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Yep that’s what I wanted to avoid is jacking it up again on the platform , it had its first trial run and It works great . I started doing my yearly services on the quads over the weekend and had the wife’s on it first . Had all 4 tires off, draining the oil and unbolting the upper a-arms on rear and upper ball joint’s on the front to pullout the axles and get access to the wheel bearings to grease them, checked brakes etc. all at the same time . Only thing I need to do is get some rubber strips to put on top of the lift , the bare steel on the aluminum skid plate wants to slip a little.

Worked out in the garage today doing the yearly services on the atv’s and it was nice being able to open my big slider door. Wife and I also sat outside in the lawn chairs to soak up some vitamin D.

YouTube University ..

You should try polishing , when I polish mating surfaces I use the finest grit and it works fantastic. I won’t take a stone or file as I’m not qualified to go there , but polishing the burrs and machine marks smooth is a night and day difference with out changing angles etc . and fouling up actions. On the Blackhawk the trigger nose that rides on the hammer you can still see the really deep machine grooves but when I run my nail over it it’s so smooth from polishing it .

I find it enjoyable and I’m a firm believer in learning how things work. I’ve had my Super Red-hawk, wife's Gp-100 and my sons Black hawk apart numerous times. I’ve used my Dremel with a polishing wheel and compound to polish the mating parts on the hammer and trigger. Installed Hammer & trigger spring’s in them as well as hammer & trigger shims ( just installed shims in my sons black hawk tonight ) to remove the side to side play in the hammer & trigger’s. So my sons black hawk was having intermittent light primer strikes over the summer .So I went to YouTube and Ruger has lots of dis-assembly videos on their guns. I found out how to remove the firing pin. So last weekend I drove the firing pin tunnel out and I was shocked at the amount of crud that was in there. Cleaned the pin , spring and tunnel up, I used feeler gauges to find out what size shims to order and ordered . So after installing the shims and putting everything back together tonight and making sure everything was working . I put my trigger pull gauge on and its at 1 pound 6-7 ounce pull . It’s so smooth and crisp , I can’t wait to have him shoot it . I snapped a few pictures of the shims and the gun torn down.

I remember as a kid when I would have yo walk to the store to get a gallon of gas for the push mower to mow the lawn . My mom would give me a dollar and I could buy the gas and some gum .

I would if I were you , load up some 38’s and reshoot . I bet they eject better. We’ve ran 1000’s of mixed brass 38’s (lots of federal cases ) from all our 4 revolvers. 2 are 357 and 2 are 38 only and have never had cases stick .

It’s to pull up my locking bar when I want to lower it . enlarge the 2nd picture you’ll see the bottom of the lock bar rest’s against a stop plate I welded to the bottom of the frame. Basically it’s my jack stand so the jacks not holding all the weight when lifted, gotta think safety ..

If you enlarge the 4th picture you’ll see the roller bearing on the right side of the picture that I welded to the jack nose . It rides/ roles on the center post and pushes it up as I jack the jack the roller makes it super smooth . The roller is actually for travel trailers that one welds to back rear frame so it doesn't scrape on the road on steep inclines.

I like his split brow tine. Nice deer ..

Thanks , and yes I hear ya , if you enlarge the 4th picture down from the top , under my white bench you’ll see I have scrap pieces jam packed under there .

Figured there’s a bunch of DIY guys on here so thought I’d share my build . So I’ve been wanting to build a lift but didn’t want to pay the inflated steel prices. So a few months ago work had several steel tables they were scraping ( think round top , 4 seats like a McDonald’s table ). I knew I didn’t want a drive on lift like everyone makes on YouTube so I could remove the tires, do brake work etc. easily. I have about $ 100 into it for the pillow block bearing’s , the roller bearing that rolls/rides on the rear frame to lift it and the angle iron for the top frame. Every other piece is from the tables ( I used 3) or scrap I had laying around. I’m going to wait till it warms up so I can open my garage and then coat it in bed liner.

Nothing like real wood , nice ..

Interesting. I hope you do shot some more , but try with a clean gun . Curios if they still come out hard .

So when you shot the 38’s the case expanded that’s why they came out a little harder. How did they shoot out of your GP ? Did they group well on target ?

So you tried the 38’s after you shot. the 357 rounds ? The only difference between 38 & 357 is the length 38’s being shorter . I bet if you cleaned your cylinder you’d find the 38’s fit . 38’s out of a GP is almost like shooing a 22 .

Nice shooting , and just a fyi cocked is shooting single action , uncocked your shooting double action.

The elephant in the room for bow vs crossbow , is the crossbow is cocked and ready. How many of us that bow hunt have been busted drawing our bow? I know I have been . I have several guy’s I work with and they all hung up the compound and went to a crossbow, I’ve asked them all is it easier to get a shot off at a deer with the crossbow ? And all said absolutely it is. One coworker is a pretty die hard bow hunter but says when ever he’s in one of his elevated blinds or ground blind he uses his crossbow ( P.A hunter ) because it’s so much easier. I for one wouldn’t mind seeing full inclusion doesn't bother me In the slightest .

If one reads the entire article , Rex Darlington goes on to say basically crossbows are shooting under spine bolts. Considering that crossbows are shooting those groups with basically a wet noodle bolt thats pretty good . Try shooting a compound with a weak spine arrow . If arrow bolt manufacturers can produce a bolt that’s properly spined for the heavy draw crossbows the groups would shrink no doubt . He mentioned Mathews crossbows were dominating because they are a lower draw and the bolts are properly spined for it. To bad they didn’t shoot the Mathews crossbow .

Your guy needs to go shoot Vegas then.

You coulda been nice and opened the gate for them