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This is the "is a picture of a machine gun a machine" case. Things on trial: Can the atf can say any drawing, picture, plans, papers, efile, photograph, wood cut, clay tablet, drawing on the beach, smoke signal, cloud in the sky is a machine gun if they want to be. If the atf contacts you by...

I started Cowboy Fast Draw and single actions last year. I purchased a uberti cattleman. After 4 months of practice, the gun would suddenly not stay in full cock. It would drop back to half cock. I did have to move the hammer a bit to get the cylinder to rotate to remove the laser cartridge. So...

I just started cowboy fast draw and purchased a Uberti cattleman new model. The purchase included an action job. After a couple weeks of practice with a laser cartridge in my hall way, I think the sear/bolt spring broke. Half cock works, cylinder rotation behavior is normal, but the hammer will...

I recently acquired a used Taurus PT1911. This is the second 1911 I've owned, the first being an old systema. Neither of them are high end 1911s by any stretch of the imagination, but still fun. I'm not a gunsmith, but I am technically inclined, and like tinkering with things to understand...

I got a Sears 3T rifle in a trade awhile ago. I ran it a few times and it was flawless. Slowly it started failing to fire. I tore down the rifle completely, pulled the barrel and cleaned it alongside the chamber well. I used to get an occasional failure to go into battery, this was immediately...

I have a H&R Model 922 Serial M61231, where the firing pin will not make contact. When I pull the trigger the hammer is about 1/8-1/16" short of making contact. When I depress the sear the hammer will close that gap but the pulling of the trigger does not depress the sear to make that contact. I...

I'm getting occasional multiple shots from my Buckmark .22 - two rounds on one pull of the trigger once (did I really hear that??) then a few clean rounds, then three rounds on one pull of the trigger ... at that point I cleared it and put it away! Any suggestions? I'm assuming some sort of a...