How to Buy a Gun

Every Thought Captive ^ | 2002 | A.K. Fortyseven

[Shooter 2.5]

Everything I buy from now on is going to be stainless. That doesn't mean that the guns won't stain or rust. It means that I can learn from a friend how to restore the shine and bead blast without the concern of having the gun reblued once in a while.

[glock rocks]

:o)

a few of mine are stainless, too, but all are black, Nitron or Tenifer, with the exception my blue blackhawk.

my wife owns a couple Ruger wheelguns with stainless finish... i don't know how to take the small scratches off the barrel... is there an easy and/or inexpensive way to deal with that?

[cinFLA]

Go to the range with her, and start her out with .38 loads if necessary and work up to heavyweight .357 loads. I have taught several women to shoot and they are comfortable with the recoil- it really isn't that bad.

Huh? I would recommend that they stick with 38+P in a lightweight to medium frame.

[cinFLA]

It is perfectly LEGAL to purchase from a private person (non-dealer) in your own state with NO record keeping or government knowledge.

You might want to brush up on CA laws.

[Shooter 2.5]

A friend of mine uses Scotch brite, fine grit sandpaper, sharpening stones and a nail polish board that he bought from a hair styling supply house. The board is impregnated with diamond dust.

The problem is, I don't know in what order he uses this stuff. I want him to write it down but he couldn't explain it. He wanted me to watch the three hour process.

He also uses the glass bead blaster from work. He can take a field grade pistol and create a mirror finish.

I'll keep after him to explain how he does it and I'll try to remember to ping you.

I think he uses:

1. The sharpening stones.
2. The sandpaper.
3. The Scotch Brite for the small areas.
4. The diamond polish board.

I did use Flitz polishing compound on a nickeled surface and it came out great. I almost sent it out to be refinished and it came out nice.

[glock rocks]

thanks, i'd be interested in knowing more about that project... i've got access to a bead blaster, too.

as for flitz... what a wonderful substance.

and on the eighth day, God created dremmel, and i'm on my third one.

i'm toying with jewelling bolts and receivers, the fun projects. (but i don't hone my own sears or knives - i rely on the real pros for them.)

[Riley]

<<Huh? I would recommend that they stick with 38+P in a lightweight to medium frame.


Whatever. Some ladies have recoil concerns, I have had personal success with this approach.

[Shooter 2.5]

I called Dremel so they could put a straight edge on their hand held units.

I was using one on a table and just able to cut a straight line with it so I could glass bed a Garand. Instead of holding the unit, I could have just layed the unit on the table and guided it. It would be so easy if there was one flat edge on the unit.

They never answered. Oh, well.

[Atlas Sneezed]

It is perfectly LEGAL to purchase from a private person (non-dealer) in your own state with NO record keeping or government knowledge.

You might want to brush up on CA laws.

Let me restate:

Federal law does not prohibit a firearms purchase from a private person (non-dealer) in your own state, even with NO record keeping or government knowledge. Certain communist states, however, do prohibit such transfers.

[cinFLA]

Federal law does not prohibit a firearms purchase from a private person (non-dealer) in your own state, even with NO record keeping or government knowledge.

Let me restate: CA law.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Your first post was snotty. Your second belied your failure to read what I wrote. If you wish to add that California is one of the communist states, have at it. Those who live under tyranny know it, or deserve their ignorance.

[cinFLA]

Your first post was snotty. Your second belied your failure to read what I wrote. If you wish to add that California is one of the communist states, have at it. Those who live under tyranny know it, or deserve their ignorance.

Those that give INCORRECT legal advice (particularly concerning firearms) should at least admit they were wrong; not attack the messenger.

[Shooter 2.5]

His first post recommends buying a book on gun laws. His second mentions getting acquainted with state laws. How is this bad legal advice and how did California get in the conversation?

[Squantos]

LOL !......well ya did get a SIG ...... Yer moving from the plastic age just fine ....slow and steady, baby steps.....:o)

Stay Safe !

[Squantos]

Stop in at Bell Helicopter or Granger Inc and get some 6000 grit ( yes six thousand grit) wet dry paper that they use to buff the scratches off a windscreen.

Works very well for minor scratches and if they are deeper then the 3M green scotch brite that was suggested above is a first step, with the 6000 grit paper and then some flitz or other magical panther piss to polish up her inox pistola (can I say that ?)

Stay Safe !!

[Conservative Kay]

I like a pump shotgun also but it won't fit in my purse!

[cinFLA]

His first post recommends buying a book on gun laws. His second mentions getting acquainted with state laws. How is this bad legal advice and how did California get in the conversation?

Let me refresh you on his first post (included below). He made an INCORRECT statement. His second post was made AFTER he was corrected. CA got into it as an example. Additionally, he (while mentioning going to a range with courses) leads the reader to believe that one doesn't need assistance or training. I also disagree with his statement that one should start with an autoloader vs. revolver.

(from his post)

"HOW to buy a gun: It is perfectly LEGAL to purchase from a private person (non-dealer) in your own state with NO record keeping or government knowledge."

[Shooter 2.5]

"HOW to buy a gun: It is perfectly LEGAL to purchase from a private person (non-dealer) in your own state with NO record keeping or government knowledge."

The key here is the phrase ..in your own state.... He was writing to someone from Louisiana.

[lavaroise]

A S&W 380 semi-automatic is good. It is small, light weight but it will stop someone.

Oh, boy. You've stirred the caliber war hornets nest up now. I do carry a .380 regularly (.45 ACP occasionally), but expect the 9mm and .45 ACP contingents to soon show up here to deride the .380 as a mousegun.

You don't want the caliber war to occur when you find out you emptied your 380 and the big fat caliber robber comes lunging at you with a knife and kills you.

[lavaroise]

I wanted to hire her to teach marksmanship but we had to charge her with murder.

LOL! I thought ladies in jail sometime gave tips to police officers....