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SFAIK, S&W still uses that pin, I'd contact the factory about possible repair.

I have to wonder if S&W actually makes the sight or if it's sub-contracted. Degrease sight and pin thoroughly before using red LocTite.

About temperature sensitivity.......it really only gets important if you're shooting way out yonder under varying conditions as that's when velocity variation starts being a real world issue. At 1000 yards a 100 f/s difference could be 3 feet in elevation. Non cannister versions of 4895 was used...

Northern Tool carries some good tank type sprayers you can put in/on a ATV/UTV and cruise along the fence line. You could put it in the back of a pickup if you can get 12V power to it. Make sure it's not exposed to freezing temperatures and a spare wand is a good thing. Oh, make sure you're...

7 1/2 works well on soft woods. Not so much on hardwoods, even with IM choke. If you've got a backstop, rifled slugs do better.

7 & 9.

About valve lash......unless you have hydraulic valve lifters, adjustment may be necessary. While it's dependent upon how much the unit is run, checking/adjusting the lash is going to be necessary. If there's an hour meter on the unit, maintenance may depend upon how many hours on the engine.

175 gr standard back then. Probably round nose. Maybe go with the starter load data. Corrosive primers were the norm back then, give the bore a really good scrubbing and inspection.

You guys are bringing back memories of WW GI ball for $3/50. Yes, I've got examples where the headstamp has vanished. IIRC, only had one die on me. During an IPSC match one ejected empty left a vapor trail. When the line was clear there was a stampede to find that case. Cracked with tiny hole...

Happy Birthday.....so long as you don't want to be reminded.

I've no clue who did the cartoon but I saw one long ago with cavemen and wolves. A bone was being thrown out of the cave to the wolves. One said "I told you they could be domesticated" to the other.

It might interest a few of you youngin's to know that until comparatively recently-unless you were in custody- one could walk into most any courthouse and courtroom without any security checks. In the courthouse I was most familiar with, the Sheriff's Office had a room with gun lockers for those...

I don't recall who originated it, but back in the day, there were revolver duty holsters made with a flat spring inside the trigger guard as a retention device. Drawing the pistol involved inserting the trigger finger in the trigger guard to depress the spring to allow the gun to be pulled from...

#4, and number 12 has been taken over by various GPS units. I was searching for a place and heard "You have arrived". Nothing but crop land around me, but a little over 1/4 mile ahead was a structure. At least I could see it. Another time I thought I'd figured out where I was going on a map...

Wasn't sure it was still in business what with so many plants in the area closing. I was detoured through Clairton once. They opened one of the ovens to unload and I could feel the heat out on the road. Recall being in traffic at night on the Homestead Bridge while Homestead was pouring a heat...

#3. Took down part of the fence between 2 pastures to install a gate. The cows stood in the pasture they'd grazed down to pool table felt for quite awhile until they crossed over to the other.

S&W does make full auto M&P15s for Government entities. Been a decade since I've seen an M&P15 so I can't comment on the authenticity of the lower receiver markings.

#s 1 & 9. A magnifying lens is lately my most used tool. OTOH, the product warnings have become so extensive, they do have to make the print smaller-----or the product containers larger. #9 gets me periodically.

Actually, a triangular scraper used to be part of a machinists hand tools. It was used to deburr the edges of holes. That's all I used to break the edges on the chambers. As had already been said: DO NOT CHAMFER THE EXTRACTOR!

#s 5 (done that, so did my kids) and #12.