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The other day I was at a local gunshop and came across a nice old 6" S&W model 10. It still had the original box and oil wrap and was about as close to mint as I've seen for a long time, the grips had the diamond checkering pattern in them so I figured it had to go back a few years, I ended up...

I shot my doe this weekend with a Browning Mountain Rifle in 54 caliber. My load was 110 grains behind a patched .530 round ball. It was a 90 yard shot and I was a touch higher than I should have been, but the ball completely severed her spine dropping her on the spot. I doubt any other...

I have a similar shotgun I bought a few years back that has gold script on the barrel in french. It's a heavily engraved shotgun, unfortunately tracking these guns down becomes quite difficult. Many of them were made in small shops that either went out of business or were decimated during the...

I've got the Sears catalog that lists the shotgun. In later years Sears started selling better grades of shotguns under house names such as the Aubrey, but when you consider the price of this gun and look at the difference in price for Ithaca's, Smiths, Bakers, and Remingtons, selling for double...

I've got kind of an odd ball project. I'm building an 8 bore muzzleloading express rifle and I'm trying to find a large tritium dot sight to use on the front. Nobody seems to make one that is suitable for my project so I plan on milling out a blank front sight and was wondering it it...

Does anyone have any background information on a savage model 1903? It's kind of an ugly looking pump action 22, clip fed, with an octagonal barrel and crescent buttplate. Looks like it might have been Savage's answer to the 1890 Winchester. I saw one for sale at a local gunshop for $130 and I...

I just tried to go over and take a peek at what the Democrats were saying and found that they have closed down the site to non-members. I suppose they need a bit of quiet time to ponder lifes mysteries and regain composure before sticking their heads out of their hole in the ground.

The model 81 Woodmaster is a fine rifle. I have an 81 in 35 Remington and also a model 8 (the predecessor to the 81) in 32 Remington. You are right about ammunition being somewhat difficult to find. I spent a good amount of money buying dies for the 32 and than I formed the brass from the more...

Howdy, I bought a Turkish Mauser at a gunshow last weekend and I'm interested in mounting a scope on it. Does anybody offer historically correct mounts and a scope that looks the part? I would assume some of these rifles were used as snipers during the war.

I recently purchased an old marlin that looks almost identical to the one shown here in auctionarms http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=6154225 The only difference that I can see is that the buttplate is not plastic, but a simple sheet steel one. I suppose the plate...

Thanks for the information, it is very similar to the model 10 shown in the pictures; however, the one I have looks older. The front and rear sights are both dovetailed, the stock design is simpler with no checkering, and it is a simple sheet metal triggerguard. Thanks again.

Howdy, I was poking around the local gunshop this afternoon and I picked up an old Marlin bolt action 22 single shot for about $50. The gun isn't in great shape finish wise, but I plan on restoring it and giving it to my wife for Christmas. I've been looking around for an inexpensive single shot...

I had a similar occurance happen to me about 6 years ago in North Dakota. I was also stopped for speeding (also about 10 miles over the limit on a lonely stretch of rural Dakota highway). In that instance the officer saw a holster in the back seat of my car (a junker that was given to me and...

Fantastic photos Mec, I've always wondered what they looked like inside but didn't want to mess around with the screws to find out.

I've had one for a couple years now, I don't shoot mine much, but it isn't that hard to clean. I have not taken it down all the way, but the major components come apart quite easily. The cylinder actually rotates on the shotgun barrel and the barrel is screwed to external threads on the shotgun...