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i know we need a new lube thread like a hole in our heads but this is a specific question. And yes, I google searched it and the last thread was 6 years ago on the gunsmithing forum here. Anyone use Corrosion-X as a gun lube in addition to corrosion protection? And is Corrosion-X for guns any...

There's a gun show here in Houston later this month & apparently they have surplus cop S&W M65s. I have a 4" M66 which is a great pistol. It's now at my remote property, which is an excuse to get another one. I'm curious about what barrel length to get. Background: I have several revolvers...

I have a couple questions. I hadn't taken the ARs out to the range lately & thought I'd swab the barrels. I noticed a patina at the end of the muzzle of both ARs. I've not noticed that with any other rifles. The only other rifle I have a flash suppressor on is an M1A. Reference info -...

As a boy I remember whittling was a favorite pastime while camping in the boy scouts. I've read about Grant whittling to pass time/think while his battles were ongoing (Shiloh?) (And why on earth would you name a child Shiloh?) I was thinking about it and thought I might pick up a whittling...

What do you use Johnson Paste Wax for? - firearms related. Or not if it's interesting.

I keep reading about the days of the $60 pawnshop Model 60 are about over. I've never really messed with a Model 60 so I went to a couple pawnshops & found one that had 3. $75 later, one followed me home. It then followed me to the range this morning and dag-nabbit, that rifle can shoot...

L&G - I did a quick search on this forum to see what anyone had to say about the Thai Kukri. My GF went to india & I asked for "a real kukri, not a tourist job. I want an army type one." So what I get appears to be a flash tourist job with "AR M Y" badly stamped on it. She meant well...

Here's a question for you: Have you given any of your firearms a name? It doesn't have to be a person's name, just something you call it besides "the SIG" or whatever. If so, please post 'em. Why or why not is also welcome. My examples: 1. SIG 239 - "Piglet". Of course, the next...

Thank you THR! Great forum and great posters! What brought this praise on, oh Slug-boy?, you say - Today the Bushmaster & I shot 3 moa at the range, 50 yards iron sights w/front bench bag, S&B ammo. (25 yard pistol target) [I called the flyer] Last week I shot 5.5 moa. Thank you THR! What...

A topic from another thread that should have its own: Any experience with the Lithuanian battle packs of 7.62x51? The research to date is: "The .308 Lithuanian Military Surplus 146gr. FMJ Ammo. This ammo is brass cased, boxer primed, 100% non-corrosive and has an all copper FMJ bullet, so...

To follow up on Soybomb's post on using .308 in a 7.62 Nato rifle: What types of "civilian" 7.62x51 are out there? My stash is almost completely mil-surp but we're all just swimming in cheap Austrian ammo these days aren't we? I bought a couple examples of civilian stuff, Barnual &...

First time I shot my dad's .45 I didn't like it. Lots of recoil, hard to control & the Browning bite. I still have a little scar from the bite. I thought that if I inherited the pistol the next time I got back on that horse I'd want a beavertail. On the Springfield 1911 thread several...

Model 10 fans, Xavier recommends I retire the M&P & get a used Model 10. I'm for it but my gun budget is fixin' to be spent on a Remington 572...but I can always double the budget. Also, I may have to wait several months for a gun show to come around again. Model 10-5's seem to run $250 -...

My friend has a old Model 10, bought it used a couple decades ago so as to have more oompf than the .22 revolver she used to drive off a couple of bad men with bad intentions. Since it's still a backup gun, & it had a bent extractor rod, I took it to the 'smith & he checked it out & got it...

I guy I know had a close, violent encounter with a bear in Canada. Short version of the story is that a starving bear attacks them when they're on the lakeshore waiting for the float plane. Guy goes for their emergency gun, a single shot shotgun with "Canadian Shrapnel." Said it dropped the...

I got two of these Swedes, can you help me identify the variant? My Swedish Mauser book is somewhere in an attic & I don't recall these being in there anyway. This one is all matching serial numbers & the armorer never restamped the disk. It is a 1903 model, the other is 1909. Both Carl...

I've done my homework on THR searching for info on Remington 572 pump .22 rifles. There are surprisingly few posts that mention this piece. The few that do are favorable. I took a risk and bought an old, old Remington 121 at a gun show. Great price, thought it just needed new springs and...