Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
05-18-2013, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 1
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Help to ID buttstock (shotgun??)
Recently bought small 'lot' of gun stuff and included was this buttstock, I tried comparing it to stocks selling on Ebay and ********* but can't match it up. Is someone there able to recognize what...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-16-2013, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 204
M1 carb. trig. hous. ID
I have an M1 carbine and recently came acc. a list of mfgrs. markings, so I took her down to see whats there. Rec. bolt and slide are Saginaw, the rest are a bit of this and that. I can't find any...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
04-13-2013, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 253
Re: M1 carbine, loose action ?
No, the barrel isn't loose and theres no side to side play, its just that if you grab the front of the bbl. (ahead of the bayonet lug) and pull foreward the entire action moves frontward away from...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
04-13-2013, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 253
M1 carbine, loose action ?
I have A Saginaw M1 carbine, had it for decades; haven't fired it for long time, until now. I noticed something that I either never noticed before or long ago forgot. You can grasp the barrel and...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
04-11-2013, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 327
M1 carbine stock markings/stencils
Just got a neat little M1 carbine, Saginaw rec. Inland '43 bbl. The stock has paint stenciling on it. I was wondering if any of you could tell me what it is or means. The obvious asian markings on...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-06-2013, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 196
Are handguns 'regestered' in Pa.
A handgun sold properly thru a dealer in Pa. requires the buyer to wait for a background check...My question: is said handgun then registered i.e. put on a permenant list that can be searched by law...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
02-23-2013, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 614
Re: Useful life of military ammo?
For whatever reason? I've saved my empty cases for neigh on 40 yrs. now.. I went thru some of it and found some of the empty cases of the ammo that went bad. The IDing headstamps are: 38 539 and...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
02-22-2013, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 614
Useful life of military ammo?
Recently acquired a couple hundred rds. of 7.62x51 stamped fnw 79 and the NATO mark (I presume the 79 is date of manufacture). and 4 boxes of US surplus .45 acp in the gvmnt. brown boxes mkd. Olin...
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Forum: NFA Firearms & Related Items
01-19-2013, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 668
Re: Daughter and son firing Mac-10
Back in the '70s I had a pal who had an Ingram m-10 .45, as it is I thought what a useless piece to try and hit anything. However, he made a wood stock with the metal rails to slide in the frame...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
01-19-2013, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 672
Re: Current M16/M4 auto or not?
I in no way intended to go into "scary", and useful in a handful of scenerios - absolutely, but best to have and not need than to need and 'oops'! Now, even tho I have one and have always been a...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
01-19-2013, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 672
Re: Current M16/M4 auto or not?
I am here today because of overwhelming firepower....overwhelming firepower overwhelms, period. Ah the arguement of waste will always be there -so- why bother with wasteful semi auto, surely the...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
01-18-2013, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 672
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
01-18-2013, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 672
Re: Current M16/M4 auto or not?
Back in the '80s when I could finally afford one, I got me an M16A1; yeah, legal and stamped etc. Its an Olympic/P.A.W.S. but except for those markings, exactly correct. Usually if I take her out,...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
01-18-2013, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 672
Re: Current M16/M4 auto or not?
This is an honest question, please don't take offense - but - have you ever been there and done that, did you see the elephant?? I would fully agree if you can pick a target and aim semi is far more...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
01-18-2013, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 672
Re: Current M16/M4 auto or not?
Do you really think it is the occassional "panic" reaction that took away the full auto option? Do you know that both the Krag and Springfield '03 had mag. shut off switches so the soldiers could...
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Forum: NFA Firearms & Related Items
01-18-2013, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,073
Re: M2 carbine won't run
Sorry guys I didn't reply anymore, the problem was solved and I didn't think of following up. We had been taking it apart and reassembling it with the selector switch in the foreward position (A)...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
01-18-2013, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 672
Current M16/M4 auto or not?
A lifetime ago in a place called 'Nam' we had M16s that had two settings, semi auto and 'rock n roll'. I just was told the current model (M4 I believe) is only capable of 3 round bursts and not full...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
12-25-2012, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 185
Replace damaged receiver on AKM ?
Fella in gun club wants to sell a Century Arms AKM, the Polish underfolder that got shot; yeah, thats right, a bullet hole thru it! The bullet went thru the upper part near the rear behind the bolt...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-12-2012, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 241
Re: Load 16 ga. with nitro cards ?
I'm an old guy and don't shoot this 1939 vintage Win. M12 very often, I don't want to buy new ammo as I really like loading my own and seeing it work well, ya know? I don't wanna buy a box of new...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
12-11-2012, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 241
Load 16 ga. with nitro cards ?
I have a sizable number of Western XPERT Mark 5 hulls. These are the old plastic hull with a quite high cardboard base wad. The base wad is so high I haven't found any modern wad that will fit. I...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-25-2012, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 234
Which .38 bullet better 'stopper'
Sorry 'bout pics, best I could do. Here I show two bullets having been fired into a stack of wet newspapers from appx. 2 feet. One is a SJHP Remington +P 125 gr. the other is something I got a...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-01-2012, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 210
Cast 32acp bul. in Maus.96 & Tokarev
I have both a Broomhandle Mauser 7.63 and Tokarev 7.62 pistol and a few boxes of comm. 7.63 cases. In the past I had loaded these with Hornady 100gr. half jacket bullets and they worked fine in both...
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Forum: NFA Firearms & Related Items
09-29-2012, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,073
M2 carbine won't run
Way back in 60's an uncle had an M1 carbine converted to M2 (leagally via Class 111) I think real cheap then. He passed and my cousin found this long forgotten thing (unc was sick a looong time) got...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
09-19-2012, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 517
7.62x51, bad math! overpaid??
Just picked up 160 rds. of 7.62x51mm NATO marked ammo at flea mkt. Thought I got huge bargin, but when I got home and refigured I had paid $.45 per rd. ($72 for all 160). This is beautiful clean...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
09-16-2012, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 385
762.51 ammo ID - advise
Was at local flea mkt. today and vendor there has 7.62x51 fmj ammo for sale at $5 per box. I can't find anything twice that around here. He has two types. One in plain sky blue box just mkd. .308...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-15-2012, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 521
Re: CAI AKMS jams, won't close on round
Ok, so now I know its a 'snap over' extractor I did some fine inspection. The extractor face curves down then has a flat area and then the bevel front. I noticed what seemed like contact markings...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-15-2012, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 521
Re: CAI AKMS jams, won't close on round
Follow up on my question: exactly how does the ctge. head get seated against the bolt face? Does it come up at an angle during feeding and slip under the extractor as the bolt closes or does it...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
09-14-2012, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 521
CAI AKMS jams, won't close on round
Am having numerous jams on my AKMS 7.62x39. Gun fires, ejects, feeds next round but won't close; seems extractor won't hop over ctge. rim. Hard to see on steel cases but on Chinese 31 92 brass...
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Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
08-28-2012, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,030
homemade 2.7" cannon, any value?
I guess this is the best place to put this: Many years ago I built a small blackpowder cannon, very close in size to what was once called a mountain howitzer. I make balls either from cement (1/2...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
08-28-2012, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,156
Re: Don't let ANYONE see you with your guns!
I'm in an area zoned 'low density?' lived here now almost 50 yrs. east and south of me are wooded areas, I do have not too distant neighbors west and northwest with a small town about 1/2 mile away. ...
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Forum: Religious Discussions
08-27-2012, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 151
Views: 4,854
Re: Jew,Christian, Mormon, a childs question
Seems to be a consensus old brother in law didn't do too badly, taught me at least a little too. I was raised protestant and pretty much taught that Judaism was the root of Christianity but I hadn't...
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Forum: Religious Discussions
08-26-2012, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 151
Views: 4,854
Jew,Christian, Mormon, a childs question
Since we may well soon have a Mormon President I think this is relevant.
Last night I had to smile when I heard my Brother in Law answer a question to his grandson. The child had heard his parents...
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Forum: Religious Discussions
08-26-2012, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 733
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
08-26-2012, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 821
Re: What the heck? how loony can you get ??
You meanies, can't you sympathize with one of Gods creatures who has been blessed with a celestial power and just needs comfort and guidence.
Tongue in cheek here so hard it hurts, ow!
Someone's...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-25-2012, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 962
Re: do you need glasses
I'm in that awful 'dead zone', distance glasses let me see target clear but sights just a blur, reading glasses let me see the sights clear, but target a blur. I just put a scope on any long gun. ...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-25-2012, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 897
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-19-2012, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 183
full sight hood for akms
Does anyone know if there is a snap on type sight hood for the akms type front sight? I have a Century, what they call their Polish underfolder. Nice gun, decent shooter - but - whether it is the...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-06-2012, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 371
Century AKMS, worthwhile?
I didn't find this specific piece anywhere in search so I just would like comments on quality etc.
Purchased an AK new from big dealer, box marked WASR 10 and salesman said that was what it was and...
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Forum: NFA Firearms & Related Items
07-04-2012, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 450
Po' Boys M14 E2ish & oil filter comments
Always loved the M14 since my intro 42 years ago. Really liked the front handgrip of the E2 stock but just couldn't learn to love that big fat butt and exagerated shovel handle pistol grip. Made...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
06-17-2012, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,392
Re: COLT D.A. 38 ?
This poster mentions markings of a star with an I inside it, can someone tell me what this marking is as I have a S&W M1899 USN marked .38LC with these markings on the cylinder, under the bbl. and on...
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Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
06-14-2012, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,278
Re: anyone know load data for old .32 H&R
Great! Finally an actual answer and one that seems correct too. I have 3 old 1890's vintage revolvers chambered for this as they all have 1 1/4" long cylinders. The modern .32 S&W Long fits in...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
06-14-2012, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,127
Re: Geha prison guard gun??
Ah, one thing about burned bridges, you just build build a new one somewhere else. The 'river' of intercourse always flows and we always move on. I thought it was pretty neat also, which is why I...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
06-14-2012, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,127
Re: Geha prison guard gun??
Gee, it seems no one had any problem with my "ambiguous" post until you screwed it up, read it again; neither be I a master of English but in my humble country boy wording the meaning was clear to...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
06-13-2012, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,127
Re: Geha prison guard gun??
Geeze, how things get screwed up when people don't READ! The OP (me) did not post he received it a year ago full stocked and long barrel, darn it; read what I said. I said I had another one of...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
06-11-2012, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,127
Geha prison guard gun??
I came up with one of these (long and full stocked) about a year or so ago so I pretty much know what it is. First I checked to Feds regs and they require 18" bbl. this is 19" and 26" OAL, this is...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
06-01-2012, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 751
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
05-31-2012, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 751
straighten warped stock ??
I have an old '98 Mauser stock, probably WWI circa, nice clean wood but it is awfully warped. Standing against a wall with the right side against the wall at the action area the bottom right of the...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
05-29-2012, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 436
make short shotgun bbl. longer
Hypothetically speaking here, of course......suppose one got a bolt action shotgun with an improperly short bbl. how could it be lengthened say about 6". Replacement bbl. can't be found. Just to...
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Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
05-26-2012, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,278
Re: anyone know load data for old .32 H&R
Uh, just so there is no misunderstanding, when I said I used the same 6gr. BP load in a .32 S&W Long case; I did add a filler to fill the case so the bullet would somewhat compress the load. I am...
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