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Hi, I have a 1911 Gold Cup with minor rust pitting on the slide. I would like to have it hard chromed but am wondering if the already-tight tolerances would allow the extractor, firing pin stop and other parts will still fit as they should afterward. Does anyone know how thick a hard chrome...

Hi, Is there a process I can do at home on an outside burner that will result in a "blue" (not black) finish on a 1911 slide? I'm looking for something like the Colt royal blue. Thanks for any guidance.

I didn't get a chance to post before the thread on closing political discussions was closed. Gore has recently come out in favor of "civil disobedience" to oppose coal production. Obama's supporters have come out on the record as advocating ANY approach that will get their candidate elected...

The Stoeger uses the same inertia system as the Benelli for operation. The Benellie is a Lot More Money. Any comments from owners of either? I'm looking to replace my Remingtom 1100.

and now the safety is almost impossible to flick off because the plunger is too tight in the tube. Any tips to fix this problem? Or good 1911 smiths in central California? Thanks, Mike Ledbetter

Mexico wants migrant rights in U.S., but is harsh to undocumented Central Americans MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer April 18, 2006 1:35 PM TULTITLAN, Mexico (AP) - Considered felons by the government, these migrants fear detention, rape and robbery. Police and soldiers hunt them...

Santa Barbara News-Press, April 18, 2006 SCOTT STEEPLETON, NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER [Photo caption: Joel Gomez holds the remains of eggs that student protesters pelted against his home as his wife Eloise Gomez shows a rock that pierced their front screen door. At left, Santa Barbara Mayor...

From Jeff Cooper, a T. Roosevelt quote from 1907: "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against...

Hi, Tried doing a search but got 47 pages of results. I was looking for a thread that discussed member i.d.'s being issued as members signed up. How can I determine what my "member number" here at TFL is? In case I want to incorporate it into a sig line as some have done? Many thanks for...

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-inmates-heart1217dec17,0,585471.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines By JIM WASSERMAN Associated Press Writer December 17, 2002, 3:02 PM EST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- An inmate who received a new heart in an operation that touched off a...

I'm wondering why the Glock failure threads are being limited in number (to four) when the "sniper" or "Iraq" threads (for example) are not. http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135348 Regards.

Greetings, I took the trigger guard assembly apart in my Marlin Camp 45, for cleaning and to grind away at, er I mean, "polish" the feed ramp. It has a lot more parts than I thought. Does anyone have reassembly instructions or, if not, an exploded diagram they can fax, mail, or email me? I'd...

Moderators, some slack please. They didn't have guns in 78 A.D. (The original) Agricola was Roman governor of Britain for seven years. An informative article may be found here: http://www.britainexpress.com/History/roman/agricola.htm "In a series of annual military campaigns Agricola put...

Greetings, I'm hankering for a .223 varmint rifle and I like the Remington VLS I saw in the store, along with the Howa. I'm leaning more toward the Remington as a tried and true manufacturer. Anyone have any thoughts to share on the accuracy of the Rem VLS in .223? Thanks, Ledbetter

Edited to add: It's funny. It's a joke. And yeah I hit the wrong button. KSFreeman, like I said CB caps work for me 99.9% of the time. I hate it, though, when I have to go out in the morning and finish off a possum who's been, well, playing possum. And I've shot a raccoon right between...

That's my story anyway. In the gunstore today I saw a consignment S&W 422 for less than $200, and I liked it so I bought it. The gun is in new "unfired" condition. I must have been thinking of all the .22 related posts here lately. Anybody know about these? Alloy frame, steel slide and odd...

Springfield Armory Serial # 721,XXX (Date of Mfr. 1942) Barrel SA--6-50 99% Parkerizing Receiver has no electropencil or other "extra" markings. All new SA internal parts, except the used SA op rod. Brand new SA Trigger guard assembly Stock looks very old, but solid. Stock has no stamping...

I decided to put this here because there are a lot of reasonably priced replacement shotgun stocks available at http://hometown.aol.com/jackcrawf/index.html Mr. Crawford dealt very fairly with me in a recent transaction and I recommend him to you. Regards.

Name: The Firing Line #001 No password. Try it out. How is it working? New maps? Regards.

Ordered a used stock. The seller tells me after he looks at it close that it has been shortened 1". It is a stock finished by a nice man named Jack Crawford and is very beautiful. I'm putting it on my bargain basement Walmart Rem 1100 to replace the synth. Make the other trap boys more...