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Those guys carrying guns openly around Obama in Phoenix were either just fools, or else they are conscious tools of the anti-gun forces. Every pro gun American should understand that there are many people out there like them who are pro gun, and many people unlike them out there who are...

1. Will vinegar completely remove a botched cold re-blue job? (I'm thinking about re-bluing an old Colt revolver with a cold blue and want to prepare for removing it from the gun if I don't like it.) 2. Can a revolver be cold re-blued without disassembling it? I'd like to avoid disassembly if...

If you presently own a Colt or S&W Model 1917 Army 45 cal. revolver, including the 1937 Brazilian contract variation of the S&W 1917, please post a picture of your revolver below on this thread along with pix of any items you own that go with your revolver such as a period holster, pistol belt...

I'm not a reloader but I'd be intersted to know if the recent price spike in manufactured ammo prices is due to panic buying on the part of consumers or is just the end result of an overall inflation in the costs of all the things that are used to make ammo, such as cases, bullets primers...

I'm frustrated. I can't find anyone who manufactures 45 Auto Rim shotshells. That's a shame because some really interesting factory loads are being made for the 45 Auto Rim these days. For way too many years this ammo was made by only one company in only one choice; 230 grain LRN. Today though...

I have an old (mfg. 1930) Colt Police Positive Special, serial #384XXX. Directly under the serial number that's on the inside of the crane is the letter A. Does anyone know what the A indicates?

How can I find the maximum proof pressure for an old gun? I have a 1930 Colt Police Positive Special. I know + P ammo is "not recommended" for this gun. I target practice with it using standard velocity 38 Special 158 grain RN ammo. The gun is very accurate with that ammo and is light enough and...

Many years ago, I took the original handgrips off my 1965 Colt Official Police revolver and replaced them with Pachmyer presentation grips which are much better than the originals were for shooting. But these days I'd like to dress the old girl up like she used to look sometimes, but I can't...

Can a WWII era Smith & Wesson revolver that was originally manufactured in 38 S&W caliber but then later converted to 38 Special still safely shoot 38 S&W ammo?

I'm interested in buying a lower receiver for an AR-15 and at some later date when I've got more money building a complete rifle. I've been told that buying a stripped lower receiver is the way to go, but I don't know. Is it? Anybody on this forum ever do this? Is it as easy as it sounds in the...

I own an old single barrel top break single-shot shotgun that says it was manufactured by Forehand Arms Co. of Worcester, Mass. The patent date appears to be sometime in May 1896. The shotgun's serial number is 110315. Most of the guns of this type I've ever seen were sawed off by people who...

I recently joined in a discussion on this forum of a thread about Charter Arms revolvers. The consensus of opinion seemed to be that the old ones were very good guns. Everyone was trying to explain to each other how to tell if a used Charter Arms gun was one of the old "good" ones or not. The...

I finally got out to a firing range again today for the first time since I got my old S&W Model 1917 Brazilian contract 45 fixed (thanks entirely to the generous help and advice I received on how to fix it from members of this forum). Since I got it fixed, I'd bought a box of Black Hills 255...

I'm fairly new to the forum and have noticed the term "incorporation" used in several posts, as being something that is a first order of priority. I don't have a clue what this refers to. Can somebody help me out?

Stasi rig. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I bought an East German 9x18 mm Makarov when they first came into this country. It was supposedly used by the East German Secret Police - ie., the Stasi. The gun came with a cheap as dirt leather...

The rumor is that the State of California is coming begging to the Federal government for a financial bailout, wanting a fat slice of your tax dollars and mine. We should all contact the NRA to fight them on this, and we should let our congressman and senators know that we expect them to just...

My wife and I are planning a trip out west sometime this summer. We don't HAVE to go anywhere, this isn't a business trip that I have to make, so we won't be stopping anywhere that I have to worry very much about handgun laws. I have a CCW permit in my state, and my state has CCW reciprocity...

I got into this on another thread and wanted to see some discussion on this subject but I didn't want to hijack that guys thread so I'm starting this one . I recently went back and re-read everything I could on the famous FBI-Miami shootout in 1986. What I read about it in the year or so after...

Is UMC running a wholesale special on ammo? Yesterday I bought 2 boxes UMC 50 rounds each 45 ACP (an auto round, but will shoot in my S&W 1917 revolver with moon clips) at a local Dick's Sporting Goods. No freight or anything. There was no sign that it was a store sale, but around here, that's a...

Has anybody on the forum ever try using this stuff to polish a gun or gun parts? I have an old Victorianox Swiss Army knife and was bemoaning the fact that it's once shiny new stainless steel blades were looking kind of punk, when my wife said not to worry, that she used fingernail polish...