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I'll be picking up a Browning BAR .308 this week - impulse purchase, so I don't know much about it. I do understand it's a "pre-93," whatever that means. So, what does it mean to be "pre-93?"

I'm curious about a person moving to California with his current gun collection, purchased out of state. In general, what are the restrictions against owning and what are just restrictions against future purchases? I've been told police will confiscate my 15-round Glock magazines, so I'm...

Okay, I admit I'm a little suspicious. I've been searching lately for a couple of specific handguns and searching all the usual suspects: GunBroker, ArmsList, and various specialty forums. Most times the ads are normal - buy and ship to my FFL, but some of them... aren't. Some of them...

I just bought an old Colt 1903: I'd like to reload cast bullets for it, probably a Meister 94 gr flat point which is supposed to get good results at 750 - 800 fps. Does anyone have some loads for this, possibly with Bullseye? Thanks.

I understand California has a high-capacity magazine ban, and I also understand my Texas FFL has to go through some hoops to ship to a California FFL, but with all that, I have a question. Can I sell, and my FFL ship, to a California resident a 9mm pistol legally without shipping him the...

I understand the CZ-83 has a safety, not a decock/hammer drop lever. So, how do you lower the hammer to get to the double action function? Pull the trigger on a live round and hope your thumb doesn't slip? Also, can you work the slide to unload the chamber while the pistol is on safe...

I've owned my Browning P35 since 1981 and am only now considering it for CCW. I had the trigger worked on some time ago and am happy with it, but there's something I'd want to do to consider for carry use, and I'd like input on it. I don't like the sloppy, spongy safety - I basically have to...

I understand the P-01 went through some testing and redesign in order to get NATO approval. Did the PCR get the advantage of these changes?

When shipping a handgun, is there any reason to choose UPS or FedEx over the other? It looks to me locally as if UPS is easier to deal with.

I'm inspired by how easy it is to detail strip a Glock. So, those that have both, how hard is detail-stripping a Smith M&P9?

I just bought a Glock G19 Gen4 and didn't like the trigger. It started at nine or 10 pounds out of the box and has dropped to six-and-a-quarter pounds, but I'd prefer something a little lighter. I understand the G19 comes with the standard 5.5# connector, so I ordered a 3.5# "-" connector...

After years of reading about them but not finding one that I could comfortably work the trigger (medium large palms, short fingers), I was finally able to work the trigger of a G19 Gen 4, and bought one. (I'm aware of the brass-to-face possibility.) The box label says "FXD 5.5LB," which I...

Thirty-five years ago or so I sold my last Colt 45 Auto - I got tired of Failure To Feed and Brass To Face (BTF). I went to the Browning HP and it's been an exceptional piece - I still have it. I've had no failures to feed or eject and empties will go into a coffee can off to my right on the...

Do the Smith 29 series now come drilled and tapped for scope/red dot sights? My eyes can use the help from time to time, but I don't think I want to permanently add the drill/tap if they don't come that way from Smith. I'm specifically talking about the 29/629 four- to six-inch barrels in the...

It's been 35 years since I wrote a sentence like that... I had a Smith Model 29 6-inch barrel back in the 70s and enjoyed what little I shot of it. Back then I was wheeling and dealing and didn't keep it long, though. Sure, it had recoil, but I felt it more as a barrel rise than a palm...

I put a high value on comfortable grips of semi-autos, and my two favorite are my Browning Hi-Power and my Kahr K-9. Both of these are steel, and I'm thinking about buying a plastic pistol when the current crush settles down, but I haven't looked at them much and could use some suggestions...

I'm thinking of buying a Smith J-frame and putting Lasergrips on it, but there are different versions. I want the front activated and don't need the extended grip length, so that leaves me with the LG-105 and LG-405. The 405 is overmolded with rubber for recoil relief - do I need that for 38...

I understand the SAAMI pressure for the 357 changed in the 1980s or 1990s, down to its present 35,000. Does anyone know what year?

Does anyone have an idea of an asking price for Ruger 101 4" in 32 H&R? My daughter wasn't interested in a firearm, so it's time to move it on down the road. It's probably about eight years old and has had around 100 rounds through it. I had the trigger professionally done, reprofiled for her...

I have a 1980 Browning Hi-Power that has flawlessly fed the Remington 115g HPs that have been my favorite round since I bought the pistol new. It really likes the jacket that runs all the way to the hollow tips. Once, I tried an early load of what was then new 147g round and it wouldn't feed -...