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    Walther Stainless PPK

    My comments have to do with two different American made Walther pistols, the Walther PPK and the Walther PPK/S(PPKs). I apologize for using PPKs instead of PPK/S. I have edited my original post to correct this.
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    Walther Stainless PPK

    The PPK manufactured, for Interarms, by Ranger Manufacturing Co., of Gadsden, Alabama use the prefix "A" in the serial number for stainless steel PPK .380 pistols, the prefix "B" for stainless steel PPK .32 ACP pistols, and the prefix "K" for American made blued PPK pistols. The Ranger produced...
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    American-made "automatic revolver"?

    There was an American made automatic revolver, the Union. The Union was patented by Charles A. Lefever and produced, beginning in 1906, by the Union Firearms Company of Toledo, Ohio.
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    Tombstone Drum

    How is the 200 round M2 tombstone .50 cal. ammunition chest, for the M2 BMG, loaded? Does the belt wrap around the spool or lay at the bottom of the can and loop over the spool? What is the spring loaded bar at the top inside of the can for? Were these chests used with cloth belts, metal...
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    5"/38 caliber naval gun

    You will find what you're looking for at Central City Surplus. Here is their phone number and email address. 805-938-5138 [email protected]
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    M1 carbine

    Only Inland originally produced M1A1 carbines with the folding, or paratrooper stock. There were two production runs of M1A1 carbines using early type I and later type II stocks, so a certain range of Inland serial numbers would be correct for the type I stock and a later range of Inland serial...
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    M1 carbine

    Your IBM receiver was manufactured, for IBM in WWII, by Auto Ordnance(AO), a sub-contractor for IBM. IBM also manufactured their own receivers but, sometimes, in order to meet production schedules, sub-contractors were needed. Other, prime manufacturers of the M1 carbine used, at times...
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    U.S. M12 Heavy Anti-Tank Mine

    Thank you!
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    U.S. M12 Heavy Anti-Tank Mine

    I have an inert, practice, U.S. M12 heavy anti-tank mine that I'm considering selling. The mine is 13-1/8 inches in diameter, 3-3/4 inches wide, weighs a little over 16.5 pounds including the transportation crate, and is dated 1953. Any idea as to value?
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    M1 carbine

    Is the serial number on your M1 carbine the same as in your original post?
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    M1 carbine

    I doubt, according to the serial number you posted, your M1 carbine was manufactured by Inland. The serial number indicates Underwood manufacture. Re-check the serial number and the manufacturer which will be seen on the heel of the receiver, above the serial number which may be obscured by the...
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    M1 carbine

    RIA, Rock Island Arsenal, most likely is the facility where your M1 carbine was overhauled. Any military firearm that's been refinished, at one of the military arsenals, is worth less than a military firearm that has all it's original, correct, parts and markings. A used, original, military...
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    M1 carbine

    If the only marking on your stock is a P in the sling well, the stock has been refinished, the crossed cannons, on the butt's right side, and the P proof mark, on the bottom of the pistol grip, having been sanded away. The marking in the sling well indicates the stock's manufacturer and, I...
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    Need info on the S-M Sporter .22rf pistol

    Isn't the return spring the same as the recoil spring? Without it there would be no resistance to the bolt traveling rearward.
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    Need info on the S-M Sporter .22rf pistol

    The following advertisement and product review for the pre-production S-M Sporter single shot .22 pistol are from the May 1953 American Rifleman. I hope this information helps you.
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    the BP mouseguns club.

    These are just two of my mini black powder pistols. [/IMG]
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    the BP mouseguns club.

    The picture of your Pedersoli reproduction Remington Rider derringer includes a tin of 4.5mm(.177 cal.) pellets. The Pedersoli reproduction is chambered for 4.3mm(.17 cal.) balls. Is your Pedersoli Remington Rider derringer capable of firing the larger caliber pellet?
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    The Good Old Mail Order Days

    Here is another mail order advertisement, from the March 1963 American Rifleman, for the Eastern Firearms Company of New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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    Folding stock 10/22

    A "short barrel rifle(SBR)" designation has only to do with a rifle that has a barrel length of less than 16", regardless of overall length, with or without a folding stock. If a rifle with a barrel length of 16" or more, with a fixed or an extended folding stock, and an overall length of less...
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    The Good Old Mail Order Days

    This mail order advertisement, from the August 1963 American Rifleman, for Klein's Sporting Goods includes the Mannlicher Carcano Lee that Harvey Oswald purchased from Klein's to use in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd of that year. Perhaps it was this...
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