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Another pawn shop find! It was simply marked "Mauser 8mm." Price wasn't offensive and it's a good looker so I brought it home. No actual caliber designation- I don't speak proof marks. Any info you can give is greatly appreciated. ETA: See my post below (#6) to see what info I've come up with...

So a while back I bought a custom Mauser done by J.S. Darrow, chambered in 7mm Rem Mag. Never did anything with it, just stuck it in the safe. Today I was cleaning it up and noticed what looked like a crack at the base of the right side locking lug. Pivot the extractor out of the way and I'll be...

So I finally got my H&R repro Trapdoor. Since then I've watched a few movies that feature Sharps rifles pretty prominently. Django, Outlaw Josie Wales, Quigley, etc. and I realized something. I have to have a Sharps. Then I started looking at what they cost. Then I started looking at other...

I sold an AR today and with the funds I went looking for a revolver. Hit all the big shops and some of the little ones. Only thing I saw that caught my eye was a Hungarian DA Hi Power, but they wanted a little too much for it and my brother talked me out of it, nothing on the revolver front. We...

So for years I've wanted a single action revolver in .45 Colt. Originally I was between the 1858 conversion and the Schofield. Looking more recently it looks like the Schofields have surpassed my price range. So now I am between the 1858 conversion by Uberti and the 1875 Outlaw by Cimarron, both...

For years I had been thinking of getting an H&R Buffalo Classic in .45-70. Well my Brother-in-law beat me to it. He's having a lot of fun with it so I thought I might pick up some flavor of single shot. I recall them making a Handi Rifle in .500 S&W but I don't see it listed on their website any...

A buddy of mine has a couple decent rifles. The first is a Century Golani sporter that he dressed up and made it nice. I think he has roughly $1200 in the rifle. He put a decent looking quad rail on it, converted it to an AK bolt carrier and a few other odds and ends. Not my style, but a decent...

Last month my brothers and I took a roadteip to N Florida to visit a gun dealer my brother-in-law likes to buy from. We all decided to come back with rifles. As there was nothing I was particularly looking for or really craving at the time I went with the Diamondback DB-15 in Flat Dark Earth, it...

Thanks to some family problems, tomorrow is my first day of hunting season this year. Can't wait to get back in the woods. Anybody else have a late start on the season? I've got kind of a funny feeling this year. Since I started hunting I've always carried the same knife. With that knife I've...

So I just ordered a Diamondback DB15FDE and it will need some sights. Eventually it will get some sort of optic, probably a red dot- not likely a scope. So I will need something along the lines of BUIS. I have no clue which ones are good and bad. I've been reading reviews and stuff but I'd like...

So I missed out on the PSL's when they were cheap and just noticed the Zastava M77 rifles. Anybody have one? It seems like a nice alternative to the PSL type rifles in a caliber that's still relevant. I'm looking for a paper puncher mostly and am hoping it would be at least decently accurate. So...

Been away from the forum for a while, been in the grips of a new addiction (knives). Anyways, I've become kind of bored with my AK and am thinking of trading it off. What I have: Century build Polish underfolder with UTG quad rail, Mojo adjustable sight, ambi extended mag release, recoil...

Back when I built an AK from a parts kit. I was never happy with the way it turned out and ended up parting it out. Well lately I've been looking for an evac or "End of the World" type rifle. Looked at several different rifles and this afternoon I saw something I couldn't pass up. I spent all...

Because I just bought one. Barely used, 4" heavy barreled .357 Mag. Nice looking revolver and the price was very right. I wanted a 4" barreled something to keep in the house and this seemed like just the ticket. Is there anything I should know about this thing? It was less than a used Taurus and...

Went to the Tampa show yesterday. Terrible, just terrible. Overcrowded- thank you to those of you who went and actually wore deodorant btw, doesn't seem to be important for most people anymore. Almost every gun I saw was ridiculously over priced, $1-300 over what you see them for in most shops...

So I've been messing around with my Model 36 round butt and have ordered grips and acquired a T grip for it and I love it more and more as I handle it. I have been carrying it since I bought it and it's so easy! To conceal, etc. I almost forget about it. Anyways, I am already thinking about my...

So I went to the gunstore today to look at an Erma .22 Luger and see if he had a Browning BDA .380 or a Beretta 85. Well negative on the Browning and the Beretta and I just couldn't bring myself to pay the price marked for the Erma. After all it would end up just being a nifty range toy. But...

Like it says, I'm looking for a .380. Used most likely. Nothing plastic and I don't really want a pocket pistol like the P3-AT or anything like that. Right now I'm looking at the Beretta 85 and the Browning BDA. Any input on those? It would be a regular carry gun and something my wife could...

So I picked up this Browning today. It's a .30-06 bolt action. Hinged floor plate with engraving, nice iron sights, 3 position side safety, nice trigger, crossbolted stock with engraved cross bolt heads. It's old, I can tell that much, but I can't find a model number or anything on it. It's...

Not a football guy myself so me and my brothers headed for the swamp. After a morning of decent squirrel hunting we headed out to a little honey hole and walked up on 8-10 of these rascals in a muck canal. I managed to bag these 3 after one sounded the alarm. They look tiny in the pics but were...