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  1. I don’t know how many, if any, knew Dr. Lawrence Heiskell. Lawrence dropped from a massive heart attack about two weeks ago, and passed away Saturday morning. (Oct. 1, 2022.) His funeral service will be at his home in Rancho Mirage on the 15th. He had a fairly sizable collection of TSMGs (and an equally impressive collection of Reisings.) Many of his guns appear in several of our collector books
  2. Another Irish Sword. No idea on the serial number though; I spoke with the docent in the office next to the display and he had no idea either. Regardless, this one is on display at Caernarfon castle in Wales, in the Welsh Fusiliers’ museum as part of a display of weapons seized from the IRA.
  3. Intersting thread. - I’m headed to Matewan and McCarr Thursday morning. A close friend has a Baldwin-Felts Thompson. I’ll see if he’s comfortable sharing photos or the number. As an aside, my great grandfather was shot and killed by a Baldwin-Felts man at the Dunglen Hotel, just across the river from Thurmond. My great grandfather’s name was William Page Settle and he was a miner. edited to add the serial number is actually show in Chip’s attachment immediately preceding this post.
  4. There’s no mystery to removing the ejector. Slide a business card under it so you don’t scratch the receiver and then simply unscrew it. No big deal. FWIW I can’t install my Ciener kit without removing the ejector.
  5. Nice guns, Albert. I have a couple dozen...mostly Erfurts. No Swiss, no Krieghof or Vickers either. Only one Simson and three (?) Mausers. I do have a couple commercial guns: a 1906 AE and the typical DWM “Alphabet.” Likewise, I have the requisite nickle plated P.08 (1915 DWM) everyone needs in their Luger collection.
  6. I'm not Arthur, but I collect Lugers. Pre-war Lugers do exhibit a halo effect around certain numbers that were stamped after the gun was blued, most notable the barrel and frame serial numbers. The halo results from metal displacement and the consequent disruption of the finish. A refinished gun will not have this halo effect even if the metal was not ground/polished/buffed. I’m not saying it can’t be done, but it would be extremely difficult to fake a halo.
  7. Anybody got one of Merle’s kits to sell? I’m tired of fooling with my Ciener kit and can’t get anyone to work on it.
  8. My Ciener kit worked very well. The only downside was the aluminum bolt - I shot it so much it galled badly where it contacts the sear so now it runs away most of the time.
  9. Like other posters, I’ve rolled my prints many times and never had them rejected. If you’ve never done, practice a few times beforw you roll your cards for submission.
  10. Is it legal to buy a ten round round magazine? Or a five round magazine? What about five ten round magazines at once? Or 50 five round magazines at once? If so, I’d presume it’s also legal to 2500 one round magazines at once. A couple other random tidbits of thought... the onus of possession is on the buyer, not the seller, and Kalifornia isn’t opening and searching incoming mail. My .02
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