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Basic Manual of Military Small Arms by W.H.B. Smith (Expired Copyright 1943) Observations: by Badger How to load, operate, disassemble,...
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U.S. Metallic Cartridges Testing (Regulation and Experimental) (1873) Author: Major T.J. Treadwell (Commanding Frankford Aresenal) Government...
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need serial number lookup. #289325. thanks, Kab
I bought this last week on a live online auction for $400. It's my first Trapdoor and I plan on using it in our black powder matches. It seem to be...
Carbine buttplate below U.S. has 92 and below that is 1st Sep. Co. Can anyone identify these stampings or offer some direction to finding out....
So I picked this rifle up last week. Have been stalking them for a while and found what seemed to be a decent deal. Just wondering if any of you...
Bought this today. Initially I thought it was an M1873, due to the breech block marking, but as I really got to looking at it, it appears to be an...
Had one pulled apart to remove the large amount of grease inside- thought you would like a few pictures. The magazine spring is probably the most...
Found this at the Virginia Gun Collector's Association show in Prince William county. ...the rifle, not the pup, although she had a great time there...
I picked this up on Saturday. It is a very late M1884 Springfield Trapdoor made in the fall of 1892, and is the type with a combination cleaning rod...
Hoping this forum may help. Just acquired a 1895 Lee Navy that has most of its metal buffed out, making the markings very faint. I can barely see...
A friend of mine brought out his 1895 Winchester to the range the other day, it appears to be the sporting model because of the schnaible(spelled...
I have had this 1898 Krag for awhile, the stock has 1903 cartouche and the serial number i believe to be near the end of production.
I have a decent 98 Krag that has been stripped of its rear sight including the base. Will the hole centers of other Krags rear sights mate up with...
Am back from sand-land. ;) Had a chance to put 5rds thru the Rem-Lee 2 days before departure last October. Dissapointed for sure. Not on paper...
A brief beginning of a photo and information thread dedicated to the last of the turnbolt Remington-Lee designs. (Driven by topic drift on the 1879...
Looking at a Krag carbine that looks good. It's serial # is 281969. Does anyone know if this is a carbine #? The receiver is marked 1999.
I hope I have this in the right place. A long time ago I read something about not being able to store loaded BAR magazines longterm as the spring...
Where did they all go? These were the workhorses of two major wars, I've been watching Gunbroker for months and have never seen one come up. Are the...
Does anyone know where to fin 1941 Front Sight pins? Are they also Unobtainium? What size are they? I thought they might be taper pins, but...
Took my rifle to the range today for the third time in two weeks. The first two trips were without incident. Today at the range I had two double...
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