The Gun Thread

here is a pretty one!
https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...20-quot--semi-auto-rifle.cfm?gun_id=101445355

here is a stock, I winder if it will work for Billyd's ?
https://www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-manufacturer/savstevspgfld/187-series/187j

If Sleepy Joe and Kammie get elected there will be no more Gun Thread but rather Gun Threat pertaining to gun ownership.

Too true.

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Sorry forgot Pence

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Hadn't noticed till today, all reloading components are scarce. Anyone need Large pistol primers? I would swap for small primers.

I just ordered a new Taurus stainless 856... a 6 SHOT snub revolver. We used to have a Taurus 85 in stainless, which was a very nice gun, but it was 5 shots. The new ones are rated for +P, and are on sale at Palmetto State. I'm looking forward to trying it out.

I have looked over these EZ's, and were I not gun poor for a bit they would be perfect for what I would Every Day Carry, I had just become the proud owner of a 5904, built like a tank, so am pretty happy right now, and it has an exposed hammer which, as an old guy, I am more used to. You have really good taste in your selections, you are the one who has got me giving the Taurus line a consideration.
Blessings

been looking into using small rifle for small pistol primers, should the need come up, have a bunch of small rifle primers, looks to be do-able, anyone here have any experience with this?

I have never tried it, but I might try it if I was using a really slow burning powder, but I'd research the heck out of it first. I think the problem is that the brisance is enough that the flame would get out ahead of the burning powder, and could, theoretically cause too rapid a burn of the powder. The Remington 6 1/2 primers likely would not do that, but I'd still see what the "big boys" have to say...

You'd be better off trading the small rifles for some small pistols.... how many/what kind do you have?

a case of Remington (5,000), about 10,000 Winchester, (a case plus 1,000 count boxes) .
There are a bunch of articles of people doing this, not seeing anything catastrophic, some reports of the thickness being slightly greater with rifle primers, some reports of people using them ALL the time with major power loads for competition.
https://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/small-rifle-primers-for-use-in-pistol-cartriges.3992901/
This gentleman dropped his load of Power Pistol down a grain.

One video showed a gent using a mix of both from his 686, could not tell the difference when reading the primers after the shot, nor a real difference in impact.

I read some posts on a couple of forums where guys say they do it frequently, with no ill effect. Another forum had guys saying "Nope, don't do it. Rifle primers in rifles, and pistol primers in pistols"..... but they could simply be "toeing the party line" on "never do anything the loading manual doesn't say is ok". They really didn't list any safety concerns in their admonishment to not do it.

You might experience some failures to fire, depending on how strong your pistol strikes the firing pin... rifle primers usually have tougher cups.

I wouldn't go the other way, using pistol primers in a rifle, specifically for that reason. Rifles generally operate at higher pressures than pistols, and need tougher primers to hold in that pressure.

yes, that is my thinking and experience as well, and they need to "seal" the primer pocket somewhat as they fire. The fun project I enjoy of making wax bullets fired by the primer requires the drilling out of the primer pocket slightly, this allows more of the primer gas to release and force the case back, resetting the primer back into the pocket, as it has shifted back slightly upon firing, other wise the primer set back may lock up a revolver.
Should mark those cases so they are never reloaded to standard level with genuine loads.

as a follow up, I got my new Taurus 856 revolver today. Man, is it slick! Not quite old S&W slick, but way slicker than my older 85 was. Double action pull is smooth and consistent. Single action has just the slightest bit of creep before the sear breaks, but I expect that will smooth out with a little use. I plan to go shoot it tomorrow to see how it handles... a snub with "6 round goodness"... I think it might just be a winner...

Congratulations, that is a good report. I recall a a friend showing me testing the trigger on a S&W , disassembling, adding Molybdenum to the trigger surfaces and how it dropped the trigger weight, disassembling, cleaning in solvent, reassembling and the trigger weight was still decreased, the moly had entered and stayed in the pores of the metal surfaces. It's 1:45 here and I have one eye open, hope my post is readable.

I shot the Taurus today. It performed very nicely. It does, however, print slightly to the left for my sight picture. It is certainly not off enough to affect performance in its intended use.

Recoil is a bit snappy, but not painful. I think the rubber grips are just a tad small for my hands, but it is completely controllable. Shooting it double action is almost as smooth as my Smith model 64... and that's saying a bunch.

good report, small enough grip for a Hogue slip on grip cover?

that might help it.... I had to do that on my TCP, and it helped quite a bit.