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yup...it's there. I'm not dreaming. I have one. 1920 hex with the bore from hell. Still shoots though. I can hit a pieplate at fifty yards...in the lower right quadrant. It was more a "let's shoot it and see if I want to buy it" than a real bench test. So...I cleaned it...and cleaned it and cleaned it...boiling water, brass brush, boiling water, patch after patch after patch of KROIL and Hoppes and suddenly it looked REALLY bad...like peeling wallpaper or paint flakes struggling to stay on the windowsill and failing.. Another pass through with the brass brush and boiling water and there's severe crud in the bottom of the water bucket...like CHUNKS!. Wow..it has lands...and grooves and they have edges and they're shiny like and sparkle and stuff. But the patches are still coming out grey and look like the oil from a crankcase with a thrown rod. My arm is sore...I soaked a patch with CLP, left the bore wet, and we'll hit er again tomorow. Gathering up the used patches reminded me of the aftermath of a quilting bee. Oh...108.00 out the door. the only one!

new gun...such a rush! Shoot it...shoot it!!!

I disolved steelwool in nitric acid until no more would disolve. Using RUBBER gloves and a cotton swab held in a split stick, I soaked the swab and "slathered" on the stain. Makes plain wood look like high quality walnut. After I let it soak for a while I used to vinegar to "stop" it and then used warn boiled linseed to preserve the wood. I actually heated the stock over the stove burner and rubbed in the oil. Seven coats...then beeswax to finish it.

Красная Армия принимает Берлине ...yup. The Red Army takes Berlin. That my friend was a piece of history!!

My flinch and it's remedy: Big caliber guns hurt. A 7mm mag shot from the roof of the car not only knocked me off the roof but blew out the windshield (ok I was laying on the roof. it was freshly waxed. i was showing off) I said to myself, "These big guns hurt" and started buying smaller and smaller calibers until I was shooting a .243 and still flinching. Then I bought a percussion BP gun. They don't kick, they push...still flinch...bought a flintlock. The act of firing a flintlock is like "Click (set trigger) click (double trigger) Snap (hammer fall) Snap fizz ( frizzen opens sparks fly) flash (right in front of my eye) woosh... bang" The deer is running from the first click! Mom is hungry and I better not miss. I don't understand what stopped my flinch...maybe it was a couple of misfires (flash in the pan) but it worked. I had to concentrate on the flinch and not the target until I quit flinching. My son and his never flinch. We started his training with a .22. Stuck a dowel in the barrel and practiced bringing the gun up from the hip and sticking the dowel in progressively smaller holes while squeezing the trigger when the dowel passed through the hole without touching the sides of the hole. Started with a 3" hole...finished with a .227" hole. He was 6... then we put the target in a tire and rolled it past and practiced (from the hip to the target "snap" and down without touching the hole.) Now he's 7 and he gets one .22 cart. The idea of sticking the dowel (with no dowel) is trained into him. The kid can shoot. Now he's 45 and still shoots and never flinches "How do you do that?" "I'm still thinking about the dowel and the hole I never think about the bang."

I knew that

When this kid was in Texas he was forever hitting and kicking his pregant mom in the babybasket. You could tell right off that he didn't like not being the center of attention. He was 10 when he got to be the center again. EVERYONE'S ATTENTION! I'm just glad it didn't happen at my home. All my guns were very well hidden when he was there. He had to practically crawl between the mattress and boxsprings to get to the center of the bed and the gun. The amazing part was his mom had just laid the baby down for a nap. They hadn't been in the house 20 minutes between "Hi" "Bye". Imagine driving from Tyler TX to Sheridan WY with a kid like that. Which reminds me...I need to ask the wife where she stashed her gun...I have no idea.

Good possibility it's for grinding grain (seeds). An archaeologist might be able to tell you more. I'm not qualified for local artifacts. If we were in Montana....maybe.

How about that...I can see my peep sight. I can see the post...I can see the target...but not all of them at the same time. I must be getting old.

I went ... my intention was a 91/30 ... I figured on $100 out the door ... after I paid the admission I didn't have enough cash. I'll try tomorrow when they're thinking about how heavy all that junk is hauling it back to the trailer. As is typical...what you have to sell is junk and not worth looking at and what they have is gold-plated.

My second to last handgun came with a 25 page "operations" handbook. The page that got me the most was "Never store Ammunition and your (blank) Revolver in the same room." Back in 1977, I got a call from some friends from Texas. "Mind if we come visit?" "Nope, come ahead." "We're in Colorado and should be in Sheridan soon." Ayup I'm thinkin. "Sheese! I had no idea it was so far." "Hi. Just as a reminder. All our guns are loaded. We've had our share of problems out here." "All? How many do you have?" "Lessee...one in the chicken coop, one in the coal shed, one in the horse barn, one in the "guest house." One in the basement, two in the bedroom. David (he's 10) has a .22 pistol under his pillow and a 10-22 in the closet. Beckie has a .22 in her room (beckie is 7) Charlie is too young for one...he's only 4. The wife has one in her purse...and three rifles." And we hear from the bedroom, Click. Snap. Click...we are in the bedroom..their kid has the .38 and is pointing it at their new baby. SNAP." "How could you leave a dangerous loaded gun where our precious child could get it! If we're going to stay you need to get all these guns unloaded and locked up!" "Bye!" Their precious 8 year old gave me the finger as they were leaving. We kept all our revolvers with just 4 loaded chambers. You have to pull the trigger twice to get it to shoot. He sure was trying to kill the baby... and eventually did...but in Texas and not in my house. I have rules "MY GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED. IF YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH IT, DON'T STAY"

no one ever needs a gun if he must keep it locked and unloaded. "Excuse me, Mr criminal. I need to unlock my gun and fetch the ammo for it. Please wait until I can defend myself."

Hey! DaveTN...I resemble that straw and spitball remark. I like my little CZ70 .32 auto. I guess what it all comes down to is bullet placement. A .22 LR in the eye is a better shot than a .40 in a bulletproof vest.

These things are better left as "lookers" Most of them didn't index very well and the hardening of pawl and hand pretty much wears out quick. My repo 1901 sears catalogue says 1.75 each in .32 and 2.00 for .38. Back when I was a kid...like 9 or 10...I had a 5 gallon bucket of them given to me. "here, see what you can do with them." My mom wasn't happy. I never did make one shoot (probably because nobody would sell me ammo) but they made great "cops and robbers" toys. A couple of years later I looked for them but we'd broken them all. I think I got a quarter for the metal at the junkyard. Which reminds me...That particular scrap metal place had STACKS of barreled rifle actions with the stocks burned off. Before you freak...I was 10 in 1952 and people did things different. The doors were never locked and my dad left the keys in the car all night. I'm not saying it was better then...but it was a lot more fun.

The short ones are a "ball of fire" at night. You better close your eyes just before the pin hits the primer because you can't see nuttin, About the current milsurp...yup...allthough I'm thinkin the world is rapidly running out of bolt actions. I'd still rather have a K-31...Youtube has some spectacular videos.

They did yesterday...they sold the one I wanted Saturday heck and shuckydarn.

Farnsworth's in Vonore has a bunch of "interesting" guns. If it was me...and I had your money...I'd buy the k-31 Swiss they had, $279, and they have ammo. The ammo is very reloadable. I've seen quotes of 7 or 8 reloads on a case and still looking good. You have a computer, go to surplusrifle.com and follow some links around. They will tell you every reason you don't want "that" gun...and every reason you do. Youtube.com has videos of people shooting nearly everything ever made...and cleaning, fieldstripping and generally rasing havoc with the gun of your choice...including blowing up an M-16. The more you research, the more you know. Unless you're like me..."It followed me home, momma. Kin I keep it?" "It reached out and slapped me...dig into the savings and pay the rent!" "I just had to have it...I'll make it fit in the safe."

Cheap M44...99$ Shylocks Pawn in Clinton. was there today

Farnsworth, in Vonore had some pretty nice guns. K-31 Swiss (very accurate) under 300. MN 91-30 was 139 many others

This one had some "chewed up" wood on the handguard, like it had been resting against something in the closet. . They shoot so nice and the action lets you keep your head down.

Just got back from Vonore TN. Some awesome guns there including a Swiss K-31 for under 300$ I'm so glad I took the rent money out of my pocket before I went...

Inter1: Thanks...Love it bet it works good with an AK Builder Flat with the rails bent

Yes, In Wyoming. Shot and killed a rabid dog...does that count? I have to admit I didn't know I'd done it. My son said, "Dad, how did you do that? The dog growled and it was dead. I never even saw you draw. We were fishing and several miles upstream from Story WY.

How many locking lugs on the bolt?

Sold a BP(black powder) barrel on ebay. took it to the PO and asked for suggestions as to mailing it. They sold me a "barrel tube" (cardboard tube with caps) and charged me 1/2 the national debt for it. The tube made it to the addressee...no barrel. I'm out the barrel, the ebay fee, refund the purchaser, the tube fee, and the PO has no idea what happened to the barrel.