PTR Industries manufactures many variants of the venerable HK91 (G3) rifle and are currently based in Bristol, Ct. They made the following announcement on 4/9/2013 after the passage of one of the nation's most onerous gun bills by the Connecticut legislature on 4/4/2013. The Text of the...
My Gibbs #7 jungle carbine in .308 is one of my favorite rifles but alas!... no peep sight. If you want to convert to a peep sight in an Enfield design .308 make sure it's an Ishapore.
Any decent paint would be okay, I just dabbed some Birchwood-Casey flat black around the holes in mine. You don't need to worry about matching the surrounding finish since the barrel band covers it up.
Ruffnek, I was where you are forty some years ago. I'm now in my 60's, raised 6 kids and have 11 grand kids so I can relate to your financial situation. Be patient, get what you can afford and do the best you can with what you've got. My EDC is an old Norinco 1911 I think I gave $175 for about...
Years ago I built a 91 over the course of several months from an ORF (Ohio Rapid Fire) flat and a demilled Enfield built G3 parts kit and I can tell you first hand that you really can bend that receiver yourself. What you are undertaking is a real build, not to be confused with assembling some...
I have a 1966 model 37 Featherlight that is my favorite bird gun ever. They are as tough as nails and especially handy if you are a lefty like me because of the bottom load/ejection port. There's a lot of history with these guns to boot as they were originally the John Browning designed...
Dennis and all the other folks at Titan Reloading are good people are good to do business with. Lee may not be top shelf but it sure has allowed a lot of folks who couldn't afford anything else the opportunity to enjoy the reloading hobby.
I have not re-sized my 45acp or 45-70 rounds for years I just make sure that the mold is dropping 1-2 thousandths over bore size, tumble lube and load. The only bullets I re-size are those with gas checks making sure that they too are 1-2 thousandths over bore size. For everything up to...
Like Mongo said, go to Cast Boolits here and start reading the stickies. There are literally lifetimes worth of info on all aspects of the subject of bullet casting.