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What caliber? Is your ammo at or perhaps exceeding max OAL? Do you mean the lever is stuck all the way closed, or can you jiggle it to feed the next round?

Just curious Cholla, how much goo are we talking about? I’m seeing posted solutions that rank right up there with removing Cosmoline from an old Garand. I know it’s time to clean my seating die when it starts sucking the bullet back out of the case. A few swipes with a couple of lighter fluid soaked Q-tips is all I need. Are you experiencing more goo than that?

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For real BP you need to cast a Big Lube bullet. They have larger and deeper grooves to hold BP compatible lube. Essential, or you’re gonna have a less than harmonious outcome. A smokeless bullet mold will do fine for the subs, but not for Goex etc. BP or subs provide a smokey experience, but only BP provides the flame, which to me is the whole point. I don’t recommend making your own BP under any circumstances, but especially not if you want consistency at a match. YMMV

200 gr. Are you casting your own? What “BP” do you plan to use? Real BP - Goex et al, or one of the subs - APP, 777 et al? Makes a huge difference in your bullet choice.

My sister lives in the Dayton, OH area and says over 16” is on the ground with more coming down at 2” per hour. They’re on track to best the record blizzard of 1978. After much overhype and drama from the weather guessers here, we got 4” plus at our house. Sunny and 5 degrees F today.

The fact is, a straight wall case like .45 is a lousy BP cartridge for a rifle, and IMO not that great for smokeless either. You can make it work, but it’s just that - a lot of work. Annealing is the most effective, but I’d rather watch paint dry. I assume you don’t already load .45 Colt for your cowboy guns? If so, spend your $$ on a rifle chambered for .44-40. You’ll be glad you did. .38-40 is a great cartridge too, but brass is harder to come by than .44-40. I sold my .45 cal Rossi and replaced it with an 1860 Henry and then added a ‘73 carbine, both in .44-40. Never looked back. The action(s) are always clean after a match. Adding on, I shoot smokeless and real BP. For me, bottle neck cartridges are the way to go, especially for BP. YMMV BTW, I shot a lot of BP thru my .45 Rossi and yes, it was messy. However, I used the Nate Kiowa Jones method for cleanup, so there was never a need to take it down. It’s really quite easy, but is a topic for another thread. I only mention it because you might want to try BP in yours to see if you like the experience before plunking down $$ for dedicated BP rifle.

Carey shoulda left that spoiled, entitled, obnoxious and bossy schoolmarm to fend for herself. Ain’t no one like that worth putting up with.

I’d like to ask Smith & Wesson the same question. It’s inscrutable. 🤨

Cigarette lighter fluid on a Q-tip or twisted tip of rag.

Now that’s just plain awesome, Buckshot! I wanted to slow the camera panning down to get a better look at them, but that makes them blurry. Would love to see another video that moves a little slower. I have a Wilesco D-10 I got as a present eons ago. It’s 0 degrees F and snowing outside, and your video has inspired me to fire it up. It hasn’t run in 60+ years. Any tips before I do?

Satire from the Babylon Bee. This pretty much sums up the local tv coverage from the weather guessers in my home town. They’ve been at “OMG!!!” general quarters since Wednesday. I mean really, weather like this has been a staple of this area since like, forever. Reality? We might get 3”-4” over a couple of days. Maybe, but much likely less. Sigh… https://babylonbee.com/news/gleeful-weatherman-excitedly-announces-dangerous-storm-likely-to-kill-everyone

Thanks, I’ll have to handle one if get a chance. Sounds like I may have fixed the major issues on mine. I first installed a Ghost connector which solved the trigger pull, then installed a flat trigger. The trigger helped, but did not solve the Glock finger pinch, which I found out wasn’t unique to me. Still, it’s big improvement over the original stock trigger. Tape on my finger solves the pinch issue for range practice. I figure in a real-world defensive scenario I won’t notice. Talon grips were added too and were a nice addition. I’ve tried a number of other sub compacts for CCW, but none have impressed me enough to replace the Glock.

Dan, I have a Gen 4 G43 (original frame, not the G43 X), which I understand is staying in the lineup. Do you know if they’ve made any changes to the grip since the Gen 4?

$900. Barney summed up the rest. Which leaves the question about suppressors unanswered.

I’ve never considered getting one given the (former) tax and expense that typically hovered at $900-$1,200. With this new offering, they’re now within reach, but I know nothing about them other than what they’re supposed to do. I’m now considering one for my 5.56 AR. What separates a $300 suppressor from a $1,200 one? I don’t shoot my rifles indoors, so maximum “silencing” isn’t important.

https://www.twz.com/land/army-captain-slams-new-xm7-rifle-as-unfit-sig-sauer-says-otherwise

But the Sharpie ink comes off when the cases are cleaned, so you’d have to keep doing it. Seems like a lot of work. Wouldn’t it be easier to separate the brass in labeled containers? Not being snarky. Straight up question.

You put your favorite color Sharpies in it and it puts colored rings around the cases, kinda like the rings on a duck’s neck. Why anyone sees a need to do that is beyond me

I’ve had mine about ten years, shortly after Taylor’s began offering them. They were called “Taylor Tuned” at the time, meaning their gunsmith refined whatever short stroking had been done at the factory. I’ve been really happy with them and shoot both real BP and smokeless in them.

The RIs are made by Uberti. Taylor’s is a distributor. Do a search on Uberti serial numbers and proof marks. You’ll find a lot of threads on the topic.

Last time (and only) time I tried welding, I had so many craters it looked like a moonscape.

When I used to do home renovations with a partner, he & I would use the caveat “by my tape measure…” which would suffice for most everything. A 1/16” or so here and there wasn’t that critical. When it was, like cutting tile, we used a common measure.

I have a number of tape measures, but for that reason, I make sure to use the same one for the duration of a job.

I don’t know the exact answer, but the arresting and launch systems have to occupy some of that space as they rise to penetrate the flight deck.