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I know I'll probably regret asking this but: Just how accurate do you find a typical USGI M1 carbine to be? I understand that this is not a match-grade rifle, and it has combat accuracy as its goal. But I was thinking today at the range, about just how good it could be. I set up two targets...

OK, to start, I know why and when the 'scallops' appeared on the frame, during the change from Model of 1911 to transitional model and ultimately to M1911A1. That's not gonna be my question :) My question is: Do you feel the 'scallops' (cut-outs in the frame behind the trigger) are worthwhile...

The Fourth of July. Tomorrow and Monday I'm going to the range. Tomorrow I'm bringing this: Monday I'll be shooting this: and this As my way of remembering why there's a 4th of July

Just got a can of Federal 5.56. Bullet tips are green. Howcumzit? To differentiate this from 'duty' ammo?

I'm looking at a new can of Rem dri-lube, and I'm looking at my AR. And I'm looking at my can of Rem dri-lube, and I'm looking at my AR. Anyone use this or a similar product on their AR? Opinions?

There's a .223 thread here and it never really got down to brass tacks. I was hoping to see a specific answer to something in that thread and I just don't see it. I will set the stage with an example: I bought a Colt Sporter Target the other day. I am new to ARs but not to firearms or rifles...

I love shooting my M1 rifle and my M1 carbine. But I wanted something designed, well, a little more recently, and for which ammo was easily found Today I went to the funstore, and looked at a whole bunch of stuff. My buddy bought a former Russian AK47 with a US made receiver, actually a nice...

So the buzzer for my apt. rings. My window is close to the door. Some guy is out there with a pizza and a bag covered in grease and steaming in the cold, he's juggling the pizza, this greasy bag, and his cell phone while he somehow hits my buzzer again I think "well, I don't need anything. But...

I suggested to a couple firearm enthusiast friends at work today that we go to a gunshop near work. I needed some ammo and targets So I get my stuff- 17 bucks for 50 9mm para. Not shabby. 89 bucks for 250 rounds of 230gr 45ACP. Not bad; that's two range trips plus 50 to stash away While I'm...

My Dad just bought a Pietta 1851 Navy It is a touch hard for him to load. I think the ball he was using was very hard; I used six of mine (Hornady) at a nominal .375" (I did most of his loading today) and it was much easier, while still shaving a full ring. It shoots well, to point of aim at 33...

This is easily the best I have ever shot a cap and ball revolver. Target was at 33', Pietta 1862 Colt NY Metropolitan Police in .36 I tickled the trigger a little poorly on the first shot, which is the 6 ring flyer. I then settled down and drilled it. I am one happy cap and ball owner today...

I was shooting yesterday, my light, short barreled .22 It's hardly a target pistol. One reason I got it was to help me shoot better; I reasoned, this pistol will exaggerate my every mistake But I was thinking today- is this really helping me? I was shooting at a 1" orange bull, 33 feet away...

I wanted some light reading :rolleyes: So I was looking at the things the BATFE thoughtfully sends me Reading the lists of curio and relics is a very interesting thing 37mm deck cannon... Pack howitzer but only from 1941... Anyone know where I can score a nazi belt buckle gun? I especially...

Here's a mess o' parts from my cleaning session after my last range trip. Two of the firearms would require a guess to get exactly the right answer so just the generic type will do. What was I shooting?

Due to the case I mean. I have heard this rumor. Does Wolf really beat up the carbine? :confused:

In MA, this thing is extra evil and hard to get. Must be pre-ban, so tough to find since it had to be here and registered before the ban. Never thought I'd get one, but I managed it through a lot of luck and a two hour stretch of being 'out on an errand' from work Inland, 1943 with Inland 1943...

I am in the middle of a move right now, AUG 1 I am moving away from Boston to a suburb called Canton. It's a nice place but I fear that they will not issue to me a Class A (such as the one Boston gave me) but rather a Class B will be the best I can hope for...I am making some look-sees now about...

Piettas, right? Traditions BP firearms are just Piettas. So what's the deal? Are they cheaper? Made differently? Saw a Traditions 1851 (no squareback, and in .44) with a steel frame today I prefer the 1860 myself, but I like the 1851s too although it would need to be squareback. The price I...

Question on mags- I purchased a Colt MKIV/Series 70 made in 1978 a little while back. I hadn't fired it until July 3rd, and it's a fricken laser; it shoots so well it's a shame .45 is so expensive. Anyway. The 7 round mag that came with it was a real POS. At first I thought the Colt was a...

I bought a nice Colt Series 70, made in '78, the other day. It is, honestly, perhaps 95%, except for a small cosmetic issue: Closeup of the blemishes on the right side of the slide. Yellow is where finish is gone, dots are pits. No wear is present anywhere else With the exception of the...