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August 2010 - Addall.com used book finder, CPR revision- how to, why is a railway 4 feel 8.5 inches? Ross Seyfried on India and Burmese catalogs, 55 new catalogs, lots of feedback on Ross' July column, and my question about why we reprint catalogs. Rants and Raves featuring Daisy and Hubley blunders and more...

July 2010 - Marlin plant to be closed, three new boxes of originals for sale, Ross Seyfried on the 1950 Stoeger catalog, Lawrence of Arabia, William's Schoverling, Daly and Gales bicycle, Special Books by Charles W. Sawyer and Edward Farrow , many Gun Digest books, Barrel & Receiver Codes and Markings, the '09 Savage and 1908 Remington some great letters from readers and lots more

June 2010 - Help with identifying uses of old catalogs. Ross Seyfried debut article, lots of Folsom catalogs along with the shooting at the Folsom store in New York in 1900. HPR ammunition debut, Chinese ammo blows top of a .44 magn- what a load! That old fox, Jim Buchanan, Dr Issa M Alzard wants to sell UMC ammo in Kuwait! Rants and Raves and more.

May 2010 - Will Graves and his book about guns of our youth. New Mini-Pages. New Geco catalog along with some really interesting others. Punt Gun demo and Dick Carleton's Winchester cannons. Another "neutral" on Ebay.

April 2010 - Make a place in your will for your old gun catalogs, credit cards online, quality, size and paper of my reprints. New catalogs included some new air gun catalogs, new Whisker books, and more... Dick Carleton's F. Draper shot shell from 1864. Joe Mollitor's Things I owe my Mother. Baby Moose video, Kornelia Takacs' Compass book. Rants and Raves- Eel Spear collector.

March 2010 - Google 411 information service. Email form to prevent spam, vintage rail checking car, video of a gear-up landing with the ground proximity warning blaring away. Motorcycle mechanic and the heart surgeon. Beautiful 1950s and 60s car models by Michael Smith- pretty fancy photography too. New listings with crooked gaming equipment and Winchester-Cooey catalogs. Dick Carleton's Walnut Hill Stevens. Rants and Raves and more.

February 2010 - The New! tag on new catalogs. Addition is finished. SR-71 huge model, air show stunt flying, Civil War pictures, Dick Carleton's unusual Winchester 1886. Power Point shows of Rocks and Trains. Chinese Dog question and what is the E in a Savage Model 24-e-dl OU? Rants and Raves and New Catalogs.

January 2010 - B-25 comes home, Early Snowmobile, Great Animation Video, WWII facts, Loads of new catalogs, Wolf Dart and Winchester Model 12 from Dick Carleton, undeserved Neutral on Ebay and more...

December 2009 - New addition coming along. Credit card and using them on the internet. Credit safety. Lindbergh videos. The Soap Box. Some great new books. Dick Carleton's Ned Roberts Stevens 52. Some jokes and cartoons, The guy who thought we sold ammo clips and more

November 2009 - New Serial Number information and links, the addition for the office moves along, Island Lake Shooting Range, German Model Railway, Lots of Winchesters, Lefever question, gripes from the North Sea, St Peter and the motorcycle gang, patience and wisdom, I have one of your guns and it has problems.

October 2009 - New Newsletter Style, Virginia Carter, office addition, Gary Burghoff

September 2009 - Palm Tree mystery revealed What goes around comes around- the "Gumment". Daffy Duck Parachute Jump. New Books. Vladimir Golyakhovsky is looking for the maker of a gun he has. Help Col. Murray USAF.

August 2009 - Using catalogs to trace gun history, who to believe- when experts disagree, the Aquada car, Grand Haven holiday, right to carry across state borders, hysterical (the screaming kind) emails, WWII bomber crew log and more

July 2009 - Gift card email hoax, Joe Vorisek's new book, Jim Whisker has three new ones, two more catalogs from India and a bunch of Belding & Mulls and Newton catalogs. More people buying Daisy catalogs thinking they are buying a set of real guns! Weird.

June 2009 - More books by Dr. Jim Whisker, the truth behind Herter's expansion plans of the 60s with Krupp American, Luger American and Ruhr American. Also announcement of the new website thanks to Virginia Carter, the consequences of too many email addresses visible in an email and Billie Bryant's diatribe. The interesting but poor copy of the Bannerman 1910. Vorisek's handgun names and people's names and much more!

May 2009 - A new book by Jim Whisker, also books by Ed Muderlak on Parker guns, the .410 ammunition bible by Greg Bickford, trick handling old catalogs and how to scan ephemera safely. The electric shotgun and loads of nifty new catalogs including some super Ithaca. Weird Rant about shooting bullets from cap guns and more...

April 2009 - Dr. Jim Whisker books on colonial Gunsmiths- four of them! Fish Stories, about glass balls and clay pigeons, interesting little percussion gun, what NASA needs to know, 1957 ethos, Aussie insults, parts suppliers, Rants & Raves of course and more.

March 2009 - More of Joe Vorisek's gun history research books. Answers for Berta Lledo's questions about the Big Bullet. Dexter Smith revealed. New Merwin Hulberts soon available, Vicker rifle question, Remington Rolling Block parts, rant not glossy enough!

February 2009 - Joe Vorisek's books, Bob Munden the fastest man alive, big bullet from the Turkish ship Ertugrul, Dexter Smith shotgun. Browning/Remington connection, Vickers, Misc.

January 2009 - Happy New Year! Happy, the car, Fred Reed, Joe Vorisek, Al Capone, Browning:Remington Shotgun connection

December 2008 - The economy, Holiday Cards for Servicemen and women, How to use your credit card on the internet, British Shoots and Shooting, Rancho Bellas Rocas, Bullet Casting, Deer Stands, more serial number links.

November 2008 - Cross-Indexing the website, Rants and Raves in perspective, 53 catalogs added to the growing inventory, lots of questions and pictures, The Shotgun that Dispatched the Snake, Serial Number/Date of Manufacture help, Box 3 of Original catalogs for sale and more...

October 2008 - Hurricane Ike, Gun Serial Numbers, Turkish naval ship Ertugrul, Zulu follow-up and more...

September 2008 - Henry Ford Museum, Al Raitano, New Books and Special thanks, Our local newspaper is usually a bit dry, Letters from Readers, pre-WWII Japanese shotguns, Snider Breech Loading .577 cartridge rifle, 220L gun in the photos is a "Zulu shotgun", Frank Troeh L.C. Smith Specialty Shotgun, Rants and Raves and more.

August 2008 - Telephone Calls from the Wilds (Dropping an A-Bomb on Mars Bluff, South Carolina, Ray Runpf-Wholesale Bookseller); New Books and Special Thanks to Lenders (Lots of new Greener's, Webleys, BSAs, more); Brit Soldiers in Afghanistan Get a Surprise; Letters from Readers (memories of Andy Palmer & Military Inn, Detroit); Rants and Raves.

July 2008 - Telephone Calls from the Wilds, New Books and Special Thanks to Lenders, Charleton Heston Gun Collection?, Provenance for Your Gun, Double Gun Classics Magazine, Original Publications for sale, Rants and Raves, Published Reviews of our Work, Miscellaneous

June 2008 - Telephone Calls from the Wilds, New Books and Special Thanks to Lenders, Police seeking information about military ammo, Provenance for Your Gun, Double Gun Classics Magazine, Original Publications for sale, Rants and Raves, Published Reviews of our Work, Miscellaneous

May 2008 - Telephone Calls from the Wilds, New Books and Special Thanks to Lenders, Police seeking information about military ammo, Lon Berg is looking for some books, Provenance for Your Gun, Double Gun Classics Magazine, Original Publications for sale, Rants and Raves, Published Reviews of our Work, Letters from Readers , Miscellaneous

April 2008 - Telephone Calls from the Wilds, New Books and Special Thanks to Lenders, Lysle Kilbourne and the 1960-62 Lyman letter from him, Short Chamber Shot Shells, Provenance for Your Gun, Double Gun Classics Magazine available in printed form, Original Publications for sale, Rants and Raves, Published Reviews of our Work, Pictures from Readers, Letters from Readers, Miscellaneous

March 2008 - Griffin & Howe research service for thousands of guns & Rifles sold by Von Lengerke & Detmold and Abercrombie & Fitch. "I'm much prettier than you" in Rants and Raves. Abby's Picture!

February 2008 - More Norwich, Connecticut gunmaker history - Bacon Mfg, Continental Arms, Hopkins & Allen, Merwin Hulbert/Hulbert Bros, Baty State Arms, Forehand Arms, WH Davenport, Rockwell-Marlin/ Marlin Fire Arms, and OF Mossberg relationship!

January 2008 - Calls from the Wilds, FBI - Forehand query, Manawa Knife, Abercrombie & Fitch/David Abercrombie/New York Sporting Goods/Von Lengerke & Delmold/Von Lengerke and Antoine relationship answered.

December 2007 - More cannon, Rants & Raves, Gun Magazine Reviews of us, William Moore Gunmaker, London/Cogswell & Harrison history. 6000 subscribers!

November 2007 - Missing Cannon, Moore gun, New Parker book, Norwich CT gun companies - Newton Rifle/Chas Newton, Kirkland Bros, Davis Arms, Davis Warner, Crescent Davis, Stevens Arms, relationships, Gun history

October 2007 - New Cross Index, Addall, interesting gun history

September 2007 - Advertising for fall

August 2007 - Dog Palace, Meadowbrook

July 2007 - Gilmore Museum, Paypal softens its anti-firearms position!

June 2007 - 5000 Subscribers!

May 2007 - More on the Ross

April 2007 - Buyer Beware - Ross, Gun Prices

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