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    Hornady Head Space Comparater

    Spring could be stronger, don't know how much stronger. As for the firing pin, the Garand firing pin was lightened so far back, there are no records in the public domain. There are possibly still classified records in DoD archives. The top firing pin is the Garand, next down is the M14, and...
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    Hornady Head Space Comparater

    I agree, but for almost a half century, there was this coverup that the only allowed causes of slamfires were high primers and "your worn out receiver bridge". In terms of finding out when this started, I went through every American Rifleman issue from post WW2 to current. The National Rifle...
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    Hornady Head Space Comparater

    I tried experiments in my gas guns. I sized small based sized cases, fired in my M1a, with my Lee standard sizing die, and tried the plunk test. Most would drop back in, but not all. That's when I decided just to use small base dies all the time. There are differences in small base dies. Older...
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    Hornady Head Space Comparater

    I was told "Joe" had an out of battery slamfire in his Garand, so when I was squadded with "Joe" I asked him about what happened. Joe had a match barrel installed on his Garand, (I think Wilson), he was given once fired brass, given a standard sizing die, and primed those cases with Federal...
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    Hornady Head Space Comparater

    First of all, with any Garand based mechanism, load for safety first. For safety's sake, just ignore all the the vast amount of bench rest, F Class reloading advice. The last thing you want is a tight case to chamber fit. My advice for reloading for M1a’s is to 1. Full length resize in a...
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    What's so special about a delta elite?

    A Colt Combat Elite has a blued slide and stainless frame. Three dot sights were not on the standard models but were on the Combat Elite. The front of the frame had grooves, the magazine well was ported. At the time, Colt claimed that all Government Models would shoot within 3.5 inches at 25...
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    Advice from a professional. -Lube your pistol cases.

    Before I started lubing 9mm cases, the occasional range pickup case was so hard to size, that powder was bumped out of the Dillion powder horn on the up stroke. I am using carbide dies on my Dillion. Now with case lube, sizing is smooth and easy. Tried it for all my pistol cases, and have been...
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    Firearms post-WW2

    I am sure fanboys of paper clips will claim the nickel finished paper clip is the reason we won WW2. this author makes an excellent case why sea and air power were the reasons "we won the war". How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II WW2 was an unprecedented...
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    Firearms post-WW2

    I would say it was due to monetary reasons. Bolt guns worked, Armories were full of them in 1939, but the basis of the German and Japanese squads were light machine guns. The riflemen were more or less there to protect the light machine gunner. The big money were spent on aircraft. All...
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    Turkish M1911A1's for the Civilian Marksmanship Program

    I will have to look at the CMP Tisas 1911 and if the features are there, I will consider getting one. Not that I am lacking in Tisas 1911's. I have purchased the bare bones versions, fixed sights, installed hammers with spurs on the service special version. I am not interesting in shooting a...
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    Jury finds NRA officers violated responsibilities

    I was extremely disappointed when I found WLP put the NRA into bankruptcy, to move from NY to Texas. And he did so without consulting with his in house legal staff, or the board. Who could have told him, his scheme was delusional. No doubt that cost the NRA millions in legal fees, and it...
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    I was wrong

    Styling does not put the bullets in the middle. Pretty firearms that meet current standards of beauty and fashionability do sell based on looks alone. I did handle the two models of Henry Revolvers at a local gun store. While the price was right, the trigger pull length was too long for my...
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    A video discussing rumors/myths about steel-cased ammo. The Brownell's gent is also in it.

    Most? Is this discounting the extraction problems that happened due to ball powder? I would say, given enough case to chamber interference, case extraction will require sticking a rod down the barrel and mechanically knocking the case out. I am sure you would agree, that it is not a good...
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    A video discussing rumors/myths about steel-cased ammo. The Brownell's gent is also in it.

    Steel is a poor material for the 5.56/223 round as that material was never a consideration for the original cartridge. In fact, the 223 round was not so much “designed” as it was a wildcat. The guys who came up with the round wanted a certain velocity at a certain range. I read the 1971 Guns &...
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