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Guns&WhiteWater · Aug 18, 2025

I have only replaced the trigger, sear, and springs in one levergun out of several I have owned, but it made a world of difference. Cycles like butter and brought the trigger weight down from around 6 pounds to about 2 or 3. I highly recommend it.

375fan · Aug 18, 2025

Charmingmander said:
China has never been a warring power in it's entire history. They are a mercantile nation, a mercantile people. They want to control manufacturing on the global level and for the most part they already do.

Wars cost money, manufacturing makes money, money is power. Which country pretty much does the majority of manufacturing? A real war between China and the USA would be a disaster for all, and that includes pretty much every country and person on this planet. Only the delusional neocons or those that think they would profit from a war want it.

p5200 · Aug 18, 2025

I'm figuring on .042" headspace. With my measurements, I figure I'll need .009- .010" shims. I figure I'll try the .005" and .004" together and see what I get. I'm going to measure the receiver depth to bolt recess a couple more times for consistency. This little town I live in doesn't even have a small bottle of True Oil. I plan to pick up a spray can of Thompsons Water Seal to seal barrel channel after sanding.

Emerson0311 · Aug 18, 2025

kthomas said:
People are hurting economically.

Everything since COVID costs 50, 100, 200%+ more. Wages haven't really gone up however. Job market is ass. Housing is the most unaffordable it's ever been since they started tracking that metric.

It's been bad for a while, and I think many are finally realizing that reality. And it's only going to get worse.

Many of my acquaintances are quietly struggling to keep up the “financially ok”facade.

Longshot231 · Aug 18, 2025

Sandhog308 said:
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I let my concealed permit lapse a few years ago. Piss on them
I’ll carry regardless except if I fly , don’t see that happening in the near future.
Last time I got stopped , I had my handgun in view between the seats. The cop ran the serial number , gave it right back no problem. got a warning for speeding.

EDIT : I saw this dolt open carrying in the grocery store last week. First thing came to mind was how easy one could walk up and pull his handgun out.

AllenOne1 said:
Why did you let the cop have your gun to run the serial number? It's a traffic stop not a robbery pursuit. No search warrant. No gun crime identified. That's weak.

Sandhog308 said:
I knew it wasn’t hot , didn’t have time to do a 1st and 4th amendment audit on him.
At the time it wasn’t clear that Arkansas was a Constitutional Carry state.

NoDopes said:
He wouldn't have got a warning on speeding. Fair trade.

My SOP is to keep all the guns out of sight. And in my state there is no "duty to inform."

So if it's out of sight it is also out of mind.

Emerson0311 · Aug 18, 2025

W54/XM-388 said:
My favourite LGS is swimming in more mediocre guns coming in for Consignment sale or sold as used than they can handle.

AR platform rifles and HD shotguns are stacked up in piles.

Few folks buying, most looking to sell.

For outright purchase they are offering probably 25% of new value at best.

Sig and Kimber 1911 style standard pistols aren't moving at hardly any price above a few hundred dollars.

I’m seeing the same in western Canucastan.

N_Turs · Aug 18, 2025

Ill have to double check what primers I was using. I think they were rem 7 1/2's. I'll mess with the neck tension a bit and see if that helps at all. I was slacking on getting the best data that day but should have some more rounds loaded up to test this weekend. If the velocity spreads are what they are using Tac I wont worry about it. I was more or less curious what might have contributed to it.

shoots100 · Aug 18, 2025

This will probably be the answer to your Savage extraction/ejection issues.
This kit goes into every Savage turn bolt rifle I'm asked to look at and work on.

Savage kit

SJC

Mr.BR · Aug 18, 2025

ROFL Russians in an M113 flying Russian and US flags
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502Chevelle · Aug 18, 2025

Prayers up.

supercorndogs · Aug 18, 2025

My wife's cousin and his wife just split up a couple months ago. They have just found out one of their three daughters has cancer. She is in the hospital now with a tumor in her lung. The prognosis is very bad, I don't remebr the specfic bone cancer she has, but the survival rate is very low. They are doing more tests to see if it's spread, which it likley has if she has a tumor in her lung. They are saying like 25% chance she makes its 5 more years. She is 20. This poor family is going through a lot.

I grew up with my wife's cousin and his wife. I don't really know their kids. I just pray they know Jesus and this pain and suffering is just a step in the road to heaven.

Frank Green · Aug 18, 2025

patriot07 said:
Just to chime in, this barrel WAS NOT chambered by Bartlein. This was done by a gunsmith nearly a decade ago.

I think the real culprit was a carbon ring and a tight chamber. I cleaned the carbon out again just for good measure and did some load development this morning. Looks like a Bartlein doing Bartlein things...thanks @Frank Green for your excellent work

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any of those powder charges will work!

Frank Green · Aug 18, 2025

RadioActivity said:
Where in the world are all the Bartlein barrels or even the blanks? Nobody seems to be offering 737R prefits with Bartlein anymore or I just don't know where to look - it's all CRB - which isn't my preference. I am looking for what I would have assumed would be common, MTU, 26" finished length (29" is blank is fine for this), 1/7.5 twist for a 6.5CM. Is this not a thing? Has 6.5CM fallen completely off in priority? I see some 1/8 twist, but I think I'd prefer 7.5 or 7.7 (not sure if Bartlein does anything between 1/7.5 and 1/8)

GAP uses Bart barrels - I might have to order a full build to get what I want?

I'm building a .223 next and don't even want to know barrel availability for that. Bleh.

You try calling Wade Stuteville at Stuteville Precision. He just ordered another pile of barrels.

supercorndogs · Aug 18, 2025

44 mag is awesome. I used to shoot 240 cast bullets around 800fps and also around 2000fps. I had a 629 classic stainless 5". It's one of the few guns I have sold in would care to have back. Lol

MacBSG · Aug 18, 2025

TTT, $700 upper with all accessories, $500 bare upper with BCG and CH.

DarnYankeeUSMC · Aug 18, 2025

Bullfrog08 said:
We are never short of drama queens and grown men acting like children on this forum. Some men even beg for the drama! Get a hobby!

Nobody is forcing you to stay here, read anything and you can leave anytime.

kthomas · Aug 18, 2025

tna9001 said:
The economy is slowing, consumer debit is up and consumer spending is down. We will be in a recession by the end of the year.

People are hurting economically.

Everything since COVID costs 50, 100, 200%+ more. Wages haven't really gone up however. Job market is ass. Housing is the most unaffordable it's ever been since they started tracking that metric.

It's been bad for a while, and I think many are finally realizing that reality. And it's only going to get worse.

Longshot231 · Aug 18, 2025

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Hattrick · Aug 18, 2025

I do the same as Padom when doping. Normal shooting we have 1 moa template cut + at each yard line out to 900. Goal is keep it with in the 1 moa +. If I was shooting solo I’d use the waterline for everything

mark5pt56 · Aug 18, 2025

Nothing is moving other than what people actually need or are fluid enough to get what they want. It's a typical cycle in regards to defensive guns, especially AR's. Threat is down, people are hurting for money, they don't feel they need them and need money or the wife is nagging the fuck out of him. While I hope not, in a few short years, folks will be flocking in to "get one before AOC takes them away" Prices will be up and a few short years after that, same cycle, especially with retards wanting trade in at 2k for their PSA mega blaster 2.0.
Make a decision, dump them or hang onto them for the high cycle.

Alphatreedog · Aug 18, 2025

918v said:
They drive nice cars. I always thought they drove 35 year old Chevys with smog issues.

In the Northeast they collect benefits in Jersey , NY NY , and Baltimore . Triple fuckin dippin while working a job .
Your tax dollars at work .

Alphatreedog · Aug 18, 2025

chevy_man said:
Ruger Blackhawk is a solid and not overly expensive option. I've shot a few of them, .41 Magnum seems to be a favorite (and I don't know why because energy is similar, but the 41 shoots much softer than a 44.)

Anything in 357 mag is going to be a great option. You can get reduced power 38s to plink all day, or full house 357s for bear defense.

44 mag is next purchase . We rented one at the local indoor range . The boy is hooked .

Alphatreedog · Aug 18, 2025

@W54/XM-388
"10 years after we "win" such a war, this country will look like a combination of Mexico and Syria ."
Have you seen the cities . Hell in Pa ; the Poconos , Doylestown , Reading and any Philly suburb that is quasi urban is flooded with illegals . Have you seen Detroit .
" Derka Derka . Mohammed Jihad"..

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