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by Lightfoot
Tue Feb 23, 2021 4:19 pm
Forum: Bullseye Pistol Talk
Topic: Why are Bullseye shooters such pussies?
Replies: 65
Views: 20899

Re: Why are Bullseye shooters such pussies?

Come on! Bullseye shooters are some of the nicest people in the world. Some aren't trying to become masters, some like me are. But I've rarely met anyone who wouldn't loan equipment or ammo or give advice to any who asked or needed Pussies? Hardly. To be a great bullseye shooter, a person has to not...
by Lightfoot
Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:50 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Walther GSP Trouble Shooting?
Replies: 67
Views: 133506

Re: Walther GSP Trouble Shooting?

If short cycling is the problem it can often be cured by snipping a coil at a time from the slide return spring allowing the rearward movement of the slide to increase....eventually allowing pickup of the next round. This beats continual cleaning and oiling. I just bought a new spring, so I might j...
by Lightfoot
Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:14 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Walther GSP Trouble Shooting?
Replies: 67
Views: 133506

Re: Walther GSP Trouble Shooting?

That sounds like it's "short cycling", i.e. the bolt isn't coming back far enough to pick up the next round. Either the ammo is weak, or there is too much drag for the slide to come back as far as it needs to. This sort of thing often occurs on feeding the 2nd round, because the upward fo...
by Lightfoot
Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:41 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Walther GSP Trouble Shooting?
Replies: 67
Views: 133506

Re: Walther GSP Trouble Shooting?

I thought I'd tag along on this topic too. For one thing, properly set Walther GSP's in my experience will run clean, dirty, hot, cold, wet, dry, and with any ammo. That being said, after about 60K rounds mine is having issues similar to Gwhites, mostly failure to feed the next round. Not failure to...