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Offline 44 Phanatic

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« on: October 27, 2004, 10:15:04 AM »
What is the advantage of changing the stock base pin to the Belt Mountain Base Pin?
Should I do this to my SBH Hunter?
Thanks in advance for your help.

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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2004, 12:10:32 PM »
The primary reason for the BM base pin is to prevent the factory pin from "launching" when fired. Some guns have a weak lock spring or some other issue that causes the pin to fly loose.

Another side benefit is the BM pins are slightly oversized. This will tighten the cylinder movement a little.

Ruger designed the BH and SBH to be a little loose. When fired, the bullet forces the cylinder to align with the bore. Cylinder side play (horizontal) and the base pin play (vertical), provide the needed slack. If the cylinder-to-bore alignment is off a little and there isn't enough slack, the bullet will shave. This results in spitting from the gap and a loss of accuracy. Most guns either stay the same or improve accuracy slightly with a BM base pin. Some are off far enough where the tighter pin will actually make the gun less accurate.

If you gun is shooting well and not launching the base pin, then there really isn't any advantage to the BM pin other than it might feel a bit tighter.
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Offline Lloyd Smale

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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2004, 01:20:41 PM »
Ive notice a small accurarcy gain with almost all of my rugers by installing them. I highly recomend them.
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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2004, 04:21:18 AM »
Quote from: cknight98
where to get them and how much do they cost?  a buddy of mine has a 6.5" BH .357 that launches the pin a few yards forward on every shot and he hasnt been able to get Ruger to help him with it...

Check with Wolff Gun Springs. They have an extra power spring for the pin latch that should help. Also some of the older Rugers have a pin with just a small notch on one side of the pin that had this problem. At least in my case I called Ruger and gave them the S/N from my gun and they sent me the newer pin at no cost that solved this problem for me.
 Good Luck :D
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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2004, 08:40:52 AM »
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