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Answered by Butch

An unmarked lock, a part out of a box of parts, a stamping nobody can read. Photographs help more than adjectives do.

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Fitting, filing, browning, springs that will not hold. What worked, what went wrong, and what you would do differently.

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Arsenal records, contract numbers, proof marks, dates of manufacture — and the arguments about all of them.

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Parts you are hunting. Posting here is not a sale and nothing is listed for you — but it tells us what is worth making.

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Anything about pre-1899 arms that does not fit above.

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