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    Lined holsters?

    What is a lined holster lined with? I guess I've never gotten curious before while in a holster store. Chamois? Something similar?
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    High Standard - Sentinel?

    Pawn shop has one. I hadn't realized High Standard dabbled in defense revolvers. Any comments?
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    What, exactly, did Carbine Williams do?

    I've always understood that Williams didn't just build a neat little rifle in jail, he came up with a geniunely new bolt/gas system/something that allowed the rifle to be small and have a fixed barrel. How bout it? What did he figure out first?
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    The $140 1911

    I was browsing the SOG website just now and got to thinking. http://www.southernohiogun.com/surplus_hand.html 1911s are so popular, as is the 9mm loading, and there have been a couple threads lately talking about 9mm conversions and the like. Sog is selling Star Model Bs in 9mm for...
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    Waxing your handgun's finish.

    Apparently, it used to be common to apply hot wax to blued guns to protect and seal the finish. It also made the gun look nice(r). Anybody know how to do this and what kind of wax? I know it's not going to be a spray wax, because the damp carriers would cause rust. Hot gun parts and...
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    Are feed ramps a necessary evil of tilt-to-lock autos?

    The Cougar thread got me thinking. Most guns with non-tilting barrels have little or no feed ramp. I'm talking about Berettas, most .380s, Older HK fixed barrels, etc. I can't think of a Browning type that doesn't have one. So my suspician is that you must have a feed ramp to keep the case...
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    Vomz/Pilad Russian sniper scopes

    Anybody tried one of these? They come in 4 or 8 power varieties with or without illuminated reticles. The usual reticle is a range finding type used on Russian marksman rifles. Light gathering is supposed to be top notch. I guess I'm not in need of a scope to the point of dropping $400. But...
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    Anybody seen a MAG-95?

    http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976374727.htm An all steel (I think) hicap 9mm with Browning lock up, ambi decocker, no safety (except firing pin) and brought to you by the good folks at the Radom plant, Poland. The ad price aside, could this be the next CZ? Polish industry has always been...