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I thought I might pass this one on, just for fun. Some time back, when I worked in a gun shop, a man came in whom I knew slightly and knew he was a professor at a local college. He said that he was considering talking up reloading and asked if it was very complicated or dangerous. I replied...

I would like to clear up what I see as confusion regarding C&R and milsurp. Many military surplus guns are in the Curio and Relic category by virtue of being over 50 years old. But all guns over 50 years old are C&R, not just milsurp. As of today, that means any gun made before Feb. 11, 1963...

"Stripper" clips were designed to be a pretty close fit in the clip guides. One reason is that they had to stay in the guide if the rifle was being moved around while being loaded. Further, clips (with a few exceptions, one of which is the Russian Mosin-Nagant clip) are designed so they will...

The M1911 has a spring tunnel on the left side which contains two plungers and a spring. The plungers should have little "tits" into which the crimped end coils of the spring fit, and the spring should be kinked in the middle. The purpose is to keep the parts from coming out when the safety...

What happened to the gunsmithing and research forums? Jim Keenan

Just thought you folks might like a look at a Deringer I picked up recently. It is in excellent shape, very tight, and I plan to shoot it as soon as the weather warms up a bit. (The yellowish hue is a trick of the light; the gun is nickel plated with almost 100% remaining.) Jim

Color me puzzled! After reading at least 100 pleas for takedown info on the Winchester 190, I thought maybe my memory of the little .22 semi-auto was wrong and there was some other Model 190 that was extremely complex. But I checked the manual on the web site and sure enough it is the same...

It is pretty well known that some troopers and others "back in the day" carried spare cylinders for their percussion revolvers, since reloading in the normal way took a lot of time, even with cartridges. So some modern users of percussion revolvers have taken to carrying a loaded and capped...

I am sure many of you are aware of this, but I thought I would mention it anyway. In gun work, there is very often a case where a screw is set deep into a hole. An example would be the backstrap and rear trigger guard screws on a Colt Single Action Army or copy. If the wrong shape of...

I received an e-mail (not from Bert223 or any of the other current posters) accusing me of discouraging people who want to become gunsmiths because I "don't want the competition", and that getting into business should be easy because "all you need is an FFL." First, I have not been an active...

I may have posted this before, but I don't think I did so here. So, for those who may be interested... Most collectors and gunsmiths involved with the Model 1903, Model 1903A3, Model 1917 and British Pattern 1914 have seen the small lines on the receivers and barrels of those guns that line...

I just got the 2007 Gun Digest, and there are several pages on a concept (that is all it is) for a new gun design combining (you guessed it) the frame of an auto pistol and the cylinder of a revolver. The designer calls it the "Au-Ver" a combination of the words "AUtomatic" and "revolVER."...

Even though we hate to think about it, it will happen. Death, that is. In spite of our best efforts, the time will come for all of us. And for those of us who own registered NFA firearms, that can mean the start of a trying and confusing time for our heirs and loved ones. So here are some...

The gun that really won the west was not the Winchester 73 or the Colt Single Action Army, or even the carbines of the cavalry. The gun that really won the West was the .45-70 trapdoor rifle, carried by long lines of the low-paid, ill-fed, ill-clothed and footsore infantry who manned the...

I am not a regular on this forum, but thought the folks might get a kick (pun) out of this one. In the latest (Dec. 2002) Guns Magazine, one Cameron Hopkins proves that he has no idea how the Benelli shotgun works. Let me quote: "It works in an elegantly straightforward manner. As the shell...

I would like to use a separate thread to emphasize something I said in another thread. When dealing with old muzzle loading firearms, ALWAYS assume that the gun is loaded unless you have checked it. This can be done by running a cleaning rod down the barrel and measuring whether it reaches...

FWIW, I just bought a U.S. Firearms Co. Rodeo. This is their "entry" level SAA but it is a pretty nice entry. The Rodeo comes in .45 only, but in three barrel lengths. It is finished in matte blue, a finish which seemed to grow on me to the point I decided to buy. Maybe because of the matte...

This is Off Topic, but this forum seems to be a very popular one, so I'll post it here, though the adminstrator may move it. There are e-mails going around telling people that there is a virus that is undetectable and that they must delete a file to prevent damage. Here is what Norton says...

I got a freebie subscription to G&A Handguns, a magazine I never ordinarily read. There is never much of interest, but one article described reloading of an auto pistol by quickly reaching for the spare mag and reloading when the gun is empty. Not a bad article, but one question. I don't have...

Hi, guys and gals, I have only been a certified "gun nut" for about 50+ years, so I guess I am a newbie, but there is one thing I really don't understand. An awful lot of posts, mostly on this forum, are complaints that this or that gun failed, broke, didn't work, fell apart, or otherwise...