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Hello, I was wondering if anyone can give me some info a Hopkins & Allen "Dictator" pistol. The serial number is 88XX. It is what appears to be a nickel plated 5 shot revolver. The pistol has about a 3" barrel and is a 5 shot rim fire. By the size of the bore, I am assuming it is a 32...

I'm almost embarrased to ask this one. Sometimes I wonder how I get myself into these things. I bought a really nice Mauser LR action with bolt a couple of months ago. I finally decided to get cracking on starting to work on this in preparation of turning it into a 300 Win Mag or a nice target...

Hello, I recently broke the elevation screw on my Colt Commander. I have had zero luck finding the screws. Attached is a pix of the site. Can anyone tell me what this is? The sight appears to be factory installed due to some interesting machining where the rear of the sight locks into the...

Hello folks, My current project is building a BRNO 98 Mauser receiver to a 300 Win Mag rifle. I was doing some checking and found that I can buy a "Magnum" caliber bolt for this project. The modifications of the standard bolt to accept a 300 Win Mag had me a little concerned. The price for...

Hello folks, I decided it was time to push ahead with another Mauser project... can't let the bank account get too full...;) I am planning on barreling a BRNO VZ 24 action to 300 Win Mag. I need a couple of tips or cheats to get me through this. I see that the bolt face needs to altered to...

Picked up an old book entitled "Custome Touches for the 1911 Pistol". One thing that indicates this is an older text is it shows the "correct" method for disabling the beavertail. Could you see the faces on a lawyer these days regarding disabling a safety on a handgun. Anyway, the book...

I'm not sure this is where to put this question. So, if this is the wrong place, let me know and I'll move it. Does anyone know what the ballistic coefficent is for the 172 grain M72 bullet used in the match ammo? thanks.

I need to cut the lugs on a 1911 barrel to get it to fit properly. Called Brownells and was told that the Tom WIlson Lug Cutter listed in their catalogue was 'discontinued at the factory". Did a fast web search and turned up nothing on "Tom WIlson Company" and variants of the name. I have...

Just finished up doing some work to a Colt Commander and decided to replace the 9mm barrel for a 38 Super. The 38 rounds feed fine and the gun will eject an empty. But, it will not clear a loaded round. The round gets stuck with about 1/4" of the bullet in the breach. The round is angled just...

It seems that I have to be different. It seems everyone is asking about tightening the slide on 1911s. Now I have to go and ruin it. I picked up a brand new Colt 1911 slide that will re-emerge into the world as a 400 Corbon. Don't really have the time for a couple days, but couldn't resist...

First this is not my gun, it belongs to a friend. Here is the gun and the problem. Llama Mini-Max stove piping. Presuming that the cursed limp wrist is not at issue, here is what has been done to try and correct the stove piping: New extractor, trimmed and tuned, new ejector also tuned...

Okay, this is not really gun related but I have to say it. To all my brothers, bloods and sisters: WELCOME HOME

Is there a clearance spec for the fit between the sides of the barrel hood and the slide?

I'm on my fourth 1911 and just ran into something that I haven't run into while fitting the slide. The slide is hitting the frame at the ledge in front of the disconnector opening. The edge that I'm talking about is the edge that drops off into the mag well. When the barrel is out of the...

I heard/read/seen something a few weeks ago on another firearms BBS that IMR is going Tango Uniform and has file for Chapter 7 bankruptsy protection. Anyone know if this is true? If so, I need to stock up on some powder while I can. Thanks.

Does anyone have a quick and dirty rule of thumb to use a Mil Dot scope without resorting to a calculator, slide rule and range card? I know the math, but I would like to do things a bit faster from time to time. Thanks.

I really like the idea of an AR rifle in 243 caliber. I have built several AR15s and spent little time researching the AR10 type rifles. I know that these were designed to fire a 308 Win cartridge. Before, yours truely goes bumbling along into this can someone please give me some input? 1. Are...

Is there anything that can be done to improvethe accuracy of the 92/96 series pistols? Mine aren't all that bad, but they could use some help. Joe

This is fustrating. I was knocking out the main spring housing pin on one of my 1911's. Normally I use a gunsmith block, but today....well, I am on vacation and that does allow me a bit of laziness. In fact I've gotten pretty good at knocking pins out and have them stay in the frame. NOT THIS...

Hello folks, I know this has been hashed around some, but this old problem has raised its ugly head once again. Here is the problem: My reloads stick in the barrel of my Bushmaster XM15 20" HBAR. I had this problem once before and thought I had cleared it up using a RCBS small base sizing...