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  1. I was tasked with repairing the lock works on this particular revolver and found the design quite interesting. The first thing that strikes you about this revolver is its a waay more heavy duty build compared to the common Colt 1860 Army. Its an odd double action design that can not be thumb cocked into a single action directly. Its primary action is a straight up double action trigger pull that includes a click back hammer position to keep the hammer off the cap by only a short distance. However, there is a single action hammer position that can be obtained by use of the trigger travel stop that is a selective trigger stop. In this pic you can see the stop in its single action only positioning. Positioned this way, the trigger will not drop the hammer but it does cock the hammer into a ready to fire position like this... Once the hammer clicks into this position, the trigger returns to the forward position and then you can fire the cocked hammer by fingering the hammer sear positioned in the rear of the trigger guard. Certainly odd but functional for those preferring a far lighter "trigger" firing. The main feature of this revolver is the ability to remove the cylinder despite extreme fouling. In this shot you only need to thumb the take down screw loose from the right side of the frame and open and remove a loose cylinder. The colt and Remington designs of the day were not very good at handling multiple load and firings in that the cylinder axel pins are directly below the barrel cylinder gap. Once these axel pins become excessively gummed up with fouling, the Remington cylinder pin was near impossible to move forward threw the frame for cylinder removal. The Colt was a bit better at forcing the cylinder forward over a skanked up axel pin but non the less gumming up the action's function. The Starr was a far better design in this regard since the cylinder had a integral extension that defected hot fouling from the cylinder/barrel gap, keeping the bulk of it off the cylinder spindle nose. In addition to that anti bind feature, the cylinder ratchet design is by far the most robust I'v ever seen! The big revolver is quite comfortable in the hand with the wide smooth trigger face and generous grip spur for the web of your hand. I can see why the Government paid $25 per the 25,000 revolver order. Unfortunately, I think the Achilles heal in this design is the super tiny hammer lifter flat spring. This spring is installed in the hammer body via a typical of the day peen pinch. These little springs either snapped or just loose their tension and when that happens, the trigger sweep can no longer pick up the hammer to move it rear ward. When coil springs eventual took up this task decades latter, double action revolvers really came into their own reliability nitch. Incidentally, that little spring is what was the problem with this well used Starr.
    8 points
  2. Hi Folks, I've got to fly back to the Peoples Republic of California early tomorrow morning, and I have 2 brand new Glock 19 standard capacity PMAGS I picked up for some recreational activities while on business... don't want to risk a felony importing them into CA(sad story)... so if anyone wants them just reply to this post and I'll tell you where they are (at a hotel near BNA). It's either that or throw them in the garbage. I'd rather they got used up.... Thank you, Mr. M
    3 points
  3. Mr. Mildot and Hipower, I tip my hat to the both of you, class act on both counts. My condolences to Mr. Mildot for having to return to never never land. Maybe one day you can just come to Tennessee on a one way trip.
    3 points
  4. It's been gone for years, they just won't bury it. Once a company gets into a position where being owned by the capital management hyenas seems like a good idea, its extremely difficult to recover. Even the massive surge over the past 6-8 years couldn't overcome nearly $1B in debt.
    3 points
  5. Hey, I agree that it is terrible that you have to leave them behind. If I should happen upon some 10 round mags, would I be able to ship them to you? I'm making the assumption that you can use them. lol Not up on the shipping restrictions for Kali. That's the least I can do for your generosity.
    3 points
  6. I'll thank y'all to stand up for your rights and keep places like TN free, it's a damned shame to have to do this...
    3 points
  7. Is that a rhetorical question? It doesn’t help that Remington’s entry into the plastic-fantastic has been an utter failure, every Model 700 ever made has defective triggers, the overall quality of their products has been in serious decline, and they are ultimately owned by a company that is in the sole business of making money for their principles and investors. A company that will move on when the entire Freedom Group is spent and wasted.
    2 points
  8. The TGO Logo Apparel Store is open for business as of today 2/9/2018. We are thrilled to finally be able to offer a convenient way to order quality apparel with our unmistakable red white and blue logo. All orders are fulfilled by Queensboro, a very reputable and well-known company based here in the USA that provides excellent quality embroidered goods. As a note, if you had an order in with them over the last week or two before we spotted a problem with the logo that I uploaded to them, rest assured that your order will be fulfilled by them soon with the corrected logo. SO HOW CAN YOU ORDER? Mouse-over the "Store" option on the top menu and click the link for TGO Apparel Store. Or use this link to go there directly.
    2 points
  9. Thank you for donating these and thanks to Hipower for saving them from the dumpster.
    2 points
  10. Welcome to the group M. I escaped the PRC (Redding area) back in the late 90's and haven't looked back. Been in TN about 7 years now and don't ever want to leave. You will like it here, the state and definitely this group.
    1 point
  11. That's pretty funny, as a man whose youngest child has only within the last 2 years learned to use the "potty", I can recall disposing of many a bag of that description containing foul substances. Thank you for acting so quickly, at least helped make the best out of my poor planning and got some more PMags into circulation. Please don't put yourself out over the 10 rounders, it's a very nice gesture and I appreciate it, but there is certainly no obligation. Besides, I won $45 dollars on a slot machine in the Las Vegas airport on my layover today, so it's a net gain.
    1 point
  12. This is the way it is. I still say....there's nothing wrong with the world that a deadly global flu pandemic wouldn't cure.
    1 point
  13. If by "huge conglomerates" you mean the Cerebuses, Blackstones, and Carlyles of the world, then I agree. They exist solely to suck the marrow out of everything they acquire and throw it away when they're done.
    1 point
  14. Unfortunately, the huge conglomerates have been chewing up and spitting out household names for a long time...and the few old names left in American gunmaking are all under the control of one or another.
    1 point
  15. Yup...sure did. That's what he told me...of course it was yesterday afternoon.
    1 point
  16. I thought we were done with sponsors, but one more came in yesterday afternoon - I am thrilled to announce TRU-SPEC has just joined on as an obstacle sponsor! They will be providing $500 in certificates for their clothing for the prize table so you can be sure to get a size that fits you. They have a great product line that I think will do very well at Run N Gun events. Check them out at: https://www.truspec.com/
    1 point
  17. We traveled across the northern U S two years ago. We stopped at Whitefish Bay to view the Lighthouse and the Shipwreck Museum located there. They have the Ship's Bell off the Edmund Fitzgerald in that shipwreck museum. This video has been viewed over 28 million times. Amazing! Gordon Lightfoot, read an article, in Newsweek Magazine, about this ship and how it disappeared in Lake Superior. He told his friends the sailors deserved a song of remembrance for them. He sat down and wrote this song. It raised the hair on the back of my neck when I stood in front of the Ship's Bell and memorial to the big ship. I punched a button and this song started to play. I tell you it brought cold chills. They had a film and a narrator to answer questions. I asked her if Gordon Lightfoot ever visited that Museum. She said he comes just about every year, now, when the families of the Edmund Fitzgerald have a yearly reunion there. He is an Canadian Indian that lives across the border on the other side of Lake Superior. Has to be a good man to do this kind of thing. Hope the site works for you. https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=DsV9WrSsN6rbjwTLjaCwAQ&q=youtube+wreck+of+the+edmund+fitzgerald&oq=u+tube+Wreck+of+the+edmund+fitsgerald&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i13k1j0i8i13i30k1l2.10763.29649.0.46391.37.24.0.13.13.0.310.4291.0j18j5j1.24.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.36.4706...0j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i8i13i10i30k1.0.lKEfVDSDl7M
    1 point
  18. Working on that tacops, beleeeeve me. I'm headquartered in Smyrna and have another office in Oak Ridge and all my guys are in EST, just waiting for my company to give relo package.... Thank you for the kind words, a tip of the cap to you sir!
    1 point
  19. Wilder; born 12:19am 1/30/18 8lbs 20.5” Mamma and baby are doing great Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1 point
  20. Any time we can get something, anything, exempted from taxation, I’m down.
    1 point
  21. My Performance Center Shield works for me as well. But I sure wish I'd gotten one of the 45 models when they were so cheap a few months back. As I attempt to lose some weight before knee surgery this year, I find myself looking at some other things for carry. Maybe the P10c, it's a possibility.
    1 point
  22. Glad your friend liked the Bersa and it fit his needs. I don't walk to my mailbox out at the road without my Thunder!!!!
    1 point
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