Ask Butch

What have you got?

Send Butch a photo and whatever you know. He’ll tell you what it is, which gun it came off, and whether we have one. You don’t need an account.

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1Photographs

The whole partBoth sides if you canAny marks or numbersClose up, in daylightNext to a rulerSo he can judge the size

Phone photos are fine. Daylight beats flash. Only Butch sees them.

2What you know

In a few words, what are you trying to identify?

Describe it

Where it came from, what it’s made of, measurements, anything you’ve already ruled out.

Which gun did it come off?optional

“Not sure” is a normal answer.

3Who is asking?

Your nameoptional

Credited on the published answer.

Your emailoptional

So Butch can write back if he needs to know more. Never shown to anyone.

Answered by Butch

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Each answered question is published in full — the question, the answer, and the gun it belongs to — credited to whoever asked it.