Recent content by 1chessiefan

Borderguard, I second the idea of welding it up. However, I would further add that you go with laser welding. I had Microprecision Welding build up a front sight on a vintage S&W for me. The owner, Tony South, worked on it for about an hour while I waited. When he handed it back to me...

Friends, Took her to the range today. I attempted to shoot 15 rounds. It hits to point of aim with the HSM 240 SWC ammo at bad breath distances. One refused to go bang after several attempts. The indentation in the primer looks good, must have been a bad round. The recoil was very...

Sceva et al., Here are a few pictures. I believe the barrel was a stock Ruger barrel that was rebored. Except for the size of the hole in the end the barrel is almost identical to the one on my 38 Special Speed Six. The front sight is not stock. The article in the thread that Cholo...

Sceva, I bought this revolver. It is an ASP 44 Special conversion of a Ruger Speed Six. I just picked it up from my FFL today and have not had a chance to shoot it. Hopefully this weekend. 1chessiefan

Dear Friends, Dan in MI and I had a long face time session today. He figured out that my main problem was the set screws in the trigger had moved slightly and prevented the pistol from resetting. I tweaked the set screws and was able to get the pistol back together by twisting the...

Friends, An update. Yesterday I removed the hammer and sear and compared them to some spares I have. The parts from my problem child do not differ from the spares. There was no visible damage. I was able to insert the mainspring pin into the grip frame but could not get the mainspring...

Dear weaselmeatgravy, I had Bob make a knife back in the late 1970s, early 1980s. He had a number of standard models. The knife he made for me was a mash up of two of his designs. I believe he continued to produce my design after he made mine. I believe his knives are collectible but do...

Dear Dave Schwaab, Thank you for your thoughts. I will take it apart to see if anything was bent and report back. 1chessiefan

Dan in MI, I have compared the parts in my other Mk II and my Mk I. The mainspring pins from the other pistols have the same problem. A person on another forum said he had a similar problem. He ground a taper onto a drill bit and used it to align the receiver and frame. I was thinking...

Dear Dan in MI, The hammer will go forward into the position shown in your first picture. The hammer strut looks like the one pictured. But the sear does not easily release the hammer. I am unable to assemble it as depicted in your second picture. The mainspring pin will not fully...

Dear and Johnnu2, I have fiddled with it some and have not got it back together. I did a search as Johnnu2 suggested and got some ideas. It will be a little while before I can spend some more time on it. I will report back. Thank you for your assistance. 1chessiefan

Dear Johnnu2, Thank you for the suggestion. 1chessiefan

Friends, I had a bull barrel and a picatinny rail installed and an action job done on a Mk II. The pistol was blued. I shot it several times with no issues. Last weekend I shot it and when I finished I put a spent casing in the chamber so I could dry fire it to release spring tension. I...

Yankee Papa, I do not think you should run hot loads through the GP100 .44 Special. The forcing cones are pretty thin. I had to send one back to Ruger for a new barrel due to a cracked forcing cone. I had mostly shot standard pressure factory .44 Special in it. I had also run some of...