NJKen

That there is a very good piece of information. Lead will not grab the polygonal rifling like copper will. From what Ive heard it will make a hard to clean mess out of a perfectly good barrel and not be very accurate. Ken

I know this sounds silly but did you check youtube yet? If you look around there there are good videos out there that cover the assembly/diss-assembly of amost any firearm ever made. Ken

That is exactly what I think was happeneing to mine. The tip of the claw was not square at all. It almost looked like it was missing a little piece of the tip. The part of the extractor that keys it into the bolt was all beat to hell and didnot even want to come out. I had to grip it with a pair of needle nose pliers and work it back and forth the get it out. The Exact edge extractor dropped rite into the hole. If I pull back the bolt by hand it will fling a round about 4 feet out of the breech now! I will update this Saturday night after I hit the range. Ken

No they wont, they are not smart enough. Think Sheeple, not people! Ive seen this a few times and I can usually predict when its coming. This time I was a little off. I keep a rotating stockpile of reloading supplies and I am not hurt by this. I am most likely not going to need to buy anything til after this crap does down and things come back to normal. The only thing I will most likely run out of is small pistol primers. I am having a hard time finding them at the moment because I will not spend threet imes what they are worth, I will simply not shoot that much 40S&W instead. Ken

Everyone here should do their best NOT to support people that are gouging. I know there was great debate about what gouging is here so use your own best judgement. If the FFL got gouged and is trying to pass it on thats too bad for him in my book. One place thats not gouging people is Cheyanne Mountain outfitters. I am not saying that because of any loyalty, I actually think that most of the people that work there are egotistical jackasses. They had 5.56 for 9.99 a box just a couple days ago with a 10 box limit. Their price went up .50 per box since all this nonsense started. They seem to get some ammo every few days so if its not there today, check back in a few days. Ken

I was at Solomons last Friday night and I think I got the last small pistol primers on the planet! I think that by the time you get your press that reloading supplies should be easier to obtain. Last time this happened it didnt last too long. Ken

The last Federal .556 I purchased was .30 per round for XM193. Its good brass to reload since it is Lake City brass. Cheyanne mountain outfitters in Robbinsville was selling it for 9.99 for 20 rounds (just under .50!) a few days ago. I am almost sure they would not have it now though. Roll your own, thats how I can still afford to shoot. Ken

What he said! Ken

I just paid about $60 less than that for actual match bullets. Not trying to be a smart ass, just dont wanna see our members get beat up by gougers. I ordered mine from http://www.natchezss.com/ . They are listed as out of stock at the moment but they seem to get them on a regular basis. Check in a day or two and they may be there. Ken

Im not 100% sure what the bore sizes are on the SKS or the Mosin. I have a mosin and shoot a lot of com block spam can ammo from it! Seriously though, you need to use the proper size projectile for the barrel or you are going to loose accuracy and/or velocity or worse. I know a handfull of mosins where .308. I know none of the russian made ones are though. I think they are .311? The best way to know for sure is to slug the barrel. If you have a good set of calipers you can do this at home and get the true size of the bore. Or, you can hang out here and wait for one of the russian gun gurus to see this! Good Luck. Ken

Thats the support I was looking for! How many rounds do you think you had through it before it started doing it? Mine would stovepipe once in a couple hundred rounds since new. The last 500 rounds it went from occasional to about every fifth shot. I stripped it and cleaned it since I thought It was cruded up like Tony suggested. Ken

Any ammo at all. CCi minimag, federal bulk, Remington GB, and american eagle (federal) are the ones Ive tried lately, none better than the other. I did let the gun get a little dirtier than I normally would but after a thourough strip and clean the problem remained the same.

As the title suggests, I am having about 1 in 10 shots stovepipe. I have had this pistol for about a year and have put about 5,000 rounds through it. I have done a little research and I think the extractor may be failing. I have ordered a Volquartsen exact edge extractor to replace it. I stripped the gun down and I cant honestly say that the extractor looks that bad. The edge of the claw is not quite square anymore but it still seems to grab OK. The main point of this post is that I am looking for others that have experience with this problem or my solution. I love shooting this pistol and with the lack of availability on firearms parts I wanna start looking as soon as possible if I need another part! Ken

Just keep checking youre regular spots. It seems to come and go lately. Ken

Its worth a lot more than its worth rite now! You could probably sell it to a panic buyer for $4000. Sad part is Im not kidding or being sarcastic rite now. Ken

If you are reloading for a bolt action with a tight chamber it should work just fine. If it is a worn bolt action or has a loose chamber the brass may not fir the case guage too well. If you are reloading for any auto loader (AKA semi auto) you should really do a full length resize. Just neck sizing for a semi auto is not advised, especially an M1A. For a bolt gun it is completely acceptable as long as you are only reloading for one gun. Ken

I have a bullet puller, media separator, and several reloading trays from them. All perform well. I like the reloading trays more than any other period. I threw out a few others after I got them. Ken

Just remember, trees are bigger and more immune to kinetic energy and hydrostatic shock. If you are going to consider ammo by its hiding behind a tree factor there is good info here. If you are going to consider ammo from the other side, the results here dont apply. Ken

Here is my opinion from someone who does both... Ultrasonic + Decent clean when used with something like hornady 1 shot ultrasonic cleaner concentrate. It comes out very clean Untrasonic - you got to dry all the brass and its not like new shiny Tumble + comes out looking like better than new, removes any burrs. Tumbler - takes a lot longer to celan, makes noise, makes dust. I have not tried wet tumbling yet but I may in the near future. Ken

If the friggin media would stop sensationalizing this nonsense it would stop by itself..... The media is about half responsible for it in my book. These weak minded un-socialized children see it as glory and copy it! If the media didnt react the way they do then there would most likely not be new regulations pending! Getting off my box now. Ken

CCI actually makes a 22lr that is marketed for AR's. I didnt notice too much lead buildup on mine after shooting many hundreds of round of this ammo. In my humble opinion any decent copper plated ammo should do OK. On another note, I havent shot a 22lr converted AR in at least 2 years since started reloading hard core again. I can say that 22lr ammo has gone to crap lately. The worst being the remington golden bullets. I just got rid of the last of those crappy things I had. They thoroughly crapped up my MkIII and 10/22 bad. The federal 34gr bulk pack is much more consistent, cleaner, and available. My preferred round is the CCI MiniMag but they are somewhat scarce and expensive at the moment. Ken

Its not just you, there is a difference, especially if you hand load. Ken

To elaborate on this a bit... I have a remington versamax that I can say is a giant piece of crap. It is a $1300 piece of crap to be exact. Their ammo is on the bottom of my list too. I would recommend throwing the bullet at the target before firing it out of a remington. I'll sve everyone a giant rant and just let them look up my versamax thread if they want to know more. Ken

What? BLF is banned? Ken

When you order more than 1 pistol and they all come in I guess. I had no idea they would process the exemption like they did for Forddsl96 like they did. I guess if you read the rules and fill out the proper paperwork it will be approved. I am good friends with the OP and I know he did it with low expectations. I am sure he will add to this. Ken