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    WTB: Winchester Lee

    I am looking for 4 stripper clips for the 1895 Winchester Lee rifle. If you have some and are willing to sell them PM me.
  2. Log book

    The NRA publishes a pretty good hard covered log book with spaces for descriptions of markings, prices paid, name of seller, date and price of sale etc. I have one somewhere in the archives and will...
  3. Thread: Cooey Carcano

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    Cooey Carcano

    I had mentioned in an earlier post about an article I had read regarding the Cooey Carcano and was basically poo pooed for my post! Well here it is, the article appears in Historical Arms Series No....
  4. Thread: Cooey Carcano

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    I have a magazine article somewhere on the Cooey...

    I have a magazine article somewhere on the Cooey reworked Carcano rifles, I believe they were sold by either Eaton's or Sears department stores. If memory serves me correctly they claim they were...
  5. I as well have asked sellers not to use global...

    I as well have asked sellers not to use global shipping in several cases. It bothers me that they add import and duties on items that are exempt from these fees. Just another way for ebay to grab a...
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    Aacca gun show

    The Alberta Arms and Cartridge Collectors annual Easter show is coming up at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex in Calgary Good Friday and Saturday, lots of displays to see military and western...
  7. Sadly we are under assault in Canada from the...

    Sadly we are under assault in Canada from the woke masses as well!
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    Very nice! My all time favorite 22, I have a...

    Very nice! My all time favorite 22, I have a first model in .22 short and a 3rd model in WRF A rare find in deluxe configuration!
  9. Short guy looks like Red Buttons

    Short guy looks like Red Buttons
  10. Thread: Thanksgiving

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    Thanksgiving

    Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadian members!
  11. Winchester Model 1894 Carbines in British military service, information please !

    These questions are primarily directed to our British military historians. Last night I purchased a Winchester Model 1894 carbine in .30-30 caliber at auction for a friend. The carbine is profusely...
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    Interesting photo, I take it US army ranger wit...

    Interesting photo, I take it US army ranger wit Canadian troops. If I'm not mistaken the first US casualities of the war were at the failed Dieppe raid.
  13. hopefully the first of many Russian ships...

    hopefully the first of many Russian ships providing artificial reefs!
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    The AACCA show in Calgary this past Easter was...

    The AACCA show in Calgary this past Easter was great and well attended. The new venue is superb and there is talk of taking on one of the two ice pads as well for next year's show. Displays were...
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    Aacca gun show

    The Alberta Arms and Cartridge Collectors Easter show starts April 15th and 16th at the Seven Chiefs Recreation Complex on the Tsuut'ina Nation, 19 Bullhead Road in southwest Calgary. Should be a...
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    WJW is correct the hole held Tallow to grease...

    WJW is correct the hole held Tallow to grease patches
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    Thanks Jim In the past I have pinned several...

    Thanks Jim
    In the past I have pinned several HP mags by drilling a hole cross wise in the mag, inserting a 1/8" dia. rod then tig welding both sides. It makes a near invisible fix. I was never a...
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    Pinning magazines

    Can anyone give me dimensions for placement of pins to reduce mag capacities to 5 rounds for the following mags? Bren, M14 and AK 47
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    If you check out oldguns.ca you can see another...

    If you check out oldguns.ca you can see another lightweight in what appears to be better condition. The case shown in the auction looks made up to me in my opinion and the lightening cuts in the...
  20. Thread: The MG08

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    Sticky: When I was a kid back in the early 60's We used...

    When I was a kid back in the early 60's We used to go to the ball diamond in a small Ontario town where my cousins lived. There was an MG08 sled mount that sat behind home plate, I spent many an hour...
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    unfortunately gone forever, but there are...

    unfortunately gone forever, but there are restoration specialists that can re-case colour arms after careful polishing followed by the return to the furnace for the heat treatment. Light is one of...
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    Quite true, in recent years the Royal Ontario...

    Quite true, in recent years the Royal Ontario Museum In Toronto put a large number of firearms in their collection up for sale, not to collectors but to museums outside Ontario. The estimated value...
  23. Very Nice collection!!!

    Very Nice collection!!!
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    The number 196 stamped in the side of the action...

    The number 196 stamped in the side of the action would lead me to believe that someone had registered it at one time I have seen plenty done like that the police are overjoyed at stamping numbers all...
  25. You just missed a dandy M1A1 on oldguns.ca

    You just missed a dandy M1A1 on oldguns.ca
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