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Correct me if I'm wrong, but before SAAMI, it wasn't that uncommon for a barrel to burst in your face.... ....doesn't happen too often after they came along... I found it interesting when googling about 9mm Luger vs 9mm Parabellum, I found out they are exactly the same, and the name 9mm...

Metric, M3 x .50 x 5mm I can only find these at the hardware store in flat/philips screw heads in silver and none as short at 5mm. I had to order them from Powder River Precision. I'm sure if you call Springfield Armory Customer Service they will send replacement screws. The Powder River...

Vortex comes with a low profile picatinny rail adapter... ...but, the set of screws are for the picatinny rail adapter that goes deeper than an adapter plate, meaning the crews are a few mm longer than will fit an adapter plate.... ...its just a few minutes to file them down to the proper...

The F-4, Proof to the World that with enough Thrust, even a brick could fly.... It was a great aircraft....

I did that, and still stripped out the 2nd screw.... Its a good general advice for removing fasteners holding down a plate or flange on anything... I think the problem is the screw SA selected for this.... ...the torx socket is just not the right size, and thus does not get a good grip and...

Those are all general issues for all aircraft during the war..... The allies had access to the resources to make higher octane fuel, and thus their engines designed to use it, performed better.... The Germans were always limited by oil, IIRC, that is why they invaded North Africa, for oil, and...

Ugggh! It just happened to me.... And yes, I used quite a bit of blue loctite on the threads.... This is my SA XD-M Elite OSP Tactile.... Getting ready to do some Cerakoting, so while I was at it, I wanted to Cerakot the Optics Adapter Plate on my XD-M Elite.... 1 of the 3 screws, the torx head...

Up to you if you think its worth it, but I refinished my new grips using pure tung oil. I got it off amazon, bear in mind that most tung oils you get in hardware stores is far from pure and some sort of polyurethane finish with tung oil mixed in. Keep in mind, to do tung oil the old fashioned...

I see a lot of design elements and appearance of a CZ pistol. Not knowing a lot about CZ and seeing RIA copies the 1911 and others designs, like the ParaOrnance P14 double stack 1911, that they call their 1911A2 High Capacity, is it a copy of a CZ pistol?

The XD-M / XD-M Elite Striker has its own spring. The Kit includes two Striker Springs, a Reduced Power Spring and a Competition Spring that is even more reduced tension. Since I was worried about light primer strikes, and wanted a trigger pull of 4.5 lbs, higher than most people want with a...

Video's I found helpful to re-assemble my XD-M after a complete disassembly to Cerakote it. And Powder River Precision video on how to install their kit... And the PRP kit for the XD-M Elite

I just purchased and installed a Power River Precision Drop-In Trigger Kit, Flat Faced Aluminum Original XDM. https://powderriverprecision.com/prp-drop-in-trigger-kit-flat-faced-aluminum-original-xdm/ For my Springfield Armory XD-M .45 ACP 4.5" Pistol. I love it, it has shorten the take-up...

There is probably a reason for the hole and it has to be there. That doesn't necessarily make it weaker, but it will be the stress riser so that when it finally breaks, its going to break there. If they designed different so no hole was there, the striker could still break just a little later...

Well, racking the slide causes wear, just picking up and handling the pistol causes wear. For most people dry firing, you can't say it doesn't cause any wear, but they don't do it enough to cause any appreciable wear. Personally, I dry fire as a safety measure, either before/after clearing the...

In my experience, the big home improvement stores like Home Depot and Lowes don't have the same variety of fasteners as the smaller hardware specific stores like Ace or True Value. My local Ace has a Fasteners aisle with stacks of divided boxes with all sorts of one off fasteners, they have...

Sorry, your insistence fails to convince me not to believe my lying eyes, both are clearly fractures and not cut by a saw. Examine the fracture surface, the amount of inclusions in the metal... To be fair, I'm willing to believe this is very rare and not a common experience for a high point, or...

My AO M1911A1, cause it is the most authentic reproduction of the Military M1911A1... I replaced the M1911A1 Plastic Grips with Hogue Walnut Checkered Grips.... The performance is great, the walnut is hard and the checkering is aggressive, it has great bite... The appearance slightly altered, I...

If I ever start a Youtube channel where I would clown around with guns and destroy a gun just to get people to click and watch...... I know where to go for such a firearm.... Having beat poor Hi-Point to death, its a good gun for $219.... ...I've seen some of the 9mm in the $150 range...

I don't know if Hi-Point Slides are die cast, but that is the primary use of Zamak, the metal they use to make the slides. Compare the manufacturing cost of die-casting a slide of Zamak to the cost of forging, machining and hardening steel. I don't know, but wouldn't be surprised if there is no...

I read and see in many of the designs, the first inch or two after the muzzle, the gases are just too hot and moving to fast for the baffles, and all have some sort of hardened steel tube just to protect the can until the gases cool and slow down when it gets to the baffles.... So this is the...