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I just picked up a nice 1886 lightning pistol and it is a little gritty and has a sticky trigger. can someone walk me thru a simple strip and clean job for the hammer and trigger , i have done some minor work on a Colt SAA, can i just remove the trigger guard and clean and lub from the bottom...

i am looking at replacing a 1st gen cylinder and i have 2 options. both are different than the first GEN colt . I am being told 1 of them is an original colt but they dont know if its 2nd or 3rd gen. the fluting is a little smaller and the front side doesnt have the cylinder bushing. it has...

hey, i am looking into getting a nice six shooter and have seen a US patent firearmsCco. SAA locally and on the net. someone said they used to be the now USFA co. still making saa. can anyone comment on the quality of this gun or information sources for more info. thanks

ok, i have done some searching but dont come up with much. I have just purchase this old colt ,and i swear who ever shot it didnt clean it in over 75 years. now its finish is nickle plated, an old 45 peacemaker, and i would like to bring here back to original as possible, here are my big...

is it me or are these grips stuck. i am more familar with the semiautos, but just got an old Colt SAA and trying to break it down to clean it and the single grip screw didnt allow the grips to just fall free, am I missing something here . can i down load a copy of the old manual. thanks

ok, i am new to this BP hand loads, i have done my semi auto handguns and know some othe basics, keep things clean, go slow, read the book, stay in the powder tables, but i dont want to buy another loading press for just BP. i see these handpresses mentioned and wonder if they are worth...

i am about to get a new 1874 rifle and wanted some test bullets , they seem reasonable and have the right loads. are these worth using. i will try and reload some of these later on but dont want to blow the gun up the first time i shoot it. :eek:

ok, this is the problem , i got the green like on getting a new rifle and i have been eyeing these old sharps or maybe an old browning highwall. I like the nice lines on the Shiloh-sharps 1874-1875 guns. this will be used for mostly target and recreational shooting. i will probably start...

Okay I finally got a round to putting 150 rounds of nice ball ammo thru my new SIG GSR . first let me say the overall finish and detail on the gun looks great, sights are easy to align and it points well out of the box for me. It is a full size 1911 so this is not a small gun. even so...

hello i recently picked up an old colt 1911 with some extra mags. i was out shooting and just for grins was goning to load some the old colt mags for my New SIg GSR 1911. funny thing. the old mags didnt fit ,seemed to tight, and i was not going to force anything. the nice and new Novac mag...

hello i just bought a AR15/colt sporter Preban in 7.62X39 cal. i thought it was all AR15 were .223 well now i am stuck. i like the low recoil of the .223 and easy parts. should i return the sporter for a regular AR15 .223 and just get post ban gun at cheap price or does any one know how...

Well I got my bar sto barrels for the P229 i have , it is the .40 and i got the .357 sig and 9mm barrels in stainless, first all the barrels are first rate, they did just drop in and the fit is snug, for all you doubters, i did just replace the 9mm barrel and just all the exsiting gun and it...

Hello I have a friend who is selling a model 29 with a 8 inch barrel 44 mag, it is blue and in about 95-98% only a small spot on the tip of the barrel, hardly ever shot, approx 50 rounds. i am trying to be fair he is a good friend but still would like a good deal. this is one long gun folks...

I was at the gun range shooting some of the Blazer ammo and it has aluminum cases not the reloadable brass case. a shooter came up to me and stated the aluminum bullets would cause damage to my guns, i have never heard of this and would guess that soft aluminum would damage the steel barrel, any...

Thanks for the info on the recoil, but now I had a discussion about the recoil, is this a gas recoil gun or not, and if not what about moving the friction ring caused less felt recoil, i dont see the engineering changes. Mike

Hello I have a friend with a browing sweet 16 and we were recently shooting the gun and noticed it had a tremendous kick, more than my remington 11-87, could there be a problem with the gun, i thought the 16ga would kick less than a 12 ga, could it be related to a cleaning problem or something...

I am about to purchase this gun new and was wondering if there are any modifications or additional chokes i should get. I will us it for dove and some duck hunting mostly as well as some sport clay shooting, I am new to the shot gun and rifle world but think the browning would be a good all...

I am looking for some hicaps and was wondering. i played with the P226 clip went in and out of the gun P229 well, with minor over extension is there any feed problems with this setup. looking for Hi cap 9mm for my P229. ------------------