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In the Standard Catalog of Firearms, your shotgun is listed as an American Browning Auto-5. From the same listing - Remington manufactured about 45000 of these from 1940 to 1942. The only other information from this source indicates it's similar to the Remington Model 11, but features a Browning...

As the previous posters said, the grooves were caused by firing in a fluted chamber. The chamber flutes aid primary extraction in a semi-automatic delayed-blowback high powered rifle such as the HK91, G3, PTR91, HK770, HKSL7 and SIG AMT. IMO, these cases are safe to reload. I've gotten multiple...

Very nice, Brad! Two thoughts: 1.Your second knife will look even better. 2.If you build yourself a small forge, the work will go faster.

It sounds like you have a low-swing safety. It's an after-market safety that is (as you guessed) designed to clear the scope. It may be that your safety was not properly fitted to the rifle when it was installed.

I just remembered - your Blackhawk probably has the alloy grip frame (OEM = alloy, aftermarket might be steel, brass or stainless). Blue solutions won't work on alloy. The Ruger grip frames were originally anodized at the factory and there's no way I know of reproducing that anodization. You...

Although I haven't had any experience with the Shooter Solution brand, I have used several others of different brands and formulas. I can give you a few generalities: First, if you're rebluing the whole gun, remove all the factory blue before starting. I've tried a couple of home-brew solutions...

Immediate and obvious that the gun is not loaded.

If fragments of caps are a concern, you might try a cap shield. Dixie Gun Works used to offer one, not sure if it's still available. You remove the nipple, put the shield over the hole and re-install the nipple. The nipple holds the cup-like shield in place. Blast and bits of cap are directed...

Another vote for the HK91. Mine is reasonably accurate, amazingly reliable and chambered for a cartridge that turns cover into concealment. The last magazines I bought for the HK cost $1.99 each. I do miss my Steyr AUG A1, though...even though it was one of them poodle shootin 5.56's.

Sniper X, if that was a question, yes, several of the large distributors order special runs from manufacturers. Lew Horton had a run of S&W m629 "Mountain Guns" a few years back. They were stainless M29's with a round butt and 3 inch barrel, IIRC. They may also have been ported.

It appears you have a Stevens Pocket Rifle (or Pocket Shotgun) made in at least 13 models between 1869 and 1917. The barrel legend could say one of the following or a variation: J. Stevens & Co. Chicopee/Falls, Mass. (with or without a patent date) J. Stevens A&T Co. (with or without the...

I had a Sharps repro, bought 2nd hand, in .45-70 a few years back. After a few range sessions, I decided the .45-70 was too tame and had it rechambered to .45-110 (all you need to do is lengthen the chamber to 2 7/8 inches and buy new cases at about $3 each...and get dies...and a new press...

You're right, of course, Jim. The earliest Flobert design used the hammer as the breechblock. Later similar rifles used a separate breech that pivots upward like the photos. Looking at the photos again, I think the differences from the Flobert are more significant than the similarities.

(Not recommended) You could quote $500 apiece for repair, hunt down a couple of similar guns - same caliber, of course - in really nice condition, buy them for less than $100 each, give your friend his "restored" guns, deep-six the rustbuckets in the nearest quarry, and pocket the extra cash. It...

I've reloaded brass ejected from my HK91...when I could find it. Typically, the rifle flings the empties into the next time zone. The few I was able to recover and reload more than once had no problems evident. However, the striations on my cases only covered a little less than half of the case...