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What if some commercial company decided to produce brand new versions of classic rifles, like: Mauser 98 and variants; M1 Garand Enfield No 4. Mk. 1 And so on, and stayed true to original manufacturing quality, with forged parts and so forth, but improved with modern metallurgy? How much do...

I posted this over at CZForum.com too, but I thought I'd ask here. I'm looking at buying a .45 this summer. The current contenders are the CZ-97B and the Ruger P90. The CZ-97s look nicer than the Ruger KP90 I currently have it stacked up against, but I do have some concerns. -Recoil spring...

I have a feeling that handgun prices are high in my area, but I'm not sure. Here are some examples from various stores (Gander Mountain plus local shops). Prices are approximate. Ruger KP90 .45: $460 Ruger P89/95: $375 Glock 17/22: $550 Glock 21: $599 Springfield Loaded 1911: $700+ Sig...

I fired my best friend's Hi-Point .45 today. He bought this pistol from his brother for $75.00. General Impressions (disregarding everything I've read about the Hi-Points)? The pistol is a strange, seemingly primitive design. The slide is a huge block of steel covered with some form of...

My Remington 7400 .30-'06 was acting funny today. It'd fire the first round, eject the case, and chamber the next round fine, but the hammer wouldn't cock unless you manually worked the bolt. I'm stumped. :confused: Naturally it's got to do this when I'm showing it to someone interested in...

Who's selling Makarovs these days? The latest copy of the shotgun news doesnt' seem to have any vendors.

A friend of mine has one of those Saiga 7.62x39mm carbines. Fit an finish are far better than the Romanian guns, and not a bad buy for the $179.00 + fees he paid for it. (Another friend has one of the Hesse converted ones, and it works quite well, despite having been touched by Hesse.) He'd...

Two teenagers accused of firing a shotgun at a Laurium police officer's home were arraigned on felony charges this Friday. The shooters were 17 year old Andrew Sutinene and Michael Clevland. The cop was at home from working when a shotgun blast blew out his first story window. The two kids...

Today, my two friends and I planned an ubershoot. We all loaded up everything we had, and went out to the sand pit just outside of town where everybody in town goes to shoot (and have been for years). It's a great place to shoot; it's surrounded on 3 sides by steep ridges. We had been out...

About the increasing use of the "ruthlessly efficient" AK-47 in street crime the US. At least they pointed out that the rifle was illegal and illegally imported, but still. I didn't have the stomach to watch. :barf:

I was thinking. If I had a gun company, and wanted to make a great service shotgun, here'd be my specs. -20" barrel, heatshield optional. -Optional interchangable chokes or cylinder bore barrel. -Full stock, folding stock, or pistol grip only (let the shooter decide what he wants). -12 Gauge...

I have a Winchester 1300 I bought from Wal-Mart last July, for $199. It came with a 22", cylinder bore barrel, cheapwood furniture, rifle sights, 4+1 capacity, 3" chamber, and is drilled and tapped. I bought magazine extensions from cheaper than dirt. They didn't fit. They didn't match the...

Okay, here's how I thought it was: The Mossberg 590 is an 8+1 model with a 20" barrel. The M590A1 was the same as above, but with a heavier barrel (preventing installation of a heat shield), metal trigger guard, metal safety, and the bayonet lug. But I've read posts where people have been...

For cheap, fun shooting, here's what you can do for a nice target that lets you know if whether or not you hit it at almost any range. (Don't try this at your local range, though, unless you have permission. This is best for shooting out in the boonies somewhere.) You know those big plastic...

Took my DSA Austrian FAL, my Marlin 336 .30-30, and my Winchester 94 Trapper in .44 mag out shooting today with my Padawan, Katrina. She and I were in rare form. At least, I hope it was rare form, as neither of us could hit water falling out of a boat. It was a poor day. We had fun, though...

Post your GP100 and .357 Redhawk, Blackhawk, and Vaquero pics here! Let's see 'em! (I want something to look at until June 16th rolls around, when I can buy my own. :))

I'm interested in a .44 Magnum wheelgun of some sort, as I've got a Winchester Trapper in .44 and it's begging for companionship. Note: This discussion assumes I can't find anything used, which is all too often true, around here. And with MI's permit to purchase system, I am unsure if one can...

Okay, who do you wish would make what chambered for the .41 Magnum round? Here are a few things I'd like to see: -I wish Winchester or Marlin would make a lever carbine in .41 Magnum. -I wish Ruger would make a stainless, 5.5" Vaquero on .41 Magnum. -I wish Taurus would make a 6-shot full...

Are you tired of conventional handguns, with their loud noise and recoil? Are you tired of not being able to penetrate soft body armor that even a bow & arrow will slice through? Are you tired of having to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on ammunition or reloading components? Do you...

My Winchester 1300 seems to have developed a strange problem. Sometimes, a second round won't fit into the magazine tube. Sometimes, the first round will get stuck IN the magazine tube. I'm stumped. I'm using standard factory ammo. The shotgun has been in the corner by my bed for months...