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      What type of Gun owner are you?

      I'm a pistol collector. I like guns with stories; i.e. I've got a 1943 P-38 that is, most definitely, the direct father of the Beretta 92 (H%$# some of the parts may be interchangeable), I've got a Red 9 Artillery Luger, etc. I could bore you for hours about the stories surrounding some of my...
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      Any mercedes owners in the area?

      Another endorsement of J.T . Great Guy. Great Service. Great price. I'm the guy that "wanted an S Couple so bad...." went to actually buy it and got my head turned by an SL. Be seeing you soon for the A Service.
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      Replacing a GP 100 Cylinder?

      Several people are selling GP100 cylinders on WWW.gunbroker.com and YouTube will show any competent gunsmith how to tear down a GP100 and replace the cylinder.
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      Looking for Rentals

      Hey! Don't forget wheel guns! I own a bevy of fairly high quality semis but I find myself reaching for my Ruger GP100 fairly often. Its single/double. Points really well. Never jams and has a very nice touch on single action.
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      How Long Did Your HQL Approval Take?

      My application cleared all of their screens about 10 days ago. Still "Pending". I sure wish some state trooper would put down his donut and actually do some work.
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      How Old Were You When You Bought Your First Firearm?

      I guess I hold the record :-) I was 70 years old and looking for something to do. I took an NRA basic pistol course and the instructor's personal gun was a Kimber. So I bought one. Still my favorite sidearm. With the fervor of a convert I've bought about 10 other guns and am now an FFL
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      What's your favorite handgun?

      My Kimber 1911 is the gun I go back to when I'm done "playing" with all my other hand guns. I just plain feels good in my hand and makes me into a better shot than I normally am.
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      Of course machines (especially guns) can have a pesonality

      I had Freedom munitions 115 and 124; both remanufactured . I had Fiocchi 115 and 124 both new. I also had some Hornady 145 just for kicks. The Luger is a blowback gun and was, literally, tearing cartridges in half by cycling too quick with the heavier bullets. The first answer to my...
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      Of course machines (especially guns) can have a pesonality

      I just got back from the range. I went there with two guns and 4 boxes of 9mm ammo; each box had different bullet weights and/or loads. It turns out that my Beretta Nano (9mm) really is only happy eating 124 grain bullets (but any powder load). It will have many stove pipes and failures to...
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      Heritage Training Center in Frederick

      prescription glasses? My shooting glasses are prescription glasses but slightly different than the ones I am normally required to wear. It would be senseless to use any other glasses. I couldn't see the targets :-)
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      Did you replace you Kimber 1911 mags?

      Never ever had a feed problem with Kimber mags in my Stainless Gold Match II. I would suggest you run a few hundred rounds though the gun before you decide IF you need different magazines for it.
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      The Machine Gun Nest membership card

      I would like to "tone down" the negative rhetoric about TMGN. I don't know them. I did meet them at some fair type function. They seem like nice , somewhat naïve, people. But hey guys! They are young people who were overly optimistic before they tangled with an unfriendly bureaucracy. Cut...
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      Question of Principles

      Good Idea Thank you! That seems like the best solution.
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      Question of Principles

      But he's still selling his phony repops as originals on Gunbroker. Don't I have some obligation to alert the next poor soul that wants to complete his kit?
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      Question of Principles

      I bought an "original new old stock" barrel cleaner for my luger off of gunbroker.com. When it arrived it was obviously a very bad repop of the part and didn't even fit the holster. The seller alleges he's sold several of them and had no complaints ( Several of an incredibly rare part?)...
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