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I'm debating which cerakote to use on a grip frame. I'm just doing the grip frame for an old model Ruger Blackhawk and want to replicate the brass finish to liven up the boring gun a little. I've acquired a 2nd aluminum frame for the purpose so I can preserve the original. Question is...

Today I picked up an older 45 with some stag grips - of some species. I'm not expert on the grips enough to much more than that a) these are real, b) quite attractive. The fit to the gun is excellent, but the grips are very asymmetric in order to get the best figuring from the pieces. You can...

I bought a firearm last weekend, and the dealer (Surplus Arms & Ammo, Lakewood, WA) was doing the transaction differently than any I had ever seen before. They made the buyer sign a purchase agreement agreeing to fees if the gun was returned, and insisted on ringing up the sale before they...

And please don't say AR15.com. I know there's lots of good things there, but the forum general layout is crazy amateurish - it gives me a headache just trying to navigate the place - and for non-paying members many basic forum features are blocked. So I'm looking for a more professional and...

I have not bought or sold one of these in several years. My friend asked for advice/help selling this. I was going to do a local FTF transaction for him. It's a clean, 1980-ish '94 in 30-30. Requisite light freckling on receiver, blue great elsewhere, a few nicks to wood from use. Low round...

I'd spent a few years hunting down a fairly priced 4" Nickel 29 in high condition. Years I say. It took me almost 15 years of S&W shooting to really embrace the N-frame, I'd always liked the K and L, even embraced a pair of J's in there. Several years ago I traded into a nice original 2nd...

So I have been doing some homework via Glock's site, Wikipedia, other places on this gun. I'm still confused. I searched the forum and there hasn't been a thread on this gun in 18 months. I understand it's the "Compact" frame, aka sized as the 19, 23, etc (had a 23 in the past, understand)...

So recently I picked up a pretty pair of case-colored New Vaqueros from another member. One in 4 5/8" (Ruger, mind you), the second in 5.5". I've had a few days to do some drills with them and have come to what, to me as an experienced but non SAA-type shooter, was a surprising preference. I...

I have a shotgun I've had ages and was thinking of selling. I am having trouble finding a value on it or how exactly to describe it. It's a very early Beretta Silver Pigeon O/U. 12 ga. sporting (28"). C. 1995, just as they switched over from the "Silver Perdiz" name to the "Silver Pigeon"...

I was wondering if someone here had ever sent a determination request to the BATF offices in W. Va. There were a few recent "limited edition" and commemorative models I thought would be good to add to it. Curious if anyone had any experience.

Curious if anyone has any experience working on these. We have one and frankly, it's just not a bad gun. As a regular DA revolver shooter, the trigger is really not that bad, but it certainly would be more fun to shoot if lightened a little bit.

A situation I've never run across - switching a thumb safety - and no other part - on a Colt renders the grip safety inop. Series '70 Colt. Stock grip safety original to the gun. The new safety (stock, not fit in any way) works perfectly. I am having a hard time visualizing how the thumb...

I've been looking for another 27 and preferably nickel. Found a good candidate, after many detailed photos only flaws that emerged are some discolored spots on the cylinder near the front on a few adjacent cylinder bores (possibly from lying unprotected a long time?). Not flaking, apparently...

I was at a pretty amazing outdoor store nearby today and wanted some BreakFree CLP to try. Despite an aisle-long row of lubes and cleaners (Wholesale Sports - if you live in western Canada, OR, WA, ID or MT you should check this place out!). Nada. No Eezox either. I picked up this stuff...

I have had my mind set on a Garand for six months or a year. I've been reading on them and studying, contemplating a CMP order eventually or perhaps a gun show purchase when I was educated enough to evaluate them. Timing isn't right yet $$ wise, but then this came up. Next state over, but we...

As a creative new mailbox: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6G8T_Ammo_Can Follow the link I posted to look at a large collection of creative ones from around the country and world.

I'm wondering who will case harden small parts, like triggers and hammers? Anyone know of a refinisher who will take on small jobs? This is for case hardening, not other finishes.

I noticed an interesting looking show in the TV listings. It's on National Geographic channel Wed. (7/29) at 3 Eastern/noon Pacific. It's a series called "Factory Floor" that visits manufacturing plants. Wed. they are going to S&W to see about how the .500 Magnum is built (among other...

So this post is for the newbies. My other 1/2 is out tonight consoling a co-worker friend who has some boy problems. So I'm entertaining myself tonight, and thought I'd post some handy tips at the same time. Here's an old school (and pretty obvious) trick for making your own trigger pull...

My local crack dealer FFL agent has a NIB 4" S&W "new classic" 21, in .44 special, Nickel. Price is $585, or $640 w/tax. He has had it a while and I keep seeing it on his table at gun shows when I meet him for transfers. When these things were new to the market they were "street" priced $800...