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Scott Tschirhart

Scott, I am still puzzling over an untouched rifle, previously zeroed, shooting high. Do you have a theory yet? It’s a 20 inch Colt AR15 Government Carbine. Standard A2 iron sights. No modifications whatsoever. Stored standing butt down in a safe. Maybe I see the sights differently than I used to?

Scott Tschirhart

I don’t know when it will come back. But I suspect my legal letter had nothing to do with this. I got the return receipt today.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2026 4:27 pm A better photo

This is what im shooting for.

https://youtube.com/shorts/aB8ZQsA5_aY? ... ODL7enQD01

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I seem to recall that Nosler had a .22 Partition bullet and in their loading manual they had something about the use of the .22 Hornet on medium sized game.

The only .22 Hornet I own is an old TC Contender with a 10 inch octagon barrel.

Scott Tschirhart

I shoot leverguns weekly but you know that when you buy one of these black guns it makes sense that you would occasionally make sure to see that they shoot to the sights.

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A better photo

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I’m planning on gluing these in first and then bedding it more completely.

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I frankly don’t understand why I would lose zero. There’s nothing obvious. Windage stayed perfect. But elevation was off.

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For me, it’s been a couple of years or more! So I took it out of the safe today and blew the dust out of it.(figuratively) It was loaded, well lubed and the sights were exactly as I left them. BUT I had to bring the front sight up a full revolution to get the zero right. Word to the wise….Might want...

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I have been in the habit of buying older used guns. Seems like every new gun I have bought over the last few years has problems. That being said, I have a relationship with a local dealer. Let’s just say that there are guns that go into the display cabinet to be sold in the store (and have a lifetim...

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Let’s see what Ruger does.

I’ll probably still glass bed the action into the stock so I can avoid breaking the stock again.

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At this point I intend to hold onto the spare!

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[quote= I kind of doubt it. On advice from my lawyer, I wrote a letter to a company about the poor service I got on a warranty claim... it was a matter of days when I got a response. I didn't even threaten any action... I simply included a cc: line to his firm. [/quote] Might be. It was a pretty goo...

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They told me that they had a relatively new tech who decided that it was a maintenance issue and that it wasn’t covered.

The lady who called me was in Prescott. She said that he should have consulted her first and this would never have happened.

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I have the right sight on this gun and my rear sight is screwed all the way down. Perfect as is.

But this was such a cool old sight that I had to purchase it.

It will come in handy someday.

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.45colt wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2026 5:48 pm I bet it has a lot to do with the Letter You Sent to Ruger......!!!!!

Perhaps, but it’s awfully quick for that letter to trickle down.

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Update.

This afternoon Ruger called and apologized. They sent me another shipping label and they are going to fit a new stock.

I really can’t complain about that. And I very much appreciate them reaching out to me.

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Midway came through with a new stock.

So this is the one I will bed to make sure it doesn’t split merely from shooting.

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Dave I don’t really know. There has been some variation in the size of the chambers of a number of.45 Colt firearms and I’ve come to expect that I’ll lose some cases to splitting along the way.

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Now how would this be as a front sight?

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I was using the larger grit yesterday and it cleaned up very easily. I don’t think it needs any more but I’m going to run through them anyway. Just to polish it a bit.

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Now that I cured the Ruger/Marlin .45 Colt, I’ve been lapping the machine marks out of the throat.

It’s a multi weekend project because I like to clean down to bare metal before using the next finer grit.

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 6:03 am My next vehicle will have to be an old pre-computer pickup, and after that if I had the money I'd buy another used John Deere 650 Bulldozer as a vehicle (had one for four years and it was SO useful on the farm).

I’m there with you. I want an older simpler pickup.

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I don’t have that much brass to recycle.

But I was just slinging the split cases out into the brush on my range. This is a use that works for me.

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Guess I need to get a torque wrench.

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I have been throwing split cases away but I think I found a good use for them.

I’m loading fire lapping loads in the split cases because I’ll never have to worry about using them again.

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I ordered aluminum bedding blocks and I’ll glue those in first and then address the remaining issues. I have the chip from the right side of the tang to glue back in.

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This looks like a great time.

https://youtu.be/wAyya8RhZK0?si=sy8FhnaNZVRu8ymj

https://youtu.be/TufjbzETW8o?si=2HLjKJFOvUSYoyG5

https://youtu.be/8mi5f4W1jNE?si=cIHPLlgEduVrhyBO

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 7:32 pm Great to have a trusted friend on your side. Thanks for sharing that about Brian's, 20,000 is a good long test.

Can you imagine what $20,000 rounds of.45 Colt would cost at today’s prices? Even if just in loading components?

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I think I can carve out some of this and get a good bedding job.

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samsi wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 5:23 pm I see Special on the barrel, 38 or 44? And more importantly, did you buy it?

It’s a .38 Special. Tightest SAA I’ve ever handled.

But no, I didn’t buy it.

Scott Tschirhart

I have a Kings front sight with a gold bead and the mirror for a rifle.

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I believe you are correct

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I don’t really know. I’ll get better photos later.

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Anyone familiar with sights like this?

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Took me a minute. Very good.

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I thought it might be overkill to hire an Israeli to carry your pistol for you.

But now that I know your definition…. No.

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The Hogue stock is nice but it is so large that it defeats the purpose of a light handy rifle.

So, I am going to try to repair the stock with Acraglas and I ordered a factory replacement stock from Midway ($185) which is currently backordered.

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The rifle is back, and unfortunately the Hogue stock isn’t going to work.

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It’s important to watch for changes. For instance, I tend to have coffee at a certain place and pray while the sun come up. There are a variety of middle eastern men who I see every Sunday morning without fail. None of them were present this morning. Does it mean anything? Perhaps, perhaps not. But...

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I’ve been steadily shooting the carbine and it has become one of my favorites.

Sighted in to hit right at the top of the gold bead at 50 yards. It’s hard to imagine what else I need.

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It’s important to watch for changes. For instance, I tend to have coffee at a certain place and pray while the sun come up. There are a variety of middle eastern men who I see every Sunday morning without fail. None of them were present this morning. Does it mean anything? Perhaps, perhaps not. But ...

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Islamic terrorist in Austin

https://youtu.be/ph3FOUcoahg?si=ndkNVGXIb7KIqAq0

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I frankly wouldn’t have believed it either.

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In the summer time I typically wear a Dickies work shirt untucked.

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It’s possible that this is an isolated incident and not all of Ruger customer service is like this.

I’m still hopeful that we can reasonably resolve this.

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I'm really surprised at Ruger for not coming through with a replacement. 95 inch pounds is a ridiculous torque spec. I was given a post 64 model 70 308, I put it into a Hogue over mould stock and I'm quite happy with it. I was thinking about that Hogue over molded stock as it has aluminum bedding b...

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I’ve seen some of their work in Keith’s books. But I wonder if anyone has compiled anything about this subject?

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My rifle should be delivered today.

Let’s see how this goes. I’m disappointed about Ruger’s position but I’m glad that nobody got hurt when the stock broke.

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There is no express warranty on Ruger firearms.

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