Recent content by Mr. Fahrenheit

I swore I'd never by an AR platform rifle after I left the army in 1990. (Holy cow that was a long time ago. I should never have typed that.) I didn't dislike my M-16. I just never wanted to see one again. Anyway. I just ordered the 811000 model and I expect delivery by the middle of next...

Thanks everyone. I guess I'll send off some correspondence to Olin Corp. I think I may have gone through a box or two of these already. I'm hoping I didn't put a couple of hundred rounds of higher pressured rounds through my favorite XDm and Shield.

So I picked up a 100 count box of Winchester 9mm from Walmart or Academy about a month ago. I shot off 40 rounds at the range and as I was putting the remainder in a plastic ammo box I noticed that the familiar 9mm stamp wasn't on the casings. What did I just shoot down range? Are these...

I just put a new Hogue monogrip on my 686. Overall, I'm happy with the fit onto the revolver. However, looking at the last picture...Is that the best fit a Hogue will give at the base? I should have taken a better picture from a little further away rather than a macro shot up close, but the...

I've had several problems with Winchester ammo. I try to stay away from the white box variety if I can. However, if it is all I have, I do try to make a harder effort to inspect the ammo. I've found terrible QC issues with the white box. .45 rounds with cases that were slightly fatter...

$399 plus Texas' 8.125% tax ($431) from Academy Sports.

I never like the laser on mine. When you remove the laser to clean the gun you realize that there is no back to the laser unit. Rather, the internals of the laser are exposed and you have to fidgit with a small piece of metal to make sure the battery makes contact. I just saw it as shoddy...

I was wondering if it was MIM. Any time I went to a gun counter at any of my local gun shops I made a point to see if any other brands had such a mark. Oddly, I haven't stumbled upon any S&W 1911's lately, but I didn't see the mark on any other brand of 1911 which made me think it was...

Hey, all. I've got a S&W 1911, Model 108282, that I purchased new about six months ago with an anomaly on the hammer. I never noticed it until the first time I cleaned the gun after about 100 rounds. To date, I've only put about 400 rounds through the barrel and the weapon is otherwise...

I'm curious to see how this .22 shoots for you guys after some time passes. A while back I wanted some less expensive range times so I bought a new Mosquito. It liked some ammo, but it didn't like a lot of ammo. I was disappointed. I bought a Charter Arms Pathfinder because I didn't want to...

Thank you for the replies, everyone. I can't get it to happen when I dry fire. And it did only happen (twice) during the fist 25 or so rounds that went through the gun. The second 25 rounds went through without a hitch. I'll have to fire it some more later on. I just cleaned it really...

I don't think the IL has anything to do with it. I'll have to check for burrs.

Anyone ever experience a trigger that didn't return after firing? I just took my new from the factory 629 .44 with a five inch barrel to the range today. I was putting some Winchester 240 grain JSP's through the barrel. Sometime during the 3rd or 4th cylinder I fired off a round and the...

Can anyone tell me if the five and six inch models are identical. Other than barrel length, of course. Six inch: Product: Model 629 Five inch: Product: Model 629 Do they both have the internal lock? I'm just wondering because I've seen the five inch model listed as the "629 Classic" but I...

Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with both firearms to give you my opinion of a comparison. However, I can tell you that about a month and a half ago I ordered a new 4 inch 686P and I thought it was the greatest thing ever. So much so that when three weeks ago the opportunity came up...