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Your idea of a Christmas movie is "Die Hard". You notice an officer at the next table in the cafeteria is carrying a SIG and you compliment his choice of weapon. During the July 4th parade, as the Marine Color Guard passes by, you wonder how they chromed the bolts on their '03 Springfields...

A bit OT, but here's a fond memory of mine: Way back in the mid-60s I was a dependant living aboard MCAS Cherry Point. Not being allowed to turn on the TV during daylight hours, I usually sought my own entertainment. One of these was to ride my bike to the old range there by the airstrip and...

A few weeks ago, after their usual rockin' show, Michael McDonald came on at the last second and said: "What ever you do, don't turn over to Saturday Night Live . . . " Of course, I did - and caught a dreadful skit that didn't even make sense, much less be funny. And it went on forever...

History MacDonald, Lyn - both "1914" and "Somme" are the best of the lot, but there's also "The First Year of Fighting", "1915- The Death of Innocence", "Passchendale" and "To The Last Man". Kinnert, Lee - "The First War in the Air" A good overview of the development of air power in the early...

There was an obscure comedy called "Action" starring Jay Mohr (another Hollywood conservative, judging from what I've heard him say) that ran for six episodes on Fox. This was originally set for HBO, so Fox had to bleep all the cursing and sex jokes, and ended the series after six episodes. It...

If your dish carries BBC, watch for a documentary on the life of director Stanley Kubrick. While discussing "Full Metal Jacket", he mentions how he came to fire the actor and hire Ermey. The actor had asked Ermey to "dress him down" during a rehearsal so he could get the flavor of the real...

The "duty" CCW is a Walther PPK, but sometimes I have to be a bit more discrete so I regularly carry a Haenel Schmeisser in 6.35mm. I've also carried an FN Model 1906 in that same caliber. Now that I think of it, a friend regularly carries the same gun, except in the American version as the...

Ah, the little Ortgies pistols - I've been looking for one in .380 for some time, having found the .32 and .25 models at various shows over the years. They were well-made and sold to the upscale crowd here in America back in the 'tween-wars period. They were also popular as vet bring-back items...

Many thanks for the pointers to The Broom Closet. Looks like it's time to save my pennies for a rebuild.

Howdy folks - I've had a Broomhandle for a couple years and have always wanted to get it rebuilt. Just missed Jim at Mentor Arms, he retired before I got the gun. Anyway, I keep hearing about a place in Florida (mentioned above) that rebuilds them. I've searched for "The Broom Closet"...

Very happy to see this forum. In the past I've learned much and had several misconceptions corrected. Hope I can contribute at least a little bit to the general knowledge.

Jagermeister's info is correct, I have a few tidbits to add about the first pistol (can't help you with the second): The FTR is the stamp used to indicate factory reconditioning, pretty common for wartime firearms from Britain/Canada - the '63 may indicate a date or a factory, don't know for...