Recent content by Gelrir

Here's one from 1986. All the guns shown on the front and back covers (a couple of Galils on the back) are identified inside as semi-auto. The sections (groups of articles) are full-auto (9 articles), semi-autos (8 articles), rimfires (6 articles, including one or two select-fire weapons), and...

At some areas, a public rifle or pistol range is about the best place to unexpectedly find yourself next to a police officer, parole agent, judge, etc. ... "Hey, don't I recognize you, aren't you so-and-so with the ten year parole?"

Wickard v. Filburn corned 239 bushels of wheat, for which (if I did the math right) the farmer faced a penalty of $117.11. Whether or not you feel the Commerce Clause is being stretched to cover "in a state" actions, "... the production of wheat for consumption on the farm may be trivial in the...

A 1916 Webley Mk VI in .455", which the prior owner said a prior owner said, "It came out of New Zealand well after WW2." It's got a lot of pitting on the frame and outside of the barrel, but the barrel interior seems fine; I suspect it got a quick refinish by an arsenal long after the pitting...

1916 dated revolver.

You might have to check CA ammunition import laws ... the state might require you to have the shells transferred in-state through an authorized retailer.

A Remington Model 11 and a Winchester 1897, both in 12 gauge.

A replica (by Coyote Cap, now retired) of the 1887 Winchester 12 gauge.

My parents bought a .410 gauge "Topper" for me in the mid-70s, for my chore of guarding the garden from bluejays and robins. I'd take a lawn chair, a book, a pitcher of kool-aid, an anodized aluminum cup, the shotgun, and a box of birdshot shells, and wait till I heard bird noises. I think they...

My High Standard Model 10B. I own the proper Kel-Lite and the adapter plate to go between the light and the receiver, but still have to drill a hole in the light body and tap for threads.

My Stevens 520 riot gun; it was some commercial or prison "rack gun" for many decades.

I got two rifles recently (within the last 4 months): one is an FN30 in 8mm, sold to some Chinese warlord, and (by the time it got to America) fitted with a ZB bolt (which runs smoothly and gauges as safe); the other is a Mauser M1895 in 7mm, with (shockingly) a complete sight slider (which...

From the CA department of justice website: https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/certified-handguns/search "Handguns Certified for Sale As of January 1, 2001, no handgun may be manufactured within California, imported into California for sale, lent, given, kept for sale, or offered/exposed for sale...

Californians can buy guns out of state, but if they bring them into California, "... California residents must have the weapons directly shipped to a licensed gun dealer. Then, before the dealer transfers the gun to the owner, it must follow the procedures for in-state gun transactions ..."...

A Pieper-Bayard "Model 1908" (not that the company called them that) in .380 ACP, constructed circa 1919-1920. It came with some ugly garage-made wood grips, I got replacements from TripleK and screws from Jack First.