Recent content by Always-fixin'

Has anyone tried polishing up the factory triggers on these rifles to see what can be done with them without spending money on it? Any known tricks with the factory triggers that might help 'em a bit? I'll likely give it a try when I get a little time, but no sense re-inventing the wheel if I...

I've run a few boxes of them with no problem. I'm not any expert shooter, but I had zero feed issues or anything else go wrong in at least a couple hundred rounds. In both my Ruger P-89 and S&W M&P Shield they seem to make holes in paper quite reliably.

A little piece back I inquired if anyone was familiar with the JWH brand of target hammer for the 10/22, and while I got lots of folks telling me what the 'better' option was, no one seemed familiar with the JWH. I got one and finally got around to installing it so I thought I'd post my...

"starting to see more very reasonably priced Chargers on the used market" I'm curious where that would be? I must be looking in the wrong place. All the ones I've found online will cost right around $300 minimum by the time I pay to have it shipped and pay the FFL. For that I can just go...

It hadn't occurred to me that you can see the edge of the brass from the bottom with the mag removed. That's not a bad idea, just to be sure before opening the bolt. I think I'll make that my new practice. If I get a click instead of a bang, hit the safety, drop the mag, and flip the rifle to...

It's too bad the aftermarket last round hold open is so expensive to add. There's no way I can spend that much. Unfortunately, all the hang-fire procedures in the world don't help if you don't know you've got one. I don't know about most folk, but I can miscount sometimes too. A perfect...

Thanks so much for the info! it's good to know that's not something I need to worry about with the gun, and my wife's faith in it vis-à-vis the kids shooting is greatly improved. The ammo I was using was a bulk pack (325) of federal auto-match target grade from Wally-World. I don't think it...

Hi, my wife was shooting our ruger 10/22 td today with a BX-25 mag with about 20 rnds in it. When the trigger pull resulted in a click, she naturally assumed that was all the rounds. So she hit the safety and started sliding the charging handle back, at which point the last round, still in the...

I looked into the BX trigger, and all the reviews on it consist of trigger-snobs saying what a piece of crap it is. So I figured if all I can hope to get out of it is a little lighter pull, might as well save the money and just do the hammer swap. There are LOTS of people out there insisting...

I'm normally all about DIY, but when it comes to this one I'm not too comfortable messing with the trigger, especially since I only got one of them and if I mess it up it could be a real safety issue. There are plenty of videos and such about how to do a trigger job on the 10/22, but I'm not so...

My kids are having a bit of trouble with the stock 10/22 trigger. It's just a bit too much pull for smaller fingers. So I broke down and got a JWH target hammer kit which is in the mail now. It purports to reduce the trigger pull to 2.5 to 3 lbs. A little lighter than I might wish for, but...

Thanks for all the input guys! sounds like it's pretty unanimous that I'm out in left field on this one. It seemed like it might not be completely crazy for a minute there, I guess that's why additional input is always a good idea. I'll have to shelve the handgun idea for the forseeable...

I know what you mean with the gun budget dingode. My gun budget keeps disappearing to pay for stupid things like doctor bills and little-league and gas. I gotta make every dollar count and firearms are just NEVER cheap. I've been looking all over and the prices for used guns are 95% of the...

I was at the range with the kids the other day, and they're still little enough that the standard stock on the 10/22 rifle is a little long for them, and one expressed that she'd REALLY like to go with pistol instead. Naturally I'd like to see some better fundamentals before going to short...

I can't help but notice a lot of references to "can be had" and "I saw it somewhere the other day", 'Online price..... and then there's shipping......'. I'm sure somewhere in the world is a dusty box that fell behind a counter in 1927 that still has 14 cents marked on it, but that means nothing...