On a scale of one to ten, one being the wino that hangs around outside the local gun shop and ten being a Ruger Vice President who swore you to secrecy, how reliable is your source? ;-)I have heard that Ruger is going to be making Single Sevens again ........ So keep on the watch ......
a dealer . He is reliable .
Careful with this... I was told by a Vietnam Marine Sniper who got recruited to Seal Team 9 that filing down the firing pin on weapons will make them fully automatic...I'm back with an update.
Installed the Wolf #17 hammer spring for a range test.
Every round fired and not one 32 SWL primer pierced out of forty fired.
Twenty two rounds of full power loads fired
with zero pierced primers.
Twenty eight rounds of mid range loads fired with five pierced primers.
There were no other failures or jamming of the cylinder caused by the FP spot welding to the primer.
It seems my seven year quest to have a SS function properly is almost achieved.
I will polish down the FP a bit to try to eliminate the mid range load issue.
Just need to shoot some more ammo to see if the misfire problem will return when the FP bushing gets a bit dirty.
Thank you all for listening.
Bruce 51
Did I miss it,or have you mentioned what brand of primers are you using?
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I would have thought that was pretty obvious even without the smily face..."I was told by a Vietnam Marine Sniper who got recruited to Seal Team 9 that filing down the firing pin on weapons will make them fully automatic...
I do hope you were posting this as a joke.
I had to open up the loading "trough" on mine.. cartridges would go IN ok ,but after firing they swelled up enough to where they would not come out! I do love it now, super accurate..congratulations, even if it hasn't a few flaws ,they will not be insurmountable, and it'll be worth it
Which model? I have the 8165?, blued 4-5/8 bbl. I’ve been on the lookout for a Birdshead stainless for years but haven’t run across one locally. They’re few and far between on GB, and way too expensive!
My single-six 32 H&R has that same loading gate issue. It’s just annoying enough I’ll be opening it up too. I have really been bitten by the 32 bug, building up my collection!
Not a birdshead, model 08160, and I thought I was buying at a really good price and then all the extra fee added up. It got way more expensive but I’m still glad I got it. Expensive but it’s forever!
I have an extra, but I suspect that it too would fall into the "way too expensive" category since it was too expensive even when I bought it
