Recent content by Jerry944T

Those that claim a squib will not cycle a pistol are dead wrong, at least in the case of a 1911. I have a bulged Gold Cup barrel on my desk to prove it. It was during the rapid fire stage of a Bullseye match. After my 4th shot the gun jammed solid. The bulged barrel happened about 1" from the...

I also ordered a case from Mid-South in February. It was supposedly going to ship in June. I called the other day and they said they'd heard nothing from the manufacturer. Hopefully it will come in soon and the order will be fulfilled.

How was it determined to be a double charge?

Yep. I'm a range officer at a large club. If I had a dollar for everyone that came up to me for help because their new gun was shooting low and left I'd be a rich man. It's usually caused by yanking the trigger in anticipation of recoil or fear of making a poor shot and the resultant flinch...

That's funny. By all means shoot it as is :-)

Will it set if hand cycled? If it does perhaps your loads are too light. If not it needs some smithing.

I emailed CCI to ask what is going on. A nice rep answered my email within a day. He claimed production is at normal speed and the hoarding problem is what is keeping ammo off the shelves. He also noted that shows such as History Channel's "Preppers" is adding to the problem since most preppers...

Forget PSA. I just had 10 boxes of CCI standard velocity in my cart but couldn't check out. Did it repeatedly. I called and FINALLY got a customer rep who told me she couldn't do anything because they can't even get into their own website. Oh well :-(

Thanks for responding. Is that Wayne Novak of Novak's sights fame or another shop?

I asked this question in the gun-smithing section and no one responded so I'll try here if the group doesn't mind. I'd like to love this gun but it has a couple of problems that make it less enjoyable than I thought it would be. Actually it's one problem and that is the trigger. I know the...

I'm really trying to like my 559 which is a second generation, all stainless gun. It fits nicely in my hand and is nicely hefty. It seems to be quite accurate as well. It was bought on-line so I didn't get the opportunity to go over it before purchase I cannot deal with the trigger. I know the...

Don't know if it's original but from those small photos I'd say nickle. Every hard industrial chromed gun I've seen has a satin like appearance.

I always shoot lead bullets. Copper fouling is a lot more difficult to remove than lead and copper jackets are 10 times more abrasive than lead. For cleaning I use copper Chore Boy pads wrapped around a old bore brush. It's much faster and way more efficient than the Lewis Lead remover. Also...

Love it but...... I have owned a Square Deal for about 3 years and have loaded thousands of 45's and 38's. It is small enough that it is convenient to mount just about anywhere. The auto indexing feature is very useful. It has been completely reliable. Having said that if I knew then what I...

New ones require considerable force.