"The FS has an enlarged hammer pin that fits into a groove on the underside of the slide. The main purpose is to stop the slide from flying off the frame to the rear if it cracks. This was in response to reported defective slides during U.S. Military testing."
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Excellent and fresh rendering of an old story. Especially the "magic" at the end with the Iwo Jima picture.
I have a 45 vinyl of the 1948 recording.
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If you pick up brass at the range left by other shooters you have no way of knowing if or how many times it has been reloaded. Like others have said, inspect for splits in the mouth when you put it in the press for resizing and discard if necessary.
You need to check the publication date and make sure it is for the current set of questions/answers. The FCC changes the questions every few years so you want to make sure you aren't studying for an obsolete test. Go to www.arrl.org for current and up to date info. Licensing, Education &...
Well I've had this nag from the forum for several weeks now,
Hello 92FS it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help provide a solution or just engage in a conversation with another member in any one of our forums?
So I...
Being in the Army at the time we moved around a lot. One place we were at they had special races for the dad's to make a car and race them. Amazingly the Cub's cars looked like they were actually made by kids that time!
Thank you for the rep. Here's a link that might be of interest:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/oral_history/Oral_Histories_Interviewing_Relatives_and_Collecting_Oral_History.htm
If I might suggest, in addition to passing down the actual rounds, a video of your dad re-telling the story would really be a treasure for the ages.
My family found some old forgotten cassette tapes I converted to CD of my grandmother telling stories of her childhood and growing up in the late...