PA-63 Car Gun Project Completed

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Good range report

Double action trigger is reasonable (for a car gun) (11lb Wolff)

Recoil is significantly reduced

Cycled Silver Bear HP's and Monarch FMJ w/o a single FTL

(Dang, that Russian powder is the stinkiest I've ever shot!)

Project Completed

Assigned to car duty

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What is the Russian ammo? Was it steel cased Monarch?
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Yes, it was Monarch ammo from Academy Sports. Ran like a Deere.

re: springs

Hammer spring is a piece of cake.

Here's a link to a DIY
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread. ... 63-Springs :thumbs2:
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Cool, glad it is working out for you. I plan to grab a FEG if they ever pop up at J&G again (unfortunately missed it this time around, they went fast!).
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doc540 wrote:Yes, it was Monarch ammo from Academy Sports. Ran like a Deere.

re: springs

Hammer spring is a piece of cake.

Here's a link to a DIY
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread. ... 63-Springs :thumbs2:
Monarch Brass or Steel? The reason I ask is, the brass is not Russian, but the Steel is.
The Brass is excellent Serbian-made ammo, so your comment about the smell had me curious.
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G192627 wrote:
doc540 wrote:Yes, it was Monarch ammo from Academy Sports. Ran like a Deere.

re: springs

Hammer spring is a piece of cake.

Here's a link to a DIY
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread. ... 63-Springs :thumbs2:
Monarch Brass or Steel? The reason I ask is, the brass is not Russian, but the Steel is.
The Brass is excellent Serbian-made ammo, so your comment about the smell had me curious.
Had to go look. It's steel and has an odor unlike any I've ever smelled.
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doc540 wrote:
Had to go look. It's steel and has an odor unlike any I've ever smelled.

Interesting. I've only shot the brass, but entertained the steel before due to cost. I think I'll pass now. :mrgreen:
Thanks for the info.
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Finally found some Hornady XTP hollow points.

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Nice car. And so I don't get off the topic, nice gun too! :txflag:
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which leads me to ask, you know the difference between a BMW and a porcupine, right? ;-)
anyway, nice lookin' gun! I've heard the DA trigger on them things is a bit much, so being able to reduce that was pretty nice, I'm sure!
FWIW, IIRC, AFAIK, FTMP, IANAL. YMMV.
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Commander Cody wrote:Nice car. And so I don't get off the topic, nice gun too! :txflag:
Thaks!
It hauls my band gear pretty good. ;-)

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doc540 wrote:
Commander Cody wrote:Nice car. And so I don't get off the topic, nice gun too! :txflag:
Thaks!
It hauls my band gear pretty good. ;-)
BMW make a minivan? :smilelol5:
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doc540 wrote:
Commander Cody wrote:Nice car. And so I don't get off the topic, nice gun too! :txflag:
Thaks!
It hauls my band gear pretty good. ;-)
BMW make a minivan? :smilelol5:
My wife hates it because it's a "station wagon". :smilelol5:

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