That makes sense... I kind of figured that it would be less than cost effective. I'm guessing for most average shooters, the slide will easily out last their shooting habits anyway. So I think I will just focus on keeping it simple... buy a kit an shoot. That is if I can even find the time to shoot... since moving into town and having the new baby, it has gotten a lot harder to find time to practice. Especially compared to when living on the farm, where the "range" was literally just out the back door.I think the best method would be to use a threaded bushing that would be replaceable. It might add a very small amount of mass but I think the slide would still cycle fine with full power rimfire loads. Maybe not with the light "target" stuff. But it might increase the cost of the unit to the point where Ciener would be competing with the higher priced makes out there. If I were still smithing I would probably advertise the plunger mod just as a way to save a shot out Cierner slide. It really does return the accuracy to as new.
Man do I miss those days... even $15 would be awesome; well, I guess $25 would be great too if you could just go buy it whenever like we used to.but that was back when I could walk into Walmart any time and get bricks for $8.99.
It sure is in this ol' world... Gander Mountain has been my best bet lately; if you are there 30-45 minutes before they open, then you stand a chance at the 40-50 bricks they put out each day. My wife's cousin has an on-line gun store... seems to me that his prices on Federal 525 weren't far off from what we paid at Gander last time... was $25, which I was more that tickled to pay. I'll get the name of their store and pass it on to you, once I get home from my night run.But now for the last two years Walmart never has any ammo. It's always something ain't it?
Yes Sir, I have seen days where the electronic in your truck just flat wouldn't work.... and the only way to keep it running was with your foot on the gas and battery charger on the jump mode for a good 15 minutes. Knew I was wrecking the battery, but just didn't much care at that point... all I wanted to do was get home to my family and out of that dang cold. That was cold, like 60something/70 below with the wind. I used to shoot a lot back in high school; all winter long, no matter the weather... one to two bricks a week; our drive-way used to be paved in .22 brass; Dad hated that so. But, that was back when times were good, ammo was plentiful and cheap, and time wasn't so fleeting.I just noticed you are in North Dakota - you know all about "winter" up there don't you?