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I'm in Oak Ridge. When you going to T&T? I can pick you up on the way. Frank Wie ist Ihr Name?

That's why you go for an FRP fan, no metal to corrode. Damned engineers! And a totally enclosed motor! cheaper to replace the fan every 6 months :shock:

RSCALZO- you're so right. Salt baths do get spent even if you don't over cook them. I would really have to see the MSDS to know how they are to be disposed of. My quess would be to cook out the water and dispose of the dry salt. Maybe not Hazardous Waste? But, you would have lots of scrapeing on the tanks :naughty:

Tim - Corrosive enough that I used to go through a vent fan evert 6 months and if the salts splash on your work shoes it eats holes in them. Really look in to this.

Tim- Think twice about setting up blueing tanks. It was the nastiest part of our shop. Corrosive, megga ventilation and buy some rubber boots. You thinking of a 3 or 4 tank set-up? Knowing what I know now, if I could find somebody that didn't grind them up, I would have sent my blueing out. Frank

If anyone is putting a primer or powder order in, let me know and we can spit shipping and Hazmat fees.

I've got a thousand that my daughter bought by mistake. $35 or trade for CCI Standard Small Pistol primers. Can deliver to CR,

Ray- Sorry about this mess. Looks like you're going to need a FFL transfer and NICS again. And better get a letter from those Bozos and send it to the State Police that a revolver in your name was disposed of. Just my thoughts! Unless it's the same serial # which I doubt.

The suggested retail price (new) is $711 Quite an investment

I bought mine in 1972 with the LE discount IIRC it was $175-225 it was a was with 3 t's. So i'm sure it's worth that much now. If not more.

OK Lads! I did a search about blueing and came up kind of blank. I'm looking for someone to blue a slide on a Kimber pistol. I prefer locally so I can see his work. I want someone who is not going to "Grind it up". i don't want rounded edges or markings. Any suggestions appreciated.

Are the Dalys any good? Looks like a nice, pre owned Taurus Pt1911 is Stainless is on my radar Check it out but I think they were either RIA or Armscorp

USPSA/IDPA http://www.obcats.com/ Click on the link on the left of local matches

Agree with all above. +1 Threre's a lot of personal stuff involved. Are you goung to leave the gun exactly as it is? If so the Taurus is great lot's of extras. If you intend to add stuff RIA, These are both good quality that can double for home defense. RIA is closer to Mil Spec and additional parts are more easily fitted. I have a standard SS Colt Gov't that can be used for defense. But for a target range gun I shoot an STI Spartan. Tighter gun adj sites and shoots a ragged hole. But the STI is finicky about ammo. Very tight accurate gun. In 1911's It is my opinion that you buy a target gun or a defense gun. If it rattles, it's reliable for defense but don't expect it to shoot a ragged hole.

Michael- You left out an important thing... How much do you want to spend? And secondly what is the intended use? Opinions are like asshats everybody has one :clap:

I run a 16.5" heavy barrel. .920 dia. Was thinking of having it Magna-Ported. Any thoughts on that?

I'm a wus I always use a mag loading tool What's a clip? Garands have clips. :clap:

agreed +1

Good idea Chad. Reassemble and bore sight it and see where you are at. I'll guess something was over looked. Machines just don't change. Have you pulled the barreled action out of the stock by any chance? Good luck, Frank

Rauch- The only Gen 4 I've seen so far was the G22. I have no idea if and when other Gen 4s will appear. Agreed the Gen 3 G22 was snappy. I believe the Gen 4 was introduced to accomodate the different hand sizes and opened up more of the market as others had interchangeable back straps. The recoil spring system in my opinion was just a bonus because it was snappy. As far as modding the 17rd mags for Jersey... Just be careful. I've actually been looking at putting a plus two on a 10 rd mag. BTW the 10rd G17 Mags are single stack if that means anything to ya.

It is chambered for 5.56, its just easier to say 223 for some reason. I guess it depends also what brass you are using. Commercial brass would be 223 while military/nato would be 5.56. Is that politically correct? I specifally bought a 5.56 because.... It is not really healthy to shoot 5.56 NATO in a .223Rem chamber. You may never have a problem 5.56 in 223 but there is a risk. Now about accuracy... 223 is inherintly more accurate than 5.56 because to accomodate the higher pressure of 5.56 the chamber throat/lead is longer allowing a pressure drop on a higher pressure cartridge. This means that the bullet has to jump that gap. Which is not beneficial to accuracy. Now on the other hand having a 5.56 chamber gives you more ammo and loading choices. Including the choice of heavier bullets when the twist is appropriate.

eye relief ?

If you have a 5.56 chamber you can shoot .223 Rem but not the converse. Also 5.56 is loaded to higher pressures. Here's the chamber dimension differences. http://ar15barrels.com/data/223vs556.pdf

ah141nj- 223 or 556 chamber? Opps you said 223. You kind of got one hand tied behind your back. The best OAL for accuracy may not fit in the magazine or feed.