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Hi All, I have an opportunity to pick up a slightly used GP100 (stainless, 4in barrel, newer production around 2010ish). It belonged to an elderly person who passed away. The person had picked up the gun (their first) in their golden years because of the felt need for some type of home...

Got a chance to take my new Glock 42 to the range today. Fired 98 rounds, with results as follows: 50rds of Blazer, fired 100% with no malfunctions. Followed by 20rds of Winchester PDX1. Function with the Winchester was not so good. No problems with feeding or extraction/ejection, but the...

The weather is breaking and I’m in the mind to do some shooting this week (I have the week off). It has me thinking, that in my opinion, in this day of “Nano’s”, “Shields”, “LCP’s, “XD” (models x 10), etc., etc., that there are three modern classics that would serve anyone well who is...

I'm trying to decide on a carry load for my Ruger SP101 revolvers 2 1/4in and 3in barrels, and S&W Centennial. I want something optimized for short barrel revolvers, and it seems like the best choices are the Speer Short barreled revolver loads, and Hornady FTX Critical Defense. I was wondering...

As I previously posted on these forums, I had a chance to pickup an old 1903 Springfield that belonged to me back in the 1980’s. As I wrote, I sold it to a friend when we were going off to college. After college the friend moved out of state and we lost touch until recently. During our...

I posted back in the fall about an opportunity I had to purchase a 1903 Springfield from a childhood friend. We had planned on making the deal in November - but he and his wife were on a cruise - and then the holidays put things on hold. We are now planning on getting together in Feb. I will...

I noticed on my new Reminton ADL that the barrel no longer is marked "Made in the U.S.A. as they used to be. Anyone know if they are still made in the U.S.A., or elsewhere? Or if there is a reason Remington chose to retain all of the other old barrel stamps/markings, but dropped the Made in...

I had lunch with an old friend that I hadn't seen in 20+ years yesterday. During the course of the conversation he mentioned that he still had the 1903 Springfield that I had sold him when we were teens. He couldn’t remember what I had sold it to him for, but I’m sure at the time the sum was...

This is a little hard to describe, but I have noticed a white film forms every week or so on the rearmost, upper corner of the piece of metal that is welded onto the front of the Maverick barrel (the piece that the takedown screw goes through). I wipe it off, and a number of days later the same...

Word of advise to other shotgun newbies around here...listen to the guys with experience. I'm been trying to figure out a way to have a good amount of defensive shotgun ammo on hand on or near the HD shotgun. So far I've purchased the buttstock shell holder that holds 9 rounds, a sling that...

I just picked up a new Maverick 88 Security model. I bought it from a local hardware store that I like doing business with, and who generally has good prices in comparison to other local gun dealers. That said, the price tag was $279. I didn't do any price research on it prior to buying other...

Hi All, Recently I bought a used Savage 110. E serial number indicates manufacture prior to 1995 according to the Savage website. Anyway, it extracts fine, but it just barely ejects the round out of the rifle. The round kind of just falls out, just barely clearing or rolling down the outside...

A friends uncle passed away a while back, and left her a WWII era Mauser HSC. It is in good shape overall. It has the Nazi markings, and comes with a leather holster. The handgrips have been replaced with some after market grips. We did test fire it, and it seemed to function without issue...

Last year was the first time I had hunted in 16 years. In the interim I had sold off my Remington 700, 7600 Carbine, and Marlin 30-30. Last season I borrowed a rifle from a friend, and I can do so again this year, but I think I'd like to pick up a "cheap" but decent quality rifle of my own. A...

Last year was the first time I had hunted in 16 years. In the interim I had sold off my Remington 700, 7600 Carbine, and Marlin 30-30. Last season I borrowed a rifle from a friend, and I can do so again this year, but I think I'd like to pick up a "cheap" but decent quality rifle of my own. A...

Hi All, My 14 year old son recently decided that he wanted to go hunting. I myself haven't hunted since 1995. In the interim I had sold off most of my hunting rifles. Well, the two of us recently took our hunter safety course, and I gave him my old Sears 20 guage, and Marlin 22 for squirrel...

I've been using Speer Gold Dot ammo in my 642, but today while shopping for a little ammo at my local hardware store, I bought a box of Hornady Critical Defense 110 gr ammo. It has what looks to be a polymer filling the cavity of the hollowpoint. The 642 really like the load, and the recoil...

Hi All, I’m new to Enfield firearms. Today I picked up a, what I think is a 1943 Shirley from what I’ve been reading on the Net. That said, I no virtually nothing about these rifles and I was hoping some of you could shed some light on my confusion. For one, this is a Century import and...

I might have just made the stupidest gun deal that I’ve made to date. I’ve been wanting a M1 Garand for some time for my WWII collection. I recently posted concerning a Winchester receiver (Underwood barrel) M1 Carbine that I acquired at a pretty good deal. I bought it with the idea of using it...

I picked up a M1 carbine from a friend for $500. He purchased it from a person who said they got it from CMP. Anyway, it is a Winchester mixmaster. It's in pretty nice shape overall, and was perfectly reliable at the range. The only thing that disappointed me is that it doesn't have a...