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Has anyone wondered why it seems like most countries settled on around 0.30" for their modern rifle when smokeless powder became commonly used? The vast majority use .30, .303, .311 7.62, 7.65, 7.35mm and similar which all come out very close in size. I am wondering if there is a magic size...

I have a WWII era Nazi dagger that I took in trade a number of years back but I really have no use for it and it belongs in a collection. What I am trying to do is assign a reasonable value to it and sell it. The dagger is a "Brown Shirts" dagger which has a symmetrical double edged blade...

Mills Bombs - Gotta love the British. We yanks have a hand grenade (hang grenade) or pineapple or frag but if you read British war lit you will see reference to Mills Bombs, as in "Too right! I took out that bleedin Jerry machinegun nest with a well placed Mills bomb, I did, old mate!"...

I've been reading the Libertarian Philosophy thread and almost posted this question there, but I think it deserves a separate thread to allow attention to be given to just how common situations might be worked out under a libertarian form of government. I'd like a discussion without appeals...

I wondered when Replica Arms Marietta Ohio was active? Who made their guns? I saw an 1860 Army with the single diameter cylinder with the full length flutes. Was that a common model? I hadn't seen any actual Colts like that but it does look good. Thanks for any info you can provide. :)

Guys, I'm just like a kid at Christmas! I just got my Model 29-5 "Long Tom" back from Michael Gouse, who engraved it for me. The job looks great, and it's my first engraved gun that I commissioned, so I thought I'd share some pictures. Any defects are in the camera operator because the job...

S&W [and now Colt] Question - See below: How hard would it be to install a ball, either in the frame or crane, like that in a ratchet that would mate up with a matching detent in the other part? Are there tools readily available to do this and would there be enough benefit to justify doing...

I knew I hadn't taken apart a S&W revolver in some time but this was something new to me. [/IMG] Underneath the thumbpiece part on the inside there is a small silver doohickey that slides in a verticle track. It's not held in except by the rest of the parts that assemble over it...

Does anybody know the skinny on these? This gun is unturned, in a gray Colt box with the signature series logo. The manual is black and purports to be from "Colt's Manufacturing Company." This model has the silver plated backstrap with an engraved Saml Colt signature. The cylinder is...

I have read on several occasions where people say they use Windex to clean rifles fired with corrosive priming or black powder weapons. This has raised a couple of questions in my mind. Nearly everybody knows plain water is the only solvent that will wash out the salts deposited by firing...

I know we have some Luger buffs here and some of you, I'm sure remember Skeeter Skelton, Handgun Editor of Shooting Times back in the 1960s, so am posting this link to an article somebody was kind enough to post on his website. Skeeter Skelton on Lugers

Anybody have one of these? I just got turned on to the website and they look nice. Middlesex sells period flintlock muskets and pistols that look pretty dang authentic according to the pictures. I have a Pedersoli Brown Bess and wondered how the Middlesex gun compared in quality? The price...

I went thru my CFC packet today to find a suitable recipient and found #1054 Gun Owners Foundation. Just thought I'd share in case any of you are looking to "target" your donation. :) Gun Owners Foundation

This is a great DVD, despite having a pretty cheesy interview with John Carpenter but it's worth adding to your collection if you have any interests in classic HD shotgun at the old jailhouse. :) Assault on Precinct 13 :evil:

Somebody please splain to me (pix would be nice) what exactly is a "coke bottle" S&W grip. I asssume it was coined by some internet ranger as I've never heard the term come up in conversation. Are they what us Smith fans would call the Target grips? There was also a Magna grip that didn't...

Help me out here I started thinking :uhoh: about this and want to know what others think... Gain twist is one that starts out slow and accelerates as the bullet passes thru the bore. Colt's BP revos had this as they fired a round ball whose short bearing surface might cause it to strip...

I recently came into possession of a 32 cal 1873 Winchester rifle with the end cap on the forend. Looks like a 24" bbl and marked 32 Cal on the elevator with a full length magazine. The serial is in the 260K range with a B on one end. The gun is complete and looks like it would be fireable if...

I took a quick look at the 6.8 Rem article in the latest issue of AmRiflMan and it struck me we have an AR15/M16 that has similar ballistics to the good ole Rusky 7.62X39. Maybe it was the Crispy Creme donuts I ate for breakfast but it seems we could issue captured SKSs or AKxx and get it over...

I have knowledge of a Springfield 1903 rifle made by Rock Island Arsenal. The SN is in the 142XXX range. Looking in the Blue Book, I am fairly shocked at the amounts being shown for these guns in better condition. This gun is complete, and looks in unfired condition. I would guess from...

I must've missed the memo and a search of the archives does not bring up anything obviously pointing to that mystical appellation so, let me guess: Currently produced USA built pumpers by: o Mossberg o Winchester o Ithaca and um, er ah, harumph, uhh, o Remington? :p...