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I've owned 2 Piettas and their handsprings both broke within the first week. Upon examination their hands look like cast pot metal and their springs bobby pins. I owned a Uberti Walker for a brief stint and the hand and spring both looked like machined spring steel.The Walker never broke. I may...

I bought a full scale mortar from dixie and it required no paper work. I think it was about $500 just for the barrel but full scale cannons can go up to 10k. The rest of the questions I can't anwser because I bought it mainly for a decoration but have a look here to start...

I'd say that gun will sell for $350-500. In cased sets people often care more about what accessories they get than the case itself, and they all add up. When done right defarbed/antiqued guns can rake in hundreds more than the same gun pristine. I don't think that one is particularly well done...

I've had this same idea multiple times but just remember ASM parts are no longer sold. Even older Ubertis and Piettas may not be compatible with the new parts available. Expect to custom build parts, even little things like a spring or wedge screw that you think you'd be able to order won't fit...

Yes I understand making my own bottom metal from sheet steel is not ideal but I obviously don't have a mill, and I do want to go with a pre-made one, however as you also pointed out in my other thread Mausers have multiple action lengths and the action I'm getting I believe is the longest. Which...

You seem to know a lot about me, please tell me more about my skill levels when you have never seen any of my work and know nothing of my skill set. I think you have a fundamental lack of reading comprehension if you think by that I meant I'd use a "DBM" with the existing box mag. I was talking...

Its really ugly just like the RPR and it think it should have come with an AR15 style butt stock so people can customize it. But I think the concept is pretty cool.

Thanks for your concerns but I'm looking for a gunsmithing project not a custom gun. It's the journey not the destination for me, and I like tactical style guns and 99.9% of the customs for sale are hunting style rifles. The price won't be too bad, if I get the receiver I linked the total price...

I don't want to necessarily build a Mauser but I couldn't really think of any other action to start with and I want something cheap and unique which is why I'm not going with a R700. So here's one of the potential actions I might use, I've heard really good and also bad things about it which I...

I'm going to be building a Mauser sporter and I want to convert it to take detachable box mags. Does anyone have a recommendation on which mags to use? For price reasons I'm thinking about going with AR10 mags since I'm also converting it to .308. I'm going to probably be building my own bottom...

If I recall correctly the NMA never came with the sight current Ubertis have, early ones came with silver cone sights then they went to non-adjustable pressed sights like the Piettas. If a Uberti was antiqued to look like an original you could tell at first glance its fake because of the fantasy...

One of the main obvious giveaways that said walker is a fake is the markings. It looks like they were hand drawn and etched or hand engraved rather than stamped. Take a look at a real one for sale and compare how crisp it is...

I made a replica of a walker once, I asked $750 for it buy it now then after a week with no sale put it down to $500 and it sold right away. Guess I should have just gave it some more time. I still made $350 profit on it!

The obvious answer is the AR-15, or something like an HK416, MP5SD or, VSS Vintorez. All guns used by groups like SEAL's Delta and Spetsnaz. Hardcore dudes who actually do escape, evasion, and reconnaissance. I did not bother reading the scout rifle thread yet as I'm crunched for time lately...

I said WWI and WWII because it is true both are still in use, if the WWII machines happen to be used more often my statement is still correct. Obviously the WWII machines are used more as they are more advanced as new rifling techniques came out. Link number 2 I posted shows a Pratt & Whitney...

You're going to want to watch the 27:25 mark of this video. http://www.prattandwhitney.com/images/customer-files/pratt_whitney_history_book3.pdf "The rifling machines found in custom barrel shops are invariably Pratt & Whitney machines"...

It may be true the Italians build good quality guns, but they are by no means exact or close to exact copy's. When building my Walker I did countless days of research, I have over 300 high definition photos of over 20 original Walkers. I spent several hours just comparing the originals to a...

It's simple to tell a defarbed gun from an original. The originals have the original markings, defarbs have none...

I don't know of any companies who do antiquing, to get it to a basic lightly worn level it's not too hard. If I had a gun that I just wanted a worn finish on I'd rub it down with steel wool to get most of the raw steel showing, then just use some mustard or plum brown to give it some character...

Here's a shorty Walker I did a while back.