Samdjr74

My wife and I stopped by there the other day, great selection and super friendly people

Thanks all , lots of good info

Yes that's the one. Ben asked me to. He said if it's less than 13" it may need to be replaced

Thanks, I've been emailing Ben Murray back and forth today and he agrees that the springs are most likely the cause. I need to pull the recoil spring and measure it before I order the parts so I'll get the going tomorrow.

It looks to be coming out all the way but here's a picture.

Thanks all, The firing pin was cleaned very well on the second trip to the shop and I had less misfires but still too many for my liking. I'll look into replacement springs and go from there. Thanks!!!

M59/66. Gas value is set correctly but I'm wondering if it needs to be replaced. The spring is in correctly as well

I was going to ask her to take a look at the Beretta as well

Thanks all, I do like Ruger as a company and own two of their revolvers but I've heard that the dis-assembly and assembly process on the Mark III can be a challenge, how bad is it really?

Hi all, Need some technical advice to point me in the right direction. I have a Yugo made SKS that I recently pickup. The gun was in excellent condition when I first got it but the previous owner never fired it so I had checked over and cleaned by a gunsmith. The gunsmith gave it a clean bill of health so I proceeded to try it out at the range. First time out I had 8 misfires out of 40 founds which needless to say was a little high. Looking at the primers of these 8 rounds you can see that the firing pin barely made contact. I sent it back over to the gunsmith who found that even though the gun was super clean the firing pin retainer had some fouling which was causing the firing pin to act up. So it was cleaned out and lubed. I ran about 15 rounds of Wolf through it with no issues, great! So I switch over to PPU and out of 20 rounds 1 didn't fire because the primer was barely struck and 3 more looked like the primer was hit enough but they never fired. I shot all 4 a second time and the one where the primer was hardly dented did fire but the other 3 did not. So my question is, am I looking at an inherent problem with this model gun, picky ammo, bad firing pin or something else? Thanks, Sam

Hi All, Now that my wife is getting into the hobby and just started the FID and permit process she wants to narrow down her search on which guns she would like to try before she buys one. Here's what she knows she wants 22LR, I've had her shoot a few different guns and calibers and she wants a 22. This is for range/target use only. If she needs something for self defense in the home she knows how to shoot my .357's She like the "look" of a Ruger Mark series and Browning Buckmaster With that being said what else should she add to the list to try out. Keeping in the same vein as a Ruger and Browning is there anything else out there that works well, looks good and has a price point in the same range? Thanks, Sam

I did this morning Joe, thanks. I got it from ammo mart but it seems that the company went under. Ammo mart does have some of their other rounds in stock but not the exact same and way more than what I paid before. As they say hindsight is 20/20 and I should have bought a few more bags of it when I had a chance.

That I don't remember, it was on sale via ammo seek. Looks like they folded so I'm SOL.

Hi All, A little while ago I bought two 100 count bags of Pierce 38 special factory second 125 grain ammo. Very accurate, clean and never had one misfire or problem. Now I want to buy more but I can't seem to find it. I'm wondering if anyone out there has tried this ammo and either knows where to buy some or knows a good substitute for it. Thanks, Sam

So just to clear up the details I purchased all the guns here in NJ. The guns of course being mentioned are hand guns, (she doesn't like my rifles) And one gun in particular which is a Ruger Single 10, she enjoys shooting that one over anything else I own. As far as waiting, she's ok with that for the range but I have shown her how to load and protect herself with all of my guns.

Lovely, I'd like to see the bad press the courts would get from a case like that.

Never mind I think I answered my own question. The range is the legal owner and she is using it at the range hence she would be covered

Ok not to be a smart @$$, if she legally can not use a hand gun registered to me why is it ok for her to rent and shoot a hand gun owned and registered to the range? Again I'm not trying to start a fight just wondering.

Hi all, Thanks for the responses. If she's breaking the law she won't do it. Thanks, Sam

My wife would. She doesn't break the law, ever. If the speed limit is 65 she does 65, no more no less. I can't say that's a bad thing but she sometimes takes it to the extreme.

Hi all, I didn't find a topic that covered this exactly so I figured I'd ask. I just got my wife into shooting and she really likes it. She's going for her FID soon so she can get her own guns. Right now she is using mine when we go to the range. My question is when she get's her FID can she go to the range by herself with one of my handguns or does she need to have her own? Thanks, Sam

Just a little feedback to Pete and crew. I took my wife to the range on Wednesday. She's never been there nor has she ever fired a gun before. She had a great time and commented on how friendly the staff was. She liked it so much she's looking for a baby sitter to watch our boys at least twice a month just so she can go shooting with me. And now she's filling out the application to get her FID and P2P. So kudos to RTSP!

This morning I took my Chiappa Rhino and Ruger Single 10. Had a great time with both but I'm not a fan of the wadcutters I used today, dirty smokey ammo that made a mess.

Good to know but for this weekend, I need nics.

I hear yea, at that point it's brunch lol. I've been waiting to get my hands on this gun and take it to the range. I guess if it can't happen on Saturday I'll have to wait until Wednesday when I get some time off. I really hate waiting