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I gave the gun a thorough cleaning and put in two new cases with these 0.032" thick moon clips and could just pass a 0.003 feeler gauge between the case head and the recoil shield. This is way too little headspace for reliabilty. The moon clip essentially turns the .45 ACP into a rimmed...

I gave the gun a thorough cleaning and put in two new cases with these 0.032" thick moon clips and could just pass a 0.003 feeler gauge between the case head and the recoil shield. This is way too little headspace for reliabilty. The moon clip essentially turns the .45 ACP into a rimmed...

Purchased a new JM and soon had problems. After a few shots cylinder would start to bind; and, sometimes in loading I could not easily close the cylinder. Upon careful cleaning and examination, I found I could just barely get a 0.002" feeler gauge between the cartridge head and the recoil...

Purchased a new JM and soon had problems. After a few shots cylinder would start to bind; and, sometimes in loading I could not easily close the cylinder. Upon careful cleaning and examination, I found I could just barely get a 0.002" feeler gauge between the cartridge head and the recoil...

Thanks all for the feedback. At least now I know I'm not hallucinating. I don't mind it so much in the JM, but a $2500 1911 should look prettier. I will say that performance is not compromised. This PC 1911 is as good a performer and looker as any Ed Brown or Les Baehr. I do, though, intent...

Two S & Ws bought new in the last year have significant ripple marks in the bores, apparently caused by tool chatter. One is a Performance Center 1911 and the other is a JM. While visually displeasing, I cannot say the the marks are detrimental to accuracy. Two revolvers bought 5 years ago, a...

You'll wear the damn gun out by cleaning too much. They shouldn't look like they have never been fired unless its for sale. Just clean them enough to prevent corrosion, and shoot them a lot!

I have had a JM now for a couple weeks and love it. Most of my many handguns have never had factory rounds through them. The first rounds in the JM were some 200 gr. semi wad cutters that I use in 1911's. It was a lot of shaking to get them in, so I quickly went back to some round nose cast...

The powder marks on your cylinder are from gasses being diverted downward from the top frame strap above the forcing cone. This is perfectly normal on any revolver. It is not so noticeable on blued cylinders and usually gets wiped off in normal cleaning with out you noticing it. The hole for the...

The big advantage was you could shoot them right from the mold - no sizing or lubing. That was important to me then, even more so now that I am running out of time! I shot several thousand from a Mod 29 back in the 60's with never a problem. I did cast a little softer than suggested.

Pepper spray is excellent if you are really nasty. A nice guy would holler at them and chase them while beating your pots and pans. You'll scare the poop out of 'em. Take it from an old backpacker!

I can say that in two fairly new S & Ws, a PC1911 and a JM, there are clearly ripple effects from tool chatter in the bore (grooves). They are both very accurate guns so I can't say anything other than visually it is not that pretty. I have never seen this is a Smith carbon barrel.

A very clean target load for 158 gr is 3 grains of Clay's. If you are using cast bullets probably a lot of what you think is powder dirt, is really from the lubricant - which gets vaporized and blown all over.

I have a Performance Center 1911, the one with the fishscale serations on it. This gun is as tight as a cat's butt; and every by the quality of an Ed Brown or Les Baehr. And, can be had for a few hundred less. The heavy duty external extractor is a plus and that alone would headspace a short...

Does anyone know what became of these?? They were great - just drop the zinc washer in the mold - no lube or sizing. Lyman even had special pages in their 41st reloading manual. I have some molds but no source of the washers.