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Never heard of "shoe 'shine"?

Possibly one of these two guys or a son? LOCKE, H. — Pennsylvania; Kentucky rifles. LOCKE, James — Born 1790 in New Hampshire or Vermont; moved to Wellsborough (now Wellsboro), Pa., before 1820, and soon made rifles; died ca. 1870. Made unique Miguelet-type percussion locks. A walnut halfstock with part-octagon barrel marked "J. Locke" in script; lock, marked "J. L." in script, has external mainstring and parts mounted in a boxlike brass casting. Also a fancy inlaid Kentucky rifle with identical but unmarked lock, marked "James Locke Wellsborough" in script on barrel. Found info here: https://www.earmi.it/USA Gunmakers/L.html

I've got an older RIA Commander clone that has been very reliable with ball ammo. I polished the feed ramp and it handles pretty much anything reliably now. Excellent buy for the money!!

Ammoseek reports that .45acp is the 9th most searched caliber. Ahead of .380acp, .38spl, 6.5 Creedmore, and .357Mag among others. They show lots of new brass-cased FMJ ammo at $.47 to $.50 per round in case lots. I still shoot it and use it in my carry gun. Bigger holes are always a good idea.

Workers at John Inglis Co in Canada who made Bren guns during WW2. Hair was rwapped to A) keep it our of machinery, and B) Keep it clean. Interesting that they posed with the 8mm Bren guns made for China.

They've been making them in batches of 100. Word from SHOT Show is that they took orders for several hundred at the show. My original needed tweaking to run reliably. The original mags sucked until I opened the feed lips a titch to get the rounds to sit a hair higher. The new guns were totally debugged and the new mags are supposed to fix the feeding issue. The Automag is about as sexy as a pistol can be. And it always gets a lot of attention at the range. I got my last couple of boxes from Midway. So, the ammo is out there again. But, it ain't cheap to shoot! If you want to, you can cut down .308 cases and resize for reloads.

Meatloaf, of course!!! Thank you for the great songs!

One of the best concerts I ever attended!!! A great entertainer who is missed!!!

Alexander Arms is a premium brand. Bill Alexander runs a tight ship. I have one of his guns (in 6.5 Grendel!) and it's very nice. He also stands behind his products. All I know about Franklin Armory is that I see them advertise models for 'restricted states', as well as their trigger.

My question was to anyone who actually knows if the 8mm rifle in the photo is in production. And are the mags VZ-26 mags as they appear to be?

Is this new production? Like the Yugo M-76, but using VZ-26 LMG mags? Like expensive magazines are enough of a problem already?!

"Now cut that out, Zelda!"

Ahhh, the final chapter in Lewis Winant's Firearms Curiosa! One of my favorite books! I also liked this one:

Because they can. What incentive do they have to move any faster?

Great! It's a return to the 7.65x20mm French Longue! Also known as the .30 Pedersen. Just a little bit hotter.

Many years ago (late '80's, early '90's) a convenience store in South Greensboro, NC had guy walk in waving a pistol after it had been robbed a few times previously. The Korean owner blew him away with a 12ga to the chest. Then, the owner put a fake bloody head on a spike in front of the store. The news run with the story for a few days because of the 'brutal actions' of the store owner in putting the head on a spike. But the store was not robbed for several years, in spite of other nearby convenience store getting robbed. About four years later, another dude comes in waving a pistol, receives the same welcome. A second bloody head was placed next to the first one. Again, it made the news. This time, they interviewed other convenience store managers about the bloody heads. After several of them were on TV saying that they now had shotguns, crime in that part of Greensboro dropped dramatically. I'll bet that smash and grabs would be reduced by the same prescription. Sadly, here in TN you cannot use deadly force except to defend people in fear of death or serious injury.

Many years ago (1981) I found a bunch of .50cal cans out in the maneuver area at Fort Hood. They had been buried, but the creek undercut where they had been buried and they were exposed. Some had Garand clips of .30-06, one had ten loaded BAR magazines, and there were also three .30 cans with linked 4-1 ammo. All of the ammo had '40 dates, but no telling when the cans were dumped as we used that ammo until the '70's. Upshot - Some of the cans were rusty on the outside. None were rusted through. All of the rubber seals were intact and there was no moisture inside. All of the ammo was in fine shape and went 'bang!' appropriately. And a friend with a live BAR helped me 'test' the magazines for function (all worked perfectly). That made me a believe in .50cal cans. I stack them 6 high with a paper label on the opening handle so I don't have to open them to see what they contain. I also use my endless supply of 5gal kitty litter buckets to hold empty brass before reloading, and my reloads before using.

Many years ago (1981) I found a bunch of .50cal cans out in the maneuver area at Fort Hood. They had been buried, but the creek undercut where they had been buried and they were exposed. Some had Garand clips of .30-06, one had ten loaded BAR magazines, and there were also three .30 cans with linked 4-1 ammo. All of the ammo had '40 dates, but no telling when the cans were dumped as we used that ammo until the '70's. Upshot - Some of the cans were rusty on the outside. None were rusted through. All of the rubber seals were intact and there was no moisture inside. All of the ammo was in fine shape and went 'bang!' appropriately. And a friend with a live BAR helped me 'test' the magazines for function (all worked perfectly). That made me a believe in .50cal cans. I stack them 6 high with a paper label on the opening handle so I don't have to open them to see what they contain. I also use my endless supply of 5gal kitty litter buckets to hold empty brass before reloading, and my reloads before using.

Clean it before you shoot it. True of anything from Kel-Tec. Whatever oil they ship them with seems to be an 'anti-lube'. The trigger is terrible on these guns. Once you get used to them, you can get good accuracy and rapid follow-up shots. Stick to 40gr as stated above. And get a magazine loader. Rim over-ride is the most common cause of problems. The magazine loader makes those much less likely. I really like the compact little CMR30, the 30rd magazines, and getting 5.7mm performance at less than half the cost.

I'm interested. It looks like they fixed the three things that bugged me about the original HP35: No magazine safety - YAY! Longer beavertail - No more hammer bite - YAY! Decent combat sights - YAY!

I still use an original Jackass Leather shoulder rig that I bought in 1984. I've several other Galco holsters and they have always served me well.

There are several problems with Electric Vehicles beyond a lack of charging stations and range. 1) Storage of electricity is VERY expensive. That battery pack is the most expensive component, and like a gas engine, it will wear out. Unlike a gas engine, it is much more difficult (and expensive) to rebuild that battery pack. 2) Transportation of electricity is expensive, Power loss over long distances is significant even with the best high-tension lines. And you can't just carry it around like a 5-gallon can of gas or a tank truck. 3) Production of electricity still relies on coal, natural gas, or oil account for about 60% of US electrical production. Nuclear is another 20%. All 'renewable' sources account for the final 20%. The current administration is trying to kill at least 30% of the current source of electricity. while increasing the demand (and thus the cost!). Gasoline is with us for a LONG time to come. At least until we all have a Mister Fusion at home or in our Deloreans.

L1A1 on the lower and Imbel on the upper. That works! While I like the looks of the long L1A1 flash-hider, the metric combo device is much more practical and reduces flash better. Good job!

East of the Mississippi, the worst 4-legged critters you will face are Black Bears and wild dogs. The .357 revolver is good for both of those as well as the two-legged variety of nuisance. Practice with a speedloader and you will be surprised how quickly you can have another six rounds in action. I've long said that there is no more versatile handgun than a 4-6" barrel .357 revolver. Plinking and target practice with cheap .38 reloads, or hunting anything up to deer with heavy 158gr hollowpoints. The .357 does it all. For Black Bears and wild dogs, the hot 125gr HP loads will do just fine. For that matter, they are proven to work well on the 2-legged wild things, too!