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Trying to determine if what I believe is truly what I have considering I bought this Remington 700 about 5 years ago. Standard Catalog of Firearms (2005) shows a Model 700 Classic (page 943) that has a recoil pad. My 700 does not have a recoil pad and is as follows: Receiver Marked...

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to come home with a 1968 Colt Trooper .357 4" bbl in excellent condition. The rub is that the original wood grips were replaced with Pachmayrs, which in and of itself isn't a terrible thing. I'm a wood grip kinda guy for weapons that are "classics". Looking at...

Ok so my wife and I stumble across an old pawn shop last saturday. It was about 12:45pm and he was closing at 1PM. This place was floor to ceiling stuff w/ old revolvers both blackpowder and cartridge behind the counter. I spy what looks like an old Colt. Am able to examine it "briefly" and the...

You realize you enjoy your gun hobby much more than previously thought when your wife asks you to take the 2 grocery bags with the "Better Homes & Gardens" magazines stacked (on end) to the trash/garage/dumpster and you have this wonderful craving to see what handgun in what caliber will get...

I suppose this is a "General Gun Discussion" topic. So here is a question: What year did Target stores stop selling firearms? I know they ceased selling any toy guns that looked "real" in the late 90's but can't for the life of me find out when they stopped selling the real deal. One reason for...

I have a Model 15-4 that has one issue: when the cylinder is released and the yoke falls to the resting position (for loading or unloading) it tends to bind. When I first purchased this revolver (used at a gun show) I knew of this issue and when I got her home I thouroughly cleaned and...

Here's a question concerning a gun show scenario: Taking a Springfield XD (compact series) duo tone .45 that has the standard 10 and 13 rd mags, speed loader, belt holster, belt mag holder, brush in it's case with all manuals. The weapon has 25 rounds through it and thoroughly cleaned with no...

I inherited a Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant made at the Izhorsk arsenal in 1904. This weapon is chambered in 7.62x54R. The wood is in relatively decent condition except for the area adjacent to the buttplate where it appears as if there is some type of cloth? between the stock and metal. The bore...

I was fortunate to buy a 1926 (dated by serial number) Winchester Model 06 slide action rifle at auction. The rifle had been professionally reblued and the bore relined. The wood is in fairly decent shape and I believe can be refinished. Here is my question: Do I find a gunsmith to rifle the...