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You could carry it in the hollowed out book (I think) but if it can be fired with out removing it from the book It becomes a AOW =any other weapon, and the book or what ever, has to have a fed tax stamp and be registered. Holsters that look like a wallet that allow the firearm to be fired...

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The proof marks will answer most of the questions. Nitro proof, caliber, possibly date and proof load, re-proof? where?. Hammer guns were still featured prominately in some of my 20's -30's German and Austrian gun company catalogs. Even if it is marked with the caliber a chamber casting and...

The proofs are English and Birmingham to be specific. This mark, the crossed scepters w/ crown in one form or another, sometimes with letters is the mark of the Birmingham proof house. Used between 1812 and 1914(I think 1914 was the last date) The "R" usually indicates a reproof. There may...

I had some similar problems with a EABCO 10/22 conversion. Never had a squib load leave a projectile in the bore though. As near as I can determine this was a timing problem caused by too light a bolt/handle/recoil spring. When it blew the magazine out of the rifle in pieces and I retrieved...

Last year at the Albany, NY January gun show. At 10 am a loud bang silenced the crowded noisy show. You could hear a pin drop. State police security had weapons drawn and found a shaken dealer with a blown pneumatic tire on a hand truck. The tire had been inflated at a gas station cold, in...

My 2 cents, I own a number of double rifles.calibers range from 256 Mannlicher(6.5x53R) to 475#2. 9.3x74R I have 2, one, a pre-war Krieghoff that is now fitted with a Leupold scope. Originally it had a Zeiss but was retired for more reliable optics. This rifle is very capable of taking game...

The 2nd Amendment also grants that right:) IMO. I have place these signs on tables. That said, Like stop signs on a street corner, people are people and they don't read. When I do shows now most of the time they are display tables. I bring some double rifles or single shots that are...

I was in the Retail and wholesale firearms and shooting business for 35 years. I set up at gun shows all over the country. As well as operating a fairly large retail store. Some years over 40 shows a year. I often had 8-10 tables or more. I set up the wholesale business with new products...

As Birddog stated, xr1200's post is inaccurate. I was a wholesale and retail firearms dealer for 30 years. I have been retired for a while now so my hands on info on current trends is not up to date. My businesses were located in Schenectady and Saratoga counties. In the last few years some...

I don't know what county you reside in but some county court judges are prone to making their own rules. Some will only approve for"hunting and target shooting". It's a cover their butt thing. Even though there is nothing in the law. Permits are carry or Premises and they hardly ever anywhere...

here's the other side of nihonto. Nothing inexpensive(although, the prices are falling) Not for chopping H2O melons or bricks but great art. :) http://www.aoi-art.com/sword/katana/main.html

9.3x74r 8.15X46r 6.5X53r 450-400 3" 8X57r 450-400 2 3/8" 475 #2 35 DeVries 300 H&H 6.5 BRM

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