Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933

A lot of shooters can reload a lot quicker than 15 seconds so it would be worth it to them. Also, a lot of people would do it to keep a clean match.

I have never seen or heard of a stainless steel one. They are aluminum.

Almost forgot. Is this one of the newer three click retractable firing pin models? If so you also need to check the plunger in the hammer and the part of the trigger that presses on it.

Take it apart and look. There is only a trigger, hammer, hand and bolt in there.

Precisely. I have found several sights that bottomed out and I only use the dovetail on a barrel if the dovetail is damaged and needs a little touch-up to get the proper shape. General rule - always file the cheapest part.

What EOT stuff?

The problem with fitting front sights is that the barrel dovetail is a "nominal" .375. The sight has a "nominal" .375 dovetail. The problem is that in many if not most cases neither are .375 and if you try to install a .378" sight into a .373" barrel dovetail it does not matter what tool you have it is not going to work well and you are going to damage the sight. Here is what I use to install front sights on rifle barrels. A brass hammer. A homemade brass drift. And, most importantly, a dovetail file. (These only have teeth on one of the three sides.) The skinny brass punch that comes with most punch sets like the one on the right are pretty useless. Those little inertia hammer front sight installers are neat IF the two dovetails are the proper size.

What "flange"? There is no flange in a Uberti tube. It is a straight tube. 19" models are carbines. Doe it have a barrel band that holds the tube to the barrel? If so did you remove the screw or pin holding it to the mag tube? Often that screw or pin is sticking into the mag tube and will block the follower or tube liner from going in.

Looks like someone bought a better rear sight and put the old sight in the box.

Today is sunny and 82. Mid to high 80s the rest of the week.

Alessandro Pietta owns EMF. They are listed as the Badge Sponsor for EOT. They usually have a space on vendor row. However, I do not see their name on the map this year.

There are two variations of the Old Army. Adjustable vs. Fixed Sight. The fixed sight is the most popular for SASS and has the groove in the frame rear sight. The Old Army is not a copy of any historical cap and ball. There are some similarities in some eyes with historic cap and balls but it is not a copy of any of them. It is about like saying a VW has four wheels and an engine so it is a copy of a Ferrari.

EOT starts next week so I decided to do a deep cleaning of all four guns. I pulled a bore snake through the bores TWICE.

Mec does not make them and the company that was making them is out of business. That should tell you something.

EVERYTHING was marked ACME.

You can add Ruger to the list. If it was a genuine issue it would be well known. How many complaints have you seen?

Yep lots of fun stages. The telegraph stage was very nice. Poles, wires the whole deal.

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ACSA (Arizona Cowboy Shooters Association) started their annual EOT warmup today. ACSA shoots at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility where EOT also takes place. People were jammed in-between the EOT tents. The match was packed and sold out. Set-up for EOT begins this Wednesday, February 18. Meanwhile over at Cowtown the Fire and Ice EOT warmup takes place this coming weekend, February 21-22. It is sold out. The top photo was from the warmup yesterday. The bottom photo and todays weather - Sunny and 75. Tomorrows weather? Who knows.🤭 I always hate being out of the match on the first stage but it happened this year. I was shooting the rifle and it jammed. Finally got the "empty" brass out but was not sure exactly what had happened so I quit after nine rounds. Turns out it was a split case with the bullet shoved down into the case. This was Starline brass and it was only the second loading. Had two other split cases but the rifle cycled so they must have split on firing. Poo.

The only two that still make links are Pioneer and Shotgun Boogie. They differ in the way the timing is set. The Pioneer has a metal pad that you grind or file to set timing. The Shotgun Boogie has two screws you turn with an Allen wrench to set the timing.

Jim is gone and the C&I store was basically a one man operation. Try something novel like calling. If no one answers you have your answer. If Jim's wife answers I am sure she can give you the straight scoop. The C&I website does not show up on my computer. Remember once on the Internet nothing can truly be removed. Getting the site could be as simple as the address was in your cache and it just duplicated what it looked like the last time you went there.

Nickle keeps cases from getting verdigris if left in leather belt loops but embrittles the brass. Won 500 new nickle brass at a match one time. Loaded them with BP and tossed them after one firing.

You forgot the ammo. Designed for extreme cold. https://www.lapua.com/product/22-lr-lapua-polar-biathlon-rimfire-ammo/

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What keeps the hammer from going beyond full cock is the pawl engaging the cylinder ratchet teeth. It almost looks like the pawl is slipping out of the teeth and allowing the hammer to go further to the rear. Did you reinstall the pawl plunger and spring properly? Is the pawl spring pinched?