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Earlier this year I bought a TTN Winchester 1897 shotgun clone. Not the smooth/slick gun a true Winchester is, but perfectly servicable. I'm happy with it. I think I may get a 1878 hammer double Colt clone if the guns are still available. Seems as if I heard TTN had gone out of business...

I imagine most shooters familiar with Brownings have heard about the 1960's and early 1970's troubles FN and Browning had with salty high grade walnut. I've read that other gun companys had issues with saltwood too, but never did much in the way of owning up to it. I own a Ruger No.1 rifle...

The Century C15 Sporter I just bought has a 1/7 rifled extremely thick barrel installed. She is a hodge-podge of new and used parts, with Colt upper and small parts throughout salvaged from surplus M16 A2 rifles. She does have all new furniture, and lower receiver, plus a small part here and...

Decided to get an AR 15 A2 rifle. Wasn't really planning on it, but a buddy bought an AR carbine, and I decided I liked it. I already own a Daewoo carbine. The stoeger imported version of a Korean K1A1, so I'm swimming in AR mags. I decided an AR long rifle is in order. I called my...

My son and I went shooting yesterday afternoon. Fired a number of guns, amongst them a Colt Official Police I had just bought last week. Dug into my ammo stockpile, and found some Remington UMC "brown box" 130 gr. jacketed .38 Special from sometime in the 1990's. I figured that would be...

I need quite a few parts and accesories for a couple projects I have going. Trying to put a Nepal Cache P1853 rifle musket back into shape, and need a few things for my newest project, an 1873 Trapdoor Springfield rifle. Could use some other stuff they have too. Dixie Gunworks has some of...

I've owned a Nepal Cache Mk.II Martini Henry rifle for a couple of years now. Just got my hands on a solid shooter grade Trapdoor rifle. This ones mechanicaly solid, just suffers a few corrosion issues from improper cleaning, and neglect. Just hypotheticaly, looks as if the BSA Martini would...

I have a new TNN/Norinco "Old West" Winchester M97 12 ga. riot gun. Seems to be a decent enough piece, although a bit rough around the edges. Anyhow, my issue with the M97 clone is with the dissassembly. I need to remove the slide handle/action bar to resolve a loose wood issue, and...

Springfield 187N .22 semi-auto rifle, basicaly a Savage 187 or 87 rifle. I aquired this rifle from a coworker quite sometime back. He had done the usual to it. He had fired it thousands of times without cleaning it. Shot it until it started jamming, then began prying on the feed lips through...

I inherited a near new Marlin 1894CBC carbine when my father in law died. A beautiful little octagon barrelled carbine in .45 Colt chambering. Also a fine shooter thats been pinpoint accurate with the mild cowboy action .45 ammo. Yes, she's definately a keeper for sentimental reasons plus an...

I really can't say that my M1 shoots bad. Honestly seems to be decently accurate. I do know that it has a few minor issues that could effect accuracy. Such as the fact that my frontsight/gas-chamber has a touch of wiggle to it, a bit loose in the splines. The barrel crown has a pretty good...

I bought a newer version of the PT-22 last Thursday. A used pistol, but doesn't appear all that used. New enough that it has an integral lock on the frame and a shock-buf insert in the slide. So far, have just tried the little pistol with Remington 40gr round nose bullets. Don't like to...

I had been wanting a original civil war era rifle musket for a couple years. Kind of a pricy item around here. Even sawed off or otherwise altered muskets sell high, or at least the ones I find do. The reproductions ain't all that cheap either! I took a gamble and bought a P53 rifle musket...

I just ordered myself a 12g. riotgun Winchester 1897 clone. Aim has these at an unbeatable price, and just couldn't resist. I can't say I have heard anything real good about the M97 clones, but nothing too bad either. Common complaints being "Cheap Chinese junk!" or "Remember Tianian...

I bought an old Ballester Molina .45 a couple summers back. Sort of a rough looking old pistol, brown patina finish and a mismatched barrel. Got it fairly cheap, and really had no great expectations of superb preformance. The old .45 auto was a surprise though. Gun runs like new, and is...

Ethics question! So what would an ethics question be in the Gunsmithing and Repairs section, you may ask. I'll just ask the question. Here is some preliminary info. I am strictly an amature gunsmith. I attended a vo-tech gunsmith school strictly for my own uses some years back. Learned...

I bought myself a Martini Henry MkII rifle from Atlanta Cutlery earlier this year. Received a pretty decent 1889 BSA manufactured rifle. Wood is nothing special, but intact and solid. Has some healthy pitting under the wood on the forearm, but not too bad, and out of sight under the forearm...

The trigger/bolt spring let go on my Uberti .45 Colt Peacemaker clone a couple weeks back. Had been shooting the revolver quite a bit, plus the revolver action has probably been cocked and then let down a zillion times, not to mention dry-fired a bit. I suppose that if I had a dollar for...

I inheritad a near new Marlin Cowboy competition rifle(I'd call it a carbine) in .45 Colt. Not the caliber I would have chosen for a Marlin 1894, but it's ok. Inherited a Stoeger Uberti 4 3/4" Colt clone in the same caliber. With that in mind, just been shooting cowboy loads and some reloads...