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    Looks like Centerfire Systems dredged the bottom of the river for these used guns.

    You know what? As long as the insides and bore are good, I like crusty old guns. There's a story there and I'm not afraid to bang them up in a holster or glovebox. I don't like the thought of paying collectible safe queen prices for them, or the people that want to fleece someone that might be...
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    Norma USA - Ammo Can Blowout

    Considering this, but where's a good place to find replacement gaskets?
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    Have you purchased anything gun related in the last three days?

    My first Kore belt. Opted for the 'armortek' leather-like and a buckle that looks like an old-style one to keep it all-purpose. Got a LAG tactical holster for my CZ P10C a little while back, an OWB/IWB combo depending which clips you install. Very good holster, reasonably priced. Should get one...
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    Reasons we find to not buy some firearms, not to include brand

    I will own, but not carry, a gun that has a manual safety as its only external safety. If it has one at all, it has to remain firmly off. It would have to be a heck of a gun for me to accept one with a flag or anything patriotic marked on it, and then I'd opt for a model without if possible...
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    Offset sights

    Yeah, depends on your purpose. Unless you're doing unusual operator stuff or competing with it, which might include unusual stuff, by far the most common method is to co-witness them. And then you don't have to get used to different sight pictures or holding the rifle different. My red dot and...
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    Gaston Glock RIP

    Right design at the right time. If it had come out twenty years before, no one would have accepted it, and it would have missed its market twenty years later. Credit for good engineering and business aptitude. He had an eye for design, just not ergonomics or aesthetics. And I never thought I'd...
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    Do you camouflage your rifle to match your environment?

    Maybe colors, but not realistic patterns. Generalized, abstract camo. I've only painted my ARs, and that's mostly just so they're different to prevent me from mismatching the guns and mags.
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    What does it mean to say a gun has "soul"?

    Edit: removed for sticking this in the wrong spot.
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    How many and what guns have you given away as gifts?

    That's the one. Only gun I've given, but things mean more when they're personal like that.
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    What does it mean to say a gun has "soul"?

    Some guns feel like they have 'soul', which is different from a soul. IMO, it comes down to handling. Whether mandate by design or manufacture, inherent in material, performed labor, or use. A custom bolt rifle, in a hand-checkered, hand-rubbed stock, with carefully lapped-by-hand parts...
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    How many and what guns have you given away as gifts?

    To my dad. It was already his but spent years in a Florida storage unit without air conditioning and he was minutes away from throwing it into multiple dumpsters when he moved into his new place. So the gift was the refinishing.
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    Cylinder Notch Discoloration (Stainless)

    Doesn't much look like rust. A machining chemical, dried coolant or layout dye. Water or windex would remove coolant, acetone will take layout dye right off. Or an artifact of heat treating, but I'm not sure how much of that is done to stainless.
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    What is the nicest gun you were ever given as a gift?

    My father gave me my Ruger 22/45 Mk3. It's not beautiful or artistic. It's a very basic, no-nonsense, solid gun that does exactly what it was designed to do more reliably and better than most other guns up to, and possibly including, twice the price. It's exactly what dad stands for, shops for...
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    Who regularly shoots a gun older than they are??

    My Mosin Nagant M44 is a favorite of mine. The only gun my dad formed a particular attachment to, which he hunted with alongside his father and for many years in my childhood was the only reason we had meat, is a Stevens side-by-side 16-gauge that my grandpa was too young to buy new.
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    Flitz on a old blue gun? just a thought

    Haven't tried Flitz on anything yet. Wouldn't be my first thought for blued guns--if it will make a rough feed ramp shiny, that means it's abrasive. I am a huge fan of Renaissance Wax. Everything I have gets that if I don't know when I'll be shooting it next. Have a custom knife and several guns...
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    Ammunition sales ,Really ?

    Yeah, public perception, markets, and inflation will do that.
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    Guns You Should Have Bought When You Had The Chance, And Now Regret Not Buying

    M1 Garand. SVT-40s. All the Saiga rifles when they were cheap. Those $300 cases of a dozen Mosin Nagants.
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    My MOST MEMORABLE shot.

    Not me, but my grandfather. Conveyed and witnessed by my dad, confirmed by grandpa. Grandpa never took credit for stories he could get out of, neither are tellers of tales, and it's the only in my life I've ever seen dad laughing and clapping him on the shoulder, so I'm inclined to accept it...
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    Which CC auto 9MM and why?

    Once you find reliability and descent accuracy, personal fit is all the rest. For quite a while, for me, that was a Ruger SR9c. Still an excellent choice, but I believe they discontinued them. Not that they're likely to need much you can't find. But with that in mind, and some extra money, and...
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    Russian Saiga 308-1

    Hard to find a better AK. I'm a fan of the traditional round, but if you like .308 and don't mind a rough time finding more magazines, nab it if you like the price. If you want the AK profile at the front, you'll either need some real work done to get the front retainer on or do some searching...
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