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Another ISRA alert about Cook County and their attempt to outlaw all guns.

CHICAGO, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): Just weeks after its gala grand opening, the Cabela's superstore in Hoffman Estates, IL is facing closure by the Cook County (IL) Board. This impending action stems from...

My Springfield 1911 TRP Over 20K rounds through it, never been sent to the factory or had a gunsmith work on it.

Megasports in Plainfield Illinois, not far off of I-55 just outside Joliet. How knowledgeable the help is really depends on who you end up talking with. They have a huge inventory of pistols, rifles and shotguns, probably the largest in northern Illinois. There is a Gander Mountain...

YES Life member Other groups are nice and I am happy for them but the only one on the radar screen of the ruling elite is the NRA.

I've shot trap there a bunch of times. Shooting trap under the lights at night rocks! Neither me nor my buddy are members but he knows a lot of the regulars. They are open to the public and are a bunch of nice folks. You should be able to show up shoot and make some new friends pretty easy...

I have run tens of thousands of 45acp rounds through my 1911's. Don't recall any ammo related stoppages ever. White box was my preferred ammo for years because it flat out worked in my guns all the time. Now "Winclean" on the other hand...don't get me started...

Not in the two day Appleseed I participated in. We fired 5-13 rounds per stage. I used a 16"AR with iron sights. Before my next Appleseed I plan on having a 20" AR to use.

Great photographs barman, thanks for posting them.

I've hesitated to change anything because the gun has been flawless with all other ammo. I had heard about the faster powder theory before, also maybe harder brass allowing gas to get into the chamber and fouling it so bad it binds up the shells in the chamber. Between those and the H buffer...

No, I just stopped shooting the SS-109 and use the M193 instead. Will upgrading the the extractor spring help? It is already strong enough to tear a chunk out of the rim. You think it isn't getting a deep enough hold and sliding down the rim a little? Glad you are up and running with no...

Will installing a heavy buffer or a 9 millimeter buffer eliminate overfunctioning? My RRA 16" middy does the same exact thing with Radway Green SS-109 British mil-surp. It rips a perfect chunk off the rim of the shell and usually needs to be tapped out of the chamber with a rod. The gun...

Thanks for the feedback Jim, I'll pass the info along to him. He received this and several other unusual pieces in a trade and the military story was passed along to him after the fact.

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