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Sorry to be pest, but could someone look up #1317189 to confirm what I believe to be a perfectly unmolested NRA Sporter. (8-29 star gauged barrel date)

Thank you.

Pray tell what did they do with M1922 .22's on Guadalcanal?

The uncle of my ex-wife (how's that for a tenuous connection?) was a young Marine Lieutenant stationed at Pear Harbor, December 7, 1941....

In the "happy coincidence department", a late NS bolt came along with the above mentioned bolt in the deal. Out of curiosity I tried it in my 1903A1 which had a Remington bolt in it, said R bolt...

Thank you very much.

I have a bolt with a straight handle, ordinance bomb on bottom side of bolt root, SN (or NS) stamped on bottom of safety lug, single small vent hole up forward. What era rifle would it be a proper...

I recently bought a nice complete '98 Krag action with a cigar box full of extra parts at an estate auction and paid $25 for all of it. Evidently I was the only one in the room who wanted it. Sold it...

But if the gun was bought from Michael's collection back when it was sold off after his passing, why should the proceeds from a subsequent sale go to Michael's family?

Let's see- a plane ticket to Manila, car rental/room/food (rice, monkey meat, lizards, etc.: rations for a "Battling Bastard" circa March, 1942), metal detector/shovel, bug repellent...

I stand corrected. I thought it was good for all cartridges based on the .30-06, those made by simply necking it up or down. I didn't realize the .280 was different in that respect, but all the other...

I would be happy with a ball of rust '03 dug up outside of Mariveles...

Yeah, at least get a field gauge. If the bolt closes on it, the headspace is way out of tolerance. A set of go-no go gauges is best. You will find them to be invaluable when dealing with U.S....

Yep. Just anneal the necks and go with neck sizing for as long as you can get away with it.

Which leather sheath is earlier of the two you picture. I have a Kabar that has a sheath with the elongated rivets such as in the LH pic. Also, when were the leather sheaths issued, and were they...

Don't be bashful about old pre-war brass if you stumble onto it. Just anneal the necks before loading it and ride off into the sunset with it. I have around 300 pieces of that old stuff, loaded 100 a...

Over on the "Classic Rifles" forum on the doublegunshop.com site, a gentleman vividly describes the spectacular failure a couple days ago of a pre-war sporter based on a 1912-vintage Rock Island '03....

I don't see a problem with doing that, as long as it's never passed off as original (by someone down the line). A note inside the buttstock and/or a brief stamped message inside the stock to alert...

As long as it is at least 29½" long overall, and possesses a "heavy" barrel (ex.: H-Bar), it's legal to be bought new now in Maryland. Most M4 16 inchers can be configured to meet the reqs. Going...

Practically speaking, those Lyman cocking piece sights worked very well. Accuracy was superb on all the guns I had them on. As for the sight picture moving/going away when you pull the trigger, it...

I wonder sometimes if in the vernacular of old Ordnance publications the term "raw linseed oil" is used to mean "unmixed with any other compounds linseed oil"? If you have ever messed with raw...

Where were Keystone stocks made?

The neat thing about the complete (minus extractor) action above is the modification someone did to make it an angle eject instead of straight up: (sorry for the crummy pic)
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Sounds like its a Hornet, or it could also be a K-Hornet. Either way it's pretty cool.

I too love box lots. Afew weeks ago I scored this pile of Krag stuff at an auction, for $25. The spare...

I have a mixmaster nickel steel 1903A1 put together with a righteous pre-war C stock and a new Criterion barrel. In the vein of this conversation, would I be committing a faux pas by d/t'ing the...

I don't recall seeing such a beast.

I often wondered how many NS bolts became such through the shady use of an "N" and an "S" stamp in a basement somewhere down on Tobacco Road.

Published cast bullet load? Who published it? Do we know for a fact that the case didn't hold a double or triple charge of powder? (Hard to tell once the powder has been burned, no?) Was the bullet...