The idea of "wog-stopper" rounds was to stop a charging tribesman (literally) dead in his tracks. There were accounts from the early days of revolvers, of handguns which were 'not up to the job'; The tale that comes to mind dates from the Indian Mutiny (1857/8) where an officer armed with...

"Lt. Paul Feist said officers began noticing obvious characteristics from the bullets at all three crime scenes as early as Friday. "There were some similarities that really stood out,'' Feist said. "It's something you don't see every day in bullets." If they were seeing this ty...

Perhaps the imprint on the bullet, from the rifling, is somewhat distinctive compared to 'modern' handguns of comparable calibre*, especially given the possible wear through age (just a guess). Tom * Twist, No. of grooves, depth/profile of same, degree of wear etc. The arresting officers recovered ...

The media reports don't mention if the revolver was converted to .45ACP but it must have been since the report says that the bullets were "hollow points". I suppose it is possible though that the killer was using .455 cartridges reloaded with hollow points. I've reloaded .455 with lead 45 ...

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http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/ap ... -22-05.htm

Here is my avitar eating his curds and whey (weeniers and grapes)

I have a Jungle Carbine that has been reworked by RFI. It definately started out as a true Jungle Carbine since it has all the proper lightening cuts on the receiver and barrel and the bolt knob is hollow. The s/n numbers match on the bolt, receiver stock socket, stock and magazine but it the Britis...

What condidtion is the muzzel in? The muzzle appears to be in good condition as is the 2 groove bore. The muzzle end of the barrel is also stamped: NI .303" 2.22" 18.5 Tons in two lines between the bayonet lug and the end of the muzzle. The number 8 above 72 is stamped on the left side of...

I recently acquired a Savage No.4MkI (not MkI*) that has a W inside a five pointed star (see following image) stamped on top of the receiver above the breach end of the barrel and I am curious to know the origin and meaning of the stamping. The rifle has matching serial numbers stamped on the bolt h...

Hi dromia, Thanks for checking out my post. I think I followed proper procecdure for entering the images, but they won't open. Anyone that wants to see them can cut and paste the http address (without the 8and[/pic]) into their browser address window and press enter to go to the web site that contai...