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desertdweller said:
I have an SVI. This is my range toy. Chambered in .40. The mags will hold 20, it has a Scheumann barrel, Bomar adjustable rear sight with fiber front site. Trigger pull is about 2.5lbs. Lightened slide with Accurails and zero play in the slide. I just did some tuning on the springs, 17lb main spring with a 9lb Sprinco recoil spring. It's all matched to my hand loads.

I have a few thousand rounds through it without failure. This gun fits my hand perfectly, has a very nice, crisp trigger... I love this gun. It's a bit light for a 1911 style gun, but I like it that way. I use it for competition games and it points very quickly and very smooth with rapid fire.

I have fired Brown's and Baer's, but, mine fits me very well.

Here is my riced out pistol.

http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o643/jvanpatten/SV01_zps506d7f91.jpg
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Very nice man! If I were to get one, it would look very similar to yours. Thanks for posting your impressions of your gun.

And I don't see anything "rice" about that gun.
 
Merad said:
If they're Russian surplus stuff (sounds like they are) then they're most likely corrosive. IIRC, the primers leave residue with some kinds of salts which attract moisture and cause the corrosion. So depending on your climate and humidity where the rifle is stored there may be little or no damage so far.

Actually if the cleaner you use has some water in it you might have been removing most of it. Most people that I know just flush the barrel with hot water after shooting corrosive stuff then clean normally.
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Thanks for the info. I'll run some windex through the barrel when I get home today just to be safe. So far I'm not seeing any rust but I don't want to start seeing any. I keep the rifles inside in my gun cabinet with some silicon packets scattered around and silicon infused gun socks around them so hopefully that has kept down the moisture somewhat.

Thanks again!
 
exdeath said:
Its not rust you'd look for, you would have to check the barrel for pitting with a bore scope.
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Well, if thats the case then I have no idea if I screwed up or not. When I get home I'm going to do that windex flush but considering I first fired the gun around new years using this ammo I could be screwed.
 
Spike said:
Well, if thats the case then I have no idea if I screwed up or not. When I get home I'm going to do that windex flush but considering I first fired the gun around new years using this ammo I could be screwed.
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Unless it's a professional target gun, something that your life depends on, or something you spent a LOT of money on, I wouldn't let it bother you too much. Military weapons from the past saw far much more abuse / neglect and they continued to work. A bit of corrosive ammo without a thorough cleaning isn't the end of the work, just don't make it a habit.

The only thing I'd research (personally) is whether or not it can compromise the safety of the weapon. I'd imagine (but I have no experience with, so get a second opinion) that by the time it was so compromised that it could cause a dangerous failure, you'd be able to physically see the damage.
 
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CurseTheSky said:
Unless it's a professional target gun, something that your life depends on, or something you spent a LOT of money on, I wouldn't let it bother you too much. Military weapons from the past saw far much more abuse / neglect and they continued to work. A bit of corrosive ammo without a thorough cleaning isn't the end of the work, just don't make it a habit.

The only thing I'd research (personally) is whether or not it can compromise the safety of the weapon. I'd imagine (but I have no experience with, so get a second opinion) that by the time it was so compromised that it could cause a dangerous failure, you'd be able to physically see the damage.
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After posting I did some reading and found that pitting isn't really that big a deal, at least not in smaller quantities, so that makes me feel a little better. I don't want to damage the rifle but this is just a plinking gun. Normally my cleaning process consists of a single run through of a bore snake. Then after a few times at the range I do the bore snake, some patches with breakfree, and I wipe down the piston, chamber, bolt, etc... with break free.

To this I'm going to add a quick few patches with windex on them first before I do anything else. Hopefully that will eliminate any further damage (assuming there is some) until I exhaust this ammo and move on to my non corrosive rounds.
 
Finally found some 5.45x39 in stock, so I ordered 4300 rounds of it (two crates).

Local gun stores are getting ammo in more regularly now, and the prices are decent. $16/box for 9mm, bricks of .22LR for $20-$25, 7.62x39 for $6.50/box. The problem is that quantity limits are even smaller than they were a week ago; it's down to 100 rounds per caliber at some places. If you want a case quantity of anything, forget it.
 
Fenixgoon said:
anyone know a good place to find 10-round 9mm magazines?

i'm moving to CA and AFAIK my 15-round standard capacity magazines are not legal here. lame.

stoeger (beretta) cougar 9mm
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I have 4 17 round mags for my Glock 17. I bought them before the Clinton ban though so it is legal for me to own them. Probably not legal to bring in from out of state though.
 
Spike said:
Well, if thats the case then I have no idea if I screwed up or not. When I get home I'm going to do that windex flush but considering I first fired the gun around new years using this ammo I could be screwed.
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Just use water. No need to waste windex. Just make sure you clean and oil as you normally do afterwards.
 
JackBurton said:
Rampant, have you checked out SVI 1911's? I've heard they were even better than Wilson Combat 1911's but have never seen one in person. Any opinions on them?

And if you think Wilson's website is bad, check out Ed Brown's and Les Baer's. Horrible! At least Wilson has a somewhat competent web designer.
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My issue with Wilson is that they have 50 different 1911s and no easy way to compare them. I just want a list of features, like SIG gives you.

Never heard of SVI before, actually. They look custom, so if their smiths are good, then it's probably a great brand. My only concern would be the staying power of the brand - are they likely to go under?

Farmer said:
What about SIG 1911s? I saw some a few months ago in the $800-$900 range and I almost clicked through.
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As mentioned, their cut is a little different (though I HAVE seen a Sig 1911 that had the traditional slide cut. It was odd.) They're fine 1911s if you like Sig. Their trigger is alright, but not as good as a higher end 1911. I've no idea about reliability though, and my view of Sig has been tainted since the guy from Kimber took over at Sig, but I'm in the vast minority there I think - so take that to mean whatever you like. As long as they have good service you should be fine.

boomhower said:
I like them. Be aware that other than the traditional series they are cut different than other 1911's so holster won't fit them.
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Yeah, this is the biggest downside to Sig's 1911s I think. It's really nice to be able to just say what length of barrel you have and buy a holster that'll work. A friend gifted me a Kramer 1911 holster for a 5" model and my 4.25" CCO fits it, as well as my newer S&W E series 1911 (as well as his older Springfield series 70.) That's really nice. Except who the hell would carry a full steel 1911 🙂
 
Sluggo said:
Gah, today someone apparently committed suicide at a local gun range. Not just there, actually inside, at a lane.

http://www.news9.com/story/21675009/authorities-investigate-report-of-shooting-at-okc-gun-range
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We had one locally (Bellevue, West Coast Armory for WA people) this past (or was it one before) weekend. Apparently it was during a class and in front of kids too. Just sad to see a person do it in front of so many people, even adults thatll mess them up
 
velillen said:
We had one locally (Bellevue, West Coast Armory for WA people) this past (or was it one before) weekend. Apparently it was during a class and in front of kids too. Just sad to see a person do it in front of so many people, even adults thatll mess them up
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In a gun safety course no less. 🙁
 
velillen said:
Which sadly might have been why he had ot do it in front of others. I think WCA has a policy of if you are alone and dont bring your own gun you cant rent from them. Leaving him the only option of doing it in a class
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Yeah, WCA has the same rules as Wades in this regard.
 
Some dude in PA went to a Dick's store, asked for a shotgun and ammo, pulled a pistol on the clerk to get him to unlock the lock on the shotgun, and then goes to the store bathroom and kills himself.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/1...lvania-sports-store-bathroom/?test=latestnews

makes no sense. If he had a gun already, why did he need the shotgun?

Unless we're not being told the whole story, the pistol must have been fake (or it was real but he couldn't get any ammo for it, and no doubt with all the panic buying)
 
Well, cleaned the AK last night with windex (ran 3 patches down the barrel and swabbed the chamber) and then ran the brush through and about 12 other patches with breakfree and I was still getting dirt on the patches... ugh. I also looked and there appears to be some discoloration and small marks, which could be pitting, around the wider part of the barrel were the round is chambered. Oh well, it is just an AK and it is just for plinking (and the occasional prairie dogging trip to Montana) so I'm not too worried but I'm still kicking myself over this.

BTW, when cleaning and AK how worried should I be about the gas tube? I give the piston a decent cleaning and wipe down the bolt but I've been ignoring the gas tube since I figured it did not matter. Should I worry now? Could some of those salts have made it into that area and be causing rust to form?

I'm only getting ammo I know is non corrosive from now on...

Thanks all for the help.
 
Spike said:
Well, cleaned the AK last night with windex (ran 3 patches down the barrel and swabbed the chamber) and then ran the brush through and about 12 other patches with breakfree and I was still getting dirt on the patches... ugh. I also looked and there appears to be some discoloration and small marks, which could be pitting, around the wider part of the barrel were the round is chambered. Oh well, it is just an AK and it is just for plinking (and the occasional prairie dogging trip to Montana) so I'm not too worried but I'm still kicking myself over this.

BTW, when cleaning and AK how worried should I be about the gas tube? I give the piston a decent cleaning and wipe down the bolt but I've been ignoring the gas tube since I figured it did not matter. Should I worry now? Could some of those salts have made it into that area and be causing rust to form?

I'm only getting ammo I know is non corrosive from now on...

Thanks all for the help.
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Pitting really shouldn't make the gun any less accurate, it will only make it more of a PITA to clean since the pits get filled with fouling. Corrosive ammo is really nothing to be afraid of, a wet patch through the bore a couple of times and you're golden...there's really nothing more to it than that other than your regular cleaning regiment of solvent and then oil.

I ALWAYS clean out my gas tube on my AKs as I'd rather not have that section rust out either. Sure the worst that could happen is it getting ugly on the shiny parts that contact the piston or getting "Puffs" of rust come out when you first start shooting but it's and internal part that I choose to protect in my rifle. It really doesn't take any time at all to clean even if you don't shoot corrosive ammo.

Up to you on which ammo you want to purchase, but remember corrosive military surplus ammo is usually found for much cheaper than commercial non corrosive.
 
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