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The two common methods of tightening up a loose sight dovetail is to either raise the "floor" of the dovetail in the base up a bit by dimpling it with a sharp prick punch (three or four spots...

I believe that the assortment pack that I received went as large as .100.

kcw

Springfield Sporters sells a five piece "assortment" pack of front sights suitable for Brit enfields, P-14, M1917 (They're interchangeable). The one's I received appeared to be NOS GI of Brit...

Calfed,

Don't mess with the sporter. Check the thread entitled "Who is good at rebarreling a 1917". I'll give you an idea as to the quality of the Criterion barrels and a possible smith to...

MW,

Look and see if the rifling is engraved upon the bullets, which I suspect it has. If that is the case then, besides whatever concerns that you may, or may not, have with the extractor or...

mw,

What happens if you simply drop a round directly into the chamber and closed the bolt over it? Are the bullets that remain in the "barrel" jammed into the rifling so that you need to bump...

Is this a supposedly unaltered rifle, still in its' original G.I. configuration?
What date is on the barrel (just rearward of the front sight?). You're using factory ammo? Receiver is stamped "U.S....

In general. NYC law requires that long guns be registered. A three year permit, $55, automatically renewable .

From NRA website on Gun Laws in NYC:

"The following persons may possess rifles...

According to an article in the American Rifleman several years back, semi-smokeless powder showed up about 1894. We have a photo of my great grandfather, dated OCT 1900, holding the gun in question...

Does anyone know of a loading reference which compares the pressures of the semi-smokless powders shotgun powders produced from the mid 1890's through the 1930 and standard smokeless powder. From...

I have a Savage Model 23 "Sporter" in 32-20, and another in 25-20. The 32-20 came out of western PA. about 15 years ago as part of an estate settlement, some "pigtail" relation of mine. The folks...

At the time the "Fair Trade" rules then in effect caused rifles, and many other goods for that matter, to be sold only at the manufacturers' Suggested List Price; thus new guns were comparitively...

Back in Oct. of 1934 a thief managed to break into Remington's powder magazine @ Bridgeport. He took off with ten two-pound cans of polnol, probably thinking it was powder. Polnol, is one of the raw...

Not to mention that the manufacture of the primer mixture itself is a rather complicated (if you want commerical grade material) and potententially dangerous process.

Within the wide catagory of powders suitable for a certain caliber I tend to find that the those on the slower end tend to better. I can't say that I've observed a distinction between ball or stick...

Moreover, those huge Elm trees are a thing of the past too.

Am I missing something or is there something strange about that stock that's on E-Bay? Is it just the pic, or is the recess for the front receiver lug missing; for that matter where's the hole for...

According to the book "Remington Arms in American History" by Alden Hatch (1956) Remington "Kentucky" type flintlocks made between 1816-46 were simply stamped "E. Remington" on the barrel and lock....

I believe that Bell & Carlson makes a sporter stock (#5171) for the P-14/M1917. Stock is made for the standard G.I. floorplate (not the so called "straigtened" floorplate found on some "sported"...

If you're shooting at the "club" someone may have a chronograph in their car that they'll set up for you to take a few shots over. The info from that should at least give you a starting point as to...

Thanks John
KCW

Anyone know the significance of the NSI (or NS1) stamp on an RA A3 barrel?
A friend of mine just took a new RA 5-44 , 2 groove barrel out of the GI wrap for a rebarrel job and found the previously...

I believe that you'll have a tough time finding anywhere in New York State that will allow you to fire a handgun. Only under very limited circumstances can a person who does not have a NYS handgun...

In a number of cases the above mentioned welding interfers with the op rod. The remedy is the same. Additonally, some of the M-1's so modified will have op rod tips of below minimum diameter. It...

At my club the floor of the shooting shelter is about 18" above grade. The tops of the benches are about level with the tops of the target boards, thus anyone shooting off the benches (accounts for...