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I have an m1 carbine that wasn't chambering rounds properly. Turns out there's a a scrap left from an apparent case rupture. How the devil do I get that out of there?

I'm loading .30 carbine and the trim-to length for brass is 1.286". I've measured a bunch and anything between 1.280 and 1.285 I've set aside. (I'm trimming anything over 1.288). Since the M1 Carbine is not a precision instrument anyway, I thought I could use that short brass for plinking ammo...

I am in the market just because. I see people are about 50-50 on a $25 repro. Worth a shot, I guess, except it's made in China. You know, the folks who were shooting at the guys carrying M1's in Korea. I can't see owning a Norinco 1911 for the same reason. If I wanted an SKS, AK, or other...

Tonight I was making up for a lost weekend (lost to working) and went to a 50' indoor range nearby. I was practicing prone until my neck went out and I worked off-hand. The other 4 guys there were Bullseye shooters. On the same target, slow fire, with a pretty accurate rifle I scored about an...

I picked up a 1957 Marlin 39a and the action is so stiff it's painful to work the lever as intended. I've cleaned and lubed but it's still too stuff. I've worked the action close to 1000 times. I can't tell if I'm making much progress. I'm thinking about polishing the bolt and the lever...

He's been curious about what goes on when Daddy goes to the range to shoot guns. He's a young 9, but very mature and conscientious about anything safety related. In fact, yesterday I saw him exhibit instinctive muzzle discipline when a clerk at the gun counter walked in front of him! And he...

I read a fairly convincing post that putting a red dot style optic on a handgun was a useful training aid. That made sense to me. The way I approach teaching anything is to break it down, and an optic would simplify some of the tasks that have to be executed correctly to get a shot off...

I'm still a handgun noob, and thinking about ways to improve. There's a Bullseye League starting up this week at the range I go to. The guy running it said Bullseye helps his other shooting, by magnifying his mistakes so he can correct them. I'm convinced there's something to the rigorous...

Any suggestions for fixing it? Loctite? JB Weld?

I am trying to develop some ability with my off hand, and I find I'm amazingly consistent off to the right when shooting left handed. I looked at the Wheel of Corrections for lefties and the conclusion - pushing or no follow through/too little trigger finger didn't seem applicable. I was...

My wife stated a principle that we are NOT going to get another gun safe, that anything I get has to fit the one we have. I take that to mean that anything that can fit, I get to have! :D Since the safe is pretty much empty now (value of safe > contents) it will be a long time before I rue...

Anybody have any experience with this stuff? I usually avoid Remington ammo.

It might have been just a bad day or something, but I am starting to get into bullseye and I've done all right in the past. This weekend though, I couldn't hit the black at 25 yards. I couldn't even tell what I was doing wrong. I was all over, so it wasn't a consistent problem. I conclude...

Went on a binge at the rental counter with my 14 year old daughter and her friend. We went through most of the semi-autos. She liked a Beretta 92FS, a SIG P229, a CZ-75sp01 more. She was kind of all over the place all day. Then she tried a Para Ord. 1911 and *abused* the 9-10 rings. Big...

I have some self-defense loads ordered, and some hi-cap mags to go with, and it seems prudent to test them all together. The question is, at what point do you consider you can count on it all? I am not in a position to run thousands of rounds through the weapon just to test. Over time, sure...

I have an Kahr/Auto Ordnance m1 carbine with a plastic, folding stock. It has non-adjustable iron sights. I'm planning on taking off the rear sight and putting a weaver scope mount on it. I've got a bushnell elite 3200 scope I could get on there, but I was thinking along the lines of a red...

I've only got one bolt action rifle, a CZ-455. It's accurate, but the bolt feels sticky, maybe to the point where there's a problem. Is it reasonable to expect the bolt to glide back if you open it and tilt the muzzle skyward? It is binding on the sear, I can tell by the scratch on the...

I've looked at a couple of places that charge $50 for a transfer. $25 is the going rate around here. Anybody know a place, preferably near Oak Park? I used FFL finder to locate places I'll be overcharged.

I've heard of people using a very bright flashlight to gain an edge by more than just illuminating the bad guy. How bright do you have to go to degrade the opponent's ability to do harm? I'm not talking about leaving nothing but a shadow burned on the wall, though that would be nice...

I'd like to borrow or rent one, as they run $100 or so, a huge fraction of what I paid for the gun. Can anyone hook me up?