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I think its a neat little cartridge for cowboy style shooting, more or less a novelty now. But 80-100 yrs ago it was fairly popular in various handguns and rifles. What were people using it for back then? It would seem to me there would have been better choices for defense and hunting.

Anybody know any references for Pre-WW2 Colt DA revolvers? I cant seem to find any books on the subject at amazon and other retailers.

The last few gun shows I have been to, I have noticed several dealers selling pretty nice looking Walther P38 's for around $300. Whats the deal with this guns? Where did they come from? Have they been in storage and just recently imported?

Ok here is the scenario... You are hiking in the woods in the middle of no where, armed as you would normally be for hiking. You turn a corner, and come face to face with Bigfoot, less than 50 feet away. Both you and the bigfoot are caught offgaurd and startled.... How would you handle the...

How are the AR15 type rifles from Rock River? Price seems pretty good. How do they compare to Colt and BM? MODERATOR: sorry I blew this big time and stuck it in the wrong forum... could you please move me to Art of the Rifle???

At a show, there was a nickel plated double action S&W revolver in 32-20 caliber. It had a tag on it that said Model 10. It was a fairly small frame gun, about the size of the model 10, and had old diamond style stocks on it. I asked the jackass selling it if I could open the cylinder (to see...

What is it used for? Why would you want or need one? To me, it looks like a good way to get registered with the govt as a gun owner... what the advantage supposed to be?

Now that the Repubs have both houses, there actually may be a chance the assault weapons ban may just fade away in 2004. $15 hi cap mags may be back! We will see.

I am having a couple of 1911 problems, any wisdom you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Problem #1 is occuring in 2 different full size 1911s. Neither gun is reliably holding the slide back after the last shot in a magazine. This is occuring with several different Wilson magazines, but...

any help appreciated.

Specifically, I am talking about a Springfield with that new lock thing on the mainspring housing... it is an officer's size gun, if that makes a difference.

A couple months ago, a child was shot and killed accidentally by a vendor at a gun show in atlanta. I believe this was an Eastman gunshow. Any body know how that played out? Did the shooter get charged with anything? Is there a civil suit?

Looking for a new rifle only... Also Which brand is better... armalite or bushmaster?

Ruger Vaquero, 38-40/40 S&W convertible... neat gun but unfortunately WONT work. With the 40 S&W cylinder, the gun works fine. 38-40 cylinder is a problem. When I load cartridges in it (2 different brands), the cylinder binds, and will barely turn. The hammer won't cock all the way back...

I cant seem to find one... any help is appreciated

I havent handled one of them, and from photos, I cant tell if the hammer is big enough to thumb cock, or not? Is this a traditional DA/SA design, or DAO

Would seem the chances of a reaction to vaccine would be low... and the chances of being exposed to small pox (as bioterrorism) is unknown...

I hear the term from time to time in war movies, mostly Vietnam movies, and I have a hypothesis as to what it means... but have never really heard a definition...

I know the 45-70 beats the 44 mag, but the data I am looking at is comparing 45-70 from a carbine to a 44 mag from a revolver.

Anybody know who can do custom work on a Ruger Vaquero? I have 2 specific projects... First is easy, just want to get another cylinder for a 38/40 -- 40 S&W convertible and get it bored out deeper for 10 mm. I dont want to use my 40 S&W cylinder for the conversion. Second is to get a Ruger...