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During the "Bulge Counter-Attack", he was sent to the area with numerous other artillerymen, who had trained on the U.S. 75 mm. cannon. As an expedient, they simply 'manned' captured German 77 mm guns, that had been 'left' in Belgium. Holy cow! They would just setup as use the abandoned G...

Guns and trains go quite well together — at least for me. I made a career out of the trains… Choo-choo!

Not bad!

I want to shoot the President’s 100 one of these years too.

My M1 Carbine began restoration about 3-years ago and was just completed. She is a 1943 with correct parts and wood.

So excited!

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Hmmmm. That might explain why they were using a game controller to drive it. A wind up woodpecker toy tapping on the inside of the hull might have been helpful in locating it too. They had already been lost once before. Hope they had a hammer to tap on the hull. Woke people may not have watched Hun...

Here is a post I found describing something similar: https://www.finishing.com/116/28.shtml Q. Help needed on bluing that turned out red-purple. I have recently started bluing and repairing guns as a hobby. I have run across a problem. I blued a Winchester 94 using Brownell's Oxynate No. 7. and adde...

When I think of Hot Bluing, I am thinking of the modern bluing process with the salts in hot tanks. I know the general bluing options as Hot Blue, Cold Blue, and Rust Blue. Within the Hot Blue category, you can get a finish done with a high polish, standard polish, or matte (blasted to rough up the ...

Wonderful post and thread. Very much enjoyed and appreciated. Have one Krag. Took a year to get it just about back to issue condition. Hope your rifles will give you a double helping of enjoyment! Will continue to follow with interest. Sincerely. bruce. Thanks! It’s a waiting game now — I was told ...

They will be GORGEOUS, but, truly, different strokes for different folks! Granted that the cost exceeded your expectations, I'd have saved up my money and bought mint originals for that kind of financial outlay. The originals would hold their value, the rebuilds will only depreciate - I'm too cheap...

So I received back the Griffin and Howe quote today and it’s around $4750 for both rifles. At least it’s south of a standard Turnbull restoration in price — I am still running this through in my head. I was hoping for a quote of around $2500 — typical, it’s about double. So, we all know the rifles w...