The Gunsmith Thread

Makes me think ... I'm surprised that no one has come up with a way to mark different rifle/handgun ammo so that distinguishing between sizes is (almost ) idiot proof, like red 12 ga shells v. yellow 20 ga. shells. Probably because there are so many calibers/loads that it is impractical.
 
Nothing is idiot-proof, because idiots are dumber than you think.
I have seen people put a yellow 20-ga. shotshell in a 12-ga. and go click (because it goes into the barrel and gets stuck), then load a red 12-ga shotshell next (because the chamber is empty and the 12-ga fits right in there.)

What happens next looks a lot like this:
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The shooters usually lose a finger or two, or an eye. Sometimes they are just DRT (Dead Right There).
 
I've not seen that...just the IPSC shooter one position over that used a Glock as his "race gun." Quickdraw, double-tap, holster. He was very impressed with himself and his speed. Let all of us know that if he shot as well this season...he'd make Grand Master.

And then while I was practicing with my 1911, I sorta saw the pull, heard the double-tap, saw the movement to holster, heard the shot, the scream, the drop.

I gotta tell ya, that "self-aid, buddy care" they taught us prior to deploying to a combat zone...that stuff WORKS!! He had a nice through-and-through of the upper thigh, exiting near the knee. When paramedics arrived, they complimented my use of cleaning patches to plug the holes. I did lose my constriction band though.

Never saw him again at our range. Pity...he became the exemplar of what NOT to do.

Steve
 
You know, I didn't check. It did have these markings. Can anyone tell me which one is fake?

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Winner. I can't find the "H" anywhere, either. Also the "U.S.M.C." is a fake. Even on rebuilds, the Marine Corps never stamped those rifles with anything.
Some unscrupulous seller tried to add to the value of the rifle, by adding some "provenance".

Just buy the gun. Don't ever buy "the story" !
Not Quite; there was never an "H" stamp, nor "USMC" stamp. The only known provenance linking a Garand to the USMC, was rebuilt/refurbed Garands marked "O-65" or "O-66". This would be electropenciled on the receiver, on the flat surface, just behind the rear sight, but in front of the receiver heel (with all the manufacturer info and S/N).

Sad to say I believe all stamps on that stock are fake. The SA/GAW cartouche is fake - giveaway is the "A" stamps. On real SA/GAW stocks, the "A" font does not have a pointed tip. It has a flat surface. The Ordnance cross cannons are fake as well. The "P" firing proof mark I think is fake (there's a couple variants, seriffed/non seriffed, circled/boxed) - not quite up to snuff on the different "P" variants ... but I suspect it's fake as well.

This is what a real SA/GAW stamp looks like, as well as an O-66 marked Garand:20170717_121529.jpgGAW.jpgO-66.jpg
 
I thought those other stamps looked funny ! Thanks for the knowledge, @Thompson. That is good stuff to know.
Please post more!
 
I thought those other stamps looked funny ! Thanks for the knowledge, @Thompson. That is good stuff to know.
Please post more!
You're welcome. I'm a Garand nerd ... definitely not quite a complete expert like some out there, but I can hold my own. It's a fun and dangerously addictive gun to collect (... or try to).

Love the graphical display!
 
...Would it be tacky of me to say, ditch that weight and get an ACOG?...

That would be an insult to the ACOG, Steve. Come on.

By the way, not only was the red dot on backward, the controls were pressing up against the elevation control of the scope, so neither controls were uh, controllable.
 
Where's the flashlite🤔
BTW: @THParent : Have you been following the WWSD2020 (What Would Stoner Do) on In-Range TV on YT?
The guys are assembling an AR using the best lightweight components; think it's coming in at a little over 5 lbs.!

 
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