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from an early age I had an interest in hunting, but also tinkering and making stuff, which is probably why I became an engineer. I am not sure which led to my interest in guns, probably both. I hunt what I can locally and have only ever traveled out of state to hunt duck and pheasant...

I am going to glass bed a CZ 550. I have only ever done it once and that was almost 20 years ago, I know I need to tape the front, bottom and sides of the recoil lug. Does it have to be electrical tape or will masking tape work as well?

I have been handloading these for my CZ 550 and got some loads that shot very well at 100 yards with groups much less than an inch. I decided to shoot these loads at long ranges of 200 and 300 yards and was horrified at how much they opened up. I do not know it is me, my rifle, wind that day or...

I am very new to reloading. I started with all new components, including brass. (I guess all the others would HAVE to be new). I am happy with some of the loads that I made and want to keep reloading. I am now trying to resize the brass that was used once and am having some problems. I am trying...

I have a CZ 452 that I outfitted with a 6X24 Bausch and Lomb scope about 15 years ago that has been great. I shot at something today and missed so decided to zero it. The Rifle is shooting way Right. It is shooting so far to the Right with the scope that at only 10 yards from the target it...

after a many year layoff, I am hunting again. I have the urge to handload for my 30-06. I am thinking something in the 165 gr range as I mostly hunt whitetail but MAY try something else in the future. I am wanting suggestions on what hunting bullets to look at. Sierra gameking has been around a...

did SCOTUS give any clear guidelines at all abotu scrutiny in the McDonald decision? I could not find any real reference to the word "scrutiny" in the ruling.

Ever since i was a little boy of 6 or 7 i wanted a dog I could hunt with ( I am now 39). Because of a dog allergy as a boy my parents never got one. Then along came college and then a long stretch as a professional single person, so no dogs in my life. The past spring my wife and (at the time 1...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,211463,00.html Ireland Gives Public Two Months to Hand in Illegal Guns Without Penalty Thursday, August 31, 2006 DUBLIN, Ireland — Owners of illegally owned firearms will be given two months to hand over the weapons without penalty before a new...

I just found out that if a it illegal for someone committing a felony to sue if they are injured while committing the felony. This law was passed in 1993 to insure that people coulnt get sued for self defense!

reading another trhead about utilizing a deer prompted me to talk about what my wife did with the deer I killed this season and waht we ate of it. we butchered the deer and froze all the prime cuts as normal the rest of the meat was turned into sausage and hamburger. we used the ribcages...

I post this partly as a rant, and partly for advice. My wife, baby (12 months) and I live in a very rural area. the other day, when I was at work, My wife wanted some exercise, and needed some groceries. Being nice out, she decided to run to the general store about 1.5 miles up the road from...

This afternoon I needed to go out and pick a location for a deer stand and decided to take my 12 month old daughter with me in a backpack, and to carry my CZ 452 just in case we ran into some small game. My baby girl absolutely loves being outside and hiking through the woods, though generally...

after spending way to much money on arrows and way to much time tinkering with my barnett crossbow trying to make it shoot well enough to hunt with out to 25 yards I finally got fed up and decided i could never be able to ethically hunt with that POS weapon.:cuss: :cuss: I therefore reduced...

Well, I am definately carrying when I go to the mall these days for lunch. went there with a friend the other day for lunch and saw a bus pull up and unload. I noticed the front of the bus had a sign saying "FEMA USDOT". I didnt think a whole lot of it, I just noted to myself that they must be...

My wife and I had our first child in November. we just finished an online album containing pictures of our daughter and us, and some pregnancy pictures. two of the pregnancy picture contained photos with 1911's in them. http://www.jhphotos.net/photos/gracie/album.htm My wife posted a link...

earlier i posted this thread http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=129629 about an early 1911 I had run across Unfortunately I took 1911 tuners advice :neener: :neener: and shot the gun Actually, i couldnt have resisted anyway :D and shot the thing. Went flawlessly through a...

I have access to a SA M! garand configuration that is chambered for 7.62 mm, according to the website their are several varieties, standard, loaded, national match, super match. how can I tell which one i have? it is glass bedded, the serial number is 016865, it has a 2 stage trigge...

I ran across a colt 1911 government pistol recently that acording to the serial number was built in 1967. After dissambly, it appears all the inner parts are machined rather than cast, does anyone know about the slide and frame, in that year was colt casting or forging the frams and slides?

i jsut stumbled across a 1911 style pistol made by remmington arms UMC the serial number is 574420 and says US property. what kind of value are we looking at for such a pistol in "ok" condition?