New owner, quick question, safety concern

tonyjr

Welcome and below probably won't apply to much to you .
I tumble / vibrate any new mags / clips . Walnut shells 1st , than the corn husks .
Then dykon blue [ machinist blueing ] I prefer the paste , but you can get it liquid form with a brush [ red and blue .
I use the throw away gloves when using the paste type and wipe real good .
Another way to remove the burrs on top of mag is to use emery cloth - tear off a piece about as wide as mag , slide into a cotter key , chuck up in a hand drill [ if your mag has the little holes to see how many rounds are left , push down and hold down with tooth pick - other wise - load a few M T cases in mag and drill a small hole ] - spin in mag , cloth side touching the metal - then dykon blue it so it does not rust .
If you have a dermal tool , use a bullet case and stamp out some paper disks , screw into / on the little shaft and spin away - the paper will cut polish .

Chemfaerie

Thank you all for your suggestions

Chemfaerie

Mag is fine it was the top of it that was scraping the red paint off my snap caps.

tonyjr

The places that scratch off the paint , can and usually will scratch the cartridge which can raise either the lead or copper on bullet . This can cause the shell case to stick causing more pressure on extractor . It CAN leave a small amount of copper or lead in barrel Over time it can even scratch the barrel , but generally firing 2 or 3 magazines removes the problem unless the magazine is bent .
When you use real cartridges , a sign something is wrong is after you pull back slide to load 1st round , you have to push slide home [ anywhere form 1/8 to 1/4 inch . Don't - pull back slide which will eject cartridge - finger off trigger [ should not be there anyway ] hold gun about 3 inches off flat surface and eject . If next round seats , you are good to go . If not the gun should be inspected will you clean it .
Someone else may explain better .

tx gun runner

I use snap CAPS IN EVERYTHING when dry firing . You can grind the rim off where the ejector grabs the snap cap so it stays is the gun when you rack the slide or in a lever action rifle . If you have a Glock you don't need to grind the rim because you only rack the slide a 1/2" to reset the trigger and the snap cap will stay in chamber . Hammer gun you need to cock the hammer only .

tonyjr

tx gun runner
Have you used snap caps in a 50 AE ? If so , where did you get them .
Kind of new here , so I have not read if you like / or dislike the Desert eagles .

tx gun runner

The Desert Eagle is far too big for my hands , plus my 1st gun I built for long range hunting was a XP100 in 308 winc in the 70's and anything under 500 yds was dead .

You can get snap caps easy . Here is 1 place

http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-AE-Action...-/111185027060

tonyjr

Yes ago , I shot a pig [ w 270 maybe 75 yards ] , it got up , hit it again w 45 , still moving 2nd 45 stopped it .
That is when I got the desert eagle . The 50 AE is a lot heavier than the 45 whrn you start going up and down hills - ended up with a shoulder holster .

tx gun runner

I never shot anything with a 308 that ever got up . I'm a reloader and I use the 30-30 bullet heads in my 308 on small game because the jackets are thinner then the 308 and at the 308 velocity the bullets blowup like a 223 when it hits anything . 165 or 180 SP BT 308 bullet heads will anchor large animals like deer and elk it hit under 600 yds .

Terry_P

I shot a monster sow hog one year in Rivera, TX. I was in an elevated blind, had a rest and the distance was about 30-40 yards. I shot for the lungs and she never slowed down. She was enormous so I don't think I penetrated deep enough to find both lungs. I should have taken a head shot although I would have needed a crane to load her in the truck as I was by myself.

tonyjr

I was using an M-1 Garand , sometimes both deer and pigs still moved . The Remington 270 [ DBL 700 ] took down both deer and pigs until that one [ it dressed out at 370 something ]
When I hunted for myself , I wanted the smaller ones - from about 150-200 lbs . That would give me from 100 to 150 lbs [ I had a butcher that would hang and cut up for 3 cent a pound out the door . All I wanted was about 10 lbs sausage , ribs , roasts and he would smoke the bacon - the rest he could keep .
When hunting for church - they wanted as much meat as possible - cut everything like stew meat . When he found out [ the butcher ] that their [ churches ] meat was for tamales , he would weigh the pig , knock off 15% for waste / bones and just give me that much in pork stew meat .
I am in California and here you are allowed to shoot one a day , but only one in possession . No season .
So when the church , family made tamales a month ahead my mom would say " don't forget we need a pig next month " . Almost the same with church - Christmas , new years , 4th of July and Mexican Independence Day [ Mexico has 2 - cenco-day-mayo and in September . I meat my wife at the church - she was the one in charge of the tamale making [ was the house keeper ]
About 15 years ago , I stopped hunting the country side [ bad knees ] 10 years ago , stopped hunting altogether - now it is just target practice and training nephews to reload , track and hunt .
Like a fool - I loaned the M-1 to a nephew , one of his friends was carrying it - did not have a hunting
License - game warden took it . I was told that . You want it back - 600 in fines or we keep it .
If I find a good one or an M-14 in / around Reno , I will pick it up . In November , Cabella's , other 2 gun stores did not have one .
THANKS for the ebay post - I went there , they were closed . I sent him / them an email that I wanted last set .
When I search for desert eagle 50 ae , all I get is mags , magazines , grips barrels , cufflinks , pins , CO2 toys -

tx gun runner

I love my Tanker Garand it is super accurate

Dennis H

I got an old brinc ridein buddy by livermore that's killed a pile of em with a 220 swift.