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    Interarms Mark X .243 with Mannlicher stock & Leupold scope. Should I buy it?

    A local gun store has a used Interarms Mark X in .243 with the full length Mannlicher stock and a 3-9x40 Leupold scope mounted. It also has the factory front and rear iron sights. It's in excellent, like new condition. I remember these rifles in the Interarms catalog circa 1984-ish. I...
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    Verchromt Walther PP .32 Custom

    On April 8, 2012 I received a 1972 Walther PP .32 W. German police trade-in pistol through my FFL that I bought off Gunbroker. The gun was in excellent mechanical condition with a mint condition bore. The finish was better than it had appeared in the photos on Gunbroker. I purchased the...
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    Custom Fitz-Colt Engraved

    It's finished! When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a Fitz-Colt I saw in one of my dad's gun magazines. When John H. Fitzgerald worked for Colt in the early 1900's, the shortest barrel available from the factory was 4". Fitz made snubnoses by cutting factory barrels down to 2 1/2", 2", or...
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    Custom Fitz'ed Colt Official Police .38

    I always thought the old Fitz-Colts were really neat. The cutaway trigger guard, bobbed hammer, and shortened barrel always lit my imagination. Original revolvers actually made at the Colt factory by J.H. Fitzgerald sell today for thousands of dollars. A few years ago a friend gave me a box...
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    HK P7 vs. Glock 23

    I've been shooting my Glock 23 with a 9mm Lone Wolf barrel in "off-duty" combat matches in the league I shoot in. We average 10 matches for a final score. We can shoot 15 matches total and drop our five worst scores. The Glock has been terrific with the 9mm barrel: Last night I...
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    I found something better than a Dan Wesson CBob

    Two CBobs! My good friend Greg bought my 2008 CBob from me a year ago. He rubs it in every time he sees me at work. I sold it to him because I felt I didn't need it. My dad had given me a Colt Combat Elite before he passed away and I didn't feel a need to have two 1911s. I was...
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    Birdseye Maple & The Glory of Internet Gun Forums

    There was a wood rifle cabinet with glass doors in the dining room of the house where I grew up. In that cabinet were my dad's guns. Some of them had been passed on to my dad from his dad. My grandfather was the gun buyer at Marshall Field & Company on State Street in Chicago during the...
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    Tanfoglio Witness Match

    I've been shooting my full size, steel frame Witness (circa 2005) in my local shooting league's Combat matches. I originally bought my pistol in .38 Super, but then I purchased conversion kits in .40, .22, and finally 9mm (since 9mm ammo is the least expensive for me to shoot in the matches)...
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    Guns & Watches

    It seems that many of us who appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into a fine firearm also appreciate a fine watch as well. I searched THR but I didn't find a "Guns & Watches" thread. So let's start one up! Show 'em if you got 'em! I just bought a Boschett Reef Ranger dive watch from...
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    Skelton Tribute .44's/Blackhawk & 624

    My dad and I looked forward to every word Skeeter Skelton put down each month in the pages of Shooting Times magazine. When Skeeter convinced Smith & Wesson to come out with their Model 24 in stainless steel, I just had to have one. I found a 4" Model 624 .44 Special and snapped it up. I also...
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    Hog Hunting w/Lodging Recommendations?

    A friend and I would like to take a hog each. We're in Northern Illinois. We have our rifles ready to go. We're not looking to hunt on public land, by ourselves, while staying at a Ramada Inn. We'd like more of a lodge/private hunting kind of place. We're looking for the following: A...
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    Mauser K98 soft primer hits

    Many years ago I sold a Mauser K98 8mm to a friend. He never shot it but he did loan it to another friend who shot it. Yesterday we took it to the range and my friend was going to fire it for the first time himself. But Remington factory ammo and some old European ammo (I forget which...
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    Custom Display Case for my Skeeter Skelton .44 Specials

    I bought my Smith & Wesson Model 624 .44 Special used in 1989. Skeeter Skelton said the only way to improve on the Model 24 was to make it in stainless steel. When I saw this 4" barrel revolver, I just had to have it. My dad did a little work on the action and it's smooth as can be with a 2 1/2...
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    "Pre-Ban" firearms question

    I know that "Pre-Ban" firearms (such as a Colt AR-15) were still allowed to be transferred after the 1994 ban went into effect and that these guns can be identified by serial number. But since the Ban sunsetted in 2004, does it even mean anything anymore when it comes to "Pre-Ban" guns?
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    Question about Garand Match group sizes @ 200 yards

    I was watching Shooting USA on The Outdoor Channel last night. They were talking about the M1 Garand matches where ten shot groups are fired on targets 200 yards away. I think they said it was prone, sitting, and standing. I didn't see any targets though. The Garands were, of course, being...
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    Engraved Guns = Addicting

    I have all the guns I need or want (yeah, right...we've all said that before!) and I've found over the past few years that, instead of buying another gun, I've been getting the ones I already have engraved. I know that engraving is very subjective and there are those who don't like it at all...
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    When did Glock add finger grooves and rails?

    Does anyone know what year Glock first added finger grooves to the frontstrap of their guns? And what year they came out with the picatiny light rail? I can't find this info anywhere. I'd really like to know if it's stated anywhere. Thanks in advance if anyone knows!
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    Got my Lipsey's Blackhawk .44 Special (PICS!)

    I picked up my 4 5/8" Blackhawk .44 Special today. It feels neat just to type "Blackhawk .44 Special!!!" Skeeter Skelton would have really liked this single action revolver. The blue is very deep and dark without being "black." It truly looks old world blue. The gun is very nicely finished. I...
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    I couldn't resist....

    I have many holsters and belts and other products from El Paso Saddlery. I was looking on Ebay and stumbled onto this floral carved Yaqui slide holster with a dyed background. The price was much less that on EPS's website and I just couldn't pass it up. I use a Fobus when shooting my Glock 23...
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    Ruger SR-556

    I think I have my Ruger SR-556 set up the way I want it now. So I figured I'd share some pics. As it came, right out of the box, a week and a half ago. Troy folding battle sights, Troy Quad rail, Troy rail covers (3), Hogue grip, flash hider, M4 style six position stock, three 30...
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