Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
08-06-2008, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,159
Re: Underhammer lock
By the work, a modern action, but by whom, and where?
It is a perfect direct ignition action, with a marvelous trigger geometry, and lock time.
Gonna build a .40 on it, for steel...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
08-06-2008, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,887
Re: American made Drilling?
Dude, the Ballard is a custom, I would suspect; every Ballard I have seen or shot, that shot well, was a 'crush fit' setup.
The best in .22 rimfires require real gentle closure, of the action, and...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
08-01-2008, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 12,489
Re: Revolver or Auto
Dave, they both have their place; as a target shooter, and an old soldier, the 1911 will never go away, but some of mine are more than 'novice' pistols, unless you consider a 3" 1911 with a 2#...
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Forum: The Hunting & Fishing Forum
07-30-2008, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 112
Views: 6,808
Re: "Poaching" is....
Poaching is wrong plain and simple or is it, lets assume for the sake of argument that everybody who posted on this thread is in dire straights and that their families are going hungry and have been...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-29-2008, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,591
Re: Best Rifle/Caliber
B'nut, do you know the last thing to go thru a bug's mind, as he hits your windshield?
Purty much the same thing, when I shoot a jack, a porkiepine, or armadillo, with that little rifle, it is...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-28-2008, 05:56 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,591
Re: Best Rifle/Caliber
Pops, in order of priority, growing old is inevitable, growing up, optional, and the '06 is damned well enough gun, for anything!
That said, have a wonderful week!
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-27-2008, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,591
Re: Best Rifle/Caliber
Bro, you can back off the pedal,when you need less horsepower, but if you take it away, entirely. you will miss it!
I shot a west Texas jackrabbit, not too long ago, in the presense of a Border...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
07-26-2008, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 39,827
Re: Best 'Sniper' Rifle
RIGHT you are, use the best tool you have avalable; in my case, RVN, it was not the most accurate rifle, but the one that did the job.
My M-14 would have made the grade, at Camp Perry, and been...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-26-2008, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 7,088
Re: Which one for home defense that is?
Brother, I am old, way too old to be still running dogs, but the ones I see have but two choices, me, or a kill crazy pound, and every one of my dogs could have a job, and a future.
It is one of...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-25-2008, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 238
Views: 27,401
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-25-2008, 01:58 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 7,088
Re: Which one for home defense that is?
My linnen closet, the coat closet in my entry, and atop a safe, in my workshop, all have 18" barreled Ithaca 37's, for company; all are full of 7 1/2 birdshot, chamber empty, slide to the rear...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
07-24-2008, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 174
Views: 13,445
Re: Best Military Sidearm
Would someone please tell me what was wrong with the pistol it replaced?
Should I be stuck in BFE, where there is nothing but 9mm ammo in the supply channels, I would pay the airtime, and have...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-23-2008, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,619
Re: Savage Model 1899
J. P. Why would you ever dream of selling this piece of your family's history?
Such a rifle is art in metal to begin with, and it's provenance makes it irreplaceable.
Let me tell you a story,...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-22-2008, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 131
Views: 14,118
Re: Your favorite 1911?
Stetson, we have a problem; your grip is bigger than my hands!
The P-35 Browning, or the CZ-75, are my absolute limit, for my mitts, and I prefer my 'skinny guns' to everyhing else; if I cannot...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-22-2008, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,591
Re: Best Rifle/Caliber
Usmc, I failed to mention that my most used rifle is a #1, in .375 H&H, an '06, with a bigger bullet, a bit more weight, and twice the authority, when a thing needs to be said!
From this, you...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-21-2008, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,591
Re: Best Rifle/Caliber
[QUOTE=mdegra;335723]I have a Remington 700 30-06 that's a great gun, I just like new toys.
Bub, you have in your possession a rifle that will truly 'do it all', already!'
IMHO, the finest...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-19-2008, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,504
Re: Cleaning tips & techniques?
Prizefighter, a lot of police dept armorers have turned to ultrasonic cleaners, basically a tub of solvent, agitated to the point of cavitation, by an ultrasonic transducer.
I suspect they are...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-19-2008, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 620
Re: CUTTING OFF SCREWS?
Mark's approach is a good one, but let me add to it just a bit.
Run the screw into the tapped hole, until you can cut flush with the surface of the plate, to desired length, and cut the screw.
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-19-2008, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,887
Re: American made Drilling?
Alpo, let me speculate a bit, here.
I shoot with several single shot rifle clubs, in the old German style, where a case, primed and charged with powder, is loaded into the breech, behind a...
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Forum: Technical Questions & Information
07-17-2008, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,083
Re: WHAT IS THIS .22RF S-S PISTOL?
Florida, Several details jump out at me, as I look at your pics; first, the barrel; few 'project guns', for gunsmithing schools , would exhibit an octagonal barrel, fot the time, skill, and equipment...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
07-12-2008, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 131
Views: 14,118
Re: Your favorite 1911?
45one, ya done darned good, and price is not the issue, rather, quality.
I have seen Tussy's work, and all I have seen is top flight; that makes price an option, in my book!
Welcome aboard!
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-12-2008, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 7,088
Re: Which one for home defense that is?
Tranter, my first ithaca was an 'issue' weapon, the army called it a Model 10, but it was the same shotgun.
It was too heavy, and too long, to ride comfortably in the right side of my rucksack, so...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
07-11-2008, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 13,808
Re: M-14 vrs. M-16
[QUOTE=islenos;333496]Well neighbor, been there done that and have the scar to remind me of it.
Damn!
What line were you in, to get just one?
I'm just teasing, here, they all hurt!
But,...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
07-10-2008, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 13,808
Re: M-14 vrs. M-16
My friend, your question tells me you have never been there, or done that.
Speaking from personal experience, the only real answer is "none of the above", unless you are masochistic.
My...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-09-2008, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 7,088
Re: Which one for home defense that is?
Tranter,I live in Texas, with my pack of Australian Cattle Dogs; at the point that I have somebody 'strange' in the house, one or more of my 'guys' has been killed, or severely injured, a thing I...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-05-2008, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,581
Re: Went Pet shopping today...
Rommelvon, if shepherds make you happy, that's what you should do.
I ran Shepherds, Dobies, Rotts, Bouviers, for many years, and they are all fine animals, if physically sound, but breeding caused...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-04-2008, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,348
Re: Help With Another 38 sp S&W
Pistol, they were the best on the planet, in the '60's, and early '70's for a lot of chores, like bowling pins, and what was then PCC, nor IPSC shooting, because the were reliable, and accurate,...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
07-04-2008, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 704
Re: new to me pistol info please!
Blackhawk, I just spent a ton of money, at a gunshow, but the real deal was a Colt Custom Shop 1911, with a stippled front strap, straight mainspring houcing, also stippled, nickle down, blued slide,...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-04-2008, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 2,388
Re: Favorite Action Movies?
The Green Berets, with John Wayne, included many whom I soldiered with, as extras in the cast; since the early '60's, it was and is pretty much the only accurate insight the public has, of the...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
07-02-2008, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 117
Views: 9,224
Re: What do you think of Lee....
Popgunner, I meant no snobbish implication, with respect to Lee, or anybody else; I bought the Dillon 450, the first month it was on the market, because I was then shooting three pistol leagues, and...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-02-2008, 05:41 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,581
Re: Went Pet shopping today...
Buddy, there's a lot of wisdom, and general good sense in that single sentence!
Excepting some time on a Government sponsored vacation, in Southeast Asia, I cannot remember a time when my home...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-01-2008, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,192
Re: 22 Hornet Rifle
You cannot go wrong on either rifle; I'm presently looking for a 527, with a Hornet boltface to build a 17 Ackley Hornet on, but it must have pretty wood!
My 465, a Bauska import , is a paper...
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
07-01-2008, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,192
Re: 22 Hornet Rifle
Corrections to my previous post: The powder is WW 296, as 298 does not, to my knowledge, exist, and the Nosler bullet of which I wrote, is the rel blunt looking one, actually 40 gr, not 45.
If you...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-01-2008, 06:07 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,581
Re: Went Pet shopping today...
My offer stands; you want a quality pup, I'll fix you up!
These animals, however, beyond their 'person' do not much like people, or other dogs.
One of my 'guys' a long backed, long legged, ACD...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-30-2008, 03:33 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,581
Re: Went Pet shopping today...
Gn, if you want a dog, I will gladly give you one, an Australian Cattle Dog mix, with the momma dog on my property.
I will tell you, up front, that the burden will be on you to 'prove up' to the...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-30-2008, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 590
Re: New Puppy
Pistol, as always the wisdom of the years is obvious; a grizzlie, in my face, has no choice but to eat it, and we both knew this, going in to such involvement.
The dogs are a different deal...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-29-2008, 06:04 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 590
Re: New Puppy
Vlad, puppies and children are the salvation of our world!
I believe this, without a doubt.
I have a pack of Australian Cattle Dogs, who run like the wind, on the job, but absolutely do not like...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
06-24-2008, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,594
Re: Fine Tuning 1911 Magazines
Bolt man, hear me; I have two beautiful daughters, and five grandsons, whom I love with all my being!
I will feed no dog that will not hunt!
My preferred platform is the 1911 design, in...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
06-22-2008, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 659
Re: Scaabard Questions
Fireman, you did the right thing, in keeping it in the circle!
I have sporting arms, and 'dedicated' arms, designed around a single purpose; the 'dedicated' arms are up to 'first grabs', upon my...
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Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum
06-22-2008, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 550
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
06-22-2008, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 12,489
Re: Revolver or Auto
Haligan makes a good point; 'Popular' relates price point, caliber, weight, availability, and budget, into the choice; 'best', only maximum results!
There is a 9mm DAO pistol, 2 years or so, on...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
06-22-2008, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 174
Views: 13,445
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
06-22-2008, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 12,489
Re: Revolver or Auto
Wasn't exactly my decision; I cannot say yes or no, if you don't ask, and if you will not come in, sit down, and show me what ya got, we will never get to the asking part; I think he was telling me...
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
06-22-2008, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 9,372
Re: Deep Carry: Which do you recommend?
Travi, in a two inch gun, a .357 is one hell of a flashlight, but does not have enough 'pipe' to develop velocity, so energy is down, at or below the level of a +P 9mm round from, say, a MK9, by...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
06-22-2008, 04:41 AM
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Replies: 163
Views: 12,489
Re: Revolver or Auto
Yup, and your 'goblins', for the most part, are large, toothy, but relatively predictable!
t Make a distinction in purpose, before you choose; 'Hunting Handgun', which needs high horsepower, but...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-21-2008, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 831
Re: Payback
Catfish, your last post was the best, and should have been the first option, in Iraq!
To pitch a couple of 'neutron bombs' in there, on Sept 12, of 2001, would decimated Al Quaida, killed most of...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-21-2008, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 831
Re: Payback
Catfish, your last post was the best, and should have been the first option, in Iraq!
To pitch a couple of 'neutron bombs' in there, on Sept 12, of 2001, would decimated Al Quaida, killed most of...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
06-21-2008, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 131
Views: 14,118
Re: Your favorite 1911?
Hammerbite, I for one am very pragmatic about life; if it works, by all means use it, and if it works inexpensively, so much the better!
'Round count' is, however, a relative number, related to...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
06-21-2008, 04:36 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 5,323
Re: Thumbslide: Hollywood or Reality
Tranter, what Shooter said.
Think about it, both of us are still around, and still carrying a pistol of the same design; wonder why?
My Grandpa used to say "Only a fool gets bit by the same...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-19-2008, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 15,580
Re: Walther P22 Good, Crap, or OK?
Had a brainfart; how about a used Walther PP, a H&K P-4, or cheapest of all, a Beretta M-70 (alloy frame), or a M-70S, in a steel chassis?
The Beretta was built in any number of variations on the...
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