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I just pulled the trigger for this older Navy Arms Colt 1851 with a Richards conversion. From what I can tell, all the current 1851 conversion replicas from Uberti are the Richards-Mason conversion, which is an anachronism. This gun is chambered in 38 Special and looks to be in excellent condition.

A lot of work, but looks good. Would it have been cheaper to have just purchased an AK?

Look at the drop at the comb. I wouldn't want to shoot a 375 H&H with that stock configuration. Punishing!

It's the cheapest way to get a "real" Peacemaker. Colt still makes the Single Action Army, but finding one for less than $1200 is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

Yes, it's the matte blue finish. Uberti makes top notch reproductions with good fit and finish. Unlike the Ruger Vaquero, this is a true Colt 1873 reproduction (built from the original blueprints) and even has the Colt patent stampings on the frame.

Academy had these on sale this week for $259 but the two store closest to me sold out before I could get over there. Found a dealer on Gunbroker who is selling them for $250, so a popped for one in .357. "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350">

I'd be all over one of these if Ruger would offer the short action version in 7.62x39.

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It looks like the new A5 does use a variation of Benelli's inertia recoil operating system, which is nothing like the long recoil system of the original A5. I'd hate to think what Browning would have to charge for a "new" A5 made on the original Browning patent.

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I didn't realize that. I thought the only thing different was the fluting, which is more or less just cosmetic.

I don't think there is anything unusual about the bolt.

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The old Colt Armory in Hartford.

This is a sad news article. Anyone who took basic physics knows that a bullet fired up in the air is going to come down somewhere at nearly the same speed it left the gun barrel. In this case, it came down in the front yard of a boy who was watching the fireworks and struck him in the head.

Yes, Verizon 4G LTE, which seems to be just as fast as AT&T's DSL was.

Merry Christmas a little late. My DSL went down Christmas Eve and I finally had to sign up with Verizon yesterday to get back on the Internet.

I've had this happen several times with UPS so I finally set it up with the local UPS terminal that ALL UPS packages sent to my address have to be signed for, even if the shipper doesn't require it. This prevents the driver from just leaving packages on my front porch for someone to walk off with.

Very nice looking gun.

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This is easy: Get a S&W 1076. It's the original 10mm FBI gun.

Agreed, Barry. Every writer should be so lucky as to have his or her work affect someone so deeply. Here is the review this gentleman is posting online: A lot happened in the summer of 1969. Man first set foot on the moon. Hurricane Camille devastated large parts of the Gulf Coast states. Nelson Patrick Gody, of Bells Ferry, Mississippi, celebrated his 16th birthday and had things happen to him and around him that would change his life forever. The term "coming of age" is often overused -- but not here. This novel explores the bittersweet pleasure and agonizing distress of teen-age friendship and first love -- and the unfathomable menace of pure evil. I found the characterizations to be nothing short of astonishing. Until I read this story, I thought that only Charles Dickens had the seemingly magical gift of letting the reader, in a scant handful of words, seem actually to see the scene almost like a photograph, and of consistently presenting dialog so true to life that you'd think you were actually hearing the characters speak. Well, I now think that G. M. Frazier shares that talent, and very often to the same degree. Seldom have I encountered fictional characters who took on such vivid, three-dimensional life that, even without detailed descriptions, I felt I actually knew them. That's what happened in reading this book. Two or three times the exquisite exactness of Mr. Frazier's word choice actually left me breathless, with a "Yes! That's exactly right" reaction. The story itself is sometimes funny, often heart-rending, and just about impossible to put down. The descriptions of daily life are so bullseye perfect that time and again they took me back to my own childhood and teen years, now way over a half century past. I don't mind a bit saying that this book moved me to tears a dozen times. I hated like anything to leave some of the characters behind: I felt they were my friends by the book's end. I will definitely be reading "A Death on the Wolf" again. It is not apt to leave my mind -- ever. It's simply a wonder, and, I think, a great gift from a very talented writer. If you're disappointed by this book, I despair of knowing what one to suggest to you. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

I just got an e-mail from someone in the Midwest who read A Death on the Wolf. I can't speak for other writers, but it's a letter like this from a reader that makes it all worthwhile. I spent a large part of yesterday and today reading "A Death on the Wolf" and wanted to write a note of thanks. Apart from a powerfully touching story I was deeply impressed, in fact several times to the point of astonishment, by the vivid descriptions and almost unbelievably natural dialog that you managed to conjure with just a few words. There were several pages that reminded me of Charles Dickens and his seemingly magical control of English. I believe you equalled him many times, and I really didn't think that possible. I spent part of several summers at my grandmother's and aunts' houses and I have never in my life felt those summers evoked as sensually as by your prose: I could actually smell my grandmother's kitchen, and that's only one of a dozen examples. Above all, the story moved me time and again, and more than once to tears. I've gone on too long. There are other things I could say about the book, but I've touched on some of the reasons that made me want to write to say thanks. Now I intend to read some of the other novels. Even -- which I doubt -- if I should not find them as ... enjoyable isn't the right word, for you don't really enjoy a story as somber as "A Death on the Wolf" -- well, even if they don't move me to that extent, it won't diminish one bit my admiration for your accomplishment with the book I just finished reading. It's one of the rare ones that will keep coming back to my mind time and again.

The signing and reading went well. Had about 20 people at the reading and sold a bunch of books.