Recent content by XenopusTex

Unless it's truly T-shirt weather, I tend to carry a 1911 in either .45ACP or 10mm Auto. Well, as the saying goes, ounces are pounds, and pounds are pain, particularly when you are carrying capacity limited. Typically carry the firearm in 8+1(.45ACP) and 9+1(10mm) along with two 8 rd / 9 rd...

G40 MOS Sig-Sauer 1911 Tac-Ops Got the G40 as a woods/outdoors gun and also as a SHTF option. The Sig-Sauer has been a frequent daily carry piece, especially during winter. In summer, alternate with a 1911 in .45ACP and for "dress," so-to-speak, a P938. Really hard to beat a 1911 platform...

I've got a collection of SA and Checkmate branded (all Checkmate as far as I know) mags for my M1A. Most are 20 rounders, a couple are 25 rounders. I'd say probably 75%+ of them allow some of the rounds in the stack to nose-dive. Happens with various types of ammunition, so it's not a long...

A while back, ~5+ years ago, I bought a collection of CMI M1A mags when Midway USA had a sale. I hadn't really had time to tinker with them until I started working on them today. Noticed that the walls of the magazines on about 50% of them interacted with the follower in such a way that the...

Haven't had a chance to contact them given the weekend. The kind folks at SGAmmo offered to buy back the product. At least the DPX in 10mm for my 1911 looks good. Yeah, not terribly impressed with Remington's stuff. Was saddened to see Barnes become a part of that mess. The buy-out by...

.380 ACP Lot #20180101, new style DPX bullet with cannelure on case: Opened up two new boxes (of 6 I bought) of DPX in .380. Discovered that about 15% or so of the rounds did not have the bullet seated correctly. Could make a little staircase by arranging the rounds. Some of the bullets...

After being too busy with office stuff to get out, finally did some pheasant hunting for 2016. Cracked open a fresh box of GP 28Ga #6 shot, and noticed a few things. 1) The printing on several of the hulls was illegible. 2) Some of the shells did not chamber well in the 28Ga Citori. Upon...

Was working on installing the plug in an 11-87 and after pushing the retainer clip in and twisting it, all I got was it stuck ~2" or so in the magazine. Won't budge. Any suggestions?

I picked up a Tavor this week as a way to get a compact, yet 16" barreled 5.56 rifle. Like the little thing, even if it is a bit loud. Normally, I use iron sights for my SD rifles as I don't expect to be shooting long distances (if it's too far away for me to hit a man-sized target with...

I revisited this particular weapon that I inherited, after disliking how it handled .45Colt. Find that it peels jacketing material off at times. Took it out to the range today and fired a cylinder of Winchester's 3" PDX1 .410 ammunition through it at a 7 yard target to mostly simulate...

After dealing with a cranky inherited Savage Model 93 in .17HMR, I've decided that it's time to replace the thing. After bad experiences with two Savage rimfires (.17HMR and .22WMR) that I inherited, I'm not going there again. After trying a few out, I've kind of narrowed the list down to...

Too bad they seem to develop rust issues. Bulldog Pug .44Sp. Cleaned, oiled, and I come back a few months later to find little spots of rust on the thing. A Ruger Security-Six that needed cleaning, no problem; S&W 629's, no problem; Bulldog Pug, looks like a case of the chicken pox. It's...

Might have to try the hair dryer approach. Up in North Dakota, winter time isn't conducive to getting stuff to flow outside. Of course, also don't have anywhere to shoot them for a while even if I did get them cleaned up. Local indoor range can't handle center fire rifles. And, by the time I...

Had been reading around at various options. I think they are a couple of projects that are going to have to wait until summer. I live in the Far North (tm), and well, it won't be warm enough outside to do anything to Cosmoline outside other than turn it into a rock-hard mass for some time...

I've been working through the collection of weaponry that I inherited, and came to a Yugo 8mm Mauser clone and an SKS that not only had cosmoline in the action, but apparently on the wood furniture too. Various things will get it off/out of metal, but trying to figure out what to use on the...