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    1893 Turkish Mauser

    Here I go again, over 15 years ago, I bought a 1893 Turkish Mauser in good condition for 39.95. It had a mismatch bolt and was in good condition. It had a 1937 date on the receiver when it was converted to 8 MM ( The turks were sitting on fence to wait untill a good time to jump in and help...
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    New England Westinhouse MN-91

    About 15 years ago, I bought a MN-91 in good condition for 39.95 plus tax and heard they went up in price a bit. I do not plan to sell this and other C&Rs I have but I am 76 year old and know I am not going to last forever and I do not plan to take them with me. My daughter said she look...
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    I Bit The Bullet, 32 S&W that is

    I went to the local gun shop and asked if they had any 32 S&W longs? He got a box 32 Magtech hollow points. They had about twenty boxes left and the only problem is that they cost 26.99 plus tax. They also a few bricks of 22RF long (Federal) for 22.00 a brick. The problem here is the...
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    Which is better? A stick or gun

    To me this a no brainer. A local guy came home from work and next door neighbor said there is some one in the back yard. So He grab his "ninga sticks" and confronted him. The Bad Guy took his Simi-auto and killed him. My feeling is that when I hear some thing I grab at least one revolver...
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    Iver Johnson New Book

    A new book by Bill Goforth on Iver Johnson (Arms & Cycle Works Firearms 1971-1993) from [url]www.gunshowbooks.com. Bill helped me and many others on H&R and Iver Johnson handguns mostly revolvers.
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    New 32 Auto Ammo?

    Well I used up most of my Win 32 ACP ammo and got some more, still 71 gr. FMJ, but flat nose and not round nose. Question: Any one have feed problems?
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    Walter P 22

    I went to a local pawn shop and they had a used P-22 for 179.00 and thought a Walter for 179.00, humm must be something wrong. I did a search and found Sir William's report from 10-13-2004 and I sure want to thank Sir William for his extessive report. Thanks again Sir William.
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    Taurus PT-22 Good or Bad?

    I looked up 22LR on gun auctions and notice that about half of the Taurus simi-autos are 22s, and many are NIB. I wanted something cheap that would fire 22Lr. H&R, IJ are more now than Taurus that are NIB and just a little more than Jennings and Lorcin, What is the Good, Bad and Ugly about...
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    EBay gun parts

    I saw some things on Ebay that could be paid by pay-pal only and it go some like this " Send me a 1000.00 because I am sick and out of work. " On the dealers in gun parts, they show pictures, discribe parts, try to give part no. and answer question abuot the parts. Maybe I been lucky, I got a...
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    I.J. U.S. Revolver Co. 38 S&W

    Well I have a US Revolver Top Break which has about a 1/4 inch side to side play. I believe it was made in 1911, so I think it used old black powder parts that were left over, Will, broke it down and applied a C-clamp to the area of the joint screw and applied just light finger pressure. I...
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    two Colt's Too GooD To Be true?

    I went to a gun shop about 40 miles from here in a small town. They had two Colts build on the .41 frame(closest one I can ID is they both looked like the New Navy Model of 1889 or 1892. One was a 41 long Colt. The cylinder stop allowed a little slop when moving cylinder back and forth. It...
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    Flobert Rifles, Black Powder?

    I have a flobert rifle which is considered black powder(gun marked ELG with a star in a oval. It is a 32RF Flobert, but on the recipt it was discribed as a 32 ACP. First of all,it is a rim fire, and firing pin is in the wrong location. Second, if you fired a regular BP 32RF, you would not...
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    Blue or Reblue My I.J. 66S

    I have a Iver Johnson 66S which is almost new EXCEPT, on the muzzel and cylnider where some one carried it and these areas are down to bare metal. I would leave it as it is if it was a colector item and not reduce the value but it is no colt or S & W. My qustion: should I leave it as is...
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    What happened to the good 100.00 revolvers

    I have 8 revolver ranging in price from 35.00 to 79.00 Including a S & W model 33-1 Six of them purchased in the past four years. I went int a pawn shop and they had a loose (play in barrel catch) H & R top break in 32 S & W for 160.00, three weeks ago. I told them I was not going over...
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