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The right side of the slide is stamped "Model of 1911 U.S. Navy". Below that on the frame is stamped "No. 2811". The left side of the slide is stamped "Patented Apr 20 1897, Sept 1902, Dec 19 1905, Feb 14 1911. To the right of this is "Colts PT F.A MFG CO. Hartford Ct. USA" Under that on the...

Mods, if you feel this would be more appropriately answered in "The Smithy" I won't be bothered if you chose to move this there. This thing is pretty old, I think when I looked up dates on the serial numbers it was made around 1958 give or take a year. This thing has probably never been...

So with all of this gun control nonsense, I thought I would mention something unique about a city in which I used to live. What makes this place unique is that there is a law that mandates you keep a firearm and ammunition in your home, with a few exceptions made for those who can't afford one...

With SHOT show going on i'm sure that there are going to be a variety of new rifles chambered in the new .17 wsm so I thought id make a thread to talk about them. Out of the gate there is the Savage B.Mag. read that it is less than 4.5lbs, fed by a flush rotary magazine. Synthetic stock. Msrp...

Instantly hooked on using this revolver to shoot squirrels with. Shot was about 25 yards, squirrel didn't move an inch. I initially grabbed my Marlin .17 HMR bolt action but decided it was so close that it was a good opportunity to try to shoot a squirrel with my Taurus. It left a much smaller...

For those not familiar with what 3D printing is, it is a lot what it sounds like. A digital copy of an object is created, and it is printed out on a printer that prints in 3 dimensions, and instead of using ink to print, the medium is usually a plastic. These people basically downloaded the...

We had a very mild winter last year, and our squirrel population in our state has exploded. Its to the point of looking out and being able to count 5 within 150 yards just by looking around is not unusual. We have a grove of about 30 pecan trees and between the squirrels and crows they will...

Rifle is a Browning A-Bolt II chambered in 7mm mag. First shell ejected without problems. The 2nd shot is where we ran into a problem. The bolt handle came up but would not slide back. We tried to diagnose the problem for a bit and decided to take it home. I put the butt of the stock on the...