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• Posted in thread: Grandfather's Gun Collection - Where to Go From Here? on 05/25/2012 at 11:05AM
  Hi everyone,My mother and I were going through my grandfather's gun collection and are clueless as to how
  to evaluate their worth. Any help/guidance/advise on how to proceed would be greatly appreciat...

• Posted in thread: Iver Johnson Top Break on 05/23/2012 at 2:59PM
  Finished the resto on the second US Revolver. Now the pair are together.. Thanks to C3's research, I know
  the hammerless was born in 1910 and the hammered in 1914.. Both are polished with the hammer, ...

• Posted in thread: Some old .22s on 05/23/2012 at 2:48PM
  Could you post some pictures of your rifles please?

• Posted in thread: Mosin Nagant Sniper Rifle on 05/22/2012 at 12:37PM
  There most likely reproductions at that price...They are... Still a good addition to the collection
  though.

• Posted in thread: Iver Johnson Top Break on 05/22/2012 at 9:33AM
  Old Man- is that US Firearms Co, or US Revolver Co? US Revolver was a brand named used by Iver Johnson.
  If you have the serial numbers, send me a private message, can give you the dates of production....

• Posted in thread: Mosin thread on 05/22/2012 at 7:52AM
  I'm sporterizing one of my Mosin Nagants. The tooling marks on the reciever are awful and look terrible.
  I'm cleaning them up and wondering, of I destroy the importers marking (CAI), will this cause m...

• Posted in thread: Iver Johnson Top Break on 05/22/2012 at 7:40AM
  It's interesting this thread comes up for me now considering I just purchased two of these fine firearms
  in the past couple weeks. Both of mine are U.S. Firearms Company top-breaks in .32 S&W. One I g...

• Posted in thread: Mosin thread on 05/15/2012 at 2:02PM
  If the Mosin gets its own subfourm, what about the Mausers, Arisakas, 1903's, Krags, Garands,
  etc??....Exactly my point as well... Personally I don't see the need for a sub-forum on Mosins.. I'm an
  av...

• Posted in thread: Re-blueing question on 05/14/2012 at 7:41AM
  The way I understand the procedure during etching the laser beam is engraving a very accurate groove
  which is shallow - much shallower than the usual mechanical engraving the traditional abrasive rota...

• Posted in thread: Spanish Destroyer Carbine on 05/13/2012 at 5:10PM
  Yeah... Keep the '95. The Destroyers go for around $250 to $280 range when they're cleaned up. Like JP
  said, your 95 is worth far more.