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The P near the mag release is the indication the pistol was "proofed" with a cartridge loaded hotter than standard military ammo. There should also be a P in front of the rear sight. If the barrel...

Several years back someone brought out a standard looking machete except it had saw teeth on the back. The sporting goods store in our town that sold them said they got almost every one back with the...

I have one just like it, but the sheath is dated 1986, and yes that is a sharpener.

That is a WWI era sling. Note the inspector's initials under the maker mark. WWII Model 1907 slings did not have inspector's initials.

As the others have noted, 1942 dated Boyt slings will be...

At one time the rifle was absolutely brand new, and more than likely it was a NRA/DCM sale rifle and in as new condition when sold. At the time they were sold they were not collectible and the owner...

Don't shoot it and it's value will stay ahead of inflation; shoot it and it should almost stay even with inflation. They were made to shoot when they were $17, not $1500.

My 03-A4 was bought out of Benecia Arsenal by a retiring Navy dentist, complete with M73B1 scope, and I believe this was in the late 1970's.

Cheapest shouldn't be the criteria for reloading equipment. My time is worth something, and I don't enjoy making endless brass curls.

Thanks. I bought it from a walk-in at a small gun show where apparently no one else recognized what it was. I must have been the last person in the show to see it, because when I ask to see it the...

What was the guys name in Texas that made so many USMC M1 Rifles?

The Model 1911 Colts were built under contract, and the contract only called for the pistol and one magazine. The holsters and magazine pockets were purchased from various other contractors by the...

Colt No.266266 was shipped April 10, 1918 to Springfield Armory.

The Luger is merely a curiosity while the 1911 platform is still strong and viable. The Nazi's realized that they needed to go to another pistol before WWII was going good , with the P.38 being the...

Colt switched from full checkered wood to Coltwood plastic grips in April of 1941. The other manufacturers used plastic throughout production.

The Ordnance designation was "stocks" rather than...

The 1911A1 originally came with the wide spur hammer, beginning with the 1924 "Transition" which was originally a Model 1911 but had it's designation changed to Model 1911A1 in 1926. Colt changed to...

Don't know how many cases you have to do, but a trim die would be much faster. I have a small inexpensive hacksaw from sears that uses blades with very fine teeth, and it only takes a few seconds to...

Probably need to indicate which Model 11 you have.

Model 11 Autoloading Shotgun

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Later the initials were vertical rather than horizontal.

If you know him well enough to discuss creating fakes, you should be close enough to ask him if you could photograph a few Nazi era dies.

The fakes are for those that don't know their a$$ from a...

How about showing some of your gunsmith friends vast collection of original stamps?

Herman Historica has had some really fake pieces for sale in previous auctions. One Singer in particular was a very crude fake.

It takes more than just stamping numbers on a pistol to fake it...

It all depends on why you are acquiring a Luger. If you want one for your collection I would wait on an all matching pistol, but if you simply want a shooter the deal isn't that bad considering the...

The position of the acceptance initials also brings up the question of the acceptance procedure. It would seem logical that the markings would be applied to a pistol that had been through all the...

As Scott mentioned, the early ones tended to be struck higher, plus they were considerably smaller. The photo shows that almost half the FJA is under the slide stop.
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Originally the Colt magazines were tempered, and then heat blued. The heat from the bluing process was removing the temper from the top of the magazine, so Colt started bluing the magazines, and then...