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I've picked up an inexpensive Remington Rolling Block #4 Improved Takedown. Inexpensive because there is a problem with the hammer/block. When you pull the hammer back to cock, the half-cock engages very close to the down position, no more than 1/8 inch. When the hammer is pulled all the way...

I just acquired a Marlin Model 39, sn S8###. Googling around for a mfg. date, I found information that the gun was made before 1932, and that it is not rated for "high velocity" ammunition. Having never thought of .22 rimfire as high velocity, I kept on looking. Not much out there. Some...

Does anyone know how feasible it is to convert ejectors to extractors on an over and under? I have found a tutorial for the Browning Citori (http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=145108), but I was really looking to buy a Ruger Red Label, as they seem to point better for me. Could a...

I did something stupid. When disassembling my Ithaca 900, I didn't make sure that I had the safety on, and in removing the trigger assembly I "fired" it. Resetting the hammer is easy enough, but I seem to be missing something, since the trigger assembly won't go back in quite right. There is...

Son is preping to try out for the HS skeet team next year, so I'm preping to be able to support this venture. I'm planning on doing as much reloading as possible, and I've been reading up on shotgun reloading. 20 guage, if it matters. I've noted that each load calls for a specific primer and...

OK, I'm scratching my head here. I recently bought a 20 ga bore snake to clean all the 20 ga shotguns. It isn't getting the job done--after 3-4 passes with it, I can run a patch down the bore and get more powder residue. Here's the process I'm using--somebody tell me where I'm going wrong...

I've just come into a nice M1A, but it only came with 3 mags. I need more, obviously. Does anyone know any sources of milsurp M14 magazines, or failing that, truly good aftermarket ones? Thanks.

A friend has just walked in the door with a Gewehr 43. Looks like the Mauser, all serial numbers match. Seems to be "all there" with the exception of the top part of the handguard. Any ideas on the potential value?

A Winston Salem (NC) police officer, Sgt. Howard Plouff, was killed last week in the line of duty. A wife and family are left behind. The whole thing stinks, and emotions are, as you'd expect, running high. However, rather than reporting on the story, the gun grabbers at the Winston Salem...

I have a line on, among other things, a like new Springfield M1A. I'm guessing it's a older gun, pre-94. Owner hasn't shot it much--he collects, and just has more than he can shoot. I'm curious, though. It looks like a lot of GI parts in this one. I've heard the typical Internet...

I'm looking at buying a couple of books. What I'd like is a book on the M1 Garand and a book on the M1 Carbine. I'd like history, operation and maintenance information on each gun. So, if you had to buy only one book on each gun, what would you buy?

I'm looking for an HK-93 clone. Does anyone know if any were ever made?

I need some opinions, and this seems to be a great place for them...:rolleyes: I have a question about heating where you reload. My reloading bench is located in an unheated outbuilding, roughly 20x20, concrete slab floor, block walls. Mostly uninsulated, except for some in the ceiling...

I have a Dutch Mannlicher that I got from my Dad. It's a WWII war trophy, all matching serial numbers. I finally took it out to shoot, and when I started cleaning it, the goo coming out of the barrel was incredible. So I kept cleaning. And cleaning and cleaning and cleaning. Eventually I...

Well, if you can believe their web site, Ithaca is going to rise from the dead. Maybe there's hope for Winchester as well.

Scores of Police Weapons Are Missing in Long Beach The Long Beach Police Department is missing more than a fourth of its shotguns and an unknown number of revolvers, officials said Thursday. The second-largest police department in Los Angeles County was scrambling to determine whether the...

At the risk of needing my asbestos underwear for mentioning "Mitchell's Mausers"... :rolleyes: On another forum I ran across a link to an "M63 Tanker Mauser" that Mitchell's is selling. This gun is supposed to be a new production Serbian Mauser, and you can get it in 8mm, 30-06, .308, .270...

A few days ago I posted this looking for info on a Savage Model 60. Well, I had time today to start cleaning this old guy, and it seems it's a Savage Model 6D. From what I can find out, it's a post-WWII production gun. The poor thing was completely cruddy, and it has some surface rust on...

Springfield has done exactly what I was afraid they'd do: built an XD in .45 ACP. For me, this thing screams "CCW Carry Piece". I bought my daughter an XD-9, and we argue over who gets to shoot it. It's a great gun, shoots well, has good ergonomics (at least for those of us with small...

OK, so I'm a sucker for .22s. I was at the Charlotte gun show yesterday and an older fellow was selling off some of his collection. One of the guns was a Savage Model 60 Deluxe in pretty decent condition. No rust, a little dirty, wood is good but needs refinished. I gave him $75 for it, down...