Recent content by rmfnla

If you are concerned about value leave it alone. Refinishing always reduced a gun's collectors value.

I'd get the Lee Hand Press long before I'd deal with all that pounding...

My P365L; it does everything I need...

Mattel made those; I had a Colt Detective Special look-alike that was so cool! I also had a great-looking Colt 1860 type that held 2-piece brass shells and fired red plastic bullets. Such great toys!

OMG, I got one of those at Disneyland back in the 1960s. I was just learning about guns and realized that the breechblock looked just like a real musket's so I dumped the powder from a couple of black cats down the barrel, stuck on a Greenie Stick-'em cap and proceded to shoot the head of a...

TV & movies taught me that there are pistols & rifles that can shoot a gazillion times without reloading. Now, if I could only find one...

Heck, some of the best deals I ever got were on guns the owners were convinced were bad because they couldn't hit snot with them! :evil:

Yes, blued and case colors make the gun look like an original... in excellent condition. SS guns look like guns that have seen so much action that there's no finish left! I kinda like that.

You expect sense from gun legislation?! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! (Whew!)

I've never run into any of those problems but it does make sense. Thanks!

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Depends on the problem. Are the chambers countersunk? If so, make sure there is no crud that could cushion the firing pin impact. Also check the countersink depth; if the bad one is a bit too deep the pin will not be hitting the rim as hard as the others. Is the pin strike in the same...

You punch the sight itself? I punch the flat of the dovetail; more room to work and I find the slide is easier to brace than just a sight.

And if it's the original finish it's nickel.