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Gunshows, I just picked up an unopened 4 lb jug of bullseye from a vender at my last gunshow SWCA 892

What I look for in a Smith that I suspect has had a reblue is #1 the front of the extractor Where you push to extract empties should be in the white. rebluers seldom clean the blue off of it. 2nd is the base of the pin usually covered by target or magna grips but can be seen with service grips...

I was Issued and trained on 30 carbines in the U.S. Air force from '61 to '68 and in '68 when I got to Phu Cat Vietnam I was handed an M16. First Sergeant handed me a piece of paper and said if we were about to be overrun to come to the orderly room and they would issue me my M16 and 80 rounds...

I picked up some accurate #9 at the last show for $35 a pound, I have so much 357 loaded I will be a while before I use up my unique but at least I'll have some backup. SWCA 892

I'll take the trigger

I'll take it

In 1986 Smith & Wesson introduced a 17-4, a 4" heavy barrel w/serrated ramp on ramp base in place of the M-18. @ The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. Luckily I have one. SWCA 892

I'll take the Llama

I had a friend give me a M1 Garand receiver from a rifle that had been in a house fire. I took it and had a hardness test done and the outcome was that it had not lost it hardness. I built it into a BM59 and it functions just fine with no problems. SWCA 892

Sounds to me like Dirty ammo. Not outside but unburnt powder falling under the extractor when you dump the emptys. Try holding the revolver upright when you extract, not pointing towards the ground, That way unburnt powder should stay in the shell casings. Change brand of Ammo or if you...

I seller is a regular at gunshows, The box of CCI I bought looks new, not shop worn. I have no Idea where he picked up his stock but usually doesn't carry alot of reloading stuff. If I see him at the Seguin gunshow I'll probably buy more primers and he had some accurate #9, I'll have to check...

Local gunshow, one vender was selling primers $45.00, powder $35,00. Any brand primer or powder. I bought 2000 CCI small pistol primers. He had all sizes or primers and lots of different powders. Everyone else was still selling at the same old high price, $85 To $100 for primers and $65 up...

I had a 25-2 that I shot and really liked then I lucked into a 5 screw in a little country town gunshop. $400 out the door. Shot it a little then decided I didn't need two. I loaned the -2 to a friend and two weeks later when he brought it backed he said he was real impressed with the...

I didn't know about U.S. M-13s until I was in a pawnshop and picked up this really light smith snubby. It was cheap because the finish was worn. saw the M-13 on the top strap , the U.S. Airforce property had been scrubed from the backstrap. Still it had not been demilled. I assume it had been...

In The middle 70s I picked up a M-28 that someone had screwed up the barrel trying to drill out a stuck bullet. In those days there was a gunsmith in Bear , Deleware that converted Smiths. Or as in my case I sent the barrel and cylinder to him to be converted to 45 Colt. Just a matter of...