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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