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My gunsmith gave me 5 old revolvers the other day, two of which appear capable of shooting without modification. The one in question is the Fryberg in .38 caliber, last patent 1903, which I understand was Andrew Fryberg's patent for a hammer safety which he couldn't even use on guns with his...

I got my target revolver and right off noticed it was shooting 6" high. I know there is some philosophical differences about aiming points but I've always wanted the top of the front sight to be exactly where the bullet hits, not 6" above that. The pattern was about 2" left at 35' also. When I...

I bought a little Hopkins and Allen revolver at a gunshow last weekend and would like to shoot it. I know Dixie Gun Works used to sell aluminum cases with an off center hole for a .22 blank to act as the primer, but they stopped selling them. My intent is to write a program to make them in the...

I saw a youtube video in which the shooter opened up his cap wells to the sides so a Cash capper would fit easily. I'm thinking of doing this to my Remington replicas but am concerned about flashover. It figures that by opening the area of the "Window" to the side of the nipple well the...

Today I finally got my new Uberti stainless target revolver. and was comparing it to my 15 year old Pietta stainless replica. Some time ago I bought an extra cylinder for the Pietta but found that the locking lug recesses were considerably wider than the original cylinder's recesses, that was...

This Easter weekend the 1990's 2 hour gunsmoke movie opened with an outlaw's checking his unusual revolver. He grabbed the barrel and twisted it a quarter turn to the left (Anti-clockwise) which allowed the barrel group to slide forward, and the cylinder's star ejected the shells. I tried...

I have what I thought was a 1922 Browning pistol, but it has target sights and that stupid "Thumb shelf" grip on the left side, besides constantly reminding me that Americans in 1968 allowed infringements without a fuss that thumb shelf keeps me from activating the grip safety. Thinking it was...

I have a Colt 1909 .38 ACP double link pistol that had deep rust pitting on the slide, and want to parkerize it since surface grinding the pits out of the sides of the slide makes it unworthy as a collector piece. The gunsmith told me to sand blast rather than bead blast, said the park finish...

Most people have never seen a Benelli automatic, I have the B80 which is chambered in 30 Luger. The same basic gun will easily convert to 9MM by a barrel change I think, so in order to handle the pressure all the Benelli's I've seen, both 7.65MM and 9MM have what is called a "Delayed" blowback...

I can't really believe this... 99% of my companies business has nothing to do with guns, but a year ago or so suddenly our insurance carrier, Hartford, dropped us even though there had been no claims. We were told it was because of the tiny bit of gun business we do. So, we found another...

Hi, Today I bought a Mauser Hsc, I watched youtube disassembly and reassembly videos, but when I reassemble it I set the slide back on with assembly plunger pushed up and the slide about 1/4" forward, all the way down into place and slide it back. The I release the plunger. All looks good...

I heard a story that I'd like to hear what validity there is in. Story was that John Browning designed a weapon, showed it to Colt, who poo pooed it. Later JMB saw it in the Colt catalog, and hated him for the rest of his days. The only thing I can think of is that the story may be true of...

I've talked with a few people who carried the M-60 in combat, and never have any of them said anything bad about the gun. Have I just met a few biased soldiers? I'm reading a book on military rams written and published in the UK and practically every American weapon is pretty worthless, but...

I bought ten of these on ebay, cheap. Said to be "gunsmith punches". The overall length is 3.140", the large diameter is 6MM, or .236". About .385" from the "striking" end there is a perpendicular hole drilled through of .099" dia. That end also has a tiny center drill hole for live center...

I got one of these recently, a fun gun. But I noticed at the gunsmith's shop where I bought it that the riflings had no twist. I've seen websights about it that say the rifling twist's are 1 turn in 18, now that would indeed stabilize a projectile. Mine, as would be expected, does not stabilize...

Hi, I have a .380 Guardian that came to me without sights. To me every gun should have sights, so I bought a large assortment of sights from off Gun broker. I found a nice combat rear of the right size and a small dovetaill front sight that should work in the small amount of space available...

And the Sig below a Colt Mustang Plus II with the same trigger;

I posted this in another forum but got no replies, the pistol is a Ruger Mk III slabside stainless target gun. This pistol was a gift, and I love it. It functioned flawlessly for the first 2-3K round count. All of a sudden it started failing to lock back at the last round. I hadn't cleaned it...

What does FTF stand for? I know for a fact that private sales of firearms are legal in Oregon, no problem, so I'm looking at sale forums and folks say "FTF". I hope this isn't the wrong area.

Maybe some of you have dealt with this. In my Pro2000 with auto index I noticed that when the shell plate reaches it's stop point the snap of the detent ball causes a tiny bit of powder to shake out of the case. It's not much, but it accumulates on the shell plate and around the base of the...