Mike.357

that bayonet is a fairly intimidating look

Nothing in the video is suprising to me. It is almost naive to think that the gov't along with the wealthiest people(very often the same people) in the country are not in cahoots. It therefore is very fitting that those controlling what news is spread to the general population also be involved with the gov't and big money. Nothing tin foil hat about it all really. There is some old saying about "none are as blind as those that will not see"

I maybe can see that a dealer knew they were selling improperly, but how in the heck is a manufacterer going to have the first idea who will end up with a gun they make? Though this case is ten years old or so I see more of this being in the works with the Obamanator going into office. Certainly this admintistration will do everything they can to restrict guns. Of course you don't have to worry about your hunting rifles :screwy:

the local 4 oclock news is reporting the new guy is going to jump ship and become a Democrat.

I think we all really know the answer to that. News will not be good. What happened to Mumpower, thought he was a done deal?

I think a howitzer would be better than a fireplace. and btw to all your free masons, isn't a free mason just a glorified bricklayer? Or are you all just like a social club now? Just askin...

you bastard Dave, refer to this post as well http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/showpost.php?p=211062&postcount=39

I think I will keep it for a while!! Now if you were talking the Sunday paper we might have had a deal

thanks Karhman, Now I know mine is worth about $47.50

Quote: Originally Posted by Ggun Well, you could stop carrying your purse around, then maybe you would see the signs. Really. it would be a murse not a purse. now thats something useful to know

I have been reading the original story in the thread. While it is interesting I hardly think it is ever going to get published. it is just not THAT good. trash? What about toilet paper? This guy has not mentioned dookey yet. Finally finished it. Skimmed over some things. A little long and pointless in parts but it was interesting.

similar but not the same. I had thought they would be close enough that some parts would interchange. Originally I ordered some parts for a Baby Browning. The firing pin spring and what they call a cocking indicator would have worked in place of my spring and the missing follower. But the firing pin is a no go. The actual pin is the same length, but the body of the piece is too short, which does not allow the little nub to grab hold of the sear(?). Returning those parts to Numrich tomorrow. I am going to hang on to the old broken piece though I doubt it will need replacing again. I do not forsee this gun being a range gun. Rounds through it will be minimal. I am still trying to determine actual worth of the gun. It is old and beat up looking, but then again it is pretty darn old as far as semi auto firearms go. It looks like it bounced around in a mechanics toolbox or glove compartment for fifty years. Depending on what it actually is there may be potential collector value. I dunno.

bastard

So do you mean you are going to continue going to a dentist? complacency is our enemy

Choosing to ignore the signage is one available option with good concealment. Ignoring the signage with OC, not so much.

i would say a fair price would be $75.00 PM me to set up a meeting so I can buy it.

nice looking piece and you know Germans make good stuff.

Who is your favorite TV pitchman. Billy has been around for a while now and Vince relatively new to the scene. I think I am going with Vince. He has a headset and forces the sale by not being able to do this all day.

that's telling me alright

not sure I would describe it as cool

Lawyer for what you describe? no brainer, Gregg Isaacs, best attorney in Knoxville But he don't work cheap.

Vincent the magazine is new, I will be on the lookout for a vintage one but it is not a priority. I am hopeful that keeping the mag loaded will help break it in. I really do believe a poor grip caused the two failures. It ran like butter when I blasted away.

I was encouraged to post about this pistol. Bought it at a gun show. Got a real good price on it. The gun is over 100 years old I estimate. No way to know for sure as FN has no record of serial numbers. They were either lost in the world wars or in some other way. At any rate this pistol is either a 1905 or 1906 Vest Pocket Pistol in .25 caliber. I am leaning towards it being a 1905 or a 1906 Early Model. The pistol only has a grip safety. Later revisions of the 1906 have a conventional thumb safety. Also the serial number is very low, under 2700. I will assume that lower numbers means older guns. The FN was never imported into the US, there was some agreement between FN and Colt who made an identical pistol. I do not believe the 1905 was copied by Colt, but rather the 1906 with a thumb safety. This particular pistol is also I believe a WW1 bringback. At least according to a knowledgable source I spoke to. So I brough the pistol home, it appeared good to go. Took it outside to shoot it and the gun did not go bang. Racked it a second time and still no go. I googled instructions for take-down and found instructions to field strip the piece. I stripped it and found out it was missing a piece called a follower and that the firing pin was broken. Here is a pic of the broken firing pin The small protrusion on the left should also have a pin on it almost 5/16 of an inch in length. I was starting to feel like I had purchased a failry expensive paperweight rather than a good deal on a little gun. I attempted to research replacement parts for this pistol. I was not encouraged by what I was finding. Parts for a 100 year old Belguin pistol are not easily attainable. My search fu is weak and I was having no luck. I appealed to Mousegunner from this forum. I figured with a name like that he might know something. Well he did not know personally but he knew who to turn to. He turned me onto a guy on another forum. That fine gentleman provided me with a couple of web links. One of those links lead me to a parts dealer in St. Louis. I was not getting my hopes up as there was no match for the parts needed on his website. I figured what did I have to lose to I telephoned him. It turned out he has the parts I need. Apparently he had purchased every spare part for out of manufacture FN pistols in the free world. I ordered the parts, no credit cards or internet purchases. He does business the old fashioned way, Send a check by mail he tells me. I follow instructions and mailed a check on Dec. 30. I figured I would have at minimum a three week wait. So I go to the mail box today expecting bills and the usual fair of crappola junk mail. But what do i find? A package from Commemorative Arms. Whoopty Doo!!! I came back in the house and stripped the pistol, Here is a field stripped picture The broken firing pin is right above the frame. The two new parts are to the left of that. I was hopeful that the parts would drop right in. Not so lucky there. The little nub on the base of the firing pin was about half a human hair too thick for the slot it needed to fit in. I carefully filed on each side of the nub. A few strokes on each side. Checked the fit and sure enough it slipped right in. A perfect fit. I put the gun back together, loaded one round in the magazine. Went outside, charged the pistol, aimed carefully towards a safe spot and pulled the trigger. BANG!! Success. I then went out to where I shoot and put three magazines though the gun. 18 rounds. I had one fail to exit, it was on the last round in a magazine, and one fail to feed, the last round on another magazine load. Both of these I attribute to me not firmly holding the gun. These two mags were aimed shots taking my time. I also put one mag through it in rapid fire. 6 rounds about as fast as I could and still stay on target. No failures there. The grouping on aimed shots fired slowly was real good. About softball sized from 12 or 15 feet. The rapid fire was about large frisbee sized, one flier in that bunch. So the moral of the story is be very careful when buying a used gun at a gun show. But I ended up with a nice old beater that is a fine shooter. And even with having to buy parts I still ended up with a pretty good deal on the pistol cost wise.

Close the book on this particular gun show! Parts for the FN .25 vest pocket pistol showed up today. They dropped right in. Just test fired the pistol and it goes bang. Waiting for the rain to slack off to test it out further! Ends up being a pretty good deal on what I originally was afraid was only a paperweight.