Smith & Wesson 916 was S&W's way of getting in the shotgun market cheap. They bought the design and parts inventory of the Model 66 from Noble (a...
The M1 Carbine with FMJ bullet is supposed to have the same wound effect as the .38 Special.158 gr lead roundnose. The M1 Carbine with the...
If a gun does not fit my hand, too big or too small, or if the controls are just off my fingertip's reach too near or too far, it will be hard for...
Wrong ammo tales. Story A. A big selling point in ads for the .38-40 Winchester 1892 and Marlin 1894 rifles over the .38-40 Winchester 1873 was...
So, now I have to be aware that there are 209 shotgun primers and 209 black powder primers. Grumble. Bass Pro Shop and Cabela's list Winchester...
personally I would keep the AR if I already had it and opt for a decent lever gun. Both are basic firearm platforms with good utility and lotsa...
My opinion? Great rescue on a used neglected 1970s Winchester 1894. Of course I have been brainwashed to believe there is no better woods rifle...
Please enlighten me. My understanding is 40mm projectiles are NFA items. 37mm projectiles and hulls are civilian (unless weaponized, eg made over...
My pistol caliber leveraction carbine is a 1892 Puma made by Rossi for Legacy in .357 Magnum (twelve round capacity). It shoots most .38 Special...
JCooperfan1911: "I’ve had a gun in my hand since I was a boy in the 50s, when dinosaurs walked the earth and everything was in black and white."...
IF you put a .44-40 cartridge in a .38-40 1873 Winchester rifle, the only way to clear the jam is disassembly. With a .38-40 Winchester 1892 or a...
Ammo prices can be scary in panic times. I do not buy ammo in panics (newbies buying tons of guns and ammo) or when there are threats of firearms...
Using the money inflation calculator at Wikipedia for US dollar amount, $ 0.26 (1909) = $7.40 (2021).
A relative bought a used .22 Marlin rifle, The kind that came with a detachable box magazine. Hers was missing the magazine. I found one at the...
Stoeger .22 Lugers have been ruined by excessive disassembly not needed for routine cleaning. (Any one have a Stoeger .22 Luger User Manual?)...
I am on my phone and my research files are on the laptop. .38 Super can refer to three different cartridges. Usually the hot loaded version of...
Straight walled ... Probably autocorrected to "walked". Cases are either straight walled (.38 Spl etc), tapered (9 mm Luger etc), or bottle...
My reload .30 WCF cartridge case, with standard rifle primer, 30gr IMR 3031, 170 gr flat nose softpoint jacketed bulleted = POI of Winchester...
IMR 3031 is my go to powder for .30-30, 6.5 Carcano and .303 Brit. Medium capacity case, less than magnum power levels. It is slower (lower...
Back in the 1990s I knew folks who lived on farms who bought the 40 round boxes of Federal because it was really good ammo. For protection of...
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