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So I shot my new Hawken rifle, used Bore Butter and swabbed it out after every three shots to help with fouling, and I still ended up running scalding hot water down the barrell for two hours and it STILL wasn't 100% clean. Is it supposed to be like that, in that I mean not 100% clean...

So a "search"didn't help much.... I am thinking on buying my first black powder riifle, in interest of history, and am looking at a Cabela's Hawken percussion rifle with "doulble trigger". Now, I have many a surplus rifle, like M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, Enfileld No 1 Mk III, and Mosin Nagant...

I just got a made in 1918 S&W Model 1917 (which I keep unsuccessfully trying to post a pic of!) and I thought I heard somewhere that shooting FMJ ammo in it will wear out the barrel pretty fast. Now, I don't intend to shoot this old feller anywhere near enough to wear out the barrel no matter...

So today I bought a weird Model 1917 - its nickel and has some sort of gold trigger and hammer. It is marked "US Army Model 1917" with serial "No 67 4XX" on the butt which the internet tells me is a manufacture of June 1918. It does not have the "US PROPERTY" under the barrel or the flaming...

Just how close a copy is the Thunder380 to the Walther PPK? I might be looking in the wrong places but I see tons of holsters for the PPK but not too many for the Bersa. So I am wondering if they are interchangable, particularly IWB types. I must say though I have never compared the two...

Just ordered a couple new-in-wrapper USGI 30 rounders for my M1 Carbine. Any thoughts? Especially as to the reliability in a semi-auto M1. I know these were really meant for the select fire M2, and I believe they hold the bolt open after last shot. I have plenty of 15 rounders so I...

So I am trying to figure out why the M1 I bought at last week's Birmingham show was "only" $599 when the others I saw were $800-$1000. Its a H&R, S/N 5,6xx,xxx with the op rod and receiver correctly numbered for H&Rs of the 1956-57 period (per "The Complete M1" book). Metal 90%, a little rust...

So I found out the CMP store in Alabama won't open till spring, and since I CAN'T wait that long, I bought a super sharp H&R Garand S/N 5,6XX,XXX for $599 at the Birmingham gun show last week (wood is superb birch, no wear on the metal - only reason I can figure so cheap is a little rust in the...

I know about the time frame of "late August", but for obvious reasons (I live an hour away) I am really hopped up about being able to pick out my M1. Anybody have an exact date or anything? The CMP website has nothing I can find. Thanks, y'all. Oh yeah, I hope to get one of the Greek...

I know its old stuff, but it also goes to the heart of party policies....did they ever press John Kerry or the other Democratic primary candidates on their feelings on CCW laws? I know they all spouted the nonsense about "hunters and sportsmen" and I even recall John Edwards mentioning "self...

So here's a good one I couldn't get an answer to at packing.org. My six month's residency in Jefferson Co, Alabama are up and I can get my CCW. BUT, the sheriffs office requires 3 people to sign attesting to your charachter. No problem, BUT "no long distance contact info and no relatives"...

Treat gun violence as a health problem By David Hemenway Originally published April 18, 2005 CITIZENS AND public officials in Baltimore face the perennial and politically contentious question of how to reduce a serious gun violence problem. At times it appears to be an insurmountable...

Just got my C&R, and on the list of C&Rs sent by ATF I only see Soviet SKS listed, not Yugos; yet I know they are considered C&R. The list does have a date of 2001, but surely the Yugos were flooding in before that. What's up with that? (PS: took 30 days to get the license).

N.C. Man Kicked Out of Military Over Contraband Rifle By The Associated Press (03/22/05 - FORT BRAGG) — A North Carolina National Guard soldier who tried to bring home a contraband AK-47 assault rifle has been kicked out of the military, a Fort Bragg spokesman said. Sgt. Craig A. Marks II...

I picked some up dirt cheap at the local Academy. (7.62x39) In fact it LOOKS dirt cheap, has some circa 1970s cowboy on the box. I'm kinda skeptical about the reliabilty of this stuff though my SKS does not seem to be picky. Says its made in the "JSC Barnaul Machine-tool Plant" in Russia...

I know its not a +P round, its heavy and slow, and in general I have heard that Fed H-S are great bullets but weak on velocity. That said, anyone have any experience with this ammo? The alternative is Cor-Bon 125gr +P that will get 1250fps/434ft-lbs, but I am wondering if the slow and...

Hey, how come I hear a lot about how regarding the SKS 10 rd stripper clips are the way to go vs. 20/30 round aftermarket mags, while I usually hear that the M-N 5 rounders are junk? Now, there is a lot of assumption in that statement but I would assume that most of the SKS and Mosin...

Allright, here's one that has been puzzling me for a long time: why are guns so prevelant in movies/TV/video games, while in real life people with experience with real firearms are getting to be less and less? Yes, I have heard that the urbanization/suburbanization of our country has a lot...

Well, in 5 months I will be eligible for CCW in Jefferson County (so odd for someone who spent 30+ years in Maryland!). Now I have only been "into" guns for about 2 years, and while I think I have the good sense to know when to draw (I have absolutely no temper) and follow the 4 rules always...

Well now that I have moved from Maryland to Birmingham, Alabama, I will be attending my first gun show here next Sat. (11/27) - so I was wondering what you all think of the shows here. My only point of reference is the Maryland shows - I thought the Silverado ones they had at the Timonium...