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Years ago, when I got my first real job, my boss told me "Never ask me a question, because I'll give you an answer." Good advice. I would add "Never buy a borescope unless you're fully prepared to be amazed, if not shocked, to see what's inside your barrel." These things were on sale...

I don't know if it's for real, but it makes for good reading. A robbery thwarted. http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/mis/1539838256.html Tim

Just on the offhand chance that it has not been posted here before: http://www.dsgl.org/default.htm A good read, and almost certainly NOT what you'd expect. Tim

Has anyone here bought one of AIM's M48A rifles? I have a couple of M48s but no M48A so I they are decent I may order one. I have had very good luck with AIM, but their description of this rifle suggests that hopes should not be high. Tim

I live in a fairly rural and heavily wooded area. Tonight we got a call from our neighbor, whose house I can barely see through the trees, saying that they have figured out that someone has been entering their house during the day while they're gone and making himself at home. The trespasser...

I recently bought a nice 03A3 from CMP. It's in beautiful shape; it has a mirror bore with very little wear at muzzle and throat. That said, I bought one of those 03A3 barrels that AIM is selling, just on the offhand chance that someone a generation or two from now may need it. The new...

Watching a D-Day special tonight made me realize that June 6 2004, the 60th anniversary of the Invasion of Europe, would fall on Sunday, and therefore I should try to fire my M1 that day in remembrance. She was built in March of 1942 and might well have been there. Yolo Sportsmen's...

Recently we were awash in unissued Yugo SKSs but the supply had dried up until this summer, when more are expected from Serbia. These can be made legal for sale in California by replacing the grenade launcher with a muzzle brake. However, to be C&R eligible, *in California* they must also be...

A stupid question, I know. Bear with me. In the PRK we have a form with every gun sale called a "dealer's record of sale" (DROS). That means that someone in the government has a piece of paper with my name and a gun serial number on it, which surely must be de facto registration. However...

When firing my *beautiful* $59 91/30 for the first time, I found the bolt hard to work in the last few degrees of rotation when removing the fired round. (This is hard to describe.) That is, from the cocked and ready position, you can rotate the bolt handle up until you get to about 10 degrees...

I just learned about Cerrosafe on another thread here and looked it up on the web. I've gotta say, I'm fascinated with this stuff! A question: Does making chamber castings do any harm to the rifle? In other words, is it okay to make a casting just for grins, or should you need a good...

I recently got and installed Mojo sights for a 91/30 and a K31. In the case of the K31, they also sent along one of the aperture front sights. The rear sights installed quickly and easily (well, mostly easily) on both rifles, but the K31 front sight is a problem. Namely, when I went to...

I am going to be making a batch of Ed's Red soon, probably a gallon since that is convenient. Is it safe to store this stuff in a plastic container? I have a gallon-size jug that used to hold windshield-washing solution that looks like it would be ideal, but I am worried that the acetone may...

Having recently been bitten by the C&R milsurp bug, I'm finding myself shooting WWII vintage rifles. Invariably these have open sights graduated out to hundreds of yards, but no micrometer-style adjustment. For all practical purposes (as near as I can see) they are non-adjustable sights, and...

I find myself suddenly but happily in the business of refinishing cosmoline-soaked rifle stocks. Does boiled linseed oil, once opened, ever go bad? How about tung oil? I have some linseed oil that's about ten years old but is still liquid and looks OK but I am wondering about it. Since it...

I may be interested in joining this club. Are there any members here who would be willing to share their thoughts on it? Feel free to PM me if you like. I am not Swiss. Tim

The date is appropriate. Other firsts for me today: First C&R order First purchase of more than one gun at a time First time I ever spent twice as much in ammo as the gun itself First time shipping cost more than a gun This wait will seem longer than the C&R itself, but at least...

A year or so ago, some practical joker signed me up for some sort of leftist magazine and marked the box that said "bill me later". When I phoned and told the mag about this, they were polite and stopped. I have found, though, that I'm now on every Democrat/tree-hugger/gun-grabber mailing...

I got my packet of legal info and forms related to my recent C&R aquisition today. One of the books they sent, and it's a thick one, is "State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms". In it is a compilation of important gun laws for each state, and, where appropriate, city or county...

Well, my big wait is over. 6 1/2 weeks. I have heard of others getting theirs in much shorter time, so maybe ATF is a little more backlogged these days, or maybe it took longer because I'm in PRK. Anyway, my credit card is toast. Question: I am supposed to "post" this license. Now I...