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Yeah, I think they're about equally rare today, though the price on an M1 gas trap will likely bear at least one more zero!

One easy way to spot a 96/11 conversion is the inletted chunk of wood at the bottom of the semi-pistol grip, since the original G1896 had a straight wrist. The triggerguard and buttplate also differ from the new, purpose-built 1911 rifles. There are other, more subtle differences as well. The...

Cool project! Is that a Mini-14 front sight I see? Nodak Spud used to make a nice sturdy aperture for the round profile on H&R handi-rifle. I put one of those on my custom .38 Super barrel where it works a treat. Since it looks like you've cut a dovetail into the stub, maybe one of these...

It ain't pretty, but if I'm being honest I would have to say my current favorite .22 rimfire is a Turkish Mauser 98 K.Kale service rifle with an Erma conversion installed and using subsonic ammo. It's weird, which makes it a close fit to my personality. With CCI Quiets or CB Longs, pulling...

Not having been taken for this specific purpose, this photo shows both my 2s and 3s:

Here's the local K-Mart ad for my Glenfield M25, the same one I left on dad's nightstand. I received it for my 16th birthday in 1976, easily still the best birthday present ever: About 150 guns later and it still goes to the range with me pretty regularly -- I just took it out to celebrate...

As a very welcome follow-on to my earlier posting here, I just received a package in the mail today from Nightlord40K, containing a lovely supply of primed, unfired Starline .32-20 brass. This was his remaining supply of 32-20 ammo, included as part of the revolver purchase I mentioned. Due...

The owner of Martin Archery in Walla Walla, WA also owned a fantastic old-school sporting goods store in town, back in 1988 when I visited my in-laws there. We also had a few smaller versions of this sort of shop in my home town in CA at that time, but the selection I discovered in Walla2 was...

Liking this! I recently went with two purchases from the other leading brand for this chambering, both veteran Hand Ejectors. The first was a circa-1910 example in very good condition, other than being bereft of its original finish. Tark provided a starter supply of 32-20 brass, and after...

This site isn't what you've asked about, but you may find something else to your liking here: https://www.tinpainting.com/collections/western-movie?spm=..collection_79a5fd2c-9043-486a-b84a-ac215c9a6b2a.header_1.1

I think I've owned a total of eight .22 LR revolvers over the years. My first was an FIE single action very similar to the Heritage offerings. Not great in the accuracy department. I had double actions from both a Rossi and Taurus. The former also wasn't especially accurate, and the latter...

FWIW, SA on a DA revolver also gives a much shorter pull. I like to compare it to the second stage of a 2-stage rifle trigger.

If you have the time and interest, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gxUHlmISX8

Consider looking for an Husqvarna M98 rifle as your starting point. They were using FN commercial 98 actions until they introduced their HVA action in the mid-1950s. The HVAs are also excellent, but altered from the original Mauser 98 design in several respects -- the different bolt stop makes...

This concern has a strong regional factor. Here in CA, because the political regime has been interfering for so long with personal freedoms at almost every level (criminals excepted, obviously), the FFL paperwork has become background noise. I'm daunted by the related taxes and surcharges more...

Neat little pistolas! Unrelated aside: does anyone else here from my generation look at the big CCP on the slide and instantly think of the Soviet space program?

It would vary a bit with round ball vs. conical. If you haven't seen this video, go to the 32 minute mark for the loading demo (they use 56 grains). Or just watch the whole thing -- I've done that more than once. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGgjHtTgunM

A very cool acquisition -- congratulations. I've long thought this was possibly the most attractive configuration of all the LEs. The condition's not bad for one of these, since they were far from new before the RIC mods and then probably used hard. Have you checked whether the pitting...

Yeah, me too! Not so much time as opportunity. :-/ I can still rub them down with oil and whisper sweet nothings.

I really had to think about this, because I couldn't recall buying a single new rifle recently. I checked my notes and the newest rifle I bought in 2023/24 was this Springfield M1A Tanker, shown below my .308 M1 -- it wasn't exactly new in any sense of the word, but it had left the factory only...