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Post by potatojudge on Oct 26, 2022 17:07:10 GMT -5
Pastors often can get the process started and have professional references. Our bereavement services are all overseen by the hospital chaplain.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 26, 2022 17:05:30 GMT -5
Looking at the seller's other pics, the grip frame ears looked less than perfect. Might have been a financial choice by the guy paying for the restoration or a result of the case coloring work.
I think it's easy to spend $4k to bring a gun to that level, but if you have $4k to put in an old SAA there are better investments and if you want a shooter then Standard or USFA are better values.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 24, 2022 13:45:46 GMT -5
I think USPS ships rifles and shotguns from private individuals, but not handguns. FFLs can ship handguns via USPS.
If you have a good dealer, I think paying them to ship via USPS is currently the best way to go. In the past, involving and FFL was an unnecessary cost.
Gunsmiths can USPS directly back to you since they hold an FFL.
I think any of the carriers will ship gun parts still.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 22, 2022 12:41:52 GMT -5
A tight gap requires minimal endshake, so if sending a revolver off for barrel setback you may as well confirm acceptable barrel/cylinder alignment (using whatever base pin you're going to stick with, factory or Belt Mountain) then: correct endshake set barrel back recut forcing cone crown barrel correct cylinder throats
So you can't really claim a scientific approach while changing multiple variables at once.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 21, 2022 16:31:31 GMT -5
I think most of us would echo encore64's sentiment here
If you want a common load, pick another powder. AFAIK lil gun is fine in carbines and gives great velocities if you don't mind keeping loads separate.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 20, 2022 14:06:06 GMT -5
Not a lot of bad options here.
If sticking with cast bullets, the 357 Max is probably the easy button. 38-40, 357 herett, 357 B&D, any of the supermags, etc. For my time and money, the benefits of carbide dies, straight walled cases, and bullet selection leads me to the Max. Second choice would be the 44 mag probably. A 2x Leupold will really help when light fades and those 100 yard opportunities arise.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 20, 2022 12:18:07 GMT -5
For becoming out of time, as Taffin said mishandling and I would add poor gunsmithing are probably the top culprits.
For wearing into being out of time, it greatly depends on the design of the revolver. The old Colt double actions are a good example of wear causing timing issues but they're night and day different than SA guns because of their rebound lever and bolt leg voodoo. With Ruger, that's hardly a thing AFAIK.
Also depends on what part of timing you're referring to. In order: Start cocking the hammer bolt drops out of cylinder notch pawl rises and begins turning cylinder via ratchet bolt drops somewhere during this in a lot of NM Rugers second leg on the pawl catches next ratchet tooth and brings cylinder around hopefully to full lockup bolt drops into leade then locks into cylinder notch, hopefully without popping out or spinning by hammer notch catches trigger to stay cocked
Out of time can be a lot of things. it can mean the cylinder turns before the bolt drops. it can mean the pawl catches the ratchet improperly, or doesn't push the cylinder all the way around to lockup. It can mean the bolt pops up to engage the cylinder notch late and allows the cylinder to throw by. It can mean the bolt is loose and bounces out of the cylinder notch on firing. Not a comprehensive list, but the gist.
So the specifics of what is happening determines how the gun is out of time.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 19, 2022 15:18:35 GMT -5
He claims the cashiers check went out last Wed but is asking if he can Zelle. Ah Zelle, the favorite tool of scammers
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 18, 2022 12:56:31 GMT -5
Do you mean for it to become out of time, or what parts are incorrect for the timing to be bad?
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 17, 2022 17:36:11 GMT -5
awesome... well, that give another give another option to the juggling long cylinder chamberings thread I posted the other day... I don't really like the BFR factory custom octagon, where it's round by the frame... yours looks much nicer Agree Octagon barrel, ERH, ejector rod head, and base pin. First time I’ve seen the base pin treatment and I like it.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 17, 2022 10:46:06 GMT -5
Sierra 240 Chris is not a cast bullet hunter. Maybe Sixshot can change his mind but I'm not holding my breath
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 16, 2022 22:12:21 GMT -5
I don't think I care if my gunsmith is sourcing his cylinder blanks from someone good who machines them in batches or if they lovingly manually machine them one at a time. Artisanal cylinders aren't gonna shoot any better or be any stronger. I do care that they're properly fitted, blocked, heat treated, timed, and aligned.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 16, 2022 16:34:49 GMT -5
If you showed me that cylinder next to that frame I would tell you there's no way it'd fit.
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 14, 2022 23:16:15 GMT -5
Greg, this is the one to get you into a TLA.
Worth at least $1000 more than asking
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Post by potatojudge on Oct 14, 2022 18:50:48 GMT -5
I actually like the barrel markings on that, which is not something I would usually say.
There's enough barrel there that when you find another M83 you have enough to make a couple of octagon guns out of it. Maybe 3 if you do a Packer.
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