With me it is this one: It is unsafe to shoot 7.62X25 Tokarev in a C-96 because it is loaded to much higher pressures. No, it isn't. Tok ammo...
For me it was an 18# Thomas Bland 4 bore. Wasn't holding it correctly. Broke my collarbone. Charge was 385 grains of 1F and a 2000 gr. conical...
Bought this Tri-Star pump gun last year. Very happy with it, functions great, no "break in" was necessary. I won't fire it much, maybe fifty...
I once had a Rossi 92 full length rifle in 45 Colt It was obscenely smooth and slick, more so than any toggle action Winchester clone I ever...
Predictably, the Illinois Supreme Court refused to rule on the constitutionality of the FOID card. Read it in the paper. Don't have a link, I'm...
I've been curious about something for quite a long time. How much can you lengthen the barrel on a revolver until you stop gaining velocity and...
Do you ever lay a few of your guns in front of the TV to admire during the commercials? I have for years and I suspect I'm not the only one...
With the current shortages on powder and especially primers, I have found my self improvising lately, as in... IMR 4227 is not the first choice...
The movie is "Shout at the Devil" and it is a 1976 release. Set in east Africa in 1913, it is an adventure/ comedy, with lots of gunplay and...
It is with Great sadness that I post a picture of the Rock Island Museum as it is today. Also, a pic of the glory days. Renovating is a slow...
This is a bolt from a type 38 Arisaka next to a 98 Mauser bolt. It is obvious why the type 38 is such a strong action. The locking lugs are much...
Sorry I cant provide pics but I'm in Illinois and the gun is in California. It isn't mine. My friend bought it new and it never left the box. He...
Bought this the other day at the LGS. Made in Turkey. It had something I've not seen before, a return spring for the fore end. You can see it in...
This happened years ago before I started working at the Arsenal Museum, but it is a legendary story. Late one afternoon, near closing time, and...
Just fooling around the other day and I decided to shoot some old F.N. 30-06 AP ammo into a piece of 3/4" thick annealed 1018 steel. The range was...
I heard something about the Brown Bess musket the other day that raised aroused my curiosity. I was told that the British soldier, after...
Here's my M-1 with its bayonet... Wait a minute! What is wrong with this picture? The other day I had my Garand out of the safe. I happened to...
Having fun over at the autoloading pistol thread asking the same question about automatic pistols, so let's have a go at rifles. Two classes,...
I was wondering the other day what was the worst, most poorly designed, most trouble prone auto pistol ever made. Please, no smart ass replies...
Strong enough to handle this kind of pressure. May I direct your attention to the last statistic given. Let us forever put to bed the notion that...
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