, sippin and workin on guns. Pretty interesting man. Okay, I thought he was kool! LOL I bought this pair from him.

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I will take em. Thanks

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, course those were yours, I assume? Problem children run in two's. ..least in my family. Oh and, Lassiter is, In my opinion, the premier Ruger NV short stroke gunsmith.

Mean Gun Mark, Congratulations to your 2025 Ohio State Frontier Cartridge Championship! Did you shoot these guns in the main match? I hope not. Your findings are dis-heartening. I hope you get a satisfactory result(s) from EMF. I am sure you will. That being said, we knew up front, the heavy trigger pulls that will be evident. Except!!! To have 7 and 8 lb trigger pulls, well, at 68 years old, I would be unhappy as well. I found, doing some basic polishing of parts, that are related to the hammer and trigger area, reduced mine down to below 4 lbs. Please keep us up to date with your findings.

Gosh darn, them are too sweet and elegant ta boot.

They are not slip-ons. Solid brass, I will assume. As for them shooting 2.25" low... that is outstanding for factory direct. That load, I shot, is legal in SASS power factor. Ruger SA and Colt SAA with un-filed front sights, correct me if wrong, with the same light load, will print about 6 to 8 inches lower. Ruger and Colt use the standard load of a 158gr factory loaded 38 Special / 357 Mag factory load, to set the POI for all the factory output. They do not cater to SASS shooter needs or wants. Pietta, with this setup is.

Hmmm, Cheyanne Culpepper won the EOT 2025 Elder Statesman Gunfighter with them. And Slick McClade won Classic Cowboy with them as well. Yes, they are short stroked and have an unique, only on this model. the EMF-Pietta Great Western II (Gunfighter Competitor) revolvers, which (In My Opinion) are outstanding lowered hammer and the knurling, I have never seen before. Functions quite well.

I do not know, I would imagine they are installed into the barrel. Call EMF and ask for support on this one.

I had heard about you shooting them at EOT 2025. May I ask for details of these pistols? Length, caliber, etc and how you Won your category? Congratulations on that achievement.

Thank you most kindly, young man! Tis an honor to be in with Slick.

Thanks, Now the dilemma of possible Ruger main match over the Pietta's... That confab about the 32 H&R's needs you to poke at it....

That is pretty kool. I have not changed any springs, as of yet. I wanted to see how simple cleaning and polishing would do, for the overall performance of the pistols. It did reduce the trigger pull about 1 lb and 2lbs, so that is good. I do like 1lb or less for my trigger pull on the Rugers.

An Update on these two Great Western II's with the "Gunfighter Competitor" Factory short stroke action job. JUST MY OPINON........ continuation A shooter report on the new revolvers I bought from EMF. May 18, 2025 - disassemble, clean and polish each pistol. S# E1xxxx8...polished parts of hammer, trigger, bolt and associated screw posts. Replaced base pin with used Colt base pin. Reassembled. Lubed where I like to. Smoother and trigger pull decreased to 4.2 lb. S# E1xxxx7...polished parts of hammer, trigger, bolt and associated screw posts. Replaced the base pin with the last Colt base pin I found in my parts bin. Reassembled. lubed where I like to. This one is okay, not as smooth action wise, as the other. Trigger pull close to the other, about 4.2lbs. I need to revisit the trigger springs, maybe a wire one that I have in the parts bin, might work. Or hound that Slick "Championship" McClade about what to do. Course if someone pipes up, like Colorado "PineBOX" Coffinmaker, on the cylinder base pins, jus let us know here. Thanks for that tip, they work(dryfiring wise), but I have yet to shoot them....that is the final test to make sure they function correctly. Still, all things considered, these are outstanding "out of the box - direct from the factory" pistols to shoot from the get go, in any match situations. I plan on shooting them again soon. After laundry, vet, mowing, potting plants, picking up grandkid, sleepin, shaving, Oh the zero turn needs work....etc GOD BLESS US, THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!!!!

Yes, I can see that the timing was right, for me, to check these out. Kinda slow time for shooting and at home so, I did some more work on them today. During the spring or fall, I would not have worked on them, as I already have my main match guns up and running and shooting matches. Keepin up with the family life, house maintenance, yard work, Lovely life, but I culled out some time to do these. Pretty impressive guns that Pietta came out with. I am a Colt SAA fan, so these I can work on, as well as them Rugers.

And/or use a Colt original base pin? be it 1st or 2nd Gen?