Recent content by Noah Zark

The front sight on my 1761 sits high with a pretty wide gap, and the throats all measure between 0.4300" and 0.4305" with accredited calibrated pin gauges and verified by an accredited calibrated digital caliper. But the gun delivers ORH accuracy at 50 ft with 6.8 gr of Unique under Steel...

Charter Arms in their "Pit Bull" 9mm and 40 S&W revolvers. Noah

DO NOT USE STEEL WOOL OR A WIRE WHEEL, OR ANY OTHER CARBON STEEL ABRASIVE. Such carbon steel abrasives will leave trace carbon steel particles embedded in the surface of the stainless steel components of the SP 101. The carbon steel particles WILL act as corrosion site initiators...

AG: http://www.twintechtactical.com/Takedown-Lever.html Twin Tech Tactical. Noah

$315 OTD each for both of them, bought 3 mo apart. Worth every cent. Noah

I have two SR22s that were made after August 2012 and following 1200 rds downrange through the first one, the front face of the TD lever was "peened" a bit. So I bought two of the aftermarket TD levers and installed them. With about 400 rds through the one SR22 there's no evidence of peening...

. . . but any holster made for a 3" 1911 fits even better, IMO and experience. I have a Glock 26/27 IWB by Bianchi (cha-CHING!) that the SR22 fits like a broomstick in a bathtub. I'd never wear it because it's WAY too loose a fit. When I shopped for holsters for my SR22, the clerk steered...

Both IMG and sfbiker are correct. Simple Green is an alkaline (high pH) cleaner with surfactants and wetting agents. Alkaline cleaners are hydroxide-based and WILL corrode aluminum, zinc, magnesium, and their alloys. If sufficiently high in pH, alkaline cleaners will actually DISSOLVE...

SOLD: New in the box Ruger Wiley Clapp GP100. 3" Barrel with Novak sights, factory "melt" treatment, and bead blast matte SS finish. One of 2000. I purchased this from a semi-local gun shop after it sat in the display since this spring. Lots of people looked at it, but shop owner tells me...

I hear ya, and I would if I didn't already have a metric crap-ton of Unique on hand -- I added up the unopened containers and there's 13 lbs plus about 3/4 of a lb. Maybe I can do a swap . . . That said, it's the first time that unburned Unique has given me a problem outside of being a...

I'm mentioning this so that others can learn of my experience today. After 50 years of shooting thousands of rounds, this was a "first:" I was trying out some handloads in my 4.2" 45 Colt RH today, loaded in a new-to-me used Dillon 550B that I got set up and running yesterday. 30-some shots...

The King of Ruger No.1 Rifles is that which you own, or the favorite of those which you own. The model name says it all. Noah

96/44s sell in these parts (north central PA) for around $450 or less. Any I've seen at price points >$500 generally just sit gathering dust. That said, firearm prices are hugely geographically-dependent. Semi-auto Ruger 44s are unobtanium. As for those magazines, don't get me started on...

For some time I've been debating between a No.1 in 30-30, or 30-40. I decided on the 30-40 chambering, and contacted those Cabelas locations who had them advertised in the Gun Library. What a joke. When the stores finally replied after time periods ranging from 18 hrs to six days, the...

Corrosion-X, Eezox, or FP-10 are proven rust-preventive products. Personally, I've used Corrosion-X for 7+ years now and previous rust problems have not recurred. I have an HS2000, the predecessor to the Springfield XD9, which rusted on the grasping grooves of the slide, similar to that of...