Recent content by Oldgoalie

Thanks folks. Thanks for the suggestions. Sevens, I want to see your collection. The ammo that gives it the most trouble is in fact Winchester white box 115gr. It's what I had in the range bag when I picked the gun up at the gunsmith. As far as the likeability of the 39, depends on your...

Hi folks, my model 39-2 extraction problems have now turned into a project. Thanks for all the suggestions. I've played with a new extractor, bought but not bothered to change the ejector. New springs all around. The gun won't work with 115 gr 9mm Luger. Seems to function ok with 124 gr...

Ejector looks fine, has a new spring, and matches the photo of a replacement ejector on line. I don't think it's an ejector problem, just from thinking through the stoppages. I do believe it's an ammo problem. I think it's a function of the slide not cycling reward far enough with the 115...

Cleaning the weapon tomorrow. To tell the truth, I can't answer that, other than I think it is, but can't answer a 100%, until I look again. I see your point, thanks for asking. I'll haul it out of the safe, and clean it after breakfast.

I think the next move is to get some NATO rounds, and to,see if the gun likes them.

We changed the extractor spring to a new one, old one appeared weak.

The FTE is consistent. The casing is pulled out of chamber only about a third of an inch. The new round is jammed into,the back or it.

39-2 woes Thanks for all the replays. The answer to the spring question, the spring replacement kit was Wolff. To the hammer spring comment, I will admit it hadn't crossed my mind, and you are correct, it does have a lot to do with the energy needed. We stopped swapping springs back to,the...

:rolleyes:Hi folks, I continue to try to solve a failure to eject problem with a 1972 era model 39-2. I posted earlier this year, and I thank all those that contributed then. I have tried the super cleaning, and having all the springs replaced, checking the extractor( it's clean, groove is...

Thanks so much for the review. I too saw the ad in American Rifleman, and was calling up the info on the product. I was sitting here close to ordering one to see if it would work for me. I was also thinking of showing the ad to my wife, for her Glock 43. After thinking back to my days as a...

Ahhh...wisdom Thank you, so they did bottle the magic. I did a little reading, and this looks extremely interesting. So now the project is to get the 39-2 working. (Life got in the way of making it to the range today, but I'll get there within the week.) then to look for a 3913 to work...

Jglsprings, No I haven't, what have I missed, pray tell.

I don't disagree The choice isn't to carry a model 39, or nothing, but to ask if S&W realized what they had built, and bottled the magic in newer models. I haven't seen any other gun with quite the same following. People, including me, gush about the feel and handling of the weapon. Not...

Hope to make the range on Thursday. I let you know. Thanks

I find all this helpful. I'm still working on getting the gun working. When I got the weapon, it was filthy. I ran a brush through it, swabbed it out, and headed to the range to see how it operated. The good news is it started out ejecting just fine, handling some Turkish ball ammo that I...