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Offline montanadan

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SHOOTING THE CROCKETT TRADITIONS 32 CAL PISTOL
« on: January 18, 2005, 07:24:50 AM »
Well it warmed up to 30deg, so off to the range. 25yds off hand first 5 shots, 3inch group,2inches high right. There was wind blowing 15 to 25 mph(gusts). Tried five more, moved position on the range, 2 1/4inch. So under the conditions (blind in one eye can`t see out the other) thought this was pretty good. Hands got cold, probably not the best day for this, fingers got real cold! I think overall this little pistol will be a good shooter,especially for the money. I did do the steal insert on the brass trigger(brass was to soft to ride on a steel sear), pulled the sear section off the lock. The sear spring was dragging on the lock plate, files flat, polished with emery cloth. The sear was polished a little, steel insert was polished a lot on the tigger. I have NO creep, and breaks clean,tigger pull is about 1 3/4 lbs(but can easily be adjusted to much less). You can adjust this trigger to where it will go off just thinking about it, right now I am leaving it alone. The load I used was 10grns T-7(3fg) .010 patch. .311rb,#11 cap. Tried APP 12grns(3fg) shot the same. Well I hope this helps. Respectfully Montandan(waiting for warmer weather)

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CROCKETT 32CAL- TRIGGER
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2005, 07:34:23 AM »
The reason why I left the trigger alone on this pistol,  is the margine for safe shooting. Under 1lb of trigger pull,the half-cock notch DOES NOT HOLD! I know increase the pressure on the notch. Actually moving the trigger slighltly forward increasing the mechanical advantage(fulcrum) would probably be a better and safer choice. Right now I have 4 1/2 hrs. and a total 135.00 in this pistol, pretty cheap to me. I think the caps are the most expensive component as far as shooting goes. Be safe and good shooting..Respectfully Montanadan

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SHOOTING THE CROCKETT TRADITIONS 32 CAL PIS
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2005, 08:09:22 AM »
Montanadan-

If you want to fix it, just go back to that post and look at the upper right corner.  You'll see a little "edit" button, and you can just click on that.  It will give you a chance to alter the subject line and re-submit the post.  I'll probably be coming back to delete this off-topic post of mine in about 24 hours, once I'm sure you're all fixed up.

Have a good one. :D
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2005, 08:22:31 AM »
Thank you so much, went back and corrected it . One more question. how do I get rid of the post under it. Hope I said that right? Respectfully Montanadan(who needs to pay more attention)

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Shooting traditions Crocket .32 pistol
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2005, 10:48:04 AM »
Thanks for the range report montanadan, Sounds like I need to get one to go with my Squirrel rifle.  cowpox
I rode with him,---------I got no complaints. ---------Cowpox