Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-26-2012, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 779
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
07-25-2012, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,286
Re: v.bernardelli model 60
Looks like this thread may be and administrator restart of post #19 of:
http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=100518&highlight=v.bernardelli+model+60
In any case as mentioned in post #3...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-24-2012, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 815
Re: Need help identifying
Some of these rifles have been modified (rechambered but not rebarreled) to .30-06 Springfield.
Shooting the wrong ammo in a high power rifle, can wreck the rifle and seriously injure of kill you...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-24-2012, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,334
Re: J.C. Higgins Model 583.20
Relative to post #8:
It is true that "Silence makes few mistakes" However "few" is not the same as "no".
In today's litigious society, here in the USA, what you do not say can cause you...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-24-2012, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,316
Re: Baretta 391 - Jamming Blues
I have done a little more research since yesterday, talking with several knowledgeable individuals who are experienced with the Beretta 391 series guns and the porting of them.
I think that the...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-23-2012, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,316
Re: Baretta 391 - Jamming Blues
Shortening (as compared to installing a lighter spring) a recoil spring is often bad practice. There are several possibilities that I do not have time to go into now. May try to write more later.
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-23-2012, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 210
Re: saftey notch
Yes, post more good, clear, ndetailed pics. Protect the last three of the serial # with a tiny piece of masking tape, blackened with a magic-marker.
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
07-23-2012, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 5,418
Re: v.bernardelli model 80
Links:
Bernardelli M60 pic: http://www.shootpetoet.be/Bernardelli.html
Bernardelli M60 exploded drawing: http://www.mek-schuetzen.de/Blueprints/bernardelli_Modell_60.gif
Bernardelli VB...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-23-2012, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 394
Re: Black powder Pistol
Maybe it is just the glare of your lighting or flash; but it looks like it has been aggressively cleaned in phosphoric acid and wire brush or deburr wheel buffed.
Such practices greatly devalue...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-23-2012, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 469
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Forum: General Discussion
07-23-2012, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 315
Re: FFL Question
Post #11, comment.
As far as Federal Law is concerned a gun taken in for any kind of service may be returned to the person who delivered it to the FFL without doing the Form 4473 and associated...
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Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
07-23-2012, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 774
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-23-2012, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,316
Re: Baretta 391 - Jamming Blues
When a Beretta 391 gets a barrel porting job, one or both gas ports to the gas cylinder usually have to be made larger. Most shops that port Beretta 391 barrels are aware of this, and have worked out...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-23-2012, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 315
Re: FFL Question
This is an interesting thread from a legalities point of view. I am not certain as to the technically correct answer; and suspect that one might find that different ATF offices might have different...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-22-2012, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 1,140
Re: DYSLEXIA
Dyslexia is sometimes both a curse and a blessing.
It takes many forms. Dyslexic person's brains do not process information like those of so called "normal persons". This allowed Einstein to...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-22-2012, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,843
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
07-22-2012, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 439
Re: glock 25 and 28
A lot of things about the GCA of 1968 do not make sense; but such is the law of the USA.
If you want a .380 ACP pistol, buy a Ruger LCP or a KelTec P3AT fitted with a Crimson Trace laser unit....
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-22-2012, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,316
Re: Baretta 391 - Jamming Blues
Helix_FR knows what he is talking about.
When you ported the barrel you invited trouble. If the barrel had need porting, Beretta would have ported it and adjusted the barrel's gas port size...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
07-22-2012, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 5,418
Re: v.bernardelli model 80
Post # 19, fireman2004, welcome to TFF.
You are correct that there is not a lot about the Bernardelli model 60 on the WWW. It appears to have been made in the same calibers (22, 32, 380) as the...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-22-2012, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 648
Re: Gold Color INA Tiger 32
It is a very cheap Brazilian copy of a USA S&W "J" frame. The GCA of 1968 stopped their importation.
New they sold for about $30.00 in the mid 1960's, which is about $180.00 in today's inflated...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-21-2012, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,171
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-21-2012, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,163
Re: Krupp
A few quick comments, some of which have been partially mentioned upstream.
If you remove the barrel set from the receiver there will be all kind of useful info stamped on the underside of them in...
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Forum: Curio & Relics Forum
07-20-2012, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 476
Re: 03A3 but the bolt body is marked: 88
03A3 bolts were made by several manufacturers.
All bolts need to be headspace checked to any rifle that they are going to be used in.
Also, I once bought a new bolt at a gunshow that I suspect...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
07-20-2012, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 736
Re: Any love for Sigma?
I had the opportunity and experience of testing several Sigma's several years ago. I found them to be good pistols and a good value for a person who could not afford a Glock.
They are not as...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-20-2012, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 613
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-20-2012, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 899
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Forum: General Discussion
07-20-2012, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 5,433
Re: 14 dead, 50 wounded in shooting at Colorado
Relative to post #32, and those, here, who often carry a handgun.
For many years, I was very negative about lasers on handguns, for several valid reasons. About 3 years ago, I discovered that I...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
07-20-2012, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,523
Re: Have You Had Any Contact With This ......
Many persons then to wonder if a female will be able to handle the recoil of many firearms commonly used by males. In almost all cases the answer is "YES".
Perhaps my favorite example, of the...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-20-2012, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 555
Re: Anyone heard of Power 4 Patriots?
There is no such thing as free just about anything.
Anything definitely includes things like power. In most cases, the cost of the technology to harvest power, that itself is free, exceeds the...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-20-2012, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 204
Views: 5,433
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-20-2012, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 836
Re: Flint Pistols with mark "Pirmet a Paris"
First, this type of material is not my strong field of expertise.
Second, I tend to be very suspicious relative to the possibility of items (firearms, edged items, coins, etc.) being frauds,...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-20-2012, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 819
Re: Double Barrel Question
The really conservative advice is just an oily cloth and not to much "elbow grease" both outside and internally. More old, collectible things are significantly devalued by persons thinking to "clean...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-20-2012, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 686
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-19-2012, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 819
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-19-2012, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 2,397
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-19-2012, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 819
Re: Double Barrel Question
A lot of the original markings ave been punched out (obliterated) which is not uncommon on old German guns.
You might acid etch the top rib marking and read it; but for what purpose. Doing so will...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-19-2012, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 819
Re: Double Barrel Question
Your photos, to the trained and knowledgeable eye, show barrels that they were made by forge welding a ribbon (strip) of material around a mandrel and then reaming the interior and grinding the...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-19-2012, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 2,397
Re: Hot Bluing
Brownell's and others used to sell better so called "cold bluing" products than they do today. The EPA and product liability concerns forced formula changes.
Again, any fast, low temperature cold...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-19-2012, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 819
Re: Double Barrel Question
I will try.
Yes, apparently it is German and predates the German proof law of 1891 as is evidenced by the "V" mark on the underside of the barrel set.
Its barrels are not made of homogeneous...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-19-2012, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 2,397
Re: Hot Bluing
Most so called cold bluing that comes in a bottle or tube or etc. is not actually bluing. It is, in fact, a blackened copper plating (more correctly called flashing) process that does not require...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-19-2012, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 95
Views: 2,407
Re: GOODBYE
Time2shoot post #21 and all others, interested:
It has been my lifelong observation and experiences that persons, who make it a regular practice to ridicule or otherwise belittle and denigrate...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-19-2012, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 95
Views: 2,407
Re: GOODBYE
Sorry to see you leave, time2shoot. I would not, but such is correctly up to you.
For whatever it might be worth, I am slightly dyslexic, myself. I have great trouble telling left from right and...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
07-19-2012, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 743
Re: My S&W model 10 is all scratched up!
Since we seem to be residents of the same gun friendly state, I will be your good friend, and meet you in the parking lot of a Sweetbay, Publix, or WinnDixie, and give you $200.00 for it.:)
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Forum: General Discussion
07-19-2012, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 686
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-18-2012, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 499
Re: CHANGE RECOIL SPRINGS FOR SIG P229?
I cannot speak to the SIG P229.
The Glock 27, 33 (.40, .357) use the same recoil spring assembly. The same is true of the G 23 and G 32.
One word of caution. Get a .357 SIG magazine or put a...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-18-2012, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 336
Re: Zimmerman is going to be on TV/ Hannity
It is very surprising that his attorney would allow it. One set of attorneys quit the case because Zimmerman talked about the case publicly and to the prosecutor. Thus it is surprising that the...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-18-2012, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 414
Re: Colt 1911....
Serial is most likely "N_o" 442445" which is Colt 1918 military production.
I agree some stamped markings were added to the right side of the slide after manufacture. Possibly a National Guard...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-18-2012, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 899
Re: Colt Police?
I do not uinderstand the response from Colt, unless you revolver is not a Colt; but a repro knockoff.
Colt's serial #'s started with "1' in 1861 to about 47,000 in 1873. the restarted with 48,000...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-18-2012, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,033
Re: More accuracy from .22 ammo?
I do not have any hard numbers to cite at the moment. I probably could find or develop some.
The bottom line is that several variables (including what brand and lot # of ammo your particular 22...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-18-2012, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,513
Re: They Couldn't Get Away Fast Enough
jack404 and Buckshot make some very good observations in posts # 49 & 51.
Statistically, this was likely the armed customer's first gunfight. As previously mentioned, all in all, he did quite...
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