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unspellable · 08-17-2006, 01:02 PM

I'm not sure this means much given today's ammo is out of spec and we are dealing with old guns, old magazines, possibly out of spec recoil springs, etc.

How ever, I will say that in my youth I had a 1920 commercial in 7.65 that never had a single malfunction in the entire time I owned it over several years. Now the kicker. This wasn't just with factory ball loads, this was with factory ball loads, and handloads using lead semi-wadcutters and full wadcutters as well! The full wadcutters were not seated flush with the case mouth.

I ended up trading it off on a S&W M29 in the days when the M29s were made out of unobtanium. I still have that M29. The trade required some cash at a time when I had very little cash but did have an understanding wife.

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08-17-2006, 01:02 PM	#7
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 769 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	I'm not sure this means much given today's ammo is out of spec and we are dealing with old guns, old magazines, possibly out of spec recoil springs, etc. How ever, I will say that in my youth I had a 1920 commercial in 7.65 that never had a single malfunction in the entire time I owned it over several years. Now the kicker. This wasn't just with factory ball loads, this was with factory ball loads, and handloads using lead semi-wadcutters and full wadcutters as well! The full wadcutters were not seated flush with the case mouth. I ended up trading it off on a S&W M29 in the days when the M29s were made out of unobtanium. I still have that M29. The trade required some cash at a time when I had very little cash but did have an understanding wife.