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I have two pounds of 45 year old Hodgdon 4198 powder that was made by Nobel of Scotland. It has remained sealed, stored in temperature controlled wood cabinet at 70 degrees in the dry Colorado air for the last 20 years or so. I can not state how it was stored during its first 25 years...

Here are a couple of pictures of Randall made knives popular model 8s. The one on top is a very early model 8 and is in the style of the knife that Francis Gary Powers had when he was shot down in his U-2 plane over Russia on May 1, 1960. Here is a picture of the early model 8 over an early...

A little researching showed the 55 was made from 1926 to 1934 with 20580 being made. This one is very tight, 99 % bluing on the nickel steel barrel and 0% bluing on the receiver. I do not know why but looking at pictures of old Winchesters show this condition is pretty common. The bore and...

I bought this Pietta Avenging Angel at a gun show maybe 30 years ago. It is ..44 caliber. I have other percussion revolvers and pistols that I've shot, but never this one. A few pictures first to help discussion of how to load it. It has an external brass ramrod for loading. It...

I've been thinking about having multiple scope setups for one rifle. I think this would give a shooter more options for use out of one rifle. For example: Say you have a .300 Win Mag. with a 3 x 9 variable scope you use for elk hunting. It sits in your vault for 357 days out of the year...

I recently acquired an early Remington 700 BDL in .300 WM with factory barrel marked stainless steel. I know there are some excellent SS barrel makers out there. But, how did Remington do on these barrels? Fair? or Excellent or just another barrel. Anything you care to comment or share about...

I've been reloading various center fire cartridges for a least 50 years. I'm about to start reloading for the .300 Savage. While reading everything I can about the cartridge on the web occasionally I would read that this cartridge can be "tricky" to reload. Anyone with experience with...

Found this pair of Pietta 1858 Remington .44 revolvers in a pawn shop this morning begging to go home with me. Consecutive serial numbers, un-cocked. Only thing I've been able to find about them is 1993 date code. 'loose

I came across this Uberti SanteFe Hawken rifle in a pawn shop maybe 10 years ago. It was one of the rifles offered in a kit form and the builder sanded way too much wood off of the stock and all in all it was a bad botched job. I still wanted it and after lengthy negotiations it was mine. And...

I passed this Mosin Nagant M44 up quite a few times when I first saw it. Animal and bird heads had been carved into the stock and then mosaic filed with colored aquarium sands. The bayonet and lug had been removed plus the lug was ground down leaving just the sight base and front sight. The...

I've had a broken knife blade and a box antler sheds laying around for a few years. It was a nice day here in Colorado and felt like a day to tinker around in the garage. With a broken blade, the crown section of an antler shed, and a 1" piece of 1/8" soft iron rod and a little oxidizer for...

It was quite awhile back that I purchased a lightly rusted up Norinco 99 hammered coach gun. I cleaned the rust up and hid it in the far dark corners of my vault out of sight. I'd forget about it, then remember it, then forget it again and never fired it. Being bored one day with not much...

Here is an interesting sporterization of a Remington made Mosin Nagant. I think it was sporterized during the "Golden Age" of Mosin Nagant sporterizing back in the 1920's early '30's. Bannerman converted large amounts to 30-06 but this one is still the russian round. Note how the pistol...

I would have thought this would have been brought up in earlier posts. Tried searching for the information but really didn't find anything. I'm thinking about adding a M28 Finn to my collection. In my 91/30s and M44s I've been shooting suplus ammo which is .311 diameter. I've been led to...

I know I'm setting myself up to get flamed for refinishing a rifle but I think in this case it was justified. I bought this recently at a pawnshop. The previous owner while thinking he was Mr. Vasily Zaytsev (spelling varies) wrapped camoflaged duck tape around it, shot it hard and put it up...

I recently acquired a Uberti 1866 Winchester "Yellaboy" in .38 special. I haven't shot it yet but I'm chomp'n at the bit to do so. The last time I loaded up some .38 special reduced loads I used Trail Boss powder. I like the way it performed but hated the way it married itself with static and...

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I'm in the market to buy a Glock 17. Thanks to the convenience of the internet I do some research before I buy anything anymore. I've been doing some research on Glock pistols. If you hang around gun shops and folks that share your interest in firearms you cant help but hear very good things...

Got myself a used Cimarron replica 1872 Colt "Open Top" in .38 cal. What a fun gun to shoot. This is not a percussion or a Richards - Mason conversion. The 1872 was introduced as a cartridge revolver. Colt made about 7000 of these before they came out with the 1873 Single Action Army...

Came across this Uberti Sante Fe Hawken at a pawn shop. Went home and studied up on on line and found that the Uberti is held in high reguards by some. Some say its as close to the orginals and they get. Its a .54 caliber, 32" barrel. According to the date code this one was made in 1984...