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Today's edition of the Kathimerini newspaper, the largest and most respected paper in Greece, has a long article about the gun situation in the country. The upshot is that attempts at gun control have failed miserably...

According to the latest NBC News poll, 52% of Americans say they own guns. https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/poll-gun-ownership-reaches-record-high-american-electorate-rcna126037 The actual number is much higher, when we account for those who won't admit that they own...

I found these pictures on the Web, and I thought they might be of some interest in this forum. They are from the 2nd Greek Civil War circa 1947. The DSE (Communists) was totally integrated between men and women, while the Nationalist side had only male fighters. The guns are all WW2 pickups...

The 1990's are considered to be the "golden age" for the Taurus PT92 (Beretta offshoot). This was after the adoption of the ambidextrous safety and the relocated magazine release (good), and before the addition of the accessory rail and the Taurus Security System internal lock (bad). But there...

I just read this little gem: How about we STOP talking about "assault rifles" . . . STOP IT WITH THE “ASSAULT WEAPON, ASSAULT RIFLE” HORSESHIT. THESE THINGS ARE WEAPONS OF WAR and are designed for one purpose: To kill as many people as efficiently as possible in as short a time as possible...

Just thought I'd share this neat item. Accessories (clockwise from top left): -- Spare magazines (in .30-06) -- Offset chamber cleaning brush -- Sheath for Remington knife (below) -- Remington-branded scope -- Ammo -- Remington folding knife -- Sling -- Remington-branded Zippo lighter --...

There are two types of factory plastic grips for the Taurus PT 92 (decocker model). Here are the front faces -- older type on the left, newer on the right: And here are the back sides: If you decide to replace your factory grips, make sure to use the correct type. If you have a pre-2000...

The Taurus PT92 still has several parts in common with its developmental cousin, the Beretta 92. These include the barrel, locking block, recoil spring, and guide. But also the hammer springs. Many people improve the trigger pull of the Beretta 92 by substituting the shorter "D" hammer spring...

I like the fitted or molded cases for handguns, provided by the manufacturers. The latest trend is to supply generic cases, or no cases at all. The following is a selection of fitted cases. First up is the case formerly used by RIA (Philippines). It contains their M1911A1, modified to be a WW2...

OK, I'll say it. The supposedly "luminous" 3-dot night sights on the Sig Sauer M17 or M18 are dim. At first I thought it was a sample defect, but now that I have two of them, I see that it's a design problem. These are utterly useless in low light situations. In fact, the luminous paint on my...

The M17 (top one in this picture) started life as an all-black "Bravo" version (now discontinued). But I didn't like that the two shades of black clashed, so I got a Coyote grip module and substituted it. The M18 comes only in Coyote. But again, I didn't like how the two shades of Coyote...

I was recently in the town of Ioannina, in northwestern Greece near the Albanian border. I noticed an interesting display, in a shop window: These are the real thing, and not cheap tourist copies. However, in common with almost all of these Balkan pistols, the ramrods are dummies...

These were rifles surrendered by Greek guerillas after the Varkiza Truce of February 1945. (They probably kept their better ones.) What a miscellany! Especially note the "sporterized" Lee-Enfield at the lower left. I also see Carcanos, Berthiers,etc.

According to an article in the Athens daily Kathimerini, the union representing the Greek external (perimeter) prison guards is complaining that they are still being armed with obsolete revolvers, despite promises to the contrary. The weapons in question are .32 cal. models of 1911 and 1917, and...

The word is that this fall's machine gun shoot at the Knob Creek range will be the last ever. Not clear if the gun show in the pole barn will continue. To me, the gun show was the big draw. The firing was an annoyance. You couldn't talk to the dealers at the show while the firing was going...

We all know how the AR-15 barrel is attached. The barrel (along with its extension) is pressed into the upper recever, and then secured with a threaded collar. The Koreans adopted a simpler system with their Daewoo K2. Like the AR, the barrel is pressed into the upper receiver. But there is no...

Beto O'Rourke called it quits today. I guess taking people's guns did not play as well with the Democratic base as he expected. He joins Swalwell in proving that gun confiscations won't get you very far. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris is circling the drain. So much for her "100-day" executive order...

In advance of the Giffords gun forum in Las Vegas, Joe Biden has announced his gun plan, which he touts as more "moderate" than those of his rivals. The highlight of the plan is that owners of "assault weapons" would be given a choice: either turn in their guns (for compensation) OR register...

Under federal law, the "gun" is the serial-numbered part -- in the case of the AR-15, the lower receiver. Everything else is just an unrestricted part. When NY, California, NJ, etc., restricted the AR-15, did they apply the restrictions to complete guns, to lower receivers, or to any and all...

This is my latest project. The goal is to build a display gun that externally looks 100% convincing, but is a non-working non-gun. The starting point is an "80%" lower receiver. All the parts are mounted in the standard way, except for the fire control parts. The FCG pocket is left solid. It...