LAZY EYED SNIPER
02-03-2013, 06:50 PM
Here's my IMI MK VII...
http://i17.servimg.com/u/f17/14/51/12/47/10_des10.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=3543&u=14511247)
It came in to my LGS on trade and the price was too good to pass up. The MK VII is chambered in .357mag, so I don't have to spend $1.50+ every time I pull the trigger as with the .50AE.
Started off having intermitent feeding issues with the MK VII. Finally got my hands on some of the factory recommended 158gr loads. Was better, but still not cured. Couldn't get more than three rounds through it at a time without a double feed. It wasn't pulling the spent casings out of the chamber and the next round was stove piping. Lost two rounds all together due to the bolt slamming shut and crimping the casing. The pistol was made in the 80's and I'd put money on it still having original factory springs. It hadn't been shot much, but still springs have a tendancy to wear over time. So, I changed out the dual recoil springs, the extractor spring and pin, the ejector spring and pin, and the firing pin spring.
After the tune-up she's runnin like a champ! Although when they recommend 158gr ammo, they mean it. It still doesn't like any of the lighter loads. I got away with it when the recoil springs were weak, but once I changed them out it was game over. The 110-125gr stuff just doesn't have near enough poop to move that big ole slide.
http://i17.servimg.com/u/f17/14/51/12/47/10_des10.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=3543&u=14511247)
It came in to my LGS on trade and the price was too good to pass up. The MK VII is chambered in .357mag, so I don't have to spend $1.50+ every time I pull the trigger as with the .50AE.
Started off having intermitent feeding issues with the MK VII. Finally got my hands on some of the factory recommended 158gr loads. Was better, but still not cured. Couldn't get more than three rounds through it at a time without a double feed. It wasn't pulling the spent casings out of the chamber and the next round was stove piping. Lost two rounds all together due to the bolt slamming shut and crimping the casing. The pistol was made in the 80's and I'd put money on it still having original factory springs. It hadn't been shot much, but still springs have a tendancy to wear over time. So, I changed out the dual recoil springs, the extractor spring and pin, the ejector spring and pin, and the firing pin spring.
After the tune-up she's runnin like a champ! Although when they recommend 158gr ammo, they mean it. It still doesn't like any of the lighter loads. I got away with it when the recoil springs were weak, but once I changed them out it was game over. The 110-125gr stuff just doesn't have near enough poop to move that big ole slide.