Found it for sale in my 1930-ish Johnson Smith catalog. $6.00 $9.00 "fitted with pearl handles". "Made in 3 sizes, 22, 32, and 38 Cal"...
Forgot to mention, the 1911 I talked about above was from World War I.
I seem to recall a photo that I saw many years ago, that showed a 1911 with a snail-drum magazine and a wire cage mounted over where the hot brass...
Not too long ago in a small town in New Hampshire, a 16-year-old applied to the chief of police for a "License to Carry a Pistol or Revolver", NH...
I was on two WW-II boats in the late 1950s...in our gun locker we had one BAR, a couple of Thompsons, a couple of M-1s, and 4 or 5 1911A-1s....
A couple of weeks ago, a friend mentioned that she had a S&W revolver but it was "stuck and wouldn't open". I told her to bring it by and I'd...
Ummmm ... New Hampshire? A lever-action .30-.30 You'll find one in every house, well, just about every house.
Thanks Radagast, I appreciate you taking the trouble to look this up and pass along the info. best regards, oweno
Hi, I someone could tell me the year of manufacture of the following it''d be appreciated: Model 37 Serial Number: J3758nn Thanks in...
It'd be neat to have a good interviewer sit down with Old Fuff and a pot of good coffee, turn on a video recorder, and start the interview with a...
There are some great old gun ads here: http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/ Thanks to lifehacker.com for the link.... enjoy...
Use "glass rod" in a sentence. Ummmm ... "The trigger broke like the classic glass rod while the pistol fed over 200 mixed rounds with nary a...
Nice part about Necco wafers is that they're made of sugar..when it rains, they go away.
I'd like to recommend "A Few Bloody Noses" The Realities and Mythologies of the American Revolution by Robert Harvey. The author, who had...
Long time ago, I went out to sight in my pump 12-gauge prior to deer season. Set up target, lined up sight (such as it was, brass bead on...
And be advised that The Firing Line rents all kinds of full-auto stuff...bring extra money as they burn up ammo wicked quick. They're also a...
You shall use the following at least once in every article: "classic" "Showed acceptable reliability after the normal break-in period"...
Japanese WW-II, note the x-ed out crysanthemum (sp)...the X means that it's no longer property of the Imperial Japanese Army. Nice WW-II...
AT-84 ... CZ knock-off, supposed to be Swiss made...yeah right...really made in Italy. On its best day would actually fire 2 rounds in succession...
I hereby nominate SaxonPig's reply above for a sticky.
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