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You know the old jokes about boxes of old holsters that didn't work out or drawers of holsters for guns you don't have anymore? I have all those too. But the one holster that's been sitting in the safe for a few years is only there because I'm lazy and it fits under the small guns in one of the...

I have wanted a Swiss Army Pistol for a long time. It's a Pistole 49 with sn 189xxx, so it's from near the end of the run in the mid-70s. The end was 213,110 iirc. The stocks should be plastic, but it came with these so I'm happy. They appear to be mid-80s commercial production for the P210 I'm...

It's in the morning paper and it's about 2 miles from my house and even closer than that to my office. An $11-million-dollar renovation of a funiture store building. Yes, the zoning is good to go...

What gun would you use at 65 mph, pistol, rifle or shotgun? ;) Yesterday morning at 10:45 I was headed west on I-64 just past the Fishersville exit - about 2 miles or so before hitting I-81 at Staunton. This is in the Shenandoah Valley. There were quite a few cars (for what used to be a...

Oh boy, can I get a pocket .50 or something? This sounds like a marriage made in heaven. ;)

A huge article, too. Half the front page of the Style "C section" plus another half page inside. John www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/22/AR2010042205535.html "Appleseed Project teaches marksmanship and history, hopes to improve the country" And check out the 13 pics in...

I saw this article in the morning paper. It's hard for many to believe that the large deer population is a fairly recent thing. I know we never saw any deer around my grandfather's 1500 apple trees way back in the mountains south of Charlottesville. Never. Bear and turkey and such, but never a...

Anyone know the details? All I've seen are the rumors. John P.S. - That's Wilson the barrel maker, not Wilson the pistol maker.

http://losttarget.blogspot.com/2007/12/remington-to-acquire-marlin-firearms.html "Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Remington to Acquire Marlin Firearms Remington Arms Company, Inc. the only manufacturer of both firearms and ammunition for Hunting, Law Enforcement/Security, Government & Military...

I think they need to hire some people with some real national experience. John From the 6/6/07 Washington Post: Ron Paul's One-Man Band in the Granite State Young Staffer Hopes to Put Candidate on N.H. Map By Sridhar Pappu Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 6, 2007; C01...

I've been shooting my field grade SX-1 and, miracle of miracles, it still works after I worked on it - all new springs, stainless steel rebound tube, steel follower and new buffer. I can't find my notes and seem to remember somebody saying to loctite the rebound tube in place. (I could not...

I answered a question for a new member in Harley's forum, but a translation of the quote I posted is needed and I can't do it. Any help is appreciated. www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=238390 Thanks, John P.S. - I tried a Google translation on part of Wisner's instructions...

I just looked at the November issue of The Atlantic Monthly I received today - the one with Sen. Clinton on the cover - and what did I find on the page across from the table of contents but a full-page ad very similar to this... Large pdf. version =>...

Winchester and Browning Enter Firearms License Agreement 8/15/2006 East Alton, IL, August 15, 2006 --Winchester announced today that it has entered into a long-term license agreement with Browning for the manufacture and distribution of Winchester brand rifles and shotguns. “With this new...

From the New Haven Register: State company makes offer for Winchester factory Andy Bromage, Register Staff July 15, 2006 -NEW HAVEN — City officials fired off a teasing tidbit about the Winchester firearms factory Friday — a Connecticut gun maker has made an offer to buy the shuttered...

I took my neighbor to her doctor's appointment this morning and ran across these prices in the 6/26 issue of Newsweek. According to a Palestinian arms dealer in Ramallah: AK-47 - was $2,000, now $3,500 BHP 9mm - was $1,700, now $2,600 M-16 - was $5,000, now $10,000 M-16 'bullet' - was 10...

I changed my e-mail the other day to @verizon.net, didn't get an activation e-mail and haven't been able to post. I was able to logon, but I couldn't post. So now I've changed it back to @aol.com and the activation e-mails come through just fine. Tried it twice. Go figure. I'm so glad Verizon...

Well this isn't good. And a net loss of $4 million last year. John _____________________ This is a printer-friendly version of an article from www.news-record.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Article published Sep 10, 2005 MADISON -- Madison-based...

I just saw this on rec.guns. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=6&u=/nm/20041210/od_nm/odd_theft_dc JT _________ Following in Mom's Footsteps, All the Way to Jail? Fri Dec 10, 9:33 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. federal...

Just curious. And where's he going to be hanging out next year? John