Samdjr74

Yep, in an out in 45 minutes at FSS with my rifle, no issues

Ouch! I'm planning on heading out to FSS to pick up my Lee Enfield today

So how has NICS been today?

Congrats! I have a standard Ruger SR1911 and it's a great gun. I'm a big fan of Ruger to begin with but this is an outstanding piece.

I've been there several times, sometimes just looking, other times to purchase . My wife bought a pistol from them last year, I stop by to get ammo as they sell a particular brand/caliber I prefer and I've always had a good experience. Yes their prices are high on some things but they have never been rude with me. I'm often there with my boys, 3 and 5 y/o and as well behaved as they are, they sometimes get a little crazy but the guys on Otto's never seem to mind, even when my boys try and "pet" the bear in the front of the store.

Ok, final update on this. I got my new barrel bushing on and took the gun to the range yesterday. 50 rounds without one failure to eject! So it seems that between the replacement recoil spring and barrel bushing, the gun is working like a champ. Thanks all for the help on troubleshooting this one.

After I found the bushing problem last night I did some research and it seems a couple people saw this issue but it's not wide spread as you mentioned. One person stated that he pulled the trigger and part of the bushing went down range. Hopefully a new bushing will correct this. I was hoping to find a one piece design but it doesn't sound like it was ever made.

I noticed the barrel bushing during it's removal last night when cleaning. So it wasn't there the day before when I replaced the recoil spring. I don't have a picture of my broken bushing but here's one from online showing the bushing "assembly" When I removed it last night the outer ring was spinning free of the center bushing but the night before it wasn't. So maybe this was on it's way out and I never noticed a crack at the brazing.

Hi All, I just wanted to follow up with this. I got a new recoil spring from Wolfe the other day and had a chance to shoot the gun last night. The problem is still there but not as bad so we're making progress. However last night when I got home from the range I pulled the gun apart to clean and the barrel bushing broke in two. For those of you who don't know, the barrel bushing on the 59 is two pieces of metal brazed together, well the brazing came apart. I ordered two replacements from Numrich, which looks like the only place to find them. So I don't think the bushing has anything to do with the failure to eject but last night I gave the gun a really good cleaning and made sure everything was lubed up. I believe this gun was re-blued at some point, is it possible the blueing has caused a tolerance issue with something? Thanks, Sam

The cost of the spring is so cheap I just went ahead and ordered a factory weight one. Thanks, hopefully this will take care of the issue.

Thanks all for the advice and info. First it seems to happen on 3 different magazines but they are all roughly the same age as the gun. The ejector tip looks like the website so I'm guessing I'm good there. I'm going to polish up the ramp as much as possible, give it a good once over and try the lawman ammo again. If I still have a problem, I'll start looking at the springs. Thanks, Sam

Hi all, I recently picked up a s&w 59 and had a few failures to eject. I was wondering what others are shooting through these guns and what works best in them. I'm shooting lawman ammo now and had about 3 failures to eject over 100 rounds. Thanks, Sam

I went down this road last year. I tried about a dozen 1911's at the range and I ended up buying a Ruger SR1911. Now I like Ruger as a company and own many of their guns so that makes me lean towards them anyway but for the price, the features and the quality I think the SR1911 is a great gun. My budget was also around $1000 and spending much less on that for the SR1911 was a bonus.

I have a super Blackhawk with a 7.5" barrel, very accurate but it's not a 357. The longer the barrel the better the accuracy as long as you have good sites like others have mentioned. However, a longer barrel does equal more weight out front so keep that in mind. Most of my 357 revolvers have a 5" barrel which I find a happy medium, not too long to be "nose" heavy but long enough to have good accuracy. I recently picked up a 1978 Colt Trooper MkIII with a 6" barrel that is dead on accurate and because it doesn't have a full lug under the barrel it balances nicely.

Well if you ever make it up here the offer is always open. The new grip is made by Chiappa, I never found an aftermarket but the new grip cost me $45 and it's made out of olive wood so it's a pretty nice grip and feels great.I think you can even order the gun with the larger grip so that's nice, I just thought the medium grip it came with was good enough until I tried the larger one.

I ended up buying the 50DS in .357 and the only complaint I had was the stock grip was too small for my hand. I bought the larger grip and love the gun. If you're looking to shoot one I know RTSP has one in their rental case. Depending on where you are I can meet you at RTSP one day and you're more than welcome to give mine a try. Below is a picture of mine with the smaller stock grip.

I was planning on going tomorrow but even if RTSP is open, I still haven't cleared the driveway yet. 2'+ so far in Pequannock

Bought some ammo from Joe a few months back . Very nice , extremely helpful guy.

About 30 to 40 minutes to RTSP

You can use three in less than 90 days. Say you request 3, use the first one the day it comes in, wait 30 days for the next and then another 30, total of 60 days.

I stopped by the other day, very cool place. The one room with the collection has some beautiful milsurp, I was lucky enough to grab one of them.

Horrible news. First, any time a person takes his/her is a shame and terrible. Second I go to RTSP because I feel safe there, I got my wife a membership there and now she's a gun owner. This is just unsettling. I hope the shooter didn't accomplish his mission and that everyone at RTSP is safe and ok,.

Yep and it shot beautifully as well. I like easy fixes like this that don't break the bank, including the shipping it was $11. Can't go wrong with that

Hi all, Just got back from the range and the springs seemed to do the trick. I was able to fire repeatedly with no F2Fs. Thanks for all the help! Sam

I'm hoping this Sunday to get the SKS back out at the range and try the new springs. I installed them the other day but I just haven't had a chance to test them out. If I still have the same problem, I'll look into getting the trigger group worked on.