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A buddy of mine emailed these URLs: > http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/faldoc/SHRIKE-556.jpg http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/faldoc/SHRIKE-556-d.jpg http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/faldoc/SHRIKE-556-l.jpg http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/faldoc/Shrike-RF3.jpg...

In a bull-session, yesterday, at my local gunstore, I was told there is some difficulty in getting imported stuff. Parts for an FAL, for instance, and bulk ammo. The owner alleged that the Feds are somehow involved, messing around in the paperwork or some such. He said this info came from a...

Cato hit on some good beginnings in another thread. Thought I'd amplify. I've made the point, occasionally, that a Birder can get a big thrill from just observing a member of a rare and endangered species. OTOH, a hunter needs a healthy population in any game species, in order that there be a...

I've followed this deal on several sites, and read a lot of comments. I'm gonna come from a different direction. It's the mindlessness, the absence of rational thought that sends me up the wall. "Weigand Combat Handguns, Inc." sounds like a terrorist organization? This is a domestic...

I'm a bit hard to provoke, all things considered. Or, if irate, I generally just drift off quietly. I posed a question about when Garcia and Sako got mutually involved (Harley's Forum); what is the cutoff date of "pre-Garcia" Sakos? Picked up a copy of Gun List during a shopping trip to...

Does anybody know when Garcia bought all or part of Sako? Or did Garcia have some other business arrangement with Sako? It's been around 30 years, so my memory has faded. And, when was the fire at the Sako factory? And did that have anything to do with the Sako/Garcia interaction? Art

For those with larger billfolds and a taste for a more formal lifestyle: http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/outdoors/main.jhtml?xml=/outdoors/2002/01/30/ohot30.xml&_requestid=99886 I find it interesting that at least one thing is properly done in California. I also find it interesting that...

I've been wearing trifocals for a number of years. A "trick" to let me see the sights all clear and sharp on my handguns is an easy add-on by the optometrist folks. It's a small, glued-on lens in the upper inside corner of one's master-eye lens. (For me, the right lens) It's a little over...

I need a set of dies for a .22-250. Went over to MidwayUSA. They show a set of RCBS "Reloader Special" dies at $17, and what's apparently a standard RCBS set at $6 off, or $21. What's the difference between them? Anybody know? Art

Long Path wandered out to Terlingua to see if he could help me find a Mighty Mule Deer. Well, MD 1, us 0. :) (An inch of snow and temperatures in the twenties discourage me from sitting on a rock, awaiting Mr. Mulie. Driving around several miles of jeep trails and seeing no tracks crossing...

This is a spin-off from the ATV thread. A problem I've watched for around a half-century of "adult awareness" here in this country is the "If some's good, more's better!" philosophy. I don't care what it is--car racing, competition shooting, SUV design, college/pro football. "More!"...

The trouble with folks thinking you're a Guru is that you usually ain't. A buddy of mine asked about an S&W stainless semi-auto pistola in .22 Mag. I sez, I dunno. I looked in Fjestad, and didn't find such an animal. My memory has it that somebody did indeed make such an animal, but...

A buddy of mine mentioned this sort of finish, of which I had not heard. Does anybody know of any refinisher in Texas who does this sort of finish? Or anywhere at all? He's wanting to rework an older commercial 1911. Art

I vaguely recall reading about 1911 target pistols set up for this cartridge, but not any details. In rummaging through family artifacts I ran across a magazine for a 1911 labelled "Colt" and ".38 Special", which is what brought up this quest for a bit of info... Anybody have one? Want...

I recall a movie about the British Army in southern Africa, fighting the Zulu. A unit was wiped out because the man in charge of issuing ammo would not allow soldiers to get the cases of cartridges until the proper paperwork was done. All this while the Zulus were already charging en masse...

This question comes up from time to time. I noticed that the Speer reloading manual #13 (IIRC) has reduced loads listed for many cartridges, using powders other than my old standby 2400. Art

Most of us here take it as a given that taking your kid hunting with you is a Good Thing: The hunt, itself; the camaraderie among youth(s) and adult(s); and the introduction into a tradition as old as homo sapiens. My opinion is that a benefit few consider is the awareness of the destructive...

I emailed Sierra about the comments we've been making, here, about bullet expansion and suchlike. I got a real good response: "Basically, flat base bullets are designed for closer ranges and we usually figure that as 250/300 yards and under. Boattail bullets are designed to perform at the...

I just got an email to the effect that the Manchester "Union-Leader" article about a ban on the use of starter pistols at track and field events "was erroneous and without a source". The Union-Leader is to run an article detailing its mistake. :) Now you know, Art

Anybody know the real-world value? I've looked them up in the new Fjestad's Blue Book, but there's book $ and real-world $... The Rock-Ola is all original. Dunno how to grade it--maybe 80%-85%?, other than it surely isn't beat up. Most of the visible wear is on the top of the bolt, toward...