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I was kinda' surprised to hear that they would fold so fast. On the other hand, they have huge US and over-seas contracts and they might have just been worried about the bottom line.

I can't fault the company for having them there on their products, though. Private firm, private choice.

And they had the mirco-codes there long before the military discovered them.

In anticipation of my CHL I picked up a Ted Blocker 911T pancake holster for the Taurus and the Walther (also got a belt since the Wilson's POS I bought in '99 ain't reallly up to holding that much weight ).

Gotta love Portland for accesorizing. Blocker leather. Gerber knives. Benchmade knives. Leatherman multi tools. Not to mention lots of gun clubs for training. (and the one I'm a member of has a full auto weekend in the spring. Can't wait to try firing an M-2 lol)

If you are in a state where you are allowed to carry concealed I can hook you up with some quality ones:

Here's one for you guys... tell me about THIS one!

Sure.

The stock configuration clearly identifies it as what was known just before the turn of the century as a German (or german style) Falling block "Schutzen Rifle".

They were popular among the gentlemen class for target competition. The device at the muzzle appears to be what is known as a "false muzzle", and the two outer holes are for a spanner to unscrew the device. It supported a cleaning rod at the center of the bore during cleaning and stopped the vital rifling at the crown from being damaged by the cleaning rod and hurting accuracy. Being a falling block-type action these rifles can't be cleaned from the breach end as is proper to protect the rifling at the crown. The front sight fixure is quite standard, though missing the globe (front sight). The globes were interchangable to provide differing sight pictures depending on the target and are often lost in these older rifles, but period replacements can be found. The device on the midway part of the barrel is a mystery to me. I'd love to see it closer. Its too complex for a early optical sight mount or a spirit level. Perplexing.

Schutzen Rifles were popular at a time when people commonly could engage in huge friendly social picnic-style gatherings, and participate in target shooting with little worry that some nimrod would puff out his chest over some other nimrod wearing "the wrong colors" and start a neighborhood bloodbath.

These things aren't my area of expertise, but still very interesting.
I collect mostly modern military hardware.

That M1A turned out to be a dud; I took it out to fire it, and it would not even cycle because the gas cylinder was so far out of alignment (someone had clearly used it). Fortunately, the shop gave me a refund and I ended up doing a special order for an M1A directly from the Springfield factory (they tried to blame the whole thing on their distributor screwing up somehow). I ended up choosing a standard model with the walnut stock, and this one works flawlessly (and clearly was not used).

Those cheap Korean M14 magazines from ammoman.com work really well. Not bad for $15.00 per magazine. I did get some accessories as well with that discount coupon (gas cylinder tool, cleaning kit, match sling). Too bad the cleaning kit/combo tool is backordered.

I am still procrastinating with the pics, as I need to get ready for an interview for a job promotion next week (I like how they want reference letters when I already gave the contact info of previous supervisors on the application. Are they too lazy to use a telephone? And they told me this at the last minute, practically.). I don't know if it I will get it or not, but I may as well try, as could put me at $22/hr. by this fall, which is not bad (and means I can get more stuff).

It also turns out that the range never banned Wolf ammo; I was fed misinformation by some new guy that did not know what the hell he was talking about (I asked after repeatedly seeing steel casings all over the place after this supposed ban occurred).

Got to shoot one of these today (and it's exposed hammer brother)

It was a little snappier than I'm used to with .38 but perfectly workable. Then I loaded it with magnums (never fired magnum loads before) and was that an,,,, experience. Now I know why so many people I've read and spoken to say they wouldn't want to shoot those all day. Even a lot of guys bigger than me say that and I'm in thier camp. My wrist is still aching from it

Yes, but at least you hit the target.... I on the other hand couldn't hit the broad side of a barn and with any gun I fired including the 2 revolvers without magnum rounds.

Here's a pic of one of my favorites. I have a few guns that actually fire cartridges, but at the moment my collection has a serious gap where a good .22 longrifle should be.

Nice. 1851 Navy round barrel. In .44 I presume. I've been looking into trying black powder but getting the supplies here is a pain. What kind of .22 are you lookiing at? Auto or revolver?

Navy? Nope, second model dragoon. Mine is good with 55 grains of FFFg and a .454 cal. roundball. The gun itself is about 4 1/2 pounds. I had a Navy with a brass frame, it was a really accurate gun and a lot of fun.

Actually, for a .22 I was thinking about a semi-auto rifle and a bolt-action, but I think eventually I'm going to get a Smith and Wesson semi-auto .22 pistol. Right now I'm looking for an affordable antique medium or large caliber centerfire revolver as well. Maybe I'm paranoid, but just for any eventuality I would like to have a handgun without a paperwork trail. I want something that I can reload ammo for.

For the auto .22 I can't reccomend the Ruger 10/22 highly enough. An all around outstanding firearm. I can't speak to bolt action rifles or revolvers as I'm a southpaw and don't shoot them often.

I was leaning towards a Marlin, but I have handled a couple of 10/22's and won't fault you for making the recommendation. The Marlin rifles seem like a better deal to me.

On the surface that would be the case. For overall realiability in and autoloading 22 there is not a comparison. The Marlin may fill your bolt action desire as the Ruger doesn't have a bolt action variant.