MSP Ret
Andy
Thank you for the compliment. You are among the very few persons persons to make favorable comments about the notch. It is very refreshing to hear of such comments, rather then hearing from Mr. A.R. Sole for me to quit writing nonsense. and telling me what and what not I can contribute to a thread.
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This summer when I went out shooting gophers with the 257R, banging away 50-60 rounds of ammo each time. The chamber gets dirty with some blow by with the loads not quite up to snuff.
The cases I used for that were well used and some on the end of there useful life. Stuck cases are quite common under these circumstances. I have already replaced about 25 cases which showed the partially black ring .65" above the base an indication of the forth coming case head separation. After 8-9 reloads these cases are kaput, one more re-load may part them in twain.
Of course these kind of cases I never use for hunting, only new once fired cases are used for that and they never stick in a smooth, dry, clean and oil free chamber. Mind you I only used six of these this fall, four deer a moose and a coyote one shot each. No stuck cases, ha.
Also that wee screw driver is always handy and is part of the Handi. Like American Express never go without it. You know this little screw driver came with a S&W Mod 29 44 mag in a fine velvet lined box. It was the first S&W 44 Magnum revolver to enter Canada in 1957 imported by Cochran & Dunlop in Toronto.