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Well... I went back to the gun store today. I brought my reading glasses so I could really look the rifle over closely. On the positive, the blueing is truly stunning and there are no nicks or scratches. The wood is really nice, not a gorgeously figured piece, but very nice. The wood to...

You all are putting me over the edge! Did I mention it has the butter knife bolt handle?

A local gun store has a used Interarms Mark X in .243 with the full length Mannlicher stock and a 3-9x40 Leupold scope mounted. It also has the factory front and rear iron sights. It's in excellent, like new condition. I remember these rifles in the Interarms catalog circa 1984-ish. I...

My purpose built hog hunting gun is a Marlin 336 chambered in .35 Remington. Mine is customized with a short 16" barrel and a Leupold 2.5 power, forward mounted Scout Scope. Remington 200 grain jacketed softpoint ammo. I took my 215 pound red/brown crossbred Russian/Razorback Tennessee wild...

I highly recommend www.croyscabins.com in Tennessee for a hog hunt. My best friend and I went there for a two day hunt and we had the time of our lives. The Croy family does a great job from start to finish. It's a package deal. Two day guided hunts (their son is an awesome guide!), lodging...

Let's see: 1) The US Postal Service is losing money because they don't have enough letters and packages to ship. 2) It is perfectly legal for a non-FFL to ship a .50 caliber Barrett sniper rifle to an FFL. 3) It is perfectly legal for a non-FFL to ship a semi-automatic shotgun to an FFL...

Thanks everyone, glad you've enjoyed it! Walther PP off Gunbroker $400. $100 for the sights installed. $50 for the grip tang weld. $800 for the engraving. $30 for the mitre blueing on the small parts. $365 for the hard chrome finish. $1745 total.

You have a very collectible Walther. It is worth every penny of the $1400 the one on Gunbroker sold for. They are quite rare and Walther PPK collectors want them very, very badly.

I had a standard Witness .38 Super and it was a great gun at a really low price. I bought upper conversions in 9mm and .40 S&W and .22 long rifle. They all worked well. I sold the gun to buy a Witness Match .38 Super with the single action only trigger. It was a gorgeous gun with a...

It's a very difficult handgun to photograph. The hard chrome is so bright. Here's a couple photos of the Walther in the sunlight. Every which way I turn it in my hand, the light catches the engraving and the fire blue and makes it look different every time. I went to my local indoor...

I searched around for a pair of custom grips for the gun. The factory black plastic grips look great, but I felt a little something extra would set the Walther off. Of course, ivory or pearl would be great, but they would have to be custom made and they'd be very expensive. Various wood...

On April 8, 2012 I received a 1972 Walther PP .32 W. German police trade-in pistol through my FFL that I bought off Gunbroker. The gun was in excellent mechanical condition with a mint condition bore. The finish was better than it had appeared in the photos on Gunbroker. I purchased the...

I am amazed at how well the Grand Power P1 (mid size) that I have performs. The double action trigger is just over 8 pounds, the single action is just over 4 pounds (with a super short reset for those that care about such things - like for serious competition). The recoil in 9mm is very...

Since this thread has been resurrected, I'll at my 2 cents. I have a Hydra in 5.56 NATO with the Colt magazine 9mm conversion. As long as I use Magpul Pmags in 5.56, the gun has been 100% reliable in both 5.56 and 9mm. The swap from caliber to caliber is fast and easy. The below...

By the way, Gouse engraved right over the gun's finish and then he has a process where he just fills in the cut away metal area. If you look at the pictures of guns on his website (www.mtart.com), you'll see factory finishes that he engraves and then touches up. The really neat thing is that...