Recommended Gun-Related Links and other Sources

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Ammunition; Hard to Find:

Big-bore hunting ammunition: A-Square Co. Inc., 302 Antelope Drive, Chamberlain, SD 57325  605 234-0500     a-squareco.com

Bullets, custom swaged lead for paper patching: Montana Precision Swaging, 477 Coyote Lane, Butte, MT 59701. Tel: 406 494-0600

Loaded ammunition; off-the-shelf and custom loaded for your bolt action or double rifle: www.superiorammo.com

Obsolete and big bore:  The Old Western Scrounger. 219 Lawn Street, Martinsburg, WV 25401   Phone: 304 262-9870    Fax: 304 262-1658   www.ows-ammo.com

 

Ammunition; Loading Supplies:

Dies, cases, bullets & loading equipment: Huntington Die Specialties, PO Box 991; 601 Oro Dam Blvd., Oroville, CA 95965. Tel: 916 534-1210. Fax: 916 534-1212. www.huntingtons.com

Dies & loading equipment: Redding Reloading Equipment, 1089 Starr Road, Cortland, NY 13045, Tel: 607 753-3331, Fax: 607 756-8445   www.redding-reloading.com

Loading data; extensive information for a wide variety of cartridges, including chamber pressures. Courtesy of Hodgdon Powders: http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

 

Clips and Magazines:

Mostly vintage magazines: Richard A. Pearson, The Clip Joint, PO Box 69, Centerville, PA 16404. Tel: 814 827-2371  email: clipjoint@csonline.net

Mostly modern magazines: Tom Forrest, PO Box 326A, Lakeside, CA 92040. Tel: 619 561-5800. Fax: 619 561-0227

Both: Joe R. Lowe, 820 Patricia St., Irving, TX 75060   972 986-8158   email: JLoweClips@aol.com

 

Factory Letters regarding individual collectable guns:

Colt: Colt Historian, PO Box 1868, Hartford, CT 06144. Tel: 860 236-6331. Fax: 860 244-1442.   www.colt.com

Remington:   www.remingtonsociety.com

Savage: John Callahan, 53 Old Quarry Road., Westfield, MA 01085

Sharps: Dr. Richard Labowski, 4613 Osage Ave., Philadelphia Pa. 19143

Smith & Wesson: Mr. Roy Jinks, S&W Historian, 2100 Roosevelt Ave., Springfield, MA 01104   Tel: 413 781-8300. Fax: 413 731-8980  Fee: $20. www.smith-wesson.com

US Military: Springfield Research Services, PO Box 4181, Silver Spring, MD 20904  Tel: 301 622-4103

Winchester, Marlin & L C Smith: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody Firearms Museum Research Service, 720 Sheridan Ave., PO Box 1000, Cody, WY 82414  Tel: 307 578-4031   www.bbhc.org

 

Grips:  Vintage handgun grips. The Grip Lady, 6053 West Monte Cristo, Glendale, AZ 85306  Tel: 602 321-6254

 

Gun Collector Sites:

Vintage German Sporting Guns general information:  www.germanhuntingguns.com

 

Gun Reference Books and Manuals:

Tom Rowe Books, PO Box 370, Maynardville, TN 37807-0370.  Tel: 423 992-4017

Randall Duckett,  Duckett's Publcations, 11309 Palmers Green Drive, Peyton, CO. 80831    www.rdgunbooks.com

BasicShield ---Over 1800 production-gun manuals in a searchable database that may be downloaded free.   www.basicshield.com/gun-manuals/



 

Gun Cases: Fine, custom-built, oak & leather trunk cases: Marvin C. Huey, Kansas City, MO 64114, Tel: 816 444-1637   www.hueycases.com

 

Gun Parts:

For modern guns: Brownell's, Inc., Route 2 Box 1, 200 South Front Street, Montezuma, IA 50171.  Tel: 515 623-5401, Fax: 515 623-3896     www.brownells.com

For out-of-production guns: Numrich / Gun Parts Inc. 226 Williams Lane, West Hurley, NY 12491. Tel: 845 679-2417. Fax: 877 486-7278     www.gunpartscorp.com

For pre-'64 Winchester Model 70 parts: https://pre64win.com/

 

Gun Sights for vintage rifles:

Gary Fellers, 7117 South Ridge Trail, Fort Worth, TX 76133    817 346-9633

Nick Stroebel, PO Box 808, Mountainair, NM 87036  505 847-0047   Ebay: nick_gunsite

Scott A. Swamer, 1232 Fatima St., Menasha, WI 54952.   Tel: 920 722-7354   Email: ssights@athenet.net

Montana Vintage Arms. Fine, new, vintage-style sights for long-range single shot rifles: 61 Andrea Ave. Belgrade, MT 59714   Tel: 406 388-4027  www.montanavintagearms.com

 

Gun Engravers: Firearms Engravers Guild of America: www.fega.com

 

Gunsmith Supplies: Brownell's, Inc., Route 2 Box 1, 200 South Front Street, Montezuma, IA 50171.   Tel: 515 623-5401, Fax: 515 623-3896,  www.brownells.com

 

Choke Tubes and sub-gauge skeet tubes: Briley Manufacturing Co., 1230 Lumpkin Rd., Houston, TX 77043.   Tel: 713 932-6995 or 800 331-5718   briley.com

 

Holsters: Authentic vintage-style Western: R. M. Bachman, Old West Reproductions, Inc., 446 Florence South Loop, Florence, MT  59833   Tel: 406 273-2615    www.oldwestreproductions.com

 

Pro-Gun Groups --- Please give them your financial support:

National Rifle Association, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Farifax, VA 22030-7400.  Tel: 202 828-6279, 703 267-1000 & 800 392-8683. Fax: 202 728-0340.  www.nra.org

Second Amendment Foundation / Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Liberty Park, 12500 NE Tenth Place, Bellevue, WA 98005  Tel: 206 454-7012. Fax: 206 451-3959    www.saf.org

Gun Owners of America, 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151.  Tel: 703 321-8585.      www.gunowners.org

Well-done pro-gun site; appears anti-gun to lure knee-jerk gun-haters, then weaves the truth. www.cphv.com

The Republican Party  https://www.gop.com/

Knife Rights - Successfully applying the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms to knife ownership.   www.kniferights.org

 

Pro-Hunting Groups:

Ducks Unlimited, One Waterfowl Way, Memphis, TN 38120.  Tel: 901 758-3825. Fax: 901 758-3850.  www.ducks.org

Quail Unlimited, 31 Quail Run, PO Box 610, Edgefield, SC 29824.  Tel: 803 637-5731. Fax: 803 637-0037

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 2291 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802.  Tel: 406 523-4500. Fax: 406 532-4581.  www.rmef.org

Ruffed Grouse Society, 451 McCormick Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108. Tel: 888 564-6747    www.ruffedgrousesociety.org

Safari Club International, 4800 West Gates Pass Road, Tucson, AZ 85745. Tel: 602 620-1220.   www.safariclub.org

Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen: www.ctsportsmen.com

 

Political Information Resources:

rkba - Arms Rights and Liberty Information on the Internet. Comprehensive directory of arms-related information resources. rkba.org

The Federalist, a concise email journal of anecdotal rebuttal to contemporary political, social and media liberalism. Subscribe free at:   www.federalist.com

Complete contact information for politicians at state and federal levels: www.gunowners.org compiled by Gun Owners of America.

Exhaustive data on virtually all candidates' positions on a broad range of subjects: www.issues.org

 

Regulatory Agencies:

Federal firearms licenses and regulations: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, 650 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20226. Tel: 202 927-8300.  www.atf.gov

Connecticut firearms licenses and regulations: Dept of Public Safety, Division of State Police, 1111 Country Club Road, PO Box 2794, Middletown, CT 06457-9294  Tel: 860 685-8230   www.state.ct.us/dps  

Montana hunting licenses:  Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, 1420 East Sixth Ave., Helena, MT 59620   406 444-2535     http://fwp.mt.gov/default.html

 

Shooting Facilities Locator, Open to the Public, Nationwide:    www.wheretoshoot.org



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