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I was at a museum today and they had a display of WWI items. This trench rifle was in that display. It's interesting in that it has a sliding charger bridge. I have never seen the remote firing mechanism before. Pretty neat. TK

1884 Trapdoor (Rebuild) I have been working on building up this 1884 trapdoor for months. It started on what I was told was a rusty pitted barrel attached to a decent breech. The outside of the barrel is badly rusted and pitted, but the inside only had rust damage in the first three inches. The...

I had this idea for a Trapdoor carbine. After seeing so many great pictures from Doc Hoy of his projects, I wanted to give it a try. I had the 1866 2nd barrel and breach so I set about finding the parts I needed. I got lucky on an eBay auction and got a whole box of stuff for cheap. I don't have...

I have a friend that found one of these riles in an attic. It's rusty, but in fairly good shape. Would these be considered antiques or C&R? I'm trying to figure out how he can get it to me. TK

I finally got to take the 2nd Allin M1866 Trapdoor to the range today. I added a repro rod and sling for the occasion. I had to knock the empties out with a range rod, but it works! After all the effort and money it works! Doc the front sight is just right for the load I was using. The first...

Well it finally arrived and in just as bad as shape as advertised. The barrel is cleaning up ok, but it's a basket case. Stock is cut, barrel is cut (down to 33" to the rear of the breech block), lock is missing almost everything, ejector is broken, firing pin is broken, sights are missing, no...

Shiny new AR-15 I decided to join the AR club. I own many rifles, but never an AR-15. A friend at worked asked me to look over his father's AR. He brought me a Sp-1 made in 1967. I was hooked! I cleaned it and took it to the range and I was really hooked. I went to the gun show this weekend...

Here's my "new" Yugo M57. I am very impressed with the extra engineering that goes into this model. It is one sweet shooter and with my large hands, it just points better. Now I have four, Yugo, Polish, Romanian and Chinese. I'm still missing a Russian made one. I got this one from Classic Arms...