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Somebody spank me . . . I gotta stop going into the pawn shops! Rem. 700 . . .270, Leupold VX II. Decent wood. Rem. 700 . . . 7mm Rem. Mag. Leupold VX III duplex reticle, nice wood! Springfield Calv. short bb. 45-70 trapdoor, 1876. Savages, Rugers, Winchesters, Marlins. A whole rack...

Jeez . . . I have a footlocker full of edged whatevers. For "all round" . . . I'd look at reasonable price and durable. Local Army PX sells the Navy Pilot Survival Knife. Nothing "special" but about $30 and durable as hell. Camillus. Camillus has had this contract for decades. I have a...

I have two classes of knives: work knives and "works of art." Work knives are for working. Mine are sharp as hell, so you'd be slicing anything you'd run along the edge. Works of art . . . Nahhhhh . . . I'm not going to let you handle these. Look but don't touch. There's "in between"...

I have one. It's a "combat/tactical" knife. Mostly it's designed for stabbing, but would work for basic hacking/cutting -- like lines in a marine situation. And accordingly, it looks like it'd be corrosion/rust resistant, for salt water/marine. Also, decent knife for probing for land mines...

Ammo -- I never actually "planned" . . . for an ammo depot. Couple, several Mausers, Mosin, AK . . . and it seems like they keep having sales on cases of ammo. Besides which, some of the cases come in a really nice wood box. 9mm -- seems like "bulk" they want to sell you 1000 rds. And...

Basements are damp. Ammo will survive "damp" -- but "cool dry" is a better choice. Condensation is always an issue. Ammo cans are designed to keep ammo dry, but they're not intended to keep condensation out. As a fireman . . . we train locally for car fires, from crashes. On item of...

Carb cleaner is intended to remove chemicals from unfinished steel. Parkerizing, blue -- chemical finishes. Ammonia will remove blue from your finish. Dilute ammonia is great for cleaning guns after shooting corrosive ammo, but you need to DILUTE it about 1:4 and keep it off the blue...

AK is not so much "rugged" as it is reliable Kalashnikov designed the mechanisms with ample clearance -- making them easy to manufacture, assemble, interchange, and use. First receivers were milled from 4.5 lbs of steel, and the Bulgarian receiver is still milled steel. Bulgarian reciever has...

Yeah, but the 8mm Mauser is the "hot" mil-surp gun to love. There are a zillion of them out there, cheap, wonderful Mauser action, and 8mm is serious ordnance. I had a Mosin M-44, all matching, nice. Traded it at a gun show. Hard to find ammo . . . not "hard" but it's not generally available...

Locally, Oregon Coast Range, we're all hot for the 45-70 Govt. for Roosevelt Elk. It's all in the woods, ranges under 100 yds. Gun I have is a Ruger No. 1, stainless, Leupold 1.5 - 6x 32mm, heavy duplex reticle. 350 gr. Speer bullets. At 350 gr. the bullet needn't be anything fancy. They're not...

I have a nice Smith Mod. 10 in 38 Spl. NOT chambered for .357 mag and so I got it cheap because the shop couldn't move a 38 Spl. 4" bbl. ported, trigger worked. It was somebody's IPSC gun. Anyway, 38 Spl is easy to reload. No caliper needed. It's all eyeball. Lazer-Cast lead SWC in 158 gr...

Have a look. The Bill of Rights pretty much limits the power of government and declares pretty much that "Government derives the power to govern from the consent of the governed." The BIG ISSUE is that the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is the branch of govt. that interprets constitutional...

I got a 45-70 Govt. BIG bullets . . . heavy too.

Let's hear it for the jerks who "chop down trees" with a firearm. I went into an alder grove that had been leveled by auto rifle fire. The sheriff and admin from state and national forest services are looking for the culprits. In Oregon it is UNLAWFUL to shoot into a tree.

Rent a room. Hang the "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door. Tip the bellhop.

If you're shopping for "old" or "historic" you need to look at what's being offered. You don't decide what you're going to get and then go find one. You find what's available and then choose. That said, I'm keeping an eye out for a Springfield trap-door, 45-70 Govt. I've let too many...

Yeah, sure . . . CSI Miami should advertise Smith & Wesson. When I watch the History Channel about guns, I note that Colt and Smith & Wesson both readily cover their ass on public relations. Ruger was backing the assault weapons ban, as was Smith. Colt is pushing for "smart guns." I'm...

You ever pick up brass at the "range" (gravel pit, woods, etc.) for a caliber you don't own yet? I have a local shop that likes to trade, "flea market" stuff . . . But .270 and .300 Win Mag. I don't own them, but I pick up the brass. If I see a "deal" on ammo in a cal. I own I stock up...

Serial numbers? Run a check to see if any of the guns have been used in a crime. Firearm possession puts you in the FBI files for transfer of firearms. So, you'd have a file they could check. CCW really puts you in the file . . . prints and a mug shot. If you want to work in law...

Serial numbers on Garands generally do not match. Most have been refurbished by some govt. arsenal. Garand is NOT an "M1 Carbine" -- if you know this, let it ride here for those who do not. The Garand clones I've seen have "issues" . . . Last time I looked, which was a while back, they...