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While shooting my 1950 Long Branch for the first time (using 30's Mk.VII from Samco), I noticed a drastic shift in POI about halfway through the day that I couldn't explain. After cleaning the bore, I now find this strange fouling about two inches from the crown down: What will it take to...

I sold an antique rifle and recently received payment and a copy of a buyer's driver's license. The fly in the ointment is that the license expired in 1999. The URL at the bottom of the paper the license is printed on points to an AOL webmail attachment, presumably a scan of this license...

I've fired approximately 400 rounds (Bulgarian surplus) through my unissued Finnish M39. I've done this over about six range sessions and after each one, I Windex the bore and spray/wipe down the bolt face at the range. When I get home, I disassemble the rifle and apply Wipe-out foaming bore...

I just got a new, unissued M39 from WGA. The interruptor/ejector that was in it (first type) would not function. The interruptor part of the piece seems just a hair too long, as it often fails to let a round slip past. To replace it, I installed a new second type interruptor/ejector. This...

I received a couple of rear sight pins that were supposedly for the K98, but none fit (they're too fat). Can anyone here stick their K98's rear sight pin in a pair of calipers or micrometer and tell me the diameter in thousandths of an inch? Thanks!

It's difficult to find photos of a decent Mexican model 1910 rifle. I figured I'd post mine. Enjoy!

As an unemployed man, I've been able to use some of my free time to shoot the rifles and ammo I bought while working. I enjoy shooting while everyone else is at work. I'm rapidly finding that rifles I'd shot only casually before are proving or failing to prove themselves in my hands. Normally...

It had been a while since I shot the M39, so I took it out today and quickly remembered how much I like it. While it's ridiculously easy to be precise with this rifle, being accurate is another thing entirely. Mine shoots about a foot high at 100 meters using Bulgarian heavy ball. At 150m, it's...

Background: I need to replace the bolt head on my Tikka 91/30. It headspaces OK, but this gun is yet another that closes way, way too hard because of the extractor being seated poorly and digging into the case rim when you close the bolt. I attempted to remove the extractor using a hammer...

Today I removed the magazine disconnect safety from my CDNN FN Hi-Power. After some whacking (and denting), I quickly found that both the trigger pin and the magazine disconnect retaining pin were too stubborn for my hammer and punch blows, so I gently pressed them out without any real...

We shooters are a worldly bunch. This site is for travelers--fair game, as our guns have traveled a long distance to their new owners! You can map the nations that issued your military surplus firearms here: http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountries Here's mine:

Inspired by the "Most Underappreciated Rifle Caliber" thread. Which military surplus rifle do you think is un- or under-appreciated in the shooting world, and why do you think that? For extra credit, also list which military surplus rifle you think is over-hyped and state why. I think the more...

Does anybody make a direct impingement AK? If so, how does it perform? Everyone likes to rag on the piston-less AR, but I've never seen anyone turn the tables. I'd be interested to see if the gas piston really adds to the AK's legendary reliability.

I've had some inquiries about my thread on Earl McDowell's gun control book, America's Great Gun Game: Gun Ownership vs. Americans' Safety. This thread was closed weeks ago, but its legacy apparently lives on. Let me emphasize one idea above all: if you viewed that discussion as an attempt to...

A professor and friend of mine, Dr. Earl E. McDowell, has just completed a book on gun control: Americas Great Gun Game: Gun Ownership vs. Americans Safety. Find it at Amazon.com...

I received a reproduction K98 sling from Sarco on Friday, and it's a very disappointing item in several ways, but the main issue is that the keeper is too large to fit inside the slot cut for it in the stock on my 1943 K98. Has anyone found a decent sling for their K98?

Meet "Scar", my first milsurp: After getting the cosmoline off, disassembling and reassembling the gun several times, successfully peening the splines that grab the gas cylinder, and doing a bad job repairing a crack in the rear handguard, I'm ready to shoot this rifle tomorrow! I've had...

Never mind, I had to search for "peen" to get me to the relevant threads on the subject. Mods please bomb this thread.

A few months ago I received a post-war service grade Garand from the CMP. Because of school, I've had to delay shooting it/getting it ready to be shot until now. I've done a lot of reading and several searches of this forum, and I've been able to answer my questions on ammunition...

It's happy time! I've waited approximately four months for my first milsurp, a service grade Garand from the CMP, and now it's here. It's certainly in "nicer than expected" condition, all the parts except a few things on the rear sight have a strong parkerized coating, and the wood is a dark...