Forum: Technical Questions & Information
01-20-2013, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 287
Re: magazine problem
I have noticed that when using my Butler Creek loader (AKA UpLULA) the finger that presses the stack down does take up a bit of room that the last round is trying to occupy. I managed to get that...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
01-19-2013, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 287
Re: magazine problem
I thought that was an interesting idea and I had the Beretta mag laying here so I got a box of ammo and the Butler Creek loader and shoved 13 rounds in without a problem...I give up.
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
01-19-2013, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 287
magazine problem
Has anyone here ever had a pistol mag not hold what it was supposed to hold?
I have a Beretta .380 with two 13 round mags. One will only take 12. I also have two M&P 12 round mags and one will...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
01-19-2013, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 706
Re: commercial 3006 safe for my garand
I have also been told that it is wise be a bit conservative and keep things in the range the Garand was designed for. Cleaning the gas tube and port is not difficult.
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Forum: General Discussion
01-19-2013, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 260
Re: Interesting
Is there any source for this info or is it wishful thinking?
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
10-15-2012, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 340
Re: Marlin 336 breakdown?
Yeh, it is real easy. The 444 I am working with is the same. Just do like the above link says. Remove the lever then the bolt and then the ejector. The only thing to be careful of is that the ejector...
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Forum: General Discussion
10-15-2012, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 1,712
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
10-15-2012, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 398
Re: NEED Cleaning Advice Please!
After that good cleaning use a dry-film lube like EEZOX to keep things from gumming up and holding on to dirt, dust, powder residue that can turn to mud.
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
10-14-2012, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 451
Re: First new rifle in decades...pics
I think this next weekend I'll get the scope set up then plan a trip to the range to get it zeroed reasonably well before the weather gets too cold.
As I don't do any real hunting anymore I am...
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Forum: General Discussion
10-14-2012, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 1,712
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
10-13-2012, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 451
First new rifle in decades...pics
Here are some pics of that Marlin 444 that I got at an auction. I just completed a cleaning and light lubing. I have found out that it was made 5 years ago. It does not appear to have ever been used...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
10-13-2012, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 354
Re: Redfield scope question
I found one like that being sold online and it also had a serial number that began with AB so I figure that there was a pre-lo-pro line of scopes.
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
10-10-2012, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 472
Re: Looking for an owners manual - Redfield 4X
I had my doubts about the looks of this scope, I thought it might be a marriage of two scopes but I have found info that indicates it is normal for this era scope. Man, did that take some digging!
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-08-2012, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 681
Re: Mods to my Colt .380 - with pics
Almost forgot, I bought some fancy wood slabs and I'm thinking of doing my own grips. Nothing fancy, no checkering or carving like Woodnut and others do, just something to improve looks and being...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
10-08-2012, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 532
How do you remove a dovetailed rear sight?
I know that there is the brute force method of hammer and punch and then there was the $120 gizmo I found online. Has anyone come up with something else that is cheap, effective, non-destructive and...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
10-08-2012, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 472
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-08-2012, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 681
Mods to my Colt .380 - with pics
Last year I bought a used Colt Government Mk IV series 80 .380 from someone I work with. It is a fabulous gun. It has a good feel and trigger pull and shoots every time I pulled the trigger on a...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
10-07-2012, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 354
Redfield scope question
Was there an early series of 4X Redfield Widefield scopes that had a round objective lens and only the ocular lens was the widefield form?
I'm kind of wondering if that was the situation before...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
10-07-2012, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 663
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
10-07-2012, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 455
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
10-06-2012, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 472
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
10-06-2012, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 455
I need a rough opinion on value - Browning 12ga
There is an ad in a local paper for a "Browning auto 5 12ga square back", pre-64 Belgium made shotgun. They say it has "good wood", a 28" barrel and is in "excellent" shape.
Would that description...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
10-06-2012, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 663
Re: First new rifle in...decades.
The advertising says Ballard cut and 1:20 twist. I'll get a good unoiled look this weekend.
I got the base, rings and scope in and I just put the hammer spur on that I got off eBay.
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
10-04-2012, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 663
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
10-02-2012, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 663
Re: First new rifle in...decades.
I checked with Marlin and they say it was manufactured 5 years ago. From the looks of it it has been on some gun shop rack for that 5 years.
I gave the exterior a going over with Renaissance wax...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-01-2012, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 933
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
10-01-2012, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 663
Re: First new rifle in...decades.
JLA: Yea, I figure the .444 is something you take into the weeds. It's not for busting goats on the other side of the valley.
Alpo: Squirrel dragons??? I'm ready.
I can just see me barking...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
10-01-2012, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 771
Re: How big a dent, is too big a dent????
I remember from days gone by when I was into reloading that a lot of wildcat rounds were made from standard cases but were cut down and "fire formed" by firing them in the new gun if the shoulder was...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
09-30-2012, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 663
Re: First new rifle in...decades.
I have ordered a Weaver base and quad rings and a Redfield Revenge 2-7X. As I did not get a factory box and other accoutrements with it I have also found a hammer spur on eBay.
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
09-29-2012, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 663
First new rifle in...decades.
I have tended to be more interested in handguns and when I went to an auction last Saturday I was interested in a s&w .38 special snubby - I think it may have been an early Chief's Special - and a SS...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-16-2012, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 697
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-14-2012, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 697
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Forum: General Discussion
09-12-2012, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 825
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-10-2012, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 697
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
09-10-2012, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 830
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
09-10-2012, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 319
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-05-2012, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 697
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-03-2012, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 697
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AN H&K MOD 4
I have an H&K Mod. 4 in .380 that I bought new around 40 years ago. It has only had a couple of hundred rounds through it in all that time. Well, a few months back I took it to the range. After about...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-02-2012, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 696
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
09-02-2012, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,075
Re: Colt Mustang ?
I bought a used Mark IV series 80 government .380 last year and it is absolutely great. I looks like a 1911, fits my hand to perfection and has had flawless performance.
I believe the Mustang...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-31-2012, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 992
Re: Question about sub marines, old ones
Diesel-electric boats were, basically, surface boats that had the ability to submerge for short periods of time. With the arrival of nuclear powered subs and air scrubbers the boats became almost...
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Forum: Religious Discussions
08-21-2012, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,347
Re: Fossils
Last year I took a bunch of kids on a field trip to Brookfield Zoo southwest of Chicago. While I was sitting in my bus reading a book I was approached by a driver from some other bus company. He...
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Forum: Religious Discussions
08-19-2012, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,347
Re: Fossils
I know I'm running the risk of setting someone off but I have to practice now and then.
If the world is 6,000-7,000 years old why did God strew about the skeletons of creatures that never existed?...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
08-18-2012, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 405
Re: China learns about islam
Blue jeans destroyed Russia. College frat parties destroyed Japan. Now the rest of the world is being destroyed by religious tolerance and open borders.
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Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum
08-18-2012, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 986
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
08-14-2012, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 842
Re: Colt Bright Stainless
I can't be sure but it looks like there is some light scratching on it. If so, go to an auto store and get some Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish. It works really good on stainless.
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
08-12-2012, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 709
Re: 100yds with a Bull Dog
A few decades back when I was in the Air Force I was out at a range with my Gold Cup National Match .45. I had a box of G.I. hardball ammo and set up a pop can on a post about 80 yards out. I could...
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Forum: The Pump House Saloon
08-11-2012, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 521
Re: New Experience
Buses are not hard to drive. I've been driving a school bus for ten years. The only trick is being aware of where the corners of the bus are and finding a parking place. Good job!
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Forum: General Discussion
08-11-2012, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 876
Re: Seen this one? Assault rifle at the door.
I saw that on TV. Did you notice how that liberal yahoo practically had the vapors?
Now, I know corporations are well diversified but I had no idea that Sig Sauer was into making TV sets.
The...
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
08-09-2012, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 561
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