Recent content by One-Eyed Jack

It could have been a dummy optic. I recall a large collar on the front, surrounding the lens, with bumps on it as though it could be turned by hand. The reticle was much too complicated for a short range, low power optic- just too busy.

What was the optic on Dave York's rifle in the battle during the storm? Dave was Robert's former partner and the guy who led the mercenary team.

I'm wondering what happened to the La Brea USO employees and whether any of them moved to Montana. You can't just restart USO in a different location with different people and not expect product changes and learning curve issues. None of the three top management people have any expertise in...

What a great Saturday surprise! I thought I did something wrong, my old handle and avatar were back and I didn't know my password. Shit, I'm in the Twilight Zone! Let's never go back to wherever we were, I think I'll hang out here more often now.

It will flex when you shoot and the scope and barrel will collide. It may or may not be a problem.

If true, then some people will have to acquire them in Canada. They have Starbucks there, don't they? Coffee time!

I had a hard time sleeping last night, the news from Ferguson, MO kept tripping through my head. So I decided to try to sleep by thinking about why a bushing in the firing pin hole would reduce primer piercings. My God, I figured it out!! Here's what I think: * There is an annular space...

After only a single primer piercing ever I don't yet believe it's over pressure, but if I get more primer piercings then over pressure becomes more credible as a cause. Apparently no one can tell me how a smaller primer hole stops primer piercing, I'm one of those guys who needs the details...

Dave, you're not convincing me about what happened in MY rifle. I have no pressure problems, it's a standard load (and components) for 6XC that I've shot in a few rifles with no other issues or concerns (same as what David Tubb used, but not his heavy 6XC load). I've examined a number of spent...

Piercing the primer is a result of mechanical impingement of the firing pin tip on the primer, it has nothing to do with the size of the hole. Once the primer is pierced and ignited, the hot primer gases flow rearward through the puncture and into the firing pin hole, pushing the firing pin...

How does installing a bushing prevent piercing the primer? I can understand how changing the firing pin tip shape or the firing pin spring constant might do that, but a bushing is just a smaller hole, possibly with less friction for the firing pin. The smaller hole would limit the gas flow into...

I've asked Marc Soulie at Spartan to modify an old school Remington trigger to give me a crisp 2-lb pull. I have a couple of GAP rifles with these Remington triggers and they work very well for me. The broken Jewell is on its way to San Marcos, TX and will become a spare in case I have the same...

The firing pin block in my Jewell trigger broke in half. I don't know if it broke while firing a round or while loading a new round into the chamber. The result is the firing pin doesn't stay cocked when the bolt is cycled - the firing pin block normally retains the firing pin in the cocked...

I've made a number of purchases and sales using GunBroker, just follow the rules. I've found Gunsamerica is more difficult to use and the prices are noticeably higher than GunBroker. However, GunsAmerica seems to have some items than GunBroker does not and more sellers apear to be brick and...

They're gonna slap together, unless you just leave them in your safe. You need taller rings.