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A friend of mine has an old Smith and Wesson I frame in .32 long ctg. It is a Hand Eject Model, last patent date is July 7, 1903. It is blued, hard rubber grips with a 4.25 inch barrel. The serial number on the butt is 60881. Anyone have a serial number/date range for this arm? Thanks

I have my late father-in-law's old Kabar belt knife that I would like to know something about. It has been in the family for years. The sheath has a silver sticker that says "old Betsy" (according to my wife as it is now illegible). Does anyone know the approximate dates of manufacture or any...

My Blue Sky M1 Garrand is looking pretty shabby. The parkerized receiver looks pretty good as does the trigger guard and bottom metal but all other metal has paint that is in pretty bad shape. The wood is beat up with dings and gouges (there are no cartouches or markings of any kind). This is a...

:uhoh:I have my bluing tank heating up a fresh salt solution. It is around 255-260 degrees as of right now (headed to 294 degrees). As I went to stir it, harmonics set up and it began to "sing". It sounds like a one note saxophone! The "music" stops when I stir the solution but returns as soon...

"This morning, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Board voted unanimously to repeal the prohibition on the use of suppressors while hunting for all game and non-game animals, effective immediately."...

Currently under Alabama law,just recently updated, we are required to have a pistol permit to carry a loaded handgun in our vehicles(whether on our person or not). A recent law change made transporting one without a permit lawful if it was unloaded, cased and out of the reach of the driver...

Anyone doing any trapping this season? Our Alabama trapping season runs from November 9- February 28th this year. I have concentrated on otter this year but with our Alabama weather, everything from a couple of snowfalls in the 6-8 inch range, 80 degree days to 7 degree days and semi-weekly...

For the Savage Axis shooter. Boyd's now has a wood stock available!<http://boydsgunstocks.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/savage-axis-transform-your-plastic-stock-into-beautiful-wood-laminate/>

Which weight bullets "generally" gives better accuracy for you from a 22" commercial barrel with a 1:10 twist, 131 grn bullet or 139/140 grain?

The weather is still very warm here in the deep South as several hunting seasons begin to open. The woods are still green and the trees are still heavy with leaves but a few are beginning to fall. We have many dangers in the woods to be aware of,spiders,scorpions and the like but by far the most...

I have a set of A.R.M.S. 30mm detachable scope rings for Weaver bases. They fit nothing without modification. They won't tighten down on some Weaver/picatinny bases(too loose) and won't close on others(too tight). I opened up some bases for a good fit but when I put them on my wife's Remington...

I love high polish blue and beautifully grained stocks for rifles but have found most game species don't. Because of this camo-ed guns and gear for hunting makes a lot of sense. I have tried my hand a home made camo paint schemes with varying results never getting exactly what i want. Recently...

Anybody here load/reload the .257 Roberts round?

I recently aquired a Canadian made Century L1A1 in .308. It has been rebuilt by a local armorer with new(old stock)parts and a new 11.25:1 twist barrel. I am going to scope it and am looking for a solid bolt cover scope mount and have narrowed it down to 2 very similar brands. The first one is...

A friend of mine has asked me to help him find a source of ammo for his 1935 French SACM pistol. It is in 7.62x22mm(not the usual 7.65x20mm). So far I've had little to no success. Does anyone know of a possible source for obsolete ammo? We are already checking with GAD Custom ammo but haven't...

There is a guy on a local(Alabama) trading forum trying to sell an M14. He is referring to it as a pre-ban(?)with a G.I.receiver. It is my understanding that the M14(GI issue) was never made available to the civilian market. Is he mistaken as to what he has? Is this most likely an M1a (it has a...

I have a like new FNH FNAR in 7.62x51,20" heavy fluted barrel,20 round magazine and bipod. An aquaintance has an Armalite AR-10b that he wants to trade for the FNAR. How do these 2 match up value($$$) wise?

Just finished my latest project (NOT for sale or trade). I bought this rifle new as a 223 rem. and converted it to .243 win,had to replace the barrel,bolt head,front baffle,magazine box and follower/spring. Then to .308 win,only needed a new barrel to do that. Here it is in it's final...

I have a Savage Axis in .243 win and would like to re-barrel it to .308 win. I have a Savage Model 10/110 barrel in .308 on my Stevens Model 200 that I would like to use. While I COULD just take both barrels off and see if they interchange,I had rather ask if anyone knows this beforehand...

I recently traded for a Ruger GP-100 .357 mag that had been damaged by (reportedly) brake or carburator cleaner being splashed on it. Whatever the cause,it is in desperate need of a redu. At this point I haven't decided on the type of finish yet but my options are matte blue,high polish blue or...