Recent content by mike04grad

I ran across a nice looking model 94 today for what seems like a reasonable price. The serial number is 2713027. I checked a website that shows serial numbers by year, and found that this number may have been built in 64 or after 1964. What else should I look for to determine the year...

Storm, Just wondering where you picked up the M24/47? Here in Georgia? I have been considering picking up one of these also. Also, what can one expect to pay locally?

Very nice! I live in Milledgeville, an hour below Athens, and have been planning to go by Clyde's sometime soon as my brother lives up there. That's actually one of the rifles I would like to pick up after checking out a friend's. Maybe that other one will hang around a couple of weeks. Hope...

Gary Vale, your .32 looks almost brand new. The one that I was given had quite a deal of surface rust on the cylinder and some small pitted areas on the frame and barrel. I cleaned it up with some Flitz Metal polish, but now the cylinder has very thin bluing. Anyway, I may have to see if some...

Anyone know what type of Smith and Wesson style grips will fit on a snub nose model 732? I would like to put a set of Pachmyr or similar grips on one that I was given. I've thought of trying a pair of K frame grips on it and wondered if anyone else has tried this. BTW, anyone else realized...

I would check out local pawn shops for used .22's. I recently picked up a Romanian Trainer for $45 that shoots excellent. Sure, it may take some time and you have to know what you're looking for, but it is also a lot of fun.:) BTW, you may know this, but this is a simple bolt .22 with a 5...

Jubjub, my rifle is tapped for a scope (in fact it has a Bushnell on it) and the rifle looks alot like a HVA 640 minus the checkered stock and the style of the bolt handle. Like I say, I originally thought that it was a J.C. Higgens Model 51, but the fact that it doesn't have any markings as...

Doubs43, that sounds like a fairly logical explanation about using WWII parts. However, there are very little markings on the rifle. The one marking on the barrel I can hardly make out, but it looks like it may be a cursive S with a half circle around it. Anyone know of a company using this...

I recently picked up a well beaten but accurate M1969 from a local pawnshop for $45. It had no magazine, so I ended up with $65 in it after picking up one of those (bought one of the Taiwanese aftermarket ones - no problems thus far). It still has the original pleather sling on it and is...

Three years ago I inherited a Mauser-based rifle chambered in 30-06. The rifle was purchased from Sears several decades ago. I originally believed it to be a J.C. Higgins Model 50 or Model 51, but it does not have markings and some features consistent with that. The only markings on the rifle...