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My uncle passed away earlier this year and left my aunt with some interesting pieces from the back of a hallway closet: 1) a Colt New Line revolver 2nd Model (~1882); 2) a Marlin Model 39 with octagon bbl. and case hardened receiver (~1938), and 3) a No. 1 Mark III SMLE battle rifle manufactured...

Sorry, I posted to the wrong forum. I have moved it appropriately. My uncle passed away earlier this year and left my aunt with some interesting pieces from the back of a hallway closet: 1) a Colt New Line revolver 2nd Model (~1882); 2) a Marlin Model 39 with octagon bbl. and case hardened...

I am considering having a barrel change completed for a Python. It currently sports a 6" bbl, and I'm swapping that for a 4" bbl. Looking to buy the 4" bbl on the Numrich site, it is available. However, the product info states "New Threads". Naturally curious as to the meaning of those two...

Just acquired a 1930 Commercial C96 Mauser pistol in a good 98% condition and have been researching everything from history and variations to safety and takedown (field strip) procedures. Field stripping begins with the pressing in of the Magazine Floor Plate Release pin enough to slide the...

I've been doing my own smithing for some time on my own firearms (with a lot of help from Jerry Kuhnhausen and his fine shop manuals). However, there's one area I haven't dared to tread yet and that's the changing of a revolver barrel, pinned or crush fit. The task looks daunting to me given the...

Having recently purchased a 4" Model 29-2 P&R (with presentation box and all the trimmings), I was confronted with a pretty tight action (hardly ever fired) and a kinda jerky and heavy double action trigger pull. Disassembling the gun. I cleaned each and every part thoroughly. I then took some...

Is there an on-line listing of current FFL holders in the U.S.? By state maybe? Anybody have a link? I tried BATF and unless you have a license number to search you're SOL. The CA DOJ site didn't help either. One can obtain a list from BATF...for a price. Thought it might be available for free...

A friend has a display in his home with a lot of nick nacks he has picked up on his travels around the country and the world. One item in the display caught my attention. It is a percussion cap pistol of Derringer size (maybe a little larger) with what appears to be a birds head grip. The...

Just a note to let you TFLers know that even a guy who does his own smithing for the most part can be incredibly stupid. I bought a Hogue monogrip for a Python of mine at a gunshow this weekend and, like with other Hogue monogrips for other of my revos, I proceeded to shuck the directions and...

Attended a local gun show last weekend here in So. Cal. Of course, all firearms for sale now are checked and plastic strip banded to keep anyone from operating the action, but some are not if there is a cable lock running through the trigger guards of each piece, tying them all together. Saw a...

I recently purchased a Colt Python with 6" bbl in Royal Blue from a private party. It was manufactured in 1980. The gun is in excellent shape save for the fact that it had been stored in a gun rug zipped up for a good 15 years. Surprisingly, it showed almost no surface corrosion, which many such...

Just an observation of the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in OC this last weekend. Less and less firearms, more and more edged weapons, paraphernalia, t-shirts/hats, jewelry, collectibles (statuary). Don't get me wrong, a lot of that stuff can only be found at the gun show. But, the number of...

Just a short comment on some auction values observed this past weekend on GB.com. One seller with whom I am acquainted had a list of about a dozen items, rifles, pistols, revolvers. Two of the revos were of interest. One was a NIB Colt Detective Special made in the early 70's. It went for $385...

Anyone know date of mfg. for Colt Python (SS) S/N T630XX? Got the Smith book by Supica but nothin' on Colt. Thanks for the assist.

Well folks, anybody wanna take this one on? I don't know how this was sent to me, but here is the political enemy up close and personal: Dear Friends: We have just ended a year filled with events that we will never forget. Terrorism and our national response to it was the clear focus of...

If Santa brought you a NIB, unfired, unturned Colt SAA P1840 in .45 Colt, would you put it away in mint condition or fire it, clean, and use it like your other shooters?

Just a short note to Rich and the TFL Moderators - the Search function is excellent!! I plan to start reloading after retirement and have been saving brass in various calibers for later use. Having just purchased 500 rounds of 125 gr. FMJ .357 mag. from Cascade Ammunition, I noticed the cases...

I just bought a used Winchester Model 94 Centennial Model scoped with a Bushnell 3X9 scope from my favorite pawn shop. The gun appears to be in about 98% condition save for a small stock ding which I can fix. The scope is clear and reticles sharp. However, the 3X9 adjusting ring on the sighting...

A pawn shop owner friend of mine called me out of the blue yesterday and said he had a "Browning Superposed 12 ga. manufactured in 1931 in beautiful shape." He wanted to know if I might be interested in buying it. He has an old Blue Book of Gun Values that tells him it's worth $1,400. My current...

A friend has shown me a collection of Manhattan Percussion Revolvers which he collected over a period of 25 years. They look to be Colt clones but about half the size and about .32 Cal. Do you guys know anything about these guns? I can't find them listed in Fjestads Blue Book at all. Thanks.