Mike.357

how was POA compared to POI? Did you have a bayonet attached?

beer must be involved. Anytime something is moved there must be beer.

my wife hates guns so it is not an issue with her shooting and cleaning. ha But I wouldn't see it as a big deal to do it for her. She does plenty of other things for me and I do for her. I don't keep score.

dry firing is probably not helpful. On the Ruger SAS it is claimed that dry firing will not hurt it, i dunno about the Heritage. okay, so I looked at their website and the owners manual for a ,22 revolver. Dry firing is not good. DRY FIRE: Please be sure not to “dry fire” the revolver. If you cock the hammer, pull the trigger when there are no shells in the chamber and the hammer block is not in the “up” position, the hammer will strike the firing pin causing the firing pin to hit the cylinder. When this firing pin hits the cylinder and there is no ammunition in the revolver the cylinder will become damaged, dented and will void the manufacturers warranty. Anyway here is a link to ordering parts Small Bore Parts Center - Heritage Manufacturing, Inc good luck with it. Sucks when a gun does not work right.

liking the new light background option, thanks for the quick fix. Us old farts appreciate it.

I am not sure about the Roughrider but I know from experience that my Ruger SAS shoots magnums better than LR rounds. The barrel is slightly bigger to accomadte the magnum round so it only makes sense that LR is not going to be as accurate. There probably is not much you can do to that revolver to fix accuracy on .22LR's. You might try some different ammo for it, maybe get a .40 grain bullet instead of a 36 grain. Might fill the barrel better. Dunno

growing up we never had a kids table. Mom and Dads dining room table had four leaves to add and you can easily sit ten or twelve people at it. Accomodated all of us and a couple of their friends as well. I possess that table now and several times over the years we have added all the leaves to it and stretched from one end of the dining room to near in the living room now. I always recall those days long ago with the entire clan sitting around that table. No need to add leaves to the table this year, only four of us plus one dear friend for dinner. But it was as enjoyable Thanksgiving dinner as I can recall. The food was wonderful, I am blesssed with a wife that really knows how to cook. My contribution was doing the turkey on the grill and making cranberry sauce. The cranberries always give fond memories of my Grandmother who has been gone now for near twenty years. It is her recipe that I follow, and her cranberry bowl that we use for serving. It is the only time that bowl is ever used. My tradition on Thanksgiving is to do a bit of shooting before dinner. Before living here in Knox we used to get together on Friday and head out to Indiana for some gun play. Since living in our current home it has become a Thanksgiving day tradition. It is one I really look forward to. A chance for the menfolk to bond. And from the sound of things on the ridge yesterday several others must have the same tradition. it was 9mm carbines yesterday, lots of fun. Family, friends, food and a beer or two before taking a nap on the couch next to the fire. Of course the nap was late in the day and only a precursor to getting the strength to go on ahead to bed. Wish I could do it again today.

just keeping it real

yeah, ah good luck with shooting first. Yep doubt anything bad could come from that mindset.

1911, pick the one he likes best

not aimed at you TS, relax. But I have read on this very board many times where people store their guns in a closet or under a bed or otop of something. All with the intent to hide it. Of course locks will not keep out a determined burglar but they are a good start. Someone with time can break into most any gun safe too, a RSC would not be very hard at all with a sawzall. My guess in your case is the thieves were happy with beer and power tools or they'd a kept looking.

the times I have done this I used a brass brush and CLP. Never seemed to hurt anything.

I don't tumble or worry about cleaning cases. they don't look all shiny and purty but they work. Doesn't much matter for a revolver I suppose.

I bet it was out of a 1.5 liter bottle too

Jack I never took you for a foo foo wine drinker I had a couple of screwdrivers while making cranberry sauce and now have switched it up to Miller High Life. When OS gets here we will break out the rotgut wiskey and go shooting.

if I strip the Garand or other milsurps I will use a brass rod to push patches through the barrel. I am not sure how many rounds I go between before doing this. Generally I just run a bore snake down centerfire rifles and call it a day. But when I figure they need greasing and a good cleaning I will get with it using a rod.

while I am not Red Foreman we do see eye to eye on most topics.

well at least doing that will keep him occupied for a week or two

there is no legal obligation to lock up your guns, at all, period. Even if there are kids in the house there is no legal obligation. Though with kids hopefully common sense will prevail. Of course if someone is in your home and they get hurt by your gun there could be civil issues. As for hiding guns behind other stuff, that one cracks me up, A burglar with any amount of time to look will find them. It is false security. Good gun security begins with good locks on doors and windows.

so now I gotta use a rod to clean, grrrrr. I wish I could unknow things

I really think the important thing with a classic loader is to complete each step on however many rounds you are making before moving on to the next step. I deprime all fifty, then resize all fifty, then reprime all fifty then charge the cases on all fifty then seat the projectile on each one. Making a complete round one at a time seemed to invite trouble. And I quit using the hammer for setting primers. I would pop one every once and it always near gave me a heart attack. I bought a Lee priming tool, made it faster and no popped primers anymore. I have never used a scale, but maybe it is important on a smaller casing like a 9mm. Dunno. Just be meticulous on charging the casing and you will be alright.

block walmart, now thats funny. Maybe some woman on her cell phone will knock them down like bowling pins.

maybe the black background will make him get with the program. haha

the new look is fine and all, I have no preference as to light or dark background. But one thing I have noticed on some posts with the dark background is that if people used a colored font previously the posts are impossible to read. I am sure that in itself is not a concern in the big picture, but is there a way for this software to convert their colored font to white? Sort of like how the black colored font is now white. ( if that makes sense.) Anyway the new look is nice.

I sometimes make .357 loads using a classic loader. When I put powder in the casing I use a scoop measure. I do fifty at a time using two fifty round shell holders (the things that store bought rounds come in). I put a casing in every other slot. After I believe I have filled all fifty I visually check them again carefully to make sure they all got powder. There are no guarentees in life or reloading. But taking an extra minute to double check that cases have been filled is a good time investment. And by doing fifty at a time it is easier to be repeat my motions than by making one round at a time. My guess is you made a round that had no powder at all in it. Take the others and shake them, if you hear some powder sloshing around you oughta be good to go. Or get a scale and weigh them.