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Offline gregdemars

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Aftermarket base pins?
« on: December 15, 2003, 06:28:44 AM »
will replacing the base pin on my Ruger SBH with a belt mountain base pin help my groupings? What advantage should I expect with the slightly larger pin? Is it worth the $25.00?
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2003, 06:03:49 PM »
It is very hard to say whether or not this will improve the accuracy, or your groupings.  What size groups do you typically shoot now?

I installed a Base Mountain #5 pin in my Bisley.  Did it help the accuracy, maybe.  Did it take up some of the slack and slop in the action, most definitely!  Was it worth it?  Absolutley.
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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2003, 12:02:52 AM »
what he said!
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It is very hard to say whether or not this will improve the accuracy, or your groupings.  What size groups do you typically shoot now?

I installed a Base Mountain #5 pin in my Bisley.  Did it help the accuracy, maybe.  Did it take up some of the slack and slop in the action, most definitely!  Was it worth it?  Absolutley.
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« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2003, 02:22:13 AM »
I can vouch for Belt mountains pins also.  I've seen Hitmans Bisley and it would probably take more than the pin to help his grouping  :lol:  :D  :lol: Seriously though, the action has no slop at all.  Very impressive actually.  And the gun will flat out shoot but Hitman has more than a few rounds downrange so the operator is doing his part also.  I honestly couldn't really tell a difference in accuracy in the Rugers that I put them but that "operator error" thing comes in at that point.  GS
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« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2003, 11:24:50 AM »
I put one of those Belt Mountain pins on my .44 Ruger and think it was easily worth the price.  My suggestion is to loc-tite the screw for the ejector after the revolver is re-assembled.    You may want to replace the supplied allen-head screw on the pin with one that a screw driver can undo.  

The new base pin tightened up the cylinder a lot, and the accuracy is super.    

Easily worth the 25 dollars...... 8)
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« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2003, 09:07:52 AM »
If you get one of the Belt Mt base pins with the set screw, another thing to watch is to avoid getting the set screw too tight.  This will cause the cylinder to bind because the screw bends the base pin a bit.  Found this out right off after installing it.  Since my pin is a snug fit, I don't use the set screw.  After firing some heavily loaded 300 grain cast bullets this weekend, the pin didn't move at all.
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