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After getting brave I once more went through my uncle's workshop and found a set of drawings for a Gatling style gun with two circles of barrels (one inside the other) turned by the same crank. In the margin was written "not worth the expense of getting the permission of the Great White Father...

Once more I humbly beg the mod's tolerance and if this in inappropriate I understand the need to delete the thread... That said. Indiana Veterans Home has a a few graves that are not sponsored for the 2017 season. These are people that served us honorably and well just to be forgotten when they...

I debated on putting this in gunsmithing & asked if it be moved if more appropriate there. Is it possible for a rimmed cartridge to function in the AR platform? It would be nice to have a modern semi-automatic rifle to let my Winnie retire. On the more extreme side it would be fun to have one...

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/15/passerby-shoots-kills-motorist-assaulting-deputy-after-traffic-stop..html (If this is inappropriate please remove.) My question to this particular story is simply had the bystander had a different intention in handling the problem would he have a legal...

In yesterday's newspaper story of a man that murdered a woman on her front porch much was made of a so called sentencing enhancement because the person used a firearm. What is the reasoning that society needs further protection from the criminal that murders with a firearm rather than a knife...

(Note to mods- if this is inappropriate please remove and accept my apologies) In today's newspaper the story was told of a man that robbed a convenience store. He had simply asked the clerk to open the register and when she complied took the money and left. When the robber was captured -...

OK, I am not at all familiar with shotguns. Given that, I just read of a court case in Kentucky where a person is claiming his neighbor shot down his drone that was at a height of 275 feet. Is a 12 guage capable of putting enough pellets into a drone size target with enough force to down the...

First off I beg the mods' indulgence on this completely off-topic and non gun related post. I will accept your judgment to whether it is appropriate. Bloomington native, Navy WWII Veteran, Paul Goodman will be turning 100 years old on July 29th. When asking Paul if he had any birthday...

I've been offered three pounds of Ramshot Silhouette powder for $25 per and 100 flat nose bullets (125 grain ) thrown in. The load data shows a 1000+ start velocity that gives me pause but not beyond my risk tolerance. Question: is this type of powder good for my situation? (38 special...

Is it really necessary to use the resizing die every time? Using a sample of 10 out of 100 the micrometer shows less than 1/100,000 variance to the published dimensions.

58 rounds out of the rifle with a grouping that while not as good as my brothers reloads is close enough to bring home venison for dinner! The soft lead left some barrel fouling but the beeswax seemed to make it easy to clean out. I'm beginning to think I can really do this! :) The bad news...

38 spec 3.2 gr Bullseye 158gr RN Range 30yd 1 shot left 8 ring 2 shot upper 1 ring 3 shot lower 5 ring 4-8 left 8 ring. Hubby had same results (two rounds all over the shop 6 in tight group) so it's not a flinch problem. Any guesses what I'm doing wrong?

Last winter I managed to buy an old reloading press at an auction sale. Today I managed to convince a local merchant to dip into his personal supply and sell me powder (Bullseye) and primers. I convinced my husband to use my uncle's old swaging machine to make a bunch of 38 ball (158 gr semi wad...

A certain unnamed idiot that shall remain my brother has a habit of "polishing" (for want of a better word) the primer pockets of brass before he reloads. He claims it gives a cleaner more dependable reload. Is this normal procedure or just one of my brother's many many faulty assumptions?

The suggestion of another poster hit me right in the curiosity... So what is the function of a BP weapon on your homestead? Ours are used primarily for hunting with a bit of target shooting thrown in for good measure.

I have a vague recollection of a court case where a person was trying to join or perhaps start a state militia. When told the only organized militia was the federal National Guard the court ruled the state did have that right and the people the right to join one. All I seem to be able to find...

I went to an auction yesterday and bought a "junk" box. Included in the junk was some (empty) 20 gauge shotshells that are all brass. If I had a certain unnamed idiot that shall remain my brother reload them would they be safe for Dad's ancient "J.C Higgins" break open shotgun or should I just...

Archer supreme I wish I'd known about this guy when my MiL started on me that it would be impossible to kill many ppl in a short time without a semi auto handgun or rifle.

I'm wondering if the "minie ball" concept was ever adapted for cannon. I doubt a hollow base capable of expansion would be practical but perhaps a soft metal sleeve around the projectile? Has anyone heard of this sort of thing that could point me in a direction to research?

Suppose you bought a 'war relic' rifle at a garage sale and on bringing it home discover it is full automatic. Further assume you know the person selling the weapon had no idea 'grandpa' brought home an illegal weapon. Do you; Violate the law & keep the weapon. Look up the nearest 'no...