Recent content by Sarge901

Feibings makes a lot of leather dyes. Easy to use, relatively inexpensive. I am partial to the British Tan color, not overly dark but really rich in color. If you intend to use a leather preservative- use the dye first. I've used a lot of the Feibings and have never been disappointed.

I just received a sling from SA and I have to say that it's not the quality that I expect from them. The frogs are attached with what appears to be brads, the leather is thin. I shot on our states hi- power team for a few years and the slings that we had were much better, in my opine, than this...

Thank you, one and all! Loads of good information here! I ran some lake city brass through my small base dies and the problem seems to have gone away.

I really appreciate the replies that you guys gave me. I'm gonna clean it today and try it again. I have a couple boxes of Lake City that I'm going to try. What I tried to shoot yesterday was Federal match ammo and I noticed- after the fact that it was kinda hard to eject the unfired round. I'm...

I intend to give it a good cleaning today. You're right about it needing a little different cleaning regimine than other rifles. Thanks for the reply- I'll post again after another trip to the range.

Thank you for the reply. I'll do this today. I shot on our state high power team and never had any issues with ftf. Thanks again.

Bought a new M1A and took it to the range for the first time to sight-in. Had several FTF. Nothing visually wrong, hammer "clicked" but no ignition. No firing pin witness mark on primer. I wonder if maybe the safety could be impinging on the hammer? I have not taken the trigger group out but I'm...