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  1. Monac

    Is this soldier carrying a Martini-Henry?

    This article starts with a short video, which you don't have to watch: https://abcnews.go.com/International/kenya-rocked-nationwide-anti-government-protests-after-increase/story?id=101480937 Below that are some still photos. In the first still, there is a soldier running ahead of a group of...
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    What if they held a revolver revolution and nobody told you about it?

    I guess the revolver has been revolutionized. It happened back in January, but I only heard about it now. I'm always the last to know about stuff like that. This is it: https://www.zenk.us/ There are at least 3 videos about it on YouTube, all from January of this year. Just search for zenk...
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    Machining of Rifling - Sterling 380

    Does this barrel tell anyone about the way this gun was made (worn cutting tool, "chattering", etc), or does it just look like it needs to be cleaned? I saw it in an auction for a Sterling Arms Model 400 Mark II 380 automatic, and it just looked very odd to me. Maybe I am not used to seeing...
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    Odd Signs at a Gun Show

    I went to a gun show today in Waukesha, Wisconsin. That is in southeastern Wisconsin, a short distance due west of Milwaukee. It has been well over a year since I have been to a show. One of the sellers had several signs up at his table. One said he was a licensed firearms dealer, which I...
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    New Ammunition Terminology

    I am not a handloader, and the people in this sub-forum know a lot more about ammunition than I do. However, I learned something new today, and I thought people here might be interested: It is possible for your ammunition to be "Legacy Grade": Is this a common term among handloaders? I...
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    Top Break revolvers and Steel

    Harrington & Richardson, Iver Johnson, and Hopkins & Allen made a lot of top-break revolvers because they made decent guns that were good value for their price, bearing in mind that their price was quite low. They had many of the same features of the top-of-the-line makers such as Colt and...
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    "Self loading" Holster for Makarov?

    I am more of gun collector and indoor target shooter, so I don't know much about holsters. Is this a modern style that I just never heard of? https://www.ebay.com/itm/EFA-2K-Self-Load-Holster-by-EFA/172897110431?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 If you follow the...
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    Need a decent pin punch set

    Hi, I'm a noob in this forum. I have owned pistols for a long time, but I never tried to do my own gunsmithing on them, because I have no training in mechanical arts. In particular, I have avoided driving out any pins, so I don't have a useful pin punch set. But now I have a very nice...
  9. Monac

    Straw Man Duration?

    I apologize if this question has been asked and answered here a thousand times. I tried searching for an answer here and via Google, but I did not find one. I am at an age where I would like to thin out my gun collection, at least of guns I never use and that no longer interest me. If I...
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    Handgun shot load for rats?

    I ran across an article titled "America is on the Verge of Ratopocalypse" at the New Republic via Fark.com, and it made me wonder what a good shot load (from a pistol) is for rats. I know bigger is better, but there is something to be said for small and quiet too. Would 22 shot be effective...
  11. Monac

    Aluminum, Steel, and Electrolysis

    I was reading this article: http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2014/11/the-cody-thunderbird-revolver-the-face-of-innovation/ about an inexpensive 22 revolver call the Cody Thunderbird, which was produced for a short time in the late 1950's. This paragraph kind of stopped me: "But the final flaw...
  12. Monac

    Repairing a WORTHWHILE zinc pistol frame

    OK, let's get this out of the way up front: I'm stupid. Because I'm stupid, I failed to notice that this pistol had an obviously cracked frame and bought it anyway: http://www.gunbroker.com/item/584082390 Also, just to ram home the stupidity, I bought it "as is" and therefore have no...
  13. Monac

    Colt Official Police grips for shooting

    I recently got an early 1940's Colt Official Police. It has been parkerized, so it is not much to look at, but the action feels very smooth in both double and single action, so I am hoping it will be a good shooter. It came with plastic grips, like those on the wartime Colt Commando. Because...
  14. Monac

    Star Super B recoil spring problem

    I bought a new Wolff recoil spring for my 9mm Star Super B. It's about an inch longer than the one that came in the gun, but it's also about 1mm small in diameter. That doesn't sound like much, but it means that I cannot get the recoil spring guide into, because that was a snug fit in the...
  15. Monac

    H&R .25 Self-Loader Instruction Manual?

    Does anyone know where to buy a copy of the factory instruction manual for the Harrington & Richardson 25 ACP automatic pistol? A friend of mine recently got a nice one, with what's left of the box, and would like a copy of the instruction sheet (for completeness, not because he needs it for...
  16. Monac

    Cylinder hand problems

    I have two different revolvers with the same problem: The cylinder hand fails to advance the cylinder properly sometimes while actually shooting either gun. This happens on both SA and DA. It is not apparent when the gun is empty. The first gun is a late type of Iver Johnson top-break, a...
  17. Monac

    10mm L-frame revolver?

    I know this is a silly question, so if it doesn't get any answers, I won't be bothered. But the long thread about 41 Special has got me wondering: Would it be possible for the S&W L-frame to be a 6 shot revolver chambered for 10mm cartridge? Ignoring the problem of extraction and ejection...
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    Getting grips made for an automatic pistol

    I would like to get a pair of grips made for an obscure automatic pistol, but I have no idea how to get that done. I'd appreciate any suggestions. The pistol is an American Arms Escort 380 automatic. A fairly small number (6,000 tops, IIRC) were sold in the US back in the early 1990's...
  19. Monac

    What happened to compensators?

    When I read saturno_v's thread about the Rock Island long-slide 10mm automatic (which is a great looking pistol, BTW), it reminded me something I've been curious about: What happened to muzzle compensators? Those devices or barrel ports that direct some of the muzzle blast up in order to reduce...
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