Rastoff
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The OP got what he needed and is unlikely to be back.
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sgtsandman
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I suspect that BC38 and Rastoff are correct. I've seen it many times over the years.
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Rastoff
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We have 199,245 members according to the member list. Out of those 184,151 have 20 or less posts. According to the forum page, 8,040 are active members. I don't know what the criteria is to be "active", but it probably doesn't take much.
The vast majority of those that join, join so they can ask some question about their particular problem and never join the community so to speak. This is super common among forums.
A thread like this will always generate lots of comments. Meh, it's fun and informative for the collective at large. If we never see the OP again it's no loss and at least we got to help him a little.
The vast majority of those that join, join so they can ask some question about their particular problem and never join the community so to speak. This is super common among forums.
A thread like this will always generate lots of comments. Meh, it's fun and informative for the collective at large. If we never see the OP again it's no loss and at least we got to help him a little.
vonn
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I check in when a new post occurs to see if there was a resolution to the problem,can take awhile or maybe never.
Akoustic
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Glad to see this thread go off topic for a minute. As you can see I've made minimal comments but this forum is my school and you members are my instructors. If your stats could show read threads by me and perhaps other "Lurker Members", you would probably be surprised to see how helpful you are and just how much you are appreciated. Thanks all.
LOL, yeah, if we could only get more folks to use that search function
I'll second that. Us non-lurkers learn a lot from these guys too.
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You can try the site search function....
...but it generally gives unsatisfactory results. Sometimes it's better to search on Google and pick out the forum entries from the list.
...but it generally gives unsatisfactory results. Sometimes it's better to search on Google and pick out the forum entries from the list.
Use the search function kid. Get off my lawn! Haven't seen "use search ..." anywhere in quite some time. Never seen a forum search tool worth a hoot as compared to using google to search a specific forum.
sgtsandman
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I'll have to agree on the search function. I've gotten mixed results using it over the years. Regardless, it takes time and effort and people don't wanna do that. Thus, the million questions on (pick your subject). I just gave up telling people to search. I will direct them to the appropriate section of the forum or thread if I know it. Or "see post #" if it is in the same thread they are asking in and they just jumped to the question without reading. People want instant gratification. They don't want to work for answers if they don't have to.
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To me asking a question then waiting for someone to answer is the way you don't get instant gratification. I've used search functions for years on boards. Yeah if you have a complicated question or one about something unusual you aren't likely to find what you want. But I've found out what various opinions were about specific guns many times using the search button on a forum. Other questions too are easily answered by a search. It depends on the question. And it takes a little effort to think of the right words to search for.
And then decided to join.Even better. Go to Google and search:
"whatever you're looking for site:smith-wessonforum.com"
The bolded part is what matters. It restricts your search to this site. It works for any site. Sometimes you need the "www", sometimes you don't.
Also, if you put a + in front of a particular search term it only returns results WITH that term. A minus sign does the opposite.
Now, if you'll excuse me, there's a trail here somewhere that leads back on topic ...
Happy searching.
I've been on here since 2005 and have about 25 posts. Not sure what the criteria of being "active" but I go through spurts. Often just seeing what's new or have a question. I'd rather have 150K lurkers than a 50k mixture of trolls and redundant question posers. btw, searching/googling a question will often bring you right back here 
Besides, you can get immediate feed back as well asking the responder to go more in depth. As it is, I too am curious about an update to the OP. If that were I, I'd at least come back and post the resolution even if I wasn't going to hand around afterward. But that's just me.
Besides, you can get immediate feed back as well asking the responder to go more in depth. As it is, I too am curious about an update to the OP. If that were I, I'd at least come back and post the resolution even if I wasn't going to hand around afterward. But that's just me.I don't consider Remington .22 ammo to be safe because of varying levels of powder in them. One round will nearly be a squib and the next will by hypersonic. I am not at all surprised they loaded one with enough powder to make a rifle explode. I won't buy their stuff and I won't shoot it. And that's just one of the problems with their ammo - it's also extremely dirty.
I have been following this like others, especially since 95% of my ammo (except .22) are reloads. Just guessing but think most times there are a chain of errors involved. Wrong ammo (300 Blk in 5.56) dirt or squib or both, wrong headspace plus dirt, etc. wrong powder for that application.
10-12 years ago I had a squib in a 9mm. I heard the psst of the primer and did not shoot the next round. All was well except it scared the poo out of me. I put an extra light over my bench and verbalize "powder in the case" before placing the bullet. Reloading is an aquired skill. Slower is better than faster.
10-12 years ago I had a squib in a 9mm. I heard the psst of the primer and did not shoot the next round. All was well except it scared the poo out of me. I put an extra light over my bench and verbalize "powder in the case" before placing the bullet. Reloading is an aquired skill. Slower is better than faster.
ArmyRover
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My daughters AR15-22 went rogue on us and was double tapping and firing a touch OOB.
Sent it into Smith they fixed some springs and sent her back.
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The OP may be back at some point; the return plus the time for the factory to perform their due diligence may not have passed yet and he may not have anything else to report.
crstrode
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If the primer said "psst" and not "POP", it was an indication of a bad primer vs. an empty case.
