Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933

What "handbook" are you talking about? I've never encountered such a thing on the SASS wire.

To be clear this should be "Winter Range." SASS is at Founders Ranch.

Wait just a second, isn't "period correct" a phrase rather than a term?

Take them apart and look. Very simple machines. If a gun won't stay on half-cock the typical problems are a broken half-cock notch on the hammer or the tip of the trigger is broken off. Cylinder not lining up is typically the hand. They are a single tooth design and when they wear the cylinder doesn't fully advance.

If I am cold my ammo performs very poorly. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Short of like the difference between a Rolex and a Timex. The Stoeger is fine for a lot of shooters.

Probably the same place half my socks go to when I wash them. I have a whole drawer full of "onezies."

I have a S&W 929 eight shot 9mm that I am working on to get back into IPSC shooting. Which spring you use depends on what you are going to use the gun for. The Miculek is made for Federal ammo (the 147 grain subsonic load is the go-to load for the 929) or reloads with Federal primers and says so in the instructions. It is intended to be set up with a trigger pull gauge and when adjusted properly to give a seven pound double action pull. I would not use this setup for a self-defense gun.

Tried 3/4 oz and didn't like it. A noticeably higher number of make-ups that I didn't get with more shot. The more shot in the shell the more forgiving it is for bad aiming/pointing. If we keep going the super poofer route with shotgun ammo ike we do with handgun and rifle ammo I guess the next hot ticket will be 1/2 ounce loads and petitions to the ROC to allow adults to use .410s.

Are you trying to cycle empty brass through the mechanism? I don't see that kind of damage in the first two pictures. With as much damage as is shown in the third photo there is no way that you couldn't see of feel the problem if it were something in the chamber. Seems like a piece of the story is missing.

This comes up at least once a month. NO ONE sells a factory reinforced loading gate. Doesn't matter what the hype unless it has been fixed by someone the gate is not truly reinforced. Go here and look at post #8. http://www.sassnet.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=247964

I hate to say it but this explanation is basically incomprehensible. I have never seen a factory loaded round with a 230 grain bullet. Are these reloads? Basically what you have said is "help, my car is making a noise. What is it?"

The match is full but we still have plenty of room for more volunteers. Wednesday is the busiest day at Winter Range and it takes 108 people to man all the side matches.

Good to see that you are BACK!

Yep.

Ruger returns the original parts. The conversion does not modify the gun and is reversible.

You mean like the one that has been for sale over in the SASS classifieds?

Actually that is all they have. You can't run a production line making one or two guns a day. They have to wait until they get enough orders to make it worthwhile to run off a batch. I talked to the Colt Custom shop guy at length at the last Shot Show and he said there were, in fact, only two people that work on the SAA.

Yeehaa, great news. Hope he enjoys the holidays.

Stoeger's cost 1/3 as much as an SKB. Is the SKB three times better? I know National and World class shooters that shoot both. Both guns need to be tuned for competition. The SKB tunes a little easier because the parts are fitted better in the first place. I have worn out an SKB so even they won't last forever. I have had both break. They are both machines. The SKB is without doubt a higher quality machine, but it is a machine. I just bought a Stoeger to do an article for the Chronicle on how to tune them. They are a bit different that the last time I wrote an article about them. I have not and will not fire the gun before tuning it as, for me, it is not suitable for competion out-of-the=box. (Of course, neither is the SKB or BSS.) After working the action a dozen or so times and starting to examine the new Stoeger it will need more "tuning" than I originally anticipated. "Luckily" for me and the readers this one has virtually everything wrong with it that most people will encounter with their own Stoegers. It will take a lot of extreme close up photography to show all the little issues and how to fix them so it will be a few months before the article makes it into the Chronicle.

There's a 24 inch Marlin .44 Mag over in the classifieds. Far better gun and far cheaper than converting a Henry.

The rule on external modications is clear and set out in bold letters and red in the Shooter's Handbook. "Any firearm modification not referenced in this Handbook is prohibited." Springwork is internal. Anything else should be reviewed by the ROC. I can think of a couple of situations where the "modification" could not be identified. For example, I had a CZ outside hammer for several years that had extremely short spurs. Then a few years ago CZ changed the hammers and started selling them with higher spurs. If someone ordered the new stock CZ hammers and put them on their older coach gun who could tell the difference?

On one batch of Starline brass it was one. Bought 2000 pieces of brass and loaded them all up. On the first firing one out of two split. Kinda weird they did not split at the case neck. They split right in the middle. (Lengthwise not around the circumferance.) Called Starline and they said they weren't properly heat treated. They told me to put them in the oven for a few hours. (I forget the temperature.) Rather than insist on returning the brass I tried to work with them. Biggest mistake I ever made. Ruined a stainless steel turkey pan and the brass stayed crappy. Starline replaced half. I had mixed the crap brass into my other ammo so I still get a random split when shooting that ammo. ANYONE can have a bad batch of product. Almost ALL brass cases will last a long time with the low pressure loads we shoot.

My daughter is coming home for Christmas so I thought I better wash the floors. My floors are tile and I don't think I've done anything to them for two or three years. After all, the Romans had tile floors and I don't ever recall reading anything about them washing them. Well, first off I kept running into #8 shot all over the house. Amazing how that stuff migrates. Have no idea how it gets from the gun room to the kitchen, but they were there. As I kept scrubbing what I thought was the pattern in the tile started coming off. Cheap tile? As I moved from room to room I started seeing little streaks that looked like spots I had missed. Like a cat chaseing a laser pointer I was on them. Finally figured out it was the sun shinning through the Venetian blinds onto the newly glossy floor. Don't know if I like the glossy look. Sorta like the fanatics who polish the receivers on their 66s when everyone knows you should shoot BP through them and let them turn a natural mustard color. The things we do for Christmas!

What rounds are used in the single trigger Stoeger are irrelevant as it is a mechsnical tirgger. The issue is it is a Rube Goldberg arrangement and doesn't always work that well. Lots of people have problems with them. There are always a few that chime in that theirs work perfect. You pays your money and you takes your chances. The double trigger is much more reliable.