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I have a free afternoon in Lakeland, Polk County, FL. I would LOVE to go gun shopping while I'm here, but I'm really not familiar with the area. The kinds of stores I like: Lots of used guns Stocks handguns as well as long guns The more disorganized, the better! Inexpensive, or at...

My wife and I are considering creating a consulting business to help advise newbies on their first firearms purchase. Here's my question: does anyone have any idea what sort of liability insurance I'd need to pursue this line of work? Any thoughts are appreciated, and thanks.

A few months ago at a Ft Lauderdale gun show I spoke with a gentleman who restored top-break revolvers: Iver Johnsons, H&Rs, a couple of Smith & Wessons. He had restored these little dandies to like-new condition. I didn't have the money to buy at the time (alas! :banghead:) and haven't seen...

I recently purchased a Model 10. I didn't do the full checkout but this afternoon, while practicing for checking out other revolvers, I did so. I noticed what looked like shavings on one of the cylinders and also in the barrel. I tried to get a sample, to tell what they were made of, but my...

Okay, I've spent the last 8 hours scouring the web and THR history for info about the .32 Police Positive. I found one in ~70% condition at a local shop for $209. Here's the problem: my reading has made me feel about 10,000% ignorant about how to check out any particular specimen of...

I found a Remington 1100 for only $325 at a local pawn shop. I go in this place pretty regularly and they have good turnover, but they also have a no-guarantee policy on all used firearms. I'd love to buy that 1100 but I really don't know how to evaluate it first (other than the obvious...

Hello, all -- Fort Lauderdale gun show this weekend. I have a hankering for an H&R top-break in .38 S&W. I haven't seen too many of these around (most dealers don't bother bringing them to the shows!). Other than the standard revolver checkout, what in particular should I look for in an...

Background: I've shot maybe 20 flights of trap and totally love it. My current shotty is a 40s era Stevens 311A with a crack in the stock and about 20% of the original finish remaining. I shoot the lightest target loads I can find. My best score is 18. I want to upgrade to a dedicated trap...

For those of you fluent in The Checkout -- what do you do when bidding on Gunbroker or Auction Arms? Do you cross your fingers and hope for the best, or only buy when there's a guarantee, or simply avoid? I'd love to pick up an old Charter Arms Undercover, but after reading Mr. March...

Let me preface this by saying that I'm a mediocre shot at best :banghead: and I tend to aim for the largest part of a target. I am reading Shooting to Live by Fairbairn and Sykes, circa 1942. Page 78 of my .pdf (page 78 of the Paladin edition) states: A hit in the abdominal region almost...

I found one of these beauties hanging on a pawnshop wall. The shotgun had been refinished or perhaps just never touched -- the case coloring on the receiver was quite good and the barrels were well blued. The stock looked refinished (at least it didn't have that patina of age a 60+ year old...

Quick follow-up on my Stevens 311a purchase: Through extensive use of the SEARCH function I've learned that the more worn a break-open shotgun is, the more to the left of 6 o'clock the lever becomes. Mine is at 6:15 or so... How much farther will it go before I need to find a good...

Hello, all -- My recent pawn shop expedition turned up a worn Mossberg 385kb. Now, this shotgun is completely new to me -- it's a bolt-action 20-gauge with a 3" chamber. It had an external choke and interestingly a screw on top of the choke seemed to serve as the bead. I can't find any...

Hi, all -- Doing my rounds of the local pawn shops, I found a Stevens 311A 12 gauge in fair-good condition. The stock had a hairline crack and most of the blueing was worn off the barrels, but the inside of the barrels were clean and it seemed pretty much like a well-used but not abused...

All right -- now's the time for everyone who knows of a source of good, inexpensive Model 10s can come clean. I already know of: www.vivasandson.com Robertson's Trading Post Summit Gun Broker Is there anyone who has an online catalog that sells police trade-ins? If no online...

The new CDNN catalog has Eagle mags for a ridiculously low price. I'm a little leery of aftermarket mags (I've had two bad ProMags) in general. Eagle mags: Yes or No? If anyone's curious, I'd be buying for my S&W 5904.

I bought a SpeedFeed IV stock set from CDNN for my 870 -- a hurricane-friendly synthetic stock. This is my first shotgun. I replaced the stock with no problems -- but then I tried to take off the fore-end, only to learn that you need a special $50 wrench for the job! :cuss: That's half as...

I picked up a CZ-85 for a great price at the last gun show. It didn't come with a factory mag, so I bought a Mec-Gar mag and a set of Hogue finger-groove grips. I tried the magazine first -- it fit too tightly, and had to be pushed the last inch or so into place. I assume this is just...

The South Florida climate is awful hard on blued steel. I've made myself a promise not to buy blued firearms any more (if I can possibly resist) but I don't really understand the differences between non-blued steel. Which is most durable? Are chrome and nickel plating just for looks or...

I've read this discussion of compensated barrels. I've also read Stephen P. Wenger, Teddy Jacobson and others who strongly recommend against ported barrels for SD handguns, citing increased noise, damage to skin and/or eyes from the blast, etc. Now, my only experience with ported...