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Post by bigmuddy on Mar 26, 2012 19:06:14 GMT -5
I have several guns with Belt Mt. pins in them and I really like the way they look and function. Just added one to a Colt SAA that was near impossible to get the factory pin out after a little shooting. That hour glass shaped head is a lot easier to get a grip on.
I have one story to relay concerning accuracy with a Belt Mt. base pin. A friend had a Ruger 45 Colt that shot very well. He added a Bisley grip frame, hammer and trigger and now it would not put two bullets in the same zip code! I took the gun home with me to see if I could get it shooting again. I noticed that he had added a Belt Mountain locking base pin. On a whim, I removed the set screw and BINGO, that gun started shooting like it should. I can only surmise that the set screw had the cylinder in some type of mis-alignment bind of some sort. Anyway, no harm no fowl just left the set screw out and that gun is real shooter.
Dan
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Post by boxhead on Mar 26, 2012 21:02:06 GMT -5
Alan Harton made this one for me, not being oversized and without locking screw, just as requested. His head design is a bit larger than that of the BM #5. Feels and looks great.
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Post by bigmuddy on Mar 27, 2012 10:08:56 GMT -5
Alan Harton made this one for me, not being oversized and without locking screw, just as requested. His head design is a bit larger than that of the BM #5. Feels and looks great. I like that one a LOT! Dan
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Post by dlhredfoxx on Mar 27, 2012 11:25:38 GMT -5
Or for $6 you can just replace the stock base pin locking spring with a heavier aftermarket spring. Make sure the slot in the base pin engages with the cross bolt on the base pin release button and clean them after heavy use. If they are seated correctly, the heavier spring will not allow the base pin to "walk out" under heavy recoil. It's worked good on two 45 Colt Vaqueros of mine that get shot with hot loads pretty frequently. Its a cheeper alternative, not as cool looking but cheaper. I have belt mtn in two of my 5 shot conversions that came that way from the smith that converted them, and they work good too. Also had a Colt style base pin installed in my 44 SBH recently and its tight a drum. Fired 50 rounds of Buffalo Bore 340g +P last weekend at the range out of it and the base pin stayed put...
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Post by cadillo on Jul 24, 2012 21:44:51 GMT -5
I've been fortunate as I've installed oversize Base Pins in four Ruger SA's and they all range fine both before and after. Just luck it seems.
Having said that I've noticed no accuracy difference with the change, but to me replacing a sloppily fit base pin with one that fits very snugly to me just gives the gun more of a feeling of precision. I've also been lucky in that I've not yet found my guns to have oversize Base Pins to be too tight for the receiver Base Pin bores, but I've talked to friends who have had to ream them to get proper fit.
My SS Bisley .45 Colt was spitting loose the base pin about every third shot with medium pressure loads even after installing the larger Base Pin. I installed a heavy duty Base Pin Catch Spring, and that solved the issue for me, but may not work out with every gun.
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Post by hammerdown77 on Jul 24, 2012 21:59:11 GMT -5
I found the reason my base pin was wanting to eject on my old model Super was because both the notch in the base pin, and the base pin latch body that engages the notch, were both peened all to hell. There was nothing there really to hold on to the pin. I have the new Belt Mountain pin, but I should have ordered a new latch as well, because I had to steal a latch from one of my other Rugers.
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Post by dlhredfoxx on Jul 25, 2012 10:07:26 GMT -5
I've had mixed results, fitting has sometimes been an issue, albeit a minor one. I concur that I've not seen any improvement in accuracy as a result of a Belt Mtn base pin alone. On my factory stock 45's the biggest accuracy improvement I get is by reaming the cylinder throats to proper dimension. I always put a heavier base pin latch spring in all my Ruger SA's as a preventative measure, even the 45's that only see cowboy loads. To me, the most important observation is that I have to be very careful when tightening the set screw on the Belt Mtn pins not to torque the cylinder and bind things up. I've even experienced leaded forcing cones and leading in the first inch or two of the barrel when doing this, and even noticed one spitting some once. Which would indicate to me that the torque of the base pin, due to an over tightened set screw, put the cylinder throat out of alignment with the forcing cone... perfect conditions for cracking a forcing cone if you ask me. It doesn't take much to keep them in, very light pressure on the set screw is all that is required.
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