Recent content by cleardatum

my oldest is a barnes manual from the 80's, i believe.

thanks for all the input, everyone. i'm packing to move, and it looks like my manuals are (all) coming with me!!

when getting new manuals, do y'all (all y'all) keep your old ones?

those speer .44 specials are made for much lower velocities. i load those to around 1000 fps, and that would be a wicked self defense load. almost no recoil, and that "flying ashtray" opens up like you would not believe. i think they say their max velocity with that bullet is about 1100 or so. i...

a .454 bisley with a good barrel.

i like beautiful ammo, so after de priming, i wet tumble, with pins. i use warm water, and a few drops of dish soap (no acid, vinegar, lemon, or anything else). they turn out gorgeous. after trimming, chamfering, sizing, i then dry tumble, and load 'em up. it may seem like a lot of work, but...

I have my old man's ss (1968). I went to our lgs with him to buy it (back in 68!). Unmodified 3 screw in perfect condition, despite it having sent 300 billion pills down the pipe!

I have one, 7.5 inch barrel, 1998 vintage. It's on my list of guns I will never get rid of. .

epilogue: a refund check is on it's way to me. this case is closed.

ruger have offered me a new gun (anything but a srh bisley), or a refund. i am probably going to go for the refund. a sad situation indeed, as that bisley was my dream gun, except for the barrel. to re- reiterate: the problem was peculiar to the bisley. all of my other rugers have very nice...

bump. see updated entry.

i love mine. as recommended elsewhere, clean that machine oil out thoroughly.

i will. btw, i got confirmation that bisley is in their hands.

please refer to my other thread for photos of the barrel. if you saw the bore through a borescope, you would be mortified. also, i would hardly call a front sight at 12:30, and a missing base pin lock screw hole cosmetic. the good news is that, yes, there are lots of old rugers out there, and i...

bisley is on his way back to the mothership. i included a note indicating that they can keep it if they can't fix it. rationalize it all you want, it has come back with different problems every time, and the barrel has been bad every time. does it shoot? well, yes, and so did the iron pipe...