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  1. QuarterBoreGunner

    Question on Manurhin Walther PP

    Hey there, my favorite local gun store, City Arms, has a Manurhin Walther PP .32 new on their consignment shelf. It's in excellent shape with very little wear at all. Asking $500.00. Now I know that all the post war Walthers were made in France by Manurhin up until early 80's, and then shipped...
  2. QuarterBoreGunner

    Speaking of lemon squeezers... Old Fuff?

    My local gun store has an absolutely beautiful little S&W New Departure Safety Hammerless in .32 S&W Short. Now I'll be the first to admit that I don't really know a lot about these cute little break tops, but this one's nickel finish and grips were so nice (in a gun probably over 100...
  3. QuarterBoreGunner

    Shoot-n'-Que - 07/07/07 in SF Bay Area

    Hey all, A bunch of the guys (and gals) from calguns.net are getting together for a shoot and barbecue at the Chabot Gun Club on Saturday, July 7th. Details here. Come on out and meet your fellow California gun owners and have some food.
  4. QuarterBoreGunner

    California, Bay Area Shoot-n-Que

    This weekend Saturday, March 24th @ Chabot Gun Club in the East Bay. All details in thread here on the Calguns.net board. Should be good weather and we've already got a lot of food volunteered, so if you're in the area stop on by. Always nice to put a face to the internet handle. And...
  5. QuarterBoreGunner

    Relics from the past...

    One of the really neat things about helping out at my local gun store is how something interesting comes in the door every day. I stopped by the other day and found that a guy cleaning out his parents old house had come across a pile of old gun boxes. He brought them down to us to see if we...
  6. QuarterBoreGunner

    Vintage Smith & Wesson gurus! help!

    Ok kids, put your thinking caps on for this one. I'm looking at this GunBroker auction for a nice 3rd Model Perfected Target .22 single shot with a 10" barrel. Looks clean and clear, except for one little thing. There's a very odd addition to the end of the barrel that for the life of me I...
  7. QuarterBoreGunner

    Source for Steyr SSG magazine and... *NEVERMIND*

    edit: I should know better; search is your friend. Previously asked and answered. Howdy all, I recently picked up a Steyr SSG 69 PIIK and was looking for a source for a spare 5 round magazine and a factory sling. I was all set to slap a spare Turner Saddlery sling on it but the...
  8. QuarterBoreGunner

    Verbal judo and staying alive.

    I hadn't heard of this; an assistant federal attorney was kidnapped back in 1998 off the streets of New York City but a trio of gang banger with intent to force him to pull cash from his ATM... and then it gets weird. Memoir of a kidnap victim The Birthday Party is Stanley N. Alpert's true...
  9. QuarterBoreGunner

    I should be so bored.

    From an story in today's SF Chronicle about the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division gearing up for their third combat tour in Iraq since 2003. He looks bored. Specialist David Arnold cleans and inspects M-4 and M-16 rifles before taking them to a shooting range to check their sights.
  10. QuarterBoreGunner

    Is it time to buy a Beretta 92FS?

    Here's the situation: I have a pretty extensive collection; a little bit of everything. But for some reason, I never picked up a Beretta 92. Always liked them, fit my hand good and all that but never had a compelling reason to put cash down for one. Here's where it gets interesting: in...
  11. QuarterBoreGunner

    Talk to me about the 7x57 Mauser round

    I have the opportunity to pick up a very lightly used Ruger 1A Light Sporter in 7x57 Mauser. I've always lusted after a No 1, but I have zero (0) knowledge of the 7 Mauser cartridge other than it was chambered in Paul Mauser's baby. I don't hunt and this cartridge breaks my ".25 and under"...
  12. QuarterBoreGunner

    A righteous SD shoot...in San Francisco?

    Whither Prop H now? I can almost guarantee that this story will disappear from the local news without a ripple, but it still warms my heart. From the Wednesday, June 28th San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO 3 suspects shot in robbery attempt Police are looking for a man who turned...
  13. QuarterBoreGunner

    Gun & Ammo ads from 1950's Boys Life magazine.

    My my how times have changed. I used to get Boys Life when I was (much!) younger; I'm not even sure they still publish it. Link to more of the same and full size image scans. This is some great stuff; I love the old school comic book line art. edit: Oops - forgot to credit via...
  14. QuarterBoreGunner

    Guns photoshopped into everyday objects.

    Pretty cool stuff; I think it's neat to see the direction some of these went. "Today on the Worth1000 photoshopping contest: slyly slipping guns into everyday objects, such as platform shoes, game controllers, hair dryers, and (pictured here) a meat-grinder." Personal fave: My girl...
  15. QuarterBoreGunner

    Rifle twist rates and my girl's new rifle.

    My girlfriend's dad gave her a rifle for last Christmas (I should have such parents – then again I'm not from Texas and her family is; go figure.) And she loves to shoot but isn't completely familiar with all the basics and various trivia and ephemera that tends to build up in the brain of the...
  16. QuarterBoreGunner

    If I was single...

    …I would try and find me a Texas girl. Bear in mind that this occurs in San Francisco, and I have a CCW… So last week there is a new girl hired for my department. In the middle of the week, her boyfriend is working late and my wife is out to dinner with her New York people, so we decide to...
  17. QuarterBoreGunner

    a tsunami? Here?

    Cali coast - load up the rafts and check yer ammo; this is nuts a 7.2 off the Northern Coast of California and we have a real live tsunami warning in effect. holy crap- this is totally not what I planned for.
  18. QuarterBoreGunner

    *sigh* God save me from my allies...

    Intratec 9mm semi-auto LEAD SPRAYER 50 SHOT!!! Ok I know the seller is just being descriptive, but this is the sort of the thing the antis drool at exploiting... or am I just being overly sensitive?
  19. QuarterBoreGunner

    S&W 4516-1s unreliable? Unpossible!

    Saw this over on Auction Arms; "You are bidding on a LNIB S&W 4516-2. The -2 variant of the 4516 was developed to correct the unreliability that plagued the 4516 and -1 variants." I'm an original owner of a 4516-1 and it's never been anything but a workhorse; only thing I've ever done to it...
  20. QuarterBoreGunner

    Business suit and level II body armor question.

    Hey guys (and gals) I'm contemplating a career change which will require me to wear a business suit AND soft body armor (probably Level II) in addition to my regular CCW gear. So my questions is, is there a rule-of-thumb for dress shirts/jackets sizing when wearing a vest? If I wear a 38...
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