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    1. David

      Alloy feed ramps

      I'm looking at alloy frame 1911s and can find them with and without ramped barrels. Obviously a steel feed ramp is going to outlast an aluminum one, the question is will an aluminum one outlast me. Anyone ever wear out an alloy feed ramp, and if so how long did it take. Also, with what kind of...
    2. David

      UN arms treaty is on

      U.S. Reverses Position on U.N. Arms Treaty | The Truth About GunsThe Truth About Guns Even without ratification by our Senate, the existance of this treaty will effect us. The import/export effects of this will be extensive.
    3. David

      More Mosin chrono, 180gr heavy ball

      Same drill as last time, but with surplus yellow tip heavy ball 180gr ammo instead of the 147gr light ball. The 9130 averaged 2654fps which makes 2815 ft/lb muzzle energy. this is about 100fps slower than the light ball but the extra bullet weight brings the energy up just over 300 ft/lb...
    4. David

      Mosin chrono test 29,20 & 16"

      My 16" Mosin Nagant was done so it was time to try it out and see whether it was worth the effort or not. I took two 91/30s, one 20" carbine, my new 16" carbine, a chronograph, and a box of 147gr surplus ammo to the range this afternoon, here's what I got. The 9130s averaged 2753fps. These...
    5. David

      Mosin Nagant Carbine Carbine

      I made a tool the other day for removing a Mosin barrel, this was the motivation for that. I cut 4" off the barrel and shortened the front of the stock about the same amount. I also turned down the end of the barrel and reinstalled the original front sight. Here's the whole happy Mosin family.
    6. David

      New stock for my SKS

      The original stock on this rifle had been the victim of at least a couple crude attempts at refinishing and was beyond repair. I considered a polymer stock but decided to make my own instead. Originally it was going to be walnut, because I know I have a chunk of it around here somewhere, but I...
    7. David

      Gunsmithing; Removing Mosin Barrel

      I have a couple Mosin Nagants, some nice, some not so much, so decided to pick the worst of them to play with. First chore is to remove the barrel, some internetting says that they usually don't give up without a fight, but i've got some scrap iron and some tools, so here we go. A barrel clamp...
    8. David

      Scope for my SKS?

      I did a thread a while ago on shortening the barrel on this gun and now I am playing with the optics. These scope mounts generally fit rather loosely on the guns but with a little stretching and bending I have been able to get this one to fit nice and tight on the gun. I now have a solid mount...
    9. David

      Rock Island 22TCM

      This is my third Rock Island gun, and the first one to give me any trouble. I called Armscor in Nevada and described the problem, Fed Ex picked the gun up the next day and UPS dropped it back off just over two weeks later. Pretty impressive customer service in my opinion. Since getting the gun...
    10. David

      Gunsmithing, making an SKS paratrooper

      I have had an SKS for a while and have been looking around for a paratrooper because I thought I would like a shorter barrel, but after thinking about it I decided to make one myself. This is what step one looks like. I cut about 4" off the barrel, the finished length will be a little over 16"...
    11. David

      Gunsmithing; Sporting a mauser from parts

      I picked up a barreled 8mm Mauser action a while ago, the front sight was gone and no two parts numbered alike and I figured it would make a good project gun. I'm going to try a lot of things I have never done before so this gun might end up in the safe, or the smelter, if nothing else I hope to...
    12. David

      Gunsmithin'; Bobbing a Colts tail

      A while back I decided that I wanted to bob the tail on my Colt Commander. I thought I would document my project here for anyone who might be considering doing it to their gun. In this case I bought a jig and a bobed mainspring housing from Ed Brown. The installation is something that could be...
    13. David

      1895 Mauser

      Sometimes you run into things that you aren't really looking for, but just can't pass up, this was one of those. It is a Chilean 1895 7mm Mauser. It is completely numbers matching, without import marks, and appears to be virtually unused. The stock is very nice but also very dry, so I think it...
    14. David

      Gunwalker

      Being that the major Mexican drug cartells all have branches in virtually every major city in this country it would be naive to think that at least some of the gunwalker guns wouldn't end up in the hands of domestic criminals. Aparantly the BATF et-al didn't want to leave anything to chance...
    15. David

      Hello from just slightly N/W

      Is Wisconsin close enough? I've lived all around Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and now Wisconsin (with a stop in Florida along the way). In the interest of full disclosure I found INGO through a Google search, I was looking for a particular old pistol and one of your classifieds came up. I like...
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