A 308, I'd do the break in procedure with that. As to whether or not it works or what ever the debate is I'd give it the benefit of the doubt and do it.

New barrels have tooling marks in the bore and a break-in is required to get the smoothest possible bore for accuracy sake. Granted, this is a production barrel and may not have the tighter tolerances of a match barrel, but a break-in is really the way to go.

Like what was said, clean the bore after every 5 rounds until 50, then after every 10 rounds until 100. Use Sweets 7.62 to get every bit of copper fowling from the grooves/lands until the patch pushed through the bore comes out completely clean.

And of course I assume you know to NEVER clean a rifle bore from the muzzle end but rather from the chamber end. Some rifles like the M1 and M1A you cannot do this, and there are guides offered for these rifles to minimize any damage to the crown. If you ding the crown during cleaning, it can cause accuracy to fall off.

This product has worked great when I broke-in my match barrel on my competition AR.
308 FF Ammo - DTAC - FINAL FINISH by Superior Shooting Systems

That Walther looks like a PP. my favorite Walther. What cal. is it?

Starr Arms

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Star 9mm Para Model B with Waffenamt proof (WaA251).
The name of the officer it was issued to is written in the lid.
As far as I can tell, unfired. I'm not a fan of Nazi **** but she is sweet.
I have a Norwegian 1914 as well but not because the Nazis made it.

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I'm pretty sure if you're going to own a German issue Star, you should also have the holster......


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Let's see if anyone can ID this one:

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Converted Mauser. An old 8mm

Does the rest of it look like this?



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I was shopping for a Springfield XD yesterday and impulse bought an FN FNS 40 instead.
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Somewhat.

It started life as a Gewehr 98, was converted to a K98 at some point, and then re-barreled to 7.62 Nato by the Israelis. It has a mix of Imperial, pre Nazi German Nazi, and IDF marks.

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and that, my friends, is what you get if you want to buy an AR15 in california.... LOL! looks like a deer antler got sexed by ruger 10/22.

Still gets the job done. ;)

Kind of a sexy old Savage 1907 (Art Deco) in 380ACP. Rumor has it that Dillinger was carrying one of these when he was killed.

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one of my faves Henry..got that ray gun look.

My buddy is building one of these. Thorsden stock. The buffer tube cover has cheek weld attachments. Can't wait to try it.

Although it's not a bulls-eye pistol, it shoots well and fits even my club-like hand.
I have a pension for old things that work like they were new. I can't think of even one plastic pistola I would rather own......Well maybe an FN 57.

I guess the next step is chrome.......ha ha ha ha

Mj and I have collected Art Deco for 30+ years. You don't see these pistol very much any more. Yeah bright chrome would be perfect. I'm heading over to the shop later to pick up the Mark X and the wood you sent.. NEW BENCH THREAD COMING SOON.

Teri and I were big collectors of Erte', so Art Deco was always been an influence in our appreciation of the world around us.

The Mark X is no scuff and buff project. I look forward to watching you do your magic.

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we will see Henry. I got my stock back from "Richards poorlyfit" as well. I got my work cut out for me ........get it.....cut out for me? I kill myself sometimes. We love Erte as well. Along with Frankart and fiesta ware and bunch of other stuff. The house here is pretty much furnished in old art deco.

As long as "cut out" leaves out fingers and thumbs......yikes, the pictures were horrible.

sorry off topic but Henry check out the bedroom set I got for $75.00 at the local salvation Army thrift store. It has all kinds of cool hidden drawers as well.

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Dave....I like your taste. If only there was medication to cure the imbalance that leaves you leaning left.

Bailey Brower owns this nickle plated, pearl handled factory Savage.
I guess I could do a resto-mod on mine.

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pearl grips are for girls.

Once again: How many of your pistolas have pearl grips? I heard only girls wear RED boots.....HaHaHa

Not one of my guns have pearl grips. All 3 are ivory. I have two pairs of red boots.

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I stand corrected.... there is certainly nothing effeminate about ivory grips......

and pimps :rolleyes:

I need to take a few pics at work and start contributing to this thread..

or red boots...they look great with a black shirt and black suit.

If I was a pimp...

Does anybody do this sort of work anymore?

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Pearl grips
 

Probably true, but original Colt or Smith pearls from the turn of the century are quite collectible. Especially the Colt grips from about 1910 thru 1919. These had the deep set Colt emblems that have the "colt" facing forward on the right side. Starting in 1920, Colt changed the grip insert to a "flush" style and used the same one on both sides, making the right "colt" face towards the rear of the gun. The deep set emblems were used on all of the optional grips, pearl, ivory and walnut that were offered at the time for $1.00 - $3.00 extra. Today a set of Colt ivories from this period will bring $200 - $300 just for the grips!

1903 Colt Pocket Hammerless in .32 ACP w/optional pearl grips w/deep insert
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1908 Colt Vest Pocket w/ optional walnut grips w/deep insert
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So I guess if you want the babes hanging around, having a gun they like to shoot makes sense.
Little pearl handled guns as well as big thumpers seem to get the juices flowing.
(maybe not as well as red boots) ;)


1908 380
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A reasonable theory Henry. Red boots? Some day I'll tell you a story about those red boots.

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Colt long slide 1900 38 auto restored by Tom Lent @ Baron Technologies
Before

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After

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Incredible lettering, period correct bluing, original grips and even the original cooper front sight.

WOW! Are those really the right grips. I thought it came with the before grips. At any rate I like the grips marked Colt much better. Nice blue job. Very nice.

Gotta love those old Colts, Henry. Here's my taste in "old" Colts:

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I've got to say, with a number of first, second, and third generation guns having passed through my hands over the years, these latest (since the merger back into one company, the management shakeup, and turning over the finish work to Doug Turnbull) Colts are the best I've ever handled. And they shoot, too. Best part is, I can sell one truly old Colt (that doesn't shoot very well) and have enough for several of these. Just don't tell anyone...