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I saw the recent "What is a AR15 drop in safety sear" thread and it's original 2006 posts, and I had a recent experience with it. Back in the late 90's or early 2000's I ordered one from the ad I saw in the Shotgun News. The ad called it a safety sear and being new to AR15's I thought my...

I bought a SCAR 17 several months ago and was disappointed that it came with only one magazine. The FN store listed them for $41, but was always out of stock. Gunbroker and other sights had them for $60-80 before all the panic buying, but I just wouldn't pay that much and now they list for...

Today I picked up a Century C-93 at a local gunshop (not the one I work at). It was new with two 40 round alloy mags and a bayonet. I inspected it at the shop, the fit and finish looked excellent except for the alloy mags. One mag had some large spots where the finish was worn, but other...

So I'm in the broken gun room sorting fixable-possible fixable-too expensive to fix-and beyond repair firearms when I come across a small pile of black powder rifles. They all appear to be cheap BP rilfes mostly made in the last ten years or so. I come across two identical synthetic stocked...

Since starting work at a local gunshop, I have consitently contacting gun company customer service reps about sending guns in for warrenty repair or factory recalls. So far I it's been enlighting. The major gun makers seen to only have a one year warrenty, while the cheaper gun makers have a...

A couple of weeks ago I was making the rounds at the local gun/pawn shops looking for something I couldn't live without, and to my surprise one of the shops offered me a part-time job. I'm a disabled vet with lots of time on my hands and lately I've been bored out of my mind. I called the VA...

My brother's Walther P-22 seems to have a broken hammer spring. The hammer has no tension whatsoever. I called Walther America and they sent me a Post paid label to send it in for repair even though the warrenty expired in 09'. I'll send it out tomorrow for my brother and the customer...

I been agressively expanding my firearm collection for about 5 years now, rarely selling or giving away any (selling 1 and giving away 8). There are still many guns I still would like to collect, like a Daewoo, Uzi, Sig 556, and the like, but I have been bouncing around the idea of entering...

Last week while at a local gunshop, a fellow customer ask the owner if he was interested in a 7.7 Japanese rifle, which the owner declined. I had been looking for one to compleate my WWII rifle collection, but couldn't find one that didn't have the mum ground off or wasn't sporterized. The...

My niece turns eighteen years old friday. She likes to shoot when invited to join us at the range and very responsible. She liked my Keltec Sub 2000 in 9mm that takes Glock mags, so I bought her one. My family isn't very big on parties, but we are plannning on going to see "Despicable Me"...

At a local pawn shop they have an Inland M1 carbine for $500. The serial number is in the 900,000 range so it was built between May 42' - Sep 43', the first production run. The barrel is pretty bad on the outside, lots of pitting, but marked Inland 43', do it's probably in original...

No matter how big or small I still like gunshows. I often hear or read about how crappy they are, junk jewelery, chinese tools, beanie babies, overpriced ammo and guns, but I have yet not to find a good deal for something at every gunshow. This weekend was the Hanging Judge gunshow in...

I remembered a thread awhile back about Mexico blaming America for it's gun violence since they claim most illegal guns there are from America. The other day I bought some Aguila .30 Carbine ammo and noticed it was made in Mexico. All other arguments aside, how can you sell the ammo to the...

Why is it that I always run into the same annoying guy at the local range? Did I do something terribly wrong in a past life. First some background. My local gun range is a great place to shoot and every time I go there I meet new people. I also have yet to go there with out letting...

Sunday I was changing the trigger guard on one of my DPMS M4s and the right side of the trigger guard mount broke right off. It was properly braced and I used the approriate punch, but on the second tap, it snapped right off. This isn't my first time either, I've built ARs from parts kits...

Friday I saw a stainless Mini-14 with a factory folding stock at one gunshop for $900 and when I commented about it and that I really wanted a GB model at another gunshop the owner told me he had a Oklahoma Highway Patrol GB model he would sell me for $600. It's a factory GB model, marked OHP...

Today I found a Remington 1903 bolt action on consignment at a local gunshop. It has been reblued and the stock looks like it was refinished also. Other than the mag follower it looks original. It's the original model with the ladder front sight, not the A3. The price is $425 out the door...

For the past two days I've been looking for a M1 Garand after not buying the one I wanted sooner and was sold before I returned (along with a mint looking Norinco para SKS and a good looking Russian SKS). So anyway I hit every gun and pawn shop in my area without success until I try a small...

I have seen several posts on various forms about the quality of bolts and carriers from different manufacturers. To be honest I have only seen one bolt that was actually cracked (on one side of the cam hole, Rock River Arms AR), one bolt that did not meet headspace (on an old Army M16A2...

I bought a Ruger Blackhawk Convertible two weeks ago that had a large Houge grip, but didn't come with the factory grips. The Houge was just too big and surprisingly none of the local gunshops had any factory style grips. I called the Ruger customer service about 10 minutes before closing...