Recent content by Piper106

I liked the ad for the 20mm Solothurn anti-tank gun. As I recall the ad said; "No (special) license needed". Fast forward to 2016. I assume that not only is the gun (canon?) a NFA 'destructive device', each round of ammo needs a $200 NFA tax stamp also. If I am right about the...

I own a Remington 760 pump action rifle chambered for the 35 Remington cartridge. I would like to load some 35 Rem cases with Hornady 158 grain XTP JHP bullets at about 1500 feet per second (or so) as target / plinking loads. . Problem. As I recall, one of the loading manuals I was looking...

Don't know if this counts as 'standard issue'... The Swedish army had some Mauser 98k rifles rechambered for their machine gun cartridge; the 8 x 63mm M/32 patrone, 218 grain bullet @ 2500 fps = 3003 fps (14.1 grams @ 760 mps = 4072 joules). Issued to members of the machine gun squads to...

the Wehrmacht was different the US Army in that they felt the MG was the primary killing arm. Their MG's tended to have a much lower dispersion then American MG's I saw on the internet a WW2 vintage US Army training film on the subject of the MG 42, that showed the dispersion of the German MG...

I guess 'great minds' (barnbwt and I) think alike... I find it interesting that the US Justice department during the period it was being 'guided' by Eric Holder would be investigating fellow Democrat Leland Yee. Based on what we think we know about Fast and Furious, stone walling (without...

... but I can't imagine it doing a Zodiac full of Somali pirates any good whatsoever at 40 or 50 yards! "STAND BY TO REPEL BOARDERS!" Two ounces of coarse shot at 50 yards... yup, would suck to be a pirate, but... When you show up at the rail with your bunderbuss, they would likely start...

On this latest edition of the SP 101 in 327 Federal Magnum, is that a standard Ruger front sight mounting??? Is there some other front sight blade that could be 'easily' mounted?? Yes, yes, I know... If I was half way smart I'd realize that a 'fiber optic' front sight is greatest thing for...

Westinghouse developed it during or right after WWII for use in circuit boards, high voltage insulators, bearing blocks, etc. And they owned the name Micarta Trademark for years. Agree that Micarta is a Westinghouse trademark,, but it goes back a lot further than WWII. I have a 1926 vintage...

A local stores has a Steven model 238 20 ga bolt action for sale. I was think about buyiing it and shortening the barrel, maybe adding sights, to make a gun for short range hunting using slug loads. Or is this gun too rare and too valuable to bubba this way?? As far as I can see it...

I like a gun to look like dear old granddad's, i.e. wood. Having said that I agree with what others have noted, that wood shinks, swells, warps, and cracks. My ideal would be synthetic base material with some sort of genuine imitation wood grain paint/decal effect for a surface. It is...

If Remington offered a wood stocked (or a composite stock that looked like wood) 7615 chambered in 300 Blackout I would buy one in a second. As others have said, an under the radar battle rifle.

Coupler of things to think about. A number of countries around the world have limitations on civilians owning firearms chambered for 'military' cartridges. Who knows, that might be the focus the next time Feinstein gets on her broom. The 270 Winchester is not and never been a military...

Are there aftermarket grips (or 'stocks' in S&W speak) for I-frame revolvers that while bigger than factory are for folks with small hands?? Had a chance to hold a WWI vintage S&W Hand Ejector I-frame the other day. I always though that I had very small hands but... even my hand was bigger...

It seems like a lot of the members on this board are assuming that any anti-gun legislation will be a stand alone bill that can be discussed on it merits. I think it is much more likely that anti-gun legislation will metaphorically be a note written in crayon on the back of page 666 of some...

There as been some interesting answers, but I'm still confused. I would have guessed that in powder burning weapon that payload is payload. Remington lists 410 shot shells with a 1/2 ounce of shot at 1200 fps. I'm still trying to figure why there couldn't be a 410 load with 1/2 oz (about...