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WRITE US! “Letters,” Guns & Ammo, 2 News Plaza, 3rd Floor, Peoria, IL 61614, or email us at gaeditor@outdoorsg.com. Please include your city and state of residence. Letters may be edited for brevity and clarity. UNFIRED ARISAKA Like many fathers of World War II, mine brought back a keepsake. My father was an island-hopping Marine. Keeping the family tradition, I was a Vietnam Marine. He brought back an Arisaka Type 38, which was kept in the basement in an unused corner. As a kid, I played with it and wondered what it would be like to shoot. After he passed, my mother told me to take it. In the meantime, I fished and trapped with a machinist/gunsmith who worked at the Savanna Army Depot. I told him about the gun,…

L.C. SMITH IDEAL GRADE SHOTGUN A high condition L.C. Smith Ideal Grade .410 shotgun in its original shipping box realized a comfortable $13,500, including premiums, at the November 18, 2021, Morphy Auctions sale. Made by Hunter Arms Company of Fulton, New York, in 1931, this lovely side-by-side features a London steel barrel with a matted high rib sight plane and bead front sight and ejectors. It is one of 232 Ideal Grades made in .410. In superb fettle, the gun has a case-hardened featherweight frame, Ideal Grade engraving, double triggers and automatic safety. The pistol-grip walnut stock has a hard rubber buttplate and grip cap. Condition of the double is 95-plus percent. It comes in a two-piece box that was likely original to the piece. For more information about this…

WHEN ENGAGING in any type of physical activity, corded Bluetooth earbuds such as the AXIL GS Extreme 2.0 make sense. If one slips out of your ear, it’s still connected. If you’ve worn hard plastic earbuds, they’re bound to fall out when you’re moving around. The AXIL GS Extreme 2.0 is sweat resistant and its silicone or foam tips — depending on the activity you’re engaged in — seal the ear canal and stay put. Additionally, pliable ear hooks enhance fitment and hands-free security. Not only is the AXIL GS Extreme 2.0 less likely to fall out of your ear than many other ear-buds, it does more when they are in your ears. New for 2022, the GS Extreme 2.0 have been engineered to deliver studio-quality sound performance. They offer…

SOME MAY REMEMBER the Colt Black Powder Arms Company. In 1993, Anthony Imperato took out a home-equity loan, leased a small factory space, acquired the necessary machinery and hired a few employees. In Brooklyn, New York, they assembled and sold 19th-century-style Colt revolvers and muskets under license from Colt’s Manufacturing. Then, in 1996, with the help of his father Louis Imperato, they developed a rimfire lever-action rifle. The first Henry Repeating Arms Model H001 in .22 LR was shipped during March 1997. The lineup quickly expanded to include centerfire designs with the H006 Big Boy in 2003. Henry’s firearms are now produced at three factories, one in New Jersey and two in Wisconsin. Even after 25 years, the H001 remains the best-selling model from Henry’s extensive catalog of more than…

GUN REFERENCE GUIDES One of the questions I’m most asked is how I come up with many of the answers to readers’ “Gun Room” questions. As much as I’d like to claim they come from my head, this is not the case. A good, rounded reference library is essential to putting this column together. My library consists of several thousand books, many of them on specialized firearms topics. Others are more general, and I find these not only provide specific answers, but give me leads on where to find additional information. Space is limited, so here’s a list of a half-dozen books that I find myself turning to time and again. “Blue Book of Gun Values” (bluebookofgunvalues.com). Probably my most indispensable go-to work is “Flayderman’s Guide to Antique Firearms”; sadly,…

MOST POTENTIAL OPTICS CONSUMERS are going to take one look at the $4,000 price of Vortex’s new 6-36x56mm Razor HD Gen III scope, startle, and then look to something else. I understand. This is the riflescope equivalent of a supercar and, while many may be interested, most will never buy. The reason I get excited about this scope is that it shows how far and how fast the world of riflescopes is improving. What was impossible just a few years ago is now available. Unfortunately, the biggest optical advancements cannot be seen while looking through glass at the ceiling in a gun shop. The new 6-36X model from Vortex provides an exceptional image that is clear and sharp and shows wonderful color. Looking through it in the store, or even…

ON FEBRUARY 15, 2022, it was announced that the lawsuit filed against Remington Outdoor Company (ROC) by the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims was settled out of court for $73 million. In the wake of the 2012 tragedy, the Connecticut law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder convinced grieving families to allow them to sue on their behalf. ROC produced the Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle that the 20-year-old murderer stole from his mother after killing her in her bed. The settlement was a payday for the firm representing the families, but it does nothing to prevent future tragedies. Money aside, the goal was to use the courts to accomplish what anti-gunners have not been able to in the U.S. Congress or state houses. These same trial lawyer-led efforts…

“‘Beware of fakes! There may be more fake Wells Fargo Schofields than authentic ones.’” “ARCHEOLOGICAL” FIND Q: I’d like to ask for your opinion and a little history on the photo attached. In the early 1960s, I worked for my dad as he was the village administrator for New Bremen, a small village in western Ohio. On this particular day, I was the grunt for the water department during summer break from high school. So, I was in the ditch digging out a water leak in front of the hotel/bar on Main street. A few feet down my shovel clinked as it struck the rusty metal shown in the attached photo. I kept this treasure for the last 60 years and now want to put it on display at the…

THE OCTOBER 2021 ISSUE of Guns & Ammo introduced the Slovakia-based holster manufacturer Falco and reviewed the Timeless IWB. The article described the company’s beginnings, the brand’s “one-person, one-holster” philosophy to manufacturing, and its two product lines: Made-from-scratch custom Premium holsters and the Timeless series. The Timeless lineup has fewer options, but the company’s proposition meant that it could produce and deliver a holster within four weeks — guaranteed. (Consider that these holsters are imported.) Well, Falco now indicates that certain holsters can be delivered in just 10 days. For 2022, Falco also added the option to accommodate a long list of lights and lasers to a number of its models. The list of lights and lasers that the Timeless IWB can be tailored for include those from Crimson Trace,…

IN MOST MODERN VENTURES, technology and performance are closely related. That statement certainly applies to the shooting-sports industry. During the last 30 years, there has been a persistant push to improve products and provide the consumer with the best performance possible. The availability of monolithic, i.e., “solid,” copper bullets is now prevalent. Randy Brooks, the retired former owner and CEO of Barnes Bullets (barnesbullets. com), was the catalyst for the American hunter’s current demand for monolithic bullets. Brooks bought Barnes Bullets in the mid-1980s, and he turned a failing company into a mainstay. The product that cemented the company’s resurgence and current standing was the monolithic (i.e., “mono”)-copper X-Bullet. Brooks, as most people in the industry, is an avid sportsman and hunter. He was well aware of the limitations and…