Recent content by wagwan

FYI: There are 2 OM Single Six parts guns on Gunbroker this week. I think they are round gate, tho. Most screws, springs, etc are present. Looks like one has a rear sight but no cylinder while the other has a cylinder but no sight. Condition varies, too.

You probably already know this but “squeeze” the trigger, don’t “yank” it. Squeeze when the sights are on target, stop squeezing when they drift off. This is slow to begin with but gets much faster with practice. The gun will fire, almost by surprise, when you are on-target. FWIW: I start all...

Nice offer! I do the same as you and replace them with set screws.

Well, I read the manual and dry fired the SR-22 that I used to own. Pretty soon it stopped feeding properly due to a burr on the edge of the chamber. It was caused by, you guessed it, the firing pin hitting the chamber. Once the burr was ironed out it worked fine again. On a properly tuned...

Since the triggers are aluminum, the pin hole can become worn and elongated on well used models. Not sure if this would cause your problem but it’s another thing to look at. I prefer the steel triggers from Volquartsen.

I like the concept of this tool. I just ordered one to hopefully replace my hammer and brass punch. I have lots of driftable rear sights. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Those shopkeepers are great little revolvers. I just finished reaming a spare cylinder to 22 mag for mine. I haven’t...

Years ago, when I lived up in rural Canada we shot hundreds and hundreds of them with every caliber imaginable. My fav was an early Ruger No. 1 heavy barrel in 22-250 wearing a Leupold 6-18. We could take shots as far as we could see - 500 and 600+ just to see if we could do it. (Used binocs to...

I’ve had good and bad luck with all of the major brands over the years. Most recently with CCI Blazers. I bought eight bricks at the beginning of the pandemic. They were packaged as a lot of three and a lot of five - different batches. The ”three” lot ran about 15% duds (in any gun) and accuracy...

I have one MK II where the receiver can twist a little bit going onto the frame. No amount of tapping backwards or forwards will align it well enough for the pin to go in. Once I realized this, I am very careful to eliminate any twist on reassembly and life is now good. So check for side to side...