KyleKap19

Indeed they do --- they're like orphans just waiting to be brought home!

Mine too -- it's therapeutic!

Hey all -- So I'm addicted to refinishing old shotguns. I love to work on stocks and decided to give an entire gun a try. Heritage Guild had a really beat up Winchester Model 37 shotgun (from my research it was a red letter M37 and probably from the late 30's or early 40's) -- picked it up for a cool $120. Started with refinishing the wood -- several weeks to sand it down and apply multiple thin layers of Tru Oil. Spent a lot of time getting the rust off too, from the barrel and the receiver. I had tried to do a cold blue on the barrel and receiver, but it didnt come out good at all. The barrel was ok, but the receiver looked like crap, so I researched and found that Duracoat has something out called DuraBlue. I picked up the gloss blue/black color. Worked great -- just like a standard Duracoat job but the finish really looks like a traditional bluing. Anyway, I'm QUITE pleased with the results. As you'll see, I did sand too much at the end of the stock but that wood needed a lot of elbow grease. If you have wood that you'd like me to work on, please dont hesitate to reach out -- I work for $$ or ammo. - Kyle BEFORE: AFTER:

Gus does all my cerakote work --- top notch and a great guy. His setup in his house is fantastic.

Ok so heres the report. Took off the grip panel - trigger bar spring was disconnected. Everything else looks good to go. Inspected the spring and noticed that the little "lip" that curves up at the end and grabs the trigger bar doesnt have much to it. Its a very shallow bemd and I can see how it can be jostled loose. It did reconnect and functions properly, but I will definitely want them to either send me a new spring or look at it themselves.

Glock glock glock glockity glock Lol

Check the video link i posted :-)

I will ... i mean it is definitely an freak occurance.

Ideally it was going to be the pistol I trained on. Too big for me to conceal.

Not gunna lie ... me too

Indeed. It shot awesome for the first 20 rounds ... no FTFs or FTEs or light strikes. Was the gun it was touted to be!

Yep... not even 2 full mags through it. FML

@mustang69 took mine out for the first time and trigger fail! http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/Kyle_Kappmeier/media/20160417_130813.mp4.html

Finally got to the range today and had a chance to shoot the P229 Legion I picked up a few weeks ago. First 15 rounds were awesome - love it! Couldnt miss! Then I thought I had a light strike ... racked it and pulled the trigger again. Felt weird. Clear it, and upon closer look it was a total trigger failure. To me it seems that the trugger bar disconnected from a spring. Doesnt even release the hammer in SA. So ... that sucks Will be calling Sig in the AM to get a call tag and send it in for repair. Just not the "LEGION" experience I was hoping for, let alone 30 rounds in! http://s1194.photobucket.com/user/Kyle_Kappmeier/media/20160417_130813.mp4.html PS - dont say get a Glock, I sold them

Hey all! Just wanted to drop a note here in the group --- if there's anyone that has some old shotguns they'd like to spruce up, one of my hobbies is refinishing wood on the side. I've done a few but these are a few shots of a used shotgun I bought and refinished last year. (didnt do the cerakote, but did the color fill and wood). Happy to work on your wood (that's what she said) and will work for cash or ammo. Shoot me a note or email ([email protected]) and let me know! Thanks, Kyle The used Beretta A302 (Stock was in Gnarly condition, but it works flawlessly): Sanding: Finished product (6 coats of Tru Oil):

Just installed the APEX trigger kit on mine -- waiting on new sights too. Trigger work wasnt hard at all, and I'm simply a youtube gunsmith

Hey all -- swapping out sights on my M&P Shield. Got the front and rear off but dont want to marr up the new ones, so I was thinking about using a sight pusher. Anyone have one I could borrow for a day? I'm in Branchburg. Thanks, Kyle

I'm doing this same exact thing -- got the rear off (MAN WAS THAT ON THERE!) but dont want to risk marring it up on the install. I have some of the angled brass punches inbound from brownells but not sure if a sight pusher would do any better than whacks. What did you use to file down the new sights?

HAHAH! Felt like the coil in your F150! That's great! Yea, it was a newer spring but I ordered Rock Solid's spring with extra horsepower ... we'll see if that makes a difference. If not, then I'm going to shoot up the surplus I have with the firing pin set deeper and then get rid of this baby.

Indeed ... The saga of this Mosin continues.

ok guys, update for you, and I'm rather confused. I went to the range today with the Mosin. Loaded the TulAmmo (new ammo) first, and had a light primer strike. So, I took @johnnyB 's advice and set the firing pin deeper for both the TulAmmo and Yugo surplus. I went one rotation. Both ammo is good to go. She went boom .... but not all the time! Here's the weird part. probably 90% of the time I'd get a light strike on both the TulAmmo and Surplus, but then I'd cock it again (not cycle the bolt, just pulled back on the cocking piece) and then it would fire. What the hell could that be? For the hell of it, I have ordered a heavier spring and new firing pin.

That looks to be just as deep --- very strange. Could an entire spam can / case of ammo be bad you think?

Can you send that pic again? I know right!! WTF!!?? I am going to try and find more 7.62x54R and see if I get lucky. This is so annoying.

Ok, found a box of tulammo Seems primers are just as deep. Thoughts?? Anyone else have photos of their ammo they can take?

yea, that's a risk for sure ... I'll have to go through the case and see if there are some that are better seated than others. If it turns out the entire case is bad, what's everyone's reco for destroying? Or would anyone want the brass or try to pull the bullets? I dont reload