Yes, another 10/22 project, only this on is pretty short, just one post.
A while back I bought a vintage (1966-1971) Finger Groove Sporter stock that was in really good condition. I built it… Read More
Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Don't forget to wear green and remember: Everyone is Irish on St. Paddy's Day.For more 10/22 upgrades see my past posts:201620172018201920202021202220… Read More
There is an old saying that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I believe that to be true. It could also be a sign of the lazy.When it comes to firearms, we see a lot of fl… Read More
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the introduction of the Ruger 10/22 as well as the 75th anniversary of Sturm, Ruger & Co.They have two new 10/22s for sale, just the typical spor… Read More
Every March I bring you projects, facts, upgrades and pictures of 10/22s that anyone would like to own.Today I am doing something different, these are pictures of ugly 10/22s Read More
We have been doing this for 8 years now, I have provided links to the previous years below.20162017201820192020202120222023In their April 2010 gun review, The Truth About Guns said this abou… Read More
In this month's best of Theme Guns we take a look at some Dead Pool themed guns, we have so many that I have to break this one into a couple of posts Read More
Today we look at a small gun making firm with an odd name. My only guess is that the owners hoped to disguise the business with the "security" name. I can attest to the difficulties of… Read More
Keep your ears to the ground, your head on a swivel and your powder dry.....things are heating up quick.....The Mighty Mo on September 2nd, 1945, my friend's father is in this pic… Read More
Don't forget everyone, February 14th is Buy your Girl a Gun DayI haven't done much work on guns over the last couple of years, that is about to change.I had purchased a set of factory walnut… Read More
The Lame List or What's Weak this Week....Ok I know I stole that title from an Almost Live skit, but I couldn't think of a better title.California Democrats are among the lamest things… Read More
Crescent Arms was a maker of affordable single and double barrel shotguns. They also made shotguns under numerous trade names for other gun companies and general mercantile stores.The compan… Read More
In the past I have visited sites like the Little Big Horn battle site and the Veteran's Memorial Museum.This is another one of those posts, this time we traveled to San Antonio Texas to… Read More
The Colt model of 1873 Single Action Army revolver (aka "the Peacemaker") is perhaps the most iconic gun in history. It arrived on the scene just a few years after the Civil War ended and wh… Read More
Those old enough will remember the TV Show called the A-Team will be especially interested in this post.....In the early 1980's The President of NBC, Brandon Tartikoff, had an idea for… Read More
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the semi-bi-annual Golden Poop Awards.Today we are judging the most retarded memes regarding guns.Brought to you by these proud sponsors:Liberty Safe C… Read More
While I haven't been getting much done on my projects, I have been making progress.I have been searching for parts and I did get a couple of guns refinished this year.My S&W model 29 I p… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:December 24: Christmas Eve; in 1809 Kit Carson is born; in 1993 Tombstone is released in theaters.December 25: Christmas, in 1066 William the Conqueror is… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:December 17: In 1903 the Wright Brothers achieve the 1st motorized sustained flight; in 1944 Japanese Americans are released from detainment.December… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:December 10: In 1898 The Treaty of Paris ends the Spanish-American War; in 1817 Mississippi is admitted as the 20th state; in 2012 exhibition shooter… Read More
This story involves four factories, three Samuels and many inventions.To tell the story of Colt Firearms we need to start with the man who made the revolver famous.Samuel Colt was born in Ha… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:December 3: In 1828 Andrew Jackson is elected the 7th President of the U.S.; in 1943 the battle of Monte Cassino begins.December 4: Feast day of Sain… Read More
One of the ways of protecting your gun collection from thieves is to hide it. After all, if a deadbeat burglar cannot find them, they cannot steal them.Most of the hidden rooms use built in… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:November 26: In 1789 the 1st national Thanksgiving in America; 1853 William Barclay "Bat" Masterson is born; in 1926 John Moses Browning dies.November 27:… Read More
We'll kick this party of with a tribute to DJT #45!While I haven't watched a game since the spoiled shitbags started kneeling for the anthem, there are still lots of gun owning NFL fans.The… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:November 19: National Buy Ammo Day; in 1863 Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address.November 20: In 1789 New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify the Cons… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:November 12: In 1923 Adolf Hitler is arrested for organizing the Beer Hall Putsch; in 1942 the naval battle of Guadalcanal begins.November 13: In 190… Read More
I have been a fan of the Glock pistols ever since I bought my first one in 1989.The first gun I ever bought was a Glock 19 Gen 2, the year was 1989. At the time I was working on m… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:November 5: Guy Fawkes Day/Gunpowder Day, in 1605 Guy Fawkes fails in his attempt to blow up Parliament; in 1910 gunmaker L.C. Smith dies, in 1911 Roy Rog… Read More
Crime Forensics have evolved into a science upon themselves. It's not just TV drama (although they often take free license with the truth).I used to live where many of the crime scene protoc… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:October 29: in 1919 The Volsted Act passes Congress outlawing the production, transportation and consumption of alcohol; in 1929 Black Tuesday, the stock market… Read More
As if the last few years weren't scary enough......Melbourne Australia's John Wood went out in style this past January when he was buried in a custom shot shell shaped coffin. See… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:October 22: Ruger Day, in 1934 Pretty Boy Floyd is shot down in a corn field by a posse of LEOs; in 1941 the M1 Carbine is adopted by the US Military; 196… Read More
Today we visit the company made famous by criminals and authoritarians bent on ruling over others.Our story begins in Sweden in 1943 when Goran Lars Magnus Kjellgren aka George Kellgre… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:October 15: In 1834 Democrats in Philidelphia attempt to take over an election to prevent the anti-slavery Whigs from maintaining control; in 1917 Mati Ha… Read More
Friday the 13th has been associated with bad luck for years, this year we get one on in October.....so what better way to celebrate than with a Zombie Gun post? Read More
This Week in Firearms History:October 8: In 1633 the Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its 1st government; in 1918 (WWI) Sgt Alvin York kills 25 Germans and then captures another 132 with… Read More
This post is about those gunsmiths, both professional and hobbyist that are unknown or at least not very well known.There are probably hundreds of gunsmiths that I could introduce you… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:October 1: In 1826 gun designer Benjamin Hotchkiss is born; in 1954 Armalite is formed to build Eugene Stoner's designs; in 1968 The Living Dead is releas… Read More
Camouflage (often misspelled as camoflauge)...... the
word comes from the French saying : "To blow smoke in the face of
another". I think the frogs used it like our American saying… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:September 24: In 1755 John Marshall is born, he helped create the check and balance system in US Justice; in 1960 the USS Enterprice (CVN-65), the World's 1st n… Read More
We'll kick off this episode with a couple of Nintendo ZappersHow about some 80's themed guns?We'll finish with this collection of Joker themed AR rifles, based on the Sharps Brothers "… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:September 17: Constitution Day, in 1787 The U.S. Constitution is written; in 1862 The Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in U.S. Military history;… Read More
When the US entered WWII in 1942, the country was not ready to go to war. There were several companies already contracted to make weapons and other war materials for the UK, France and… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:September 10: In 1776 Nathan Hale volunteers to be a spy for the U.S. after being asked by George Washington; in 1926 Robert E. Peterson is born; in 1972 t… Read More
I had previously authored an article on Cartridge Naming Conventions and the confusion surrounding the names and sizes of various cartridges. This post is similar, only this time we wi… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:September 3: In 160 we have the 1st recorded use of a firearm (hand cannon) at the battle of Ain Jalut; In 1783 the Treaty of Paris ends the War for U.S. Indepe… Read More
One of the guns on my want list, a Whitney Wolverine, in bright nickel with the white grip panels.I need to build one of these, get an Italian .44 Cal black powder replica, cut it down and t… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:August 27: In 1835 gun maker Daniel LeFever is born; in 1945 Elfego Baca dies, 60 years after the gun battle that made him famous.August 28: In 1916 Germany dec… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:August 20: In 1741, Alaska is 1st sighted by a European, Vitus Bering; in 1866 President Andrew Johnson officially proclaims the Civil War to be over; in… Read More
This is the story of one man and several gun companies. A not so uncommon thread that is seen in many of these gun factory posts.
We'll start with the man behind it all:Frank Abram Hollenbec… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:August 13: In 1792 French revolutionaries imprison Marie Antoinette; in 1860 Annie Oakley is born; in 1981 Ronald Reagan signs largest tax cut in US histo… Read More
The story of the Smith & Wesson model 29 begins long before the introduction of the 44 Magnum in 1955, even before S&W made their first cartridge revolver under the Rollin Whit… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:August 6: in 1890, Auburn Prison, NY, the first man executed by electric chair; in 1945 Hiroshima Japan is laid to waste by the atomic bomb.August 7: In 1… Read More
To hell with what Patton said, pearl grips on a stainless or nickel revolver are beyond cool.Fact Checked True....#truthA look back when Americans were truly free and mass shootings di… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:July 30: In 1866 New Orleans Democratic government orders police to raid a Republican Party meeting, killing 40 and injuring 150. In 1916 German Saboteurs… Read More
Improvised weapons are nothing new, hell the rock used by Cain to kill Able was an improvised weapon.What is new is the technology available to the average person.Let's start with some discl… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:July 23: In 1852 the first US Soldier is buried at the National Cemetary at the Presidio in SF, in 1942 Hiltler issues "directive 45" ordering his army to… Read More
The story of the Standard Arms Model G starts with the man who designed it. Morris Ford Smith was born on September 29th, 1846 in Philadelphia. Smith was, like many in his day, an inv… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:July 16: In 1790 Washington D.C. becomes U.S. Capital; in 1945 the first atomic bomb is detonated in New Mexico; in 1969 Apollo 11 is launched.July 17: In… Read More
I purchased another Marlin-Glenfield model 60 earlier this year. The gun was older than the other two I currently own and had a stock that had been repaired.My first step is always to… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:July 9: In 1776, in New York after the Declaration of Independence is read, patriots take down a lead statue of King George and melt down the lead to make… Read More
Just another example of the hypocrisy of the left, armed guards protect the snowflakes at CNN, so they can go on the air and try to convince Americans they don't need guns.Just another examp… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:July 2: In 1839 the slave revolt aboard La Amistad; in 1881 U.S. President Garfield is shot, he dies 79 days later; 1961 Ernst Hemmingway takes his… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:June 25: In 1876 the Battle of the Little Big Horn takes place; in 1950 North Korean Communists invade South Korea, starting the Korean War.June 26: In 19… Read More
See our first two posts here and here.These are modifications someone has performed, accessories you can buy or proposed gun designs.
This is an interesting take on the grip storage id… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:June 18: In 1812 The U.S. declares war on England; in 1815 Napolean is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo; in 1969 The Wild Bunch is released in theaters;… Read More
The story of the Remington 11-48 begins with (as do so many) John Moses Browning.Browning developed a recoil operated semi-automatic shotgun in 1898.A few years later Browning licensed the d… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:June 11: In 1776 a committee is formed to draft the Declaration of Independence; in 1961 the last episode of Gunsmoke airs; in 1969 Tru Grit opens in thea… Read More
These are cartridges are the .58 Schubarth, designed when inventors were trying to get patents for self contained cartridges.Somewhere in the Pacific theater, WWIIA Four Bore Rifle, not… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:June 4: WWII, In 1944 Rome is captured by Allied forces; in 1989 the Tiananmen Square Massacre occurs in China.June 5: In 1850, lawman Pat Garre… Read More
I spotted one of these at a gun show the other day and decided to look into them, which led to this post. This is a short post as there isn't much to tell.AA Arms is a company that produced… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:May 28: In 1908 Ian Flemming is born, in 1971 Audie Murphy dies.May 29: In 1736 Patrick Henry is born, in 1883 Colt is issued their 1st patent for the Lightning… Read More
surplus Tokarev pistols, presumably headed to US gun dealersNazi cinematographer sometime during WWIIWhile not really firearm related, it is interesting. nine Kings of Europe were brought to… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:May 21: In 1881, John Pederson was born, also in 1881 Clara Barton starts the Red Cross.May 22: In 1861, the 1st Union solider is killed in the Civil War; in 18… Read More
The story of the Marlin Firearms Companies has to start with the man whose name the company bears.John Malon Marlin was born on May 6th, 1836 near the town of Windsor Locks, CT.At the age… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:May 14: In 1804 the Lewis & Clark Expedition leaves St. Charles, MO; in 1955 the Warsaw pact is signed, starting the Cold War.May 15: National Peace Officer… Read More
We'll start with a trio of Star Wars themed Glocks from 3 different shopsA couple of tool themed gunsThis one is dedicated to the 1979 movie Apocalypse Now!Someone likes their Bologna......A… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:May 7: In 1901 Actor Gary Cooper is born; in 1915 the Lusitania is sunk by a German U-Boat, 1198 innocent civilians are killedMay 8: In 1884, gun maker Samuel H… Read More
The story of the Ruger P90 pistol dates back to the early 1980s when the U.S. Army announced trials for a new pistol to replace the Colt M1911A1.Ruger, like many companies, wanted the… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:April 30: In 1803, the US signs agreement to buy the Louisiana Territory; In 1945 Hitler takes his own life.May 1: In 1853, Calamity Jane is born, in 1928… Read More
I love the craftsmanship on display here. This started out as a Lienad/Cobray double derringer and he transformed it into this beauty. Bravo good sir!The definition of putting lipstick on a… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:April 23: Lost Dog Awareness Day; In 1516 the German Beer Purity Law goes into effect; In 1941 the Greek Army surrenders to the NAZIs; In 1991 the USSR grants s… Read More
The story of N.R. Davis & Sons starts with the man who started the company. Mr. Nathan Russel Davis was born in Somerset, MA on August 18th, 1828.
At the age of 19 he began… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:April 16: In 1777, US Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bennington; in 1789 George Washington inaugurated as 1st PresidentApril 17: In 1861 Viginia is the… Read More
A short while back I acquired a Remington Semi-auto shotgun as part of a package deal.The gun was advertised as a Remington 1100 12 gauge. Instead, it was a 3rd year production model 11-48… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:April 9: In 1865 General Lee agrees to the terms of surrender, ending the American Civil WarApril 10: in 1878 Ed Masterson (brother of Bat) is kille… Read More
Another round of theme guns, we never seem to run out of new material for this segment, anyway, here they are in no particular order. As always if you own the rights to any of these an… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:April 2: In 1792 The Coinage Act is passed establishing the U.S. Mint; In 1865, Battle of Fort Blakely, the last major battle of the Civil War; in 1917 Pr… Read More
Here are 30 questions, see how many of them you know#1 Which weighs more the 10/22 original walnut stock or the current production beech wood?#2 What year did Ruger move production of the 10… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:March 26: In 1199, King Richard I (Lionheart) is mortally wounded at Chalus; in 1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes premier of the Soviet UnionMarch 27: In 1713… Read More
It has been a while since we hosted a guest post here. One of our local forum members is a machinist. He started by making some 3D printed 10/22 receivers.I didn't get a lot of de… Read More
This Week in Firearms History:March 19: In 1848, Wyatt Earp is bornMarch 20: In 1813 Ned Buntline is born, in 1815, Napolean enters Paris after escaping Elba, in 1882 Frank Stillwell is gunn… Read More