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Plus 1 to what VERO1 said here. It's a pretty common occurence with the hard kickers. I would tighten up everything like it's supposed to be and put some locktite (...blue; don't use RED!!!...) on the offending screw. Be careful not to tighten the screw too tight. It will bind the cylinder crane. Adjust the screw so the cylinder swings freely without any binding (...probably will occur when the screw is just flush with the revolver frame...). Make sure you use a screwdriver that fits; you dont want to scar your tools up!! Hope this helps leroy

Lester has most likely hit the nail on the head here. I've had 'em stick too; 99 times out of a hundred, its dirty cylinders; especially on the hard kickers like the magnums using magnum ammo. My fix was always to take a good powder solvent (...like hoppes...) and clean the charge holes in the cylinder (...using a bore brush...) all the way thru; paying close attention to the shoulder near the cylinder throat (...the throat is the very front end area of the cylinder...). Clean it very well, making shure you brush it well, then use a bunch of swabs and wipe each charge hole clean. Look at each charge hole very closely in bright light to make sure it's squeeky clean. Dry it down with several clean swabs and then re-clean each charge hole with denatured alcohol (...methanol, like you get at lowes in the paint department...). Swab 'em down again and you should be good to go. The methanol will degrease any solvent that is left from the initial cleaning. My guess on the case split is that it was a bad case. I wouldn't worry about it, unless it happens again in the same cylinder hole. Sometimes you can have a bulged cylinder hole; but that's pretty far fetched. I've shot a bunch of hard kicking smiths and never seen one; but there are those who say they have. By the way, the cases do expand when they are fired. 44 mag loads (...along with the 357 and 41 mags...) are pretty hot, probably in the 36,000 psi range. To give a bit of a perspecitve, the old 45 acp is about 19,000 psi. Some of the old black powder loads were in the 14,000 psi range. Hope this helps. Leroy

Me too! We have several of his holsters at our house. His work is great. Leroy

I like it!! Need to start saving my pennies for one. My guess is that this is Ruger's answer to the Steyr Scout Rifle (...another real good idea; but expensive....). Check this out: The Steyr Scout Rifle Page. Anyway, they are both a great thing. It's a sure bet that the Ruger will be less expensive and do about the same thing Thanks for posting this great news. Leroy

Shame on you (....and me too..). HEHEHE... Keep up the good work. Leroy

Break them up. We used to shoot lots of revolvers and semiauto pistols. After a hundred or so rounds; your eyes get tired. My hands tend to get tired as well. Hope this helps. Leroy

Mike:___________ I thought the whole thing was very interesting. The guys that came up with these tests were the sons of the men from the Indian Wars. There were tales of cooling the old plack powder guns down with cold water from heavy shooting. I'm like you; the shock on the old barrel materials was probably a great test of the metallurgy. I love the practicality of the whole test. Leroy

I be afraid she would spank me and the shoot me. I'm old and gimped up; probably couldnt get away. Gimpy (...wimpy...) Leroy

Thanks for posting the great quotes. Folks (...especially non gun owners...) would do well to think deeply about them. My favorite is the quote attributed to Thomas Jefferson: "...Those who beat their weapons into plowshares will plow for those who dont...". Keep up the good work. Leroy

All:______________ Take the time to read this; all the way back in 1910: link here: The M1911 Trials, Government Model Colt Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45 Interesting aint it? My short assessment: They are all durable. This is 1910 machining and metallurgy. We have made quantum leaps in machining and metallurgy technology since 1910. Bottom line, the least of 'em are great. Dont worry about durability. Leroy

Amen brother!!! Great post. Keep up the good work! Leroy

Contratulations man!! I could tell you were an engineering student because of the spellling of "....egineering..."! Serously, congratulations, you have (...and are...) doung well. All this from an old retired egineer!! Kind regards, Leroy

We will keep you and your family in our prayers. Leroy

The 308 will shoot a long way (...600+ yards or farther...) with lots less wind drift and great accuracy. The downside is that they are heavy and expensive. The best 308 setup (...in my opinion, anyway...) is a bolt gun. I've kept 'em for years. They will shoot as far as you can see. hope this helps Leroy

Me too!! It's great! Leroy

Jamie's post above pretty well says it all. It is an excellent assessment of the current state of affairs and as sensible and sobering look at what "the law" really does as i have seen. Excellent post!! I'm a bit older than Jamie (...im 64...), but my experience pretty much mirrors his. I grew up in the countryside where lots of people were armed all the time. What he describes here was pretty much the way things were for a long time: The fact is that there pretty much was no trouble. As Jamie says so well: Folks would do well to think deeply on these things. Our system of justice is just fine; but the punishment apparatus is broken. If you want to keep yourself relatively safe (...along with others...), you need to arm yourself, learn how to shoot and shoot straight, and have the mindset to do so when you need to. The law simply cannot keep you safe (...and never could...). The sad fact is, there is no deterrent to the real hoodlum and killer today other than the fear of an armed citizen. Leroy

Fernatt and others:____________ RE: This question (...an excellent one at that...): My answer is the "Original Intent" or Libertarian one. The Second Amendment says the "....right to bear arms shall not be infringed...". That is exactly what it means. Any other interpetation is restrictive. Remember this; the genesis of the gun control laws for "public (....more aptly, collective, as the soviets would say....) good" and the "regulating of the wearing of arms with an eye toward order..." (...or whatever the TCA statute says...) is nothing but a naked move to take arms away from targeted classes of people (...who, by the way, for the most part were political enemies of those making the laws...) and punish any discenters. The Founding Fathers never envisioned a time when a bunch of bureaucrats would have the power to regulate the "wearing of arms" anymore than they envisioned limits on free association or free speech. Dont be dragged off in the woods by the baloney that says that some "expert" needs to teach you how to handle a firearm, sign a paper saying he has, and some bureaucrat needs to give you a "permission slip" to carry a firearm (...for a fee, of course...). You, as a citizen, already had that right. That's what the original Bill of Rights was all about. It simply got "hijacked" by thugs, polititians, and (...here in Tennessee...) Union symphathizing carpetbaggers. If you do a bit of looking, you will find that the real genesis of gun control statutes originated in big cities (...Think Chicago, New York, Cleveland, here...) where sheriffs and chiefs of police were bought and sold like cattle for a price by thugs seeking to disarm eachother (...and, of course, you the law abiding citizen--it made things safer for the thugs...). Further, there is an excellent discussion somewhere in the archives here discussing the origins of the Tennessee statutes. They originated right after the Civil War (...interesting, dont you think?...). Some folks believe (...me among them...) that the original statute was to disarm the losing side and/or to disarm the newly freed slaves. Summary: As blessed as we are here in Tennessee to have a "right to carry law" in place; it simply is not what the Founding Fathers intended; as it limits the original intent of the Second Amendment. No state should have the right to "regulate the wearing or arms"; but the Federal Courts have upheld it for a long time. I think that is where Haslam is comming from, and I think he (...or his advisors on this issue...) is right. All that being said, remember this one thing; he is a polititian and todays "for it" can be tomorrow's "against it". I, for one, am thankful he appears to be for it for the time being. Hope this gives ya a few things to think about. Leroy

I love these guys. Thanks for posting them!! Leroy

Thanks Trigem for adding the great explanation above. I spent a bit of time in the welding, metal working, machining, heat treating industry on big parts; and i heartily concur with his excellent assessment. All parts can have problems (...read that "defects"....); no matter the mode of manufacture. If you (...or the manufacturer, assembler, or custom gunsmith...) have a "bad" part; you will soon see it. Just visually inspect it, then replace. For what it's worth; i wouldnt worry too much about the mim, forged, and stamped thing. If the parts (...no mater whether mim, cast, forged, stamped, or bar stock...) make it thru the machining / grinding process to get them to their final geometry; they will probably work just fine for a very long time as sears, hammers, etc if they look ok. That being said; if you are worried about service and longivety; Ed Brown (...and others...) make some very good machined parts. Today's steels are good stuff. There has been a literal revolution in the last thirty years in the steelmaking industry and not many people noticed it. Parts today are a good as have ever been made. The great thing about the 1911 is that it is the AR15 of the handgun family --- every imaginable part (...and some that are not imaginable...) is available for them. Rugers are full of mim parts. Ruger frames are investment cast (...as I remember; Ruger; AKA Pine Tree Castings is one of the largest investment casters of small parts in the usa...). Their revolvers are the king of strong. Leroy

Thanks for telling us about them (...and doing the lovely piecutes...). They are great 1911's. I love the old time look and the dovetail sights. Regards. Leroy

Bow:______________ Just thought of something else. Look thru here and see if your Winchester is close to any of these: Collectors Firearms These guys are a big outfit in Texas. They handle losts of Winchesters (...and everything else...). Merry Christmas Leroy

Mine came today!!! Just in time for Christmas!! Many thanks Dave!! Merry Christmas! Leroy

Thanks for the kindness Mike and Think!!. I may be wrong about this; but again, im a suspicious man when it comes to the political class and political zelots. By the way; take the time read this: Rights activists press Obama to work for gay marriage. Interesting aint it? Merry Christmas to all (...gay and straight, pagan and saint, believers and agnostic; you know; EVERYBODY MAN!!!...)!! Leroy

There has never been an edict, decree, or law that successfully controlled discrimination (...or morality, or the lack thereof...); and this one will be no different. You are right in saying that the military is not a democracy; and no one will argue that with you. The military will, in fact, follow orders. Said another way, they will do exactly what they are told no matter how stupid or obtuse; they are subject to civilian authority (..no matter how heinous or foolish...). My problem aint the military problem or even the "discriminitory problem". It's the long range problem that making the openly gay a "protected species" will bring. If "gayness" is protected; by definition, you (...presuming you are 'straight"...) are at least number two. Where's the equality in that for you? Remember, there are already federal laws on the books that talk about "hate crimes". Those laws have already been used to prosecute crimes against "gays". Interesting... aint it?. Looks to me like the "gay" community already has some "protections" in place that you and i dont have. There are plenty of us out here that believe that "gayness" is a lifestyle choice. That belief doesnt automatically qualify me (...or anyone else, for that matter...) as a bigot or a persecuter of gays. I (....and many others, i believe...) simply dont believe in the "no-fault" view of life; and the idea that says that the individual is a "helpless" no-fault waif that is gragged around by mysterious, supernatural (...or natural ... depending on your world view....) forces that make them do the things they do. That is simply a convenient cop-out. Life is full of choices; and no amount of apologizing and making up stories about it can remove the individual's responsibility for his (...her or it's ...) actions. In my view the DADT military thing is simply an excuse to advance an activist agenda; and that's exactly what has happened. The military simply acts as a convenient vehicle for the initial implementation of a long range agenda. My point is to look to the end game. The end game (...for the gay activist community....) is to make the openly gay a genuine protected minority. After all, that is exactly what happened with the race and gender issue. The end game (...from the politico's perspective...) is to curry the favor of and harvest the dollars from another constituency. After all, the "political class" know what is best for all us "serfs". They'll handle any fallout and pick the "winners and loosers". Leroy

Give it a few years and see if it's alright. Right now, you, me, and everyone is free to think whatever they want. Wait until the "gay discrimination" police come around. They're out there. Leroy