Yesterday's Weapons Forums

Traded my Ruger Single Six with the extra .22 Mag cylinder to my son for his Superstar 9mm. He thinks he got the better deal. He's wrong! This is a nice pistol! (I guess that is the mark of a successful trade: each party feels he got a good deal)

However, we went through a full box of 50 today and had maybe 8 to 10 fail-to-extract jams. Would this be the spring is too weak, too strong? Or something else entirely?

Would the ammo make a difference? We were using Sellier & Bellot FMJ 7.5 g 115 grs., which I think is one of the lighter loads available. Should I maybe look for something loaded a bit heavier?

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If it's a newer gun and the extractor isn't all beat up, you could try hotter ammo.

I'm having the same trouble with my C-96. Since Tokarev ammo will wreck it eventually, I went with a very light load and am working my way up to something that will consistently cycle the action. SW

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Reloading hotter worked. I tried 3 Titegroup loads for the 147grain bullet and a box of 135grain Wolf reloads. They all worked! I had one fail-to-extract and I think it was just a dirty chamber.

My son gave me half a box of 125grain bullets that he didn't like (I don't remember what he thought was a problem) so I reloaded with 3.9, 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2grains Titegroup (Sierra reloading manual). They all worked like a charm. No fail-to-extract. I couldn't say one was more accurate than another since the day was wet and cold, so I just burned through about 50 or so and called it a day. Most of them hit the targets with about 5 bullseyes and 3 pairs touching side by side. Looked like a double tap

I also had a Deutch Werks German Youth Rifle with a broken front sight which I fixed so that it shoots 3.5" high and 1.5 to the right. That wasn't the intention, but that's how it worked out. Don't ask me how I know, but JB Stick isn't the way to put a sight on After I did it I realized all I had needed to do was file down the head of a 4" nail to make the dovetail, and cut the shaft down to about 3/8" and file it into a blade. Oh well, maybe next time.

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Fixed it! I use 4.5 grains Titegroup under a 115 grain boolet with good accuracy in my BHP. SW

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