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    Percentage of prohibited people who try to buy guns?

    If a person is prohibited from buying a gun, are they much less likely to try to buy one? I have a general thought, which may be misguided, that prohibited people are more likely to not have any interest in guns because they don't want to remind themselves that they are not allowed to own them...
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    Bullet or bb hole in glass?

    My wife was asking about a hole she saw in the window of her hotel room in Atlanta. She described it as a small hole with a larger hole on the other side. She was describing it as a bullet hole. My thought was it's a bb hole, but I think I remember hearing somewhere that those certain holes in...
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    AR front sight height

    I changed the .072 front sight of my match service rifle to a .052 width sight. The old front sight was at 2.90 mm from the top of the ears. The new sight will give me either 2.80 mm or 2.98 mm to be closest to the height of the old sight. I chose 2.98 mm for the height, but I don't know how...
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    Buggerin' black powder

    Shame on me. It's an 1851 Pietta. Seems whenever I try to take apart my black powder gun, I bugger something up. I either dent the side of the barrel while trying to take the pin out, or I bugger a screw trying to remove it. Residue seems to get into even the screw threads, sticking...
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    Sticky holsters

    All my holsters are sticky. For a smooth draw I have to pull the gun belt real tight. A tight belt is very uncomfortable. Is there a certain wax or oil that will help the gun draw smoother from the holster, or do the holsters just need to be broken in like a baseball glove? I'm using a...
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    R.G. Curtis

    My good friend loaned me his custom bullseye wadcutter 1911 built on a Colt series 70. The inside of the slide says RG Curtis. I can't find anything about this gunsmith. Has anyone heard of RG Curtis?
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