Free For All Friday 3-27-2015: Sick Noob, Trigger Pulls and Pistol Caliber Rifles
This is going to be a quick one. Remember how I said at the beginning of the week that I was sick? What started as a cold has upgraded itself to a mild case of pneumonia. Fortunately, typing doesn’t put me into coughing fits.
“How about the xdm mod 2? I shot one recently and really liked it but… the trigger pull seemed a mile long. should that be a deal breaker? Or is that something that can be easily adjusted to a shooters liking.” -Daniel L.
There is no part of a gun that can’t be tweaked. There are drop in trigger kits available for a large number of guns on the market and, if there aren’t any available, any gunsmith worth their salt can tweak anything for you. If you like the gun and you like the way it shot but the trigger was your only complaint, I say go for it. You might grow to like it or you can have it modified. On the other hand, I’ve shot guns that I loved everything about but the trigger was so dismally bad that I wouldn’t even bother getting the gun with the intention of modifying the trigger. It’s all down to how you want to spend your money.
“I recently watched a Youtube video by .22plinkster, and he had a Henry rifle that was chambered in .38 special/.357 magnum. That threw me for a loop. I thought that was a revolver caliber. Makes me wonder what else I don’t know. My question is, what else don’t I know? (Good luck with that answer)” -Mike H.
One of the main taglines of the site is a line my father always says: “It’s only what you learn after you know everything that counts”. In other words, always consider omnipotence a minimal standards. As far as your question, while the .38/.357 are typically thought of as revolver rounds, they are fantastic in lever action rifles. Same goes for .44 Magnum as well. Aside from the power that they pack, they also typically have blunt noses. You’ll find most lever actions are chambered in sizes that typically have blunt or round noses. This is because the bullets sit tip to primer in the magazine. If the bullet has too pointy of a nose, the jostling of carrying it around could set off one of the primers which would cause a chain reaction and…well..it would be a bad day for the person carrying the gun. Personally, I’ve been lusting after a .44 Magnum Henry Lever Action for a while now. If only money weren’t an issue.
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