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Since I interjected myself into this, the area of concern on a 1911 if someone has the habit of free slamming the slide home on an empty chamber is primarily the barrel link pin hole and barrel link. These two areas will see ware before anything else. Mil spec on the barrel pin hole was originally a press in fit AND a prick punched hole rim into the pin edge on both sides. This was in case the pin became loose it may still be kept from drifting into the frame cut that shoulders the barrel pin in place. The link can stretch and mostly the barrel will batter the slide stop pin, opening up the tolerances in the frame holes since the frames are not hardened by any significant means. Unlike the slides that must meat a hardness specification. The majority of slide stops today are all castings and clearly not as durable as the OEM hardened forgings. There for, the slamming will result in ware on the barrel pin hole, barrel stop legs where the barrel stops hard in battery on the slide stop pin and some what on the link its self along with the slide stop. Mind you barrels are not all that hard and subject to some peaning if repeatedly battered in a dead metal to metal show down as free slamming. When I went to gunsmith school 79-81, we got all our info from books, not internet sound bites. Too much of that going around these days.

No need to ask any one for my part. In 1982 I was at Auto Ordnance running their rather new 1911A1 production line that I set up. Once we ran out of mil surp extractors at the Numrich warehouse across the street, I was tasked with going down to a casting house in Brewster NY to have new 1911 extractors made via the lost wax casting process. At the time, I gave them the Colt drawings and it was up to me to make sure the extractors would "shrink" during their cooling process into as close to the final specification as to be as reliable as possible once hardened to the correct spring steel tension. I was not thrilled with the final product but AO was not crazy about footing the bill for fine tuning the casting dies. I still think calling a 1911 extractor a tuning fork is disingenuous. IMO, If they break, its because of their configuration and metallurgy. Not because they were free slammed on an empty chamber. Here is an excellent article if you want to read up on extractors. This guy is spot on at cylinder & slide. Cylinder & Slide Ultimate 1911 Extractor (m1911.org) As an asside, I left AO at the 4600 serialed 1911 due to the fact I couldn't keep the guns running they way they were designed since the Mil surp parts were mostly gone and I had little to no say in the crude aftermarket parts being forced into my production line. It seemed management wanted to maintain the $279 dollar wholesale cost at the expense of quality. I warned of the returns multiple times and left them when my warnings came true. Circa late 1983.

Tuning fork? Thats a new one on me! I respectfully disagree. A properly tensioned 1911 extractor is tensioned against the slide extractor hole about 1/4" from the tip. it contacts there at the side of the bolt face while the center rib on the extractor tensions against the outside, side of the extractor hole if jumping a chambered rim. No ringing, buzzing or humming on it since its pressing against its bored hole at the claw, and obviously where the Firing pin retainer is. If the extractor is not tensioned into the front of the hole, but loose up front like a tunning fork, that normaly results in stove pipes and like extraction issues. Also, If any of my 1911's don't reliably feed a toped off mag from the slide stop, it gets retuned so it will. I believe thats a mil spec requirement with ball ammo. A good throated 1911 should do that with most HP ammo.

If these electro vehicles arent annoying enough now. I was watching a vid on the new found science of the Sun's magnetic fields. Its pretty interesting to see how the sun functions with what they know at this point. It all boils down to we just finished up a magnetic short cycle and thats when the new cycle of increasing intensities come on at very high levels creating the most intense solar flares. The next few years are forcasted to be the most potentially powerful EMP producers that we have seen in decades. Just another reason to buy that model A pick up I'v been wanting ever since My High school buddy and me used to tool around in his Dad's Model A 5 window coup way back when. We could hit 50 wound right tight going down hill!

And then there is this..... First, who is Frank Ruscetti? Frank | Quantum Health Discoveries Research Institute (quanthealth.org) The audio sucks but a quick read below on this mother of conspiracies but its not coming from some journalist but from where the "Science is created. How the Plague of Corruption Is Killing Mankind (mercola.com) "Mikovits makes a number of shocking assertions in this interview. Among them, that SARS-CoV-2 was spread through the regular use of vaccines that had been contaminated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus because of manufacturing practices.The monkey kidney cell lines that were used to manufacture many vaccines were contaminated with bat coronavirus and shipped around the world. Those vaccines were then injected into humans, called transfection. Their cells then began replicating what we now understand as the SARS-CoV-2 virus. " Science Fiction? maybe but like I'v all ways said, I dont trust the Gov any further than I can spit.

Listening to this 2008 vid will remind you all why so many say no to any vaccine. The child population today is leaps & bounds sicker than ever and the big shot brains have not a single clue as to why......... but the multitude of vaccines on EVERY ONES schedule is bullet proof safe. The simple fact that they didn't spend dime one on a pre screening for any human before a vaccine shot is proof positive its all about $$$ and control of the population at large. The controllers dont give a rats ass about you and your kids. If you fall threw the dont take about it crack, it sucks to be you. My son had covid a few months ago and is fine. The doctors are told not to prescribe anything to help it get better for a reason. number hounds Child Vaccinations - The Doctors Debate - Bing video If you are remotely interested in this..... International Memorial for Vaccine Victims - NVIC

A neat project you have there! When I turned 18 in the summer of 1977, an M1A would be my very first 4473 purchase. That first year introduction price was $379. Spare mags in new millitary foil wrappers were $2.50 a pop at Numrich and everything to fill that hole above the trigger was about another 14 bucks. You just needed a horse shoe extension hanging down from the receiver. Ha..ha, don't ask me how I know. I had alot of fun with that rifle back then. It was SN 006022. Problem was it would group poorly after getting warm. National matching the bedding points was not a easy job and would need a do over every so often. Back in the mid 80's I sold it to fund a Springfield SAR48. The FAL is more heat friendly for poking close holes. Good Luck with your retro.

Yes indeed, Your father is quite talented. The only Cherry gun stock I saw was built by an old time gunsmith that I ended up buying some of his shop stuff before he passed away. He was big into 25-06 builds and I bought what he had left in 25 cal bullets. When did you see these old boxes last? The Noslers are marked $5.40 on the bottom and the Hornadys are $4.20 priced. They are both about half full. I all ways wanted one but never built one. When I was in PA gun school back in 79, Kennedy's 1962 edition book was a required purchase for classes. At some point I lent it out, forgot who borrowed it and they never brought it back! For me, checkering was a literal pain in my neck so never could get into it. Obviously, your dad has mastered the art. The problem with Cherry in gun stocks is its a dense wood and there for typicaly heavier than the run of the mill Walnut. The good thing is its not susceptible to cracking in the wrist as walnut due to that fact. Thats why walnut must be chosen with the grain structure curving to the line of curve of the grip and into the butt. You probably all ready know that with a Dad like yours around! Setting that rifle up with pet loads is what life offers up as love out side of good friends & family.

So, you are willing to dispute this on what information? Please do tell..... About Us — RW Malone MD, LLC

Sooooo, whats that got to do with what comes out of Dr. Malones mouth? Carlson is pretty much a spot light hound. Most anyone can figure that out with a little research on him. Not to say he dosent get interesting interviews. And Dr. Malone is not an Anti Vaxer by any stretch, quite the contrary. The point is made. If you trust the Gov on giving you facts, Baa Baaa shearing season is yet to come!

Ha, Ha.... a truth bubble pops up threw a crack....

Why do you think some 56 percent of US children are on some form of pharmaceutical drug? After my 6 year old was damaged by the DTaP injection I jumped threw Gov hoops for a Religious exemption from that garbage. Now my Daughter is found to have Narcolepsy. Another neurological disorder.... and none of the Pharma trained AH doctors "know" where it comes from..... I'v read way too many pubmed summaries to ignore why there is a Blood Brain Barrier. Knock your self out... The BBB is no longer a barrier any more to protecting neurological brain functions from contamination of Vaccine ingredients. The most basic research will show Aluminum adjuvants ( not food grade) and dead viral materials both breach the BBB without much resistance. So much so that the Aluminum has special conductive coatings that can stimulate brain neurons that otherwise would not be under a normally balanced function. If your kids were damaged by this garbage, Maybe you might have learned about what REALLY is the meaning of draconian. Apr 25, 2017 · The blood–brain barrier (BBB) poses a major obstacle for drug delivery to the central nervous system (CNS). This study revealed that genetic or pharmacological targeting of sphingosine 1–phosphate receptor-1 (S1P1) facilitates a small-molecule-selective BBB opening, without major signs of CNS inflammation or injury. This size-selective BBB opening could be attributed to changes in the ...

Legally, they can't approve it if there are proven treatments that stop the infection. Thats why Ivermectin and possibly others that out right kill the virus has been black balled out of the "media" for the most part. India is a clear example of Ivermectine trial that wiped out Covid in short order. Problem is, there is no money in it and it wont desensitize the herd to more invasive injections to come. Yeah, its time to step off.... again. I suppose there arn't alot of scholars of Revelation in here.... Hiding in plain sight comes to mind. And this is the Bible Belt?...

In the year 1880, the world population was estimated to be 990 million Humans. In 220 years it has grown to 7.7 Billion. Its unprecedented in the known history of the planet. It doesn't take a deep thinker to see the future of this race if this growth is not checked. The fact that they can put whatever they dam well please into a Vaccine without the slightest regard to long term damage is an affront to how the forefathers assemble this Union. The shear fact that so few people are infuriated by these draconian population control laws is proof positive for the need to have a controlled population in its self. To days modern Human has NOT EARNED the right to freedom of his own will. Too many Americans are lock step behind installed DC puppets of the controllers.

Some dont mind having an invisible Gov nose ring..... when they twist it, they say Thank You, may I have another.... "In 2017, Italian researchers reviewed the ingredients of 44 types of so-called “vaccines.” They discovered heavy metal debris and biological contamination in every human vaccine they tested. The researchers stated, “The quantity of foreign bodies detected and, in some cases, their unusual chemical compositions baffled us.” They then drew the obvious conclusion, namely, that because the micro- and nanocontaminants were “neither biocompatible nor biodegradable,” they were “biopersistent” and could cause inflammatory effects right away—or later (see this)" Catherine Austin Fitts, The Injection Fraud – It’s Not a Vaccine – The Duran

So I'v been buying some S&W parts kits from everygunpart and decided to rebuild a M10 with a Victory model barrel and forward frame section from another parts set. The victory model is a Canadian proofed 38 S&W cartridge barrel that I had no luck selling on Ebay so I figured it would make a nice snake bore with its .360 groove diam. Add to that, I reamed it out with a T drill and then spun polished all but about .001 of the lands out so as to not run afoul of a smooth bore NFA pistol reg. This first shot is after I mig welded the top strap on. The weld joint is about 1/3 of the way back from the thread head. Then I fabed up a forward bottom corner out of some miscellaneous steel I had laying around. probably 4140. Welded & shaped Most of the grip frame dosent come with the dewat frame so I had to match the grip contour to a new fabed up grip frame section. I think the Canadian poofs look neat on this Victor 10 snake gun. You can see the frame one by the barrel pin. After all the final shaping I put the frame in my kiln and roasted it to 1140 F for a couple hours to get rid of the weld stress. Then brought the temp down to 340 F and oil quenched it there just to give it a slight bit tougher skin. The worst case scenario is it could stretch the top strap but I highly doubt that with the rather smooth over sized bore and light loads that will be home made fodder. "If" the CCI shot capsule breaks open, I get about a dead on POA pattern of about 4" @ 10 feet. A rifled bore throws the shot out of pattern pretty early leaving you with a wounded snake or missing him all together at anything past 10 feet. This is my idea of the fix!

My Neighbor bought a G3 compact last year and we shot it at my house some. The only problem he had is he had some odd ball military ammo that required a longer throat in front of the chamber. This created a problem of not being able to eject an unfired cartridge and occasionaly it would not go into battery enough to fire it. All name brand ammo went threw it with no problems. Despite that, he sent it back to Taurus before I could stop him. First he said he was going to get rid of that ammo so I forgot to tell him about the dismal repair times Taurus is known for since he genuinely liked the gun. Anyway, he got the gun back in under a month from what I remember and I told him he should consider himself quite lucky at that. The thing is, they did nothing but fire the gun with good name brand ammo so reported no issues found! Its a good shooting 9. If I wanted a plastic gun, the G3C is not as good as my son's Sig P365 but not far behind in aiming, recoil & accuracy off hand. But I think the Sig nicer & has the better trigger. For the cost difference, The Taurus did good with this design but Like I said the CS sucks big time unless over time, they can get a handle on it in their new Georgia facility. "Good" gunsmiths are EXTREMELY hard to find in manufacturers SC gigs. I have a GS that sent back a Goucho 357 SAA that I was ready to buy. The half cook notch was gone in it and they never got it back since sent in October 2019. I checked on it with them about 8 weeks ago and they completely forgot they sent it out! But it never got booked back in. I have a few Taurus revolvers that I like and happen to be well made but its a hit n miss with those.

Wow, Yeah thats a steal of a century on a price like that. Why now.......that things not an ugly ducking at all ! But a Cinderella in ovulation!! LOL

A FAL is a great project! The old thumb hole CIA Imbel guns are one of the very last sleeper deals to be had since only the FAL fans in the know realize the top quality Belgian lincensed receivers live in those ugly ducklings. I got my CIA thumbhole L1A1 off GB for just under 800 bones some 3 or 4 years ago. I like the real wood look so went with that. I put a FAB Defence grip on the gun since the picture and really like that upgrade. Have fun making it "yours"!

Welding handles on a bolt body is 101 custom smithing. A standard procedure is required and a blue job. When done properly, you would never know it was ever broken.

Garufa is right about the model / type 1's. I had one, gave it to my son & he sold it!. The type one's are very rare and are sleepers. They have no markings on them what so ever. The contract for type 1's were navy only and few of them survived the war above the pacific's surface. Like the 38's they had chrome bores with the last produced gain twist rifling. Back when I worked at Auto Ordnance, I would at times go across the street and hang out at Duffy's gun shop that was 2 doors down from Numrich Arms. Duffy was a vet that served in the Army as an Ordnance tech. After the war, he worked at Aberdeen Proving ground. He told me that after the war, he was one of the guys tasked with testing the limits of foreign military weapon designs. He said, for rifles, they would pin the bore shut just ahead of the chamber, load some hot proof loads and see about blowing up the receivers. The Springfields and Mausers were able to be damaged beyond use in this way but the Arisaka action with stood the blast by spitting the barrel out of the receiver with the barrel threads left behind within the receiver ring. They would coil out those threads, put on another barrel and the same results. After a few barrels were spit out, they barreled the receiver and the gun would shoot as if nothing was damaged from the multiple blasts. He said the Japs imported all of their steel from the Germans and the receivers were more than likely from Soligen steel works. At the time Soligen was into the most pure iron ore mines being mined in the world.

IMO, if you want to actually use the gun regularly, it should only be the far more rare fixed barrel guns. The plentifull take down guns had a BP era weak thread shank take up design and is about the only thing some what carried over into the model 12 series. The hammerless 12 is a clean slate design upgrade over the far more complicated-ly machined 1897. A good condition fixed barrel 97 is good with general "basic" field loads where as a take down model that is still tight (with thread tightening adjustment still available...Even more rare) should only be used with light AA skeet type loads. Even those with a steady diet can loosen up the barrel threads. A great many loose as a goose 1897 take downs are floating around and are nothing more than wall hangers. Parts for those are plentiful.

Just so happens I'm in the process of welding together a dewat S&W M10 that will sport a 5" 38 S&W barrel with the most of the rifling removed. A 38 S&W runs a 360 groove so it should move shot like eggs threw a hen. I expect a tighter pattern, thus extending my usable range. When I get it done, I'll do a comparison post of rifled 4" Taurus vs 5" some what smooth bore Smith. God forbid a federally sees a shotgun smooth bore in a pistol with no title 3 permit. Another fun project from the bench! I'v read about the rice loads before and really like that idea. My wife got bit in the cheek by a nesting red wasp once...... boy, did she swell up!

This old 5 screw Smith has 2 FMJ bullets in ahead of what you see of the third one that tried to jump out. Must be a stuck powder charger or this was a odd ball load. Reason I think that is the lead bullet in the bore has a very deep seating groove impression on its nose. That level of weirdness suggests a 3 bullet load in one casing? IDK but I'm glad its not one of my guns but from a parts set I bought.

Thats an interesting break for sure. It looks like a crystalline break. If it's a factory screw up, the ring would be harder than it should be. Maybe you can take a good sharp file and see if it makes an easy cut on the edge by the crack. If it just glances off without cutting some metal off, Its a factory defect. The red color tells me its a casting since the lost wax process of casting puts a fine amount of silicone in the casted surface and hence the redish color. The rings are silver soldered on and that takes around 2000 deg to get a good flow between the parts. If the part was cooled too quickly it would exceed its required Rockwell hardness and be on the brittle side. The file trick is a basic indicator if you dont happen to have a Rockwell C testor in your garage... Another thing folks do is tighten the cap with plyers. Not a good idea. I had an 870 as a duty shotgun for 18 years and by the numbers, your "supposed to" all ways test the cap for tight with fingers only at each shift rotation. Too tight a cap and expanding barrel heat can create undue stress on the ring and weld. To bad Rem went belly up..... I would have sent it back to see if you would have gotten a free bee.