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I wasn't sure where to post this, here or in the gunsmith forum, so, i guess move me if i got it wrong. I recently acquired a 1911 slide. It appears to be a NM replacement slide made, by a company called milo industries, in the late 60's. The slide appears to be in original condition. The...

I bought my wife a Sig p290 yesterday. The piece came with night sights and an integrated laser, all factory equipment. She took it out this afternoon and after a few mags she decided to try the laser. She turned the laser on, pulled the trigger, laser turned off. She tried it again, same thing...

I had a chance to take my rifle out and stretch its legs a bit. I learned a few things. 1) at 300yds, my eyes are no longer good enough to see a man sized target with iron sights, so my first question. Is there something I can add to the rifle (not a scope) to fix this, maybe a different sized...

To start, I am not a gunsmith, I am a machinist. I put a rifle in my mii to drill and tap the barrel for a scope mount. It took me almot 30 minutes to get the barreled action clamped and indexed into the mill, and while I was at work, I wondered if someone made a jig for this? I started checking...

I just bought my wife a new ar built on a composite (plastic) lower. I figured for only 580 bucks out the door, I couldn't go wrong. It is by far the lightest ar I own, it weighs just 6.5 lbs empty, and it has the best factory trigger of any ar I have picked up. Fixing to go put it through its paces

Ok, I picked up shotgun news yesterday and read an article about a caliber change on an ak. The author's report indicates that with a change in caliber, the ak is finally a rifle of acceptable accuracy. My question is, why? The quthor doesn't really deal with why it is more accurate, but he does...

April 19, 1775. It is just before dawn. Some 70 or so members of the local militia have gatherd on the green in Lexington, Mass. to protect their town form British regulars marching to Concorde to confiscate powder and cannons from the citizens there. A force of roughly 300 british regulars...

The 236th anniversary of "The Shot Heard Round the World" is fast approaching- How will YOU commemorate it? Sitting on the couch, watching American Idol reruns? Or will you be one of thousands of Americans, standing on the firing line, learning the marksmanship skills that helped wrest this...

How many appleseeders/instructors are on this forum?

I bought a remington 710 yesterday. It was 250 bucks, chambered in 30-06and I figure everyone needs a loaner rifle in the safe, so, I bought it. I went to wal-mart, bought 140 rounds of federal cheap stuff, brought it home, and today, put it through its paces. Sighted it in, then went to work. I...

It would seem that old age is beginning to re-calibrate my eye balls and the front sight on my garand is a lot smaller and way more out of focus than it used to be. I have been considering mounting a scout mount and scope. There are a couple of mounts out there, the question is, which mount...

I am finally taking the leap and building a rifle for myself. I have an 7.7mm arisaka and havve decided to build it from scratch myself. can anyone recomend any books to walk me through the process?

My 15 year old son just asked me a couple of questions that I have no really good answer for. Why are there so many rifle calibers, and why is the .30 caliber so popular?

I recently inherited an imperial mauser brought back from germany by my grandfather after WWII. The rifle stock was cut so it would fit in his duffle when the rifle was disasembled. What I need to know is wheather I should fix the stock, or leave it as is. No mater what I do, the story is still...

We spend much time discussing accuracy. We compare bullets, cartridges, actions, bedding or free floating, powders, primers, and rifle nuances like lock up. The list of things that add up to accuracy is long. All that being said, What makes the most impact on the overall accuracy of our riflr...

Ok, for many mango seasons, I have happily lived in peaceful harmony with my guide gun whilst using the supplied lever, blissfully ignorant and completely content that there is nothing better out there, I, have remained faithful to my beloved. BUT, over the course of many discussions on this...

I am hoping to attend an appleseed riflemans boot camp with my son this winter. there is a long range component to the training that will stretch us out to 500 yards. I plan to shoot it with either my fal or my ar. My son however wants a mini 14 for the event. My hesitation is that the rifle may...

A bank here in town closed down last year and nothing has replaced it. The building is for sale. My wife and I have been house shopping and I got to thinking how cool it would be to have a giant walk-in safe, we could remodel and have an interesting home, complete with a 3 car car port. Have I...

Do the moderators here remove posts from threads?

OK, I'm not new to this, but I don't understand what I am seeing. I recently decided to take the scope off of my 45-70 guide gun and go back to iron sights because it makes it a much more handy rifle. here is the wierd part, I noticed during sight in that with a 100yd zero, the rifle shoots high...