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PARKOUR
…is a training discipline that developed in the French military as a new method to run away from or towards the enemy…
We first mentioned Parkour in our January 2013 newsletter. There are several of these impressive videos at youtube.com but, we turned down the sound for most of them. |
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Most Internet Browsers – Firefox, Edge, Opera etc – have decided to truncate, or cut off, the bottoms of long emails like this one. There is a tiny note at the bottom allowing you to retrieve the rest of the email. Rob and Abby
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Minnechaug Regional High School in Massachusetts has not been able to turn off its 7,000  lights for 17 months. A software failure in a “smart” lighting system could not be fixed because of a parts shortage. Officials concede the constantly burning lights are “ costing taxpayers a significant amount of money,” but say they have found a firm to fix the system.
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A Japanese man spent 3 million yen ($23,000) on a handmade costume in order to fulfill his long-held dream of becoming a wolf. The suit “looked exactly what I imagined,” the unnamed man said. At the last of several fittings by a Japanese special-effects company, “I was amazed at my transformed self in the mirror,” he said. “It was a moment when my dream came true.”
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A Ugandan farmer who’s fathered 102 children said he is done having kids because they’re too expensive. Musa Hasahya, 67, said he asked his 12 wives to go or take the birth control pill because he is having a hard time feeding his massive family, which includes 568 grandchildren. “My income has become lower and lower over the years due to the rising cost of living,” he complained, “and my family has become bigger and bigger.”
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Back in 2018, a Harvard doctoral student named Andres Ardisson Korat was presenting his research on the relationship between dairy foods and chronic disease to his thesis committee. One of his studies had led him to an unusual conclusion: Among diabetics, eating half a cup of ice cream a day was associated with a lower risk of heart problems. Needless to say, the idea that a dessert loaded with saturated fat and sugar might actually be good for you raised some eyebrows at the nation’s most influential department of nutrition. the department chair, Frank Hu, had instructed Ardisson Korat to do some further digging. The surprising finding? The ice-cream signal was robust.
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Lake Superior Facts
1. Lake Superior is, by surface area, the world’s largest freshwater lake.
2. The surface area of Lake Superior (31,700 square miles or 82,170 square kilometers) is greater than the combined areas of Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.
3. Lake Superior contains as much water as all the other Great Lakes combined, even throwing in two extra Lake Eries.
4. Lake Superior contains 10% of all the earth’s fresh surface water.
5. There is enough water in Lake Superior (3,000,000,000,000,000–or 3 quadrillion– gallons) to flood all of North and South America to a depth of one foot.
6. The deepest point in Lake Superior (about 40 miles north of Munising, Michigan) is 1,300 feet (400 meters) below the surface.
7. Over 300 streams and rivers empty into Lake Superior.
8, The average elevation of Lake Superior is about 602 feet above sea level.
9. The Lake Superior watershed region ranges in size from 160 miles inland near Wabakimi Provincial Park to only 5 miles inland from Pictured Rocks National Seashore.
10. The Lake Superior shoreline, if straightened out, could connect Duluth and the Bahama Islands.
11. The average underwater visibility of Lake Superior is 27 feet, making it easily the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes. Underwater visibility in places reaches 100 feet. Lake Superior has been described as “the most oligotrophic (relatively low in plant nutrients and containing abundant oxygen in the deeper parts) lake in the world.”
12. The lake is about 350 miles (563 km) in length and 160 miles (257 km) in width.
13. In the summer, the sun sets more than 35 minutes later on the western shore of Lake Superior than at its southeastern edge.
GEOLOGY, FLORA AND FAUNA, CLIMATE, etc.
1. Lake Superior is one of the earth’s youngest major features, at only about 10,000 years of age–dating to the last glacial retreat. By comparison, the earth’s second largest lake (by surface area, and largest by volume), Lake Baikal in Russia, is 25 million years old.
2. Fifty-eight orchid species are native to the Lake Superior basin. In North America, only Florida has more native orchid species.
3. Lake Superior produces the greatest lake effect snows on earth. (Significant lake effect snows are a rare phenomenon, occurring–besides on the Great Lakes–only on the east shore of Hudson Bay and the west coasts of two Japanese islands.) Lake effect snows extend 20 to 30 miles inland, primarily on the Ontario shore southeast of Marathon, and from Sault Ste. Marie to the Wisconsin-Michigan border. Average annual snowfall in Michigan’s Keweenaw exceeds 200 inches in places.
4. Lake Superior has been at its modern elevation for only about 2,000 years, when elevations ofLake Michigan and Lake Huron dropped, creating a rapids at Sault Ste. Marie.
5. Lake Superior has its origins in the North American Mid-Continent Rift of 1.1 to 1.2 billion years ago, which produced a huge plume of hot mantle where the present lake sits. The crust tore apart, leaving an arc-shaped scar stretching form Kansas through Minnesota, then down to Michigan.
6. Within its borders, Lake Superior has both the thickest, and nearly the thinnest, crust found anywhere in North America.
7. When European explorers visited Lake Superior in the 1600s they reported giant sturgeons (up to nine feet in length) and pike of greater than seven feet in length.
8. The largest tributary of Lake Superior, Ontario’s Nipigon River, was in the 1800s the finest brook trout water in the world. It produced the world record brook trout of 14.5 pounds.
9. Some of the world’s oldest rocks, about 2.7 billion years of age, can be found on the Ontario shore of Lake Superior.
10. The average annual water temperature of Lake Superior is 40º F. It only very rarely freezes over completely, and then usually just for hours. The last complete freezing of Lake Superior occurred in 1979.
11. Migrating birds of prey funnel down Lake Superior’s north shore in great numbers each fall. On a single day at Duluth’s Hawk Ridge as many as 100,000 birds of prey might pass by.
12. Lake Superior rests mostly on Precambrian rock at the southern edge of the Canadian shield, the largest exposure of such bedrock on the planet.
13. Sliver Islet, a Lake Superior island off Ontario’s north shore, was the site for 15 years in the 1800s of the world’s richest silver mine.
Thanks to Ginny Coombs
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Our new website is still under construction (and it has cost as much as a new car, sigh!) We’ve been working through updating our website to make it mobile responsive, which you have probably heard, is a Google requirement, and as part of that, we are also working to bring you some additional functionality, better search, and overall make it easier to use at the same time.
During our construction, the site is still active and ready to take your orders, although you may notice some sections function a bit slower while we are working. We thank you for bearing with us until we officially celebrate the site move completion in a couple of months (or this summer, or… it has only been 16 months so far, sigh again). You can always contact us directly for assistance. Contact link is in the footer of every page. Abby
This is the new key to using the new website. Actually, it works much like the old site so you won’t have any difficulty handling the small differences.
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We, unfortunately, deal with some impatient, imperious, judgemental and/or demanding folks, almost all from eBay (because eBay’s feedback system gives them the POWER they so yearn to wield and which is lacking in their day to day, miserable lives). Here, Rants and Raves, is where we publish the letters from customers who irritate us the most. This month, however, we make an exception and share this thoughtfully supportive from a customer who, during his long career, dealt with the same sort of annoyances. Rob
Rob and Abby, I have ordered from you folks a few times in the past, always with complete satisfaction. I enjoy your email newsletter. Reading some of the complaint letters prompted me to write this letter as a “thank you.”
I hadn’t ordered anything for a few years, but in your recent newsletter you posted a list of your most requested reprints. A great idea, I think. Reading through the list I found a couple of manuals I could use, and that prompted me to look up a couple more. I ordered 4 reprints. I want you to know that they arrived in good condition and I am very pleased with them.
I appreciate the service you provide to firearms enthusiasts and collectors. For every firearm in my modest collection I maintain a folder of material that I have accumulated related to that firearm. This includes catalogs, manuals, magazine articles, photos, and any historical references. I am especially pleased with the Krag 1898, 1899 manual. I consider myself a temporary custodian of the firearms in my possession. I hope those that come to possess my guns in the future will appreciate the additional material that I have collected.
I am sorry that you have to deal with that small minority of customers that cause problems and are never satisfied. I will share my own experience along those lines. I am a retired airline pilot. I spent most of my career on the 140-passenger MD-80, and most flights were quite full. I usually flew 2 or 3 flights in a work day.
An aspect of this aircraft that I liked was the fact that the entry/exit door was right next to the cockpit door. At the end of the flight it was my habit to stand at the cockpit door facing the exiting passengers and thank as many as possible for flying with me that day. While some people would act preoccupied and simply walk past, the majority would smile and say something like, “Thanks for the nice flight.” If it had been an
especially nice, smooth flight with everything on schedule, I would also hear a few, “This was one of the best flights I have ever been on!”
But, on every single flight, even the ones where several people said, “Thanks for the great flight!”, there was always one or two passengers that would complain about the “lousy flight”, or even say, “I am never flying with your company again.” And every passenger had just shared the same flight! Perhaps the unhappy passenger was seated near a fussy infant, or didn’t get the seat selection they wanted, but it mostly
seemed to be the fact that there are a few people spring-loaded to find fault with anything. Some people choose to be unhappy and feel compelled to try to spread their unhappiness with others. As I said good-bye with a smile on my face, receiving compliments, I would look down the line of approaching passengers and wonder which one would have the negative comment. If there were none at all it made my day even better.
I had to learn not to take the inappropriate negative comments seriously. Sometimes things did go bad, with poor weather or mechanical delays. And with missed connections and rough rides, the flight experience was not good for the passengers or the crew. I always kept my passengers well informed with honest information. So even on bad days, many passengers still thanked us for our efforts on their behalf.
I commend you both for your efforts to satisfy your customers, even the unreasonable ones. Their will always be those unhappy few. It seems to be part of the human experience.
Best wishes to you, Rob and Abby. Trust me when I say 99% of your customers do appreciate what you do.
Milo
Hi Milo, Please let me take the opportunity to say how grateful we are to hear from you and other satisfied customers. You, and they, make up make our day much easier and worthwhile. Cheers, Rob
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This article was abridged from the Annual Volume Five of Arms Heritage magazine.
The use of hand-thrown or gunpowder-propelled explosive-bursting projectiles goes back nearly as far as the origins of gunpowder itself. As soon as the high-pressure generating nature of exploding gunpowder was recognized, clever minds figured out that by confining that pressure in a frangible container, severe damage could be inflicted. From the earliest applications, where fused shells were rolled down ramparts toward an advancing enemy, to the Petards -fused bombs hung against doors and ramparts, the concept of the hand grenade evolved. Originally, they were simply small hollow metal or ceramic shells filled with gunpowder and equipped with a short fuse. Grenadiers, invariably tall athletic soldiers, would light the fuses and throw the grenades toward the advancing enemy. Clearly this action took a lot of courage and the grenadiers held a highly respected position.
Soon, specialized shoulder weapons were developed to propel grenades over longer distances. Fuses were ignited by the discharge of the weapon, much in the way artillery shells of the period were ignited by the blowby of the firing charge. (see Figure 2)
It wasn’t until the Civil War, however, that fully self-contained grenades were developed– hand propelled devices that did not require a separate ignition step. And, like other weapons of the period, inventors worked on different schemes to accomplish the purpose.
Were They Actually Used?
The answer is yes. The following citations indicate that the Ketchum grenade, at least, saw significant, if limited, service:
The following from personal correspondence from the late Tom Dickey dated 1966:
“.…I found twenty nine of them in front of the “Presscap” at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Ten were of the five-pound size and the balance were the three-pound units– only one had its plunger still in place. I have observed only one of the one pound size which was unearthed at the Third Louisiana Redan at Vicksburg. I have seen a couple of the three-pounder size which were brought up from a Union gunboat that had been sunk in the Tennessee River. General N. P. Banks got the Ketchum grenades for his attack at the Presscap from Porters flee, leading me to believe that the Ketchum was more or less a naval grenade”
The following from Lossing’s CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA- Vol. 2 Page 394:
“My retreating column, said Banks, suffered serious loss in the streets of Winchester. Males and females vied with each other in increasing the numbers of their victims by firing from the houses, throwing hand grenades, hot water and missiles of every description. Hand grenades are usually small shells, about two and a half inches in diameter and are set on a short fuse. They are sometimes made of other forms, with a percussion apparatus as seen in the annexed illustration (shows a Ketchum grenade) This kind is more used on the water and has a stem with guiding feathers made of paper or parchment.”
The following account from PORT HUDSON – Lt. Howard C. Wright 1863:
“The enemy had come this time prepared with hand grenades to throw into our works from the outside. When these novel missiles commenced falling among some of the Arkansas troops, they did not know what to make of them, and the first few which they caught not having burst, they threw back upon the enemy in the ditch. This time many of them exploded and their character was at once revealed to our men. Always equal to any emergency, they quickly devised a scheme by which they turned this new style of warfare against the parties who introduced it. Spreading blankets behind the parapets, the grenades fell harmlessly into them, whereupon our boys would pick them up and hurling them down into the moat they would almost
invariably explode.”
There were several types of hand grenade patented and produced during the Civil War
On the Union Side:
Ketchum Patent Grenade. The best known and perhaps the only one to have seen significant service was the Ketchum grenade. Resembling a cast-iron egg with a protruding wooden shaft and cardboard stabilizing fin. They were made in three sizes– one, three and five-pound weights, and were designed to explode on impact through the action of a plunger impacting a pistol-size primer.
Hanes Patent Grenade. The Hanes was a device with an inner and outer cast iron casing. The inner casing, containing the explosive was studded with pistol-size percussion nipples. This was encased in a two-part spherical our casing which was intended to cause ignition of one or more percussion primers upon impact. Some of the surviving specimens have the name “Pelican” embossed on their casings. There are no known records of actual use of the Hanes grenade in battle.
Adams Patent Grenade. The Adams Patent grenade was quite simple, slightly larger than a baseball, it was a hollow cast-iron shell, filled with explosive and equipped with a modified artillery shell fuse holder. A version of an artillery friction primer was fitted into the holder. A lanyard was attached to the friction primer on one end and to the throwers wrist on the other end. As the slack was taken up in the lanyard, the primer was activated, bursting the grenade. There was just enough delay in the ignition system to enable the grenade to travel far enough that it was out of range of the thrower when it exploded.
Ganster and Schuyler. No specimens known. This was one of those ideas that may have looked good on paper but had no practical appeal. The principle involved the use of a tiny glass vial filled with sulfuric acid that would shatter through the contact
of metallic pellets within a chamber. The acid would react with chloride of potash, causing the explosive charge to ignite. It is doubtful that any were produced.
Ganster. No specimens known. George Ganster was not easily discouraged as he developed yet another concept which he patented in 1864. This idea was even more hazardous than his first. A chamber was to be filled with sulfuric acid. The bottom of the chamber would be plugged with wax to prevent the acid from leaking into the explosive charge. The top of the acid chamber would be closed by a spring loaded lead ball. Surrounding the ball would be a chemical and a bit of gunpowder that would react with the acid and cause an explosion that would transmit to the main explosive charge. Just before throwing, the grenade would be armed by releasing the spring that held the ball in place.
On the Confederate Side:
Gabriel Rains was a prolific inventor of nefarious weaponry for the Confederacy. A West Point trained officer, he was named Director of the Confederate Torpedo Bureau during the Civil War (note: the word “torpedo” in Civil War parlance referred to what we would call “mines” today).
Confederate Rains Grenade. The Rains grenade was apparently adapted from the concept of the Ketchum device, described above. Rains made two improvements. First he improved the fusing concept using a crushable primer similar to that which he used for his marine and land mines. His second improvement was even more clever. Instead of simply the egg-shaped grenade with tail fins, he attached a strap to the tail that accomplished two purposes- the slinging action improved the range the grenade could be thrown by between two and three times the distance and the “tail” helped stabilize the flight, insuring a nose-down impact.
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Hey Abby, Is there an “owners manual” of some sort for a Lyman 58e peepsight? I bought a Model 75 Winchester that has this sight on it but can’t figure out how to make the adjustments. I see advertisements and catalogs that include this sight but they don’t have any “instructions”. Thank you and have a great day. John
Hi John, We don’t have an owner’s manual but this might help:
Hi again Abby, Thanks for the two attachments you sent. I don’t really know if there is such a thing as I’m looking for. The two pages are really describing the sight but what I’m looking for is “how to use” (lol) or “how to set the sights”. Maybe it’s more like “dialing in” a telescope and I’m trying to make more of it than I should. I guess I was wondering if there was an insert or “users manual” that came with the sight “in the box” so to speak to tell how to set up the sight once it was mounted. Does that give you any better idea of what I’m looking for? Thanks again, John
Hi John, I think what you are asking has more to do with sighting in a rifle. Essentially, one goes to a range and takes aim at a nearby target. Then using the “up and down” knob to adjust elevation and “left and right” knob to adjust windage. Keep adjusting until you are in the bullseye. Later, you can make fine adjustments for longer range shots until you arrive at a point where your skill as a marksman coincides with the distance from the target. does that help? Best, Abby
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I’m sorry but you’re wrong it says Marksman 1968 air pistol flyer the air pistol picture on the ad was only sold between 1955 and 1957 . So that’s a flyer from those three years not 1968 I just thought you’d like to know I have that pistol and I’ve researched it thoroughly it was only made 3 years it’s the single shot model ones similar could have been from 1968 but they were repeaters. You should change your ad you might sell more knowing it’s a much older advertisement. Do your research.
You are absolutely right, thank you. I had one back in the day and by 1968 I had moved on to the “real thing”. The copy should have read 1958 and I appreciate knowing it was discontinued in 1957, I’ll fix it. I remember the pistol well, it was difficult to cock for a nine-year-old. We also have the owner’s manual. Cheers, Rob for cornellpubs
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Abby, Received the catalogs today. Appreciate the speedy service & top notch customer service!! Thank you, Vince
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Good morning Abby, This is how I found your company. Was watching a couple of really nice videos on YouTube published by Imminent Threat Defense for the Model 77 disassembly & in the beginning of each video he made special reference to this manual (Winchester Model 77) by A A Arnold. So I did a google search for A A Arnold 1956 & low and behold Cornell Publications popped up at the top of the search & the rest is history 🙂 Can’t wait to get the print copies! Enjoy your day! Vince
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Just letting you know that both of the Clabrough booklets I ordered have arrived. They are VERY nice. Thanks so much. Feedback has been left for both. : ) countrygal60 (ebay)
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Hello Abby, I am impressed with your service, but don’t understand what I would be buying, hardcopy or PDF copy. Please Advise on the product and how I would receive it here in Canada. Regards, Robert
Hello Robert, Sorry for the confusion. Because Canada, and most other countries, wants us to collect their individual import duty and taxes, maintain records, submit reports etc., we sell only PDF files outside the US. With only two of us, it is the best we can do. If you know someone in the US who is willing to forward the manual you can order a hard copy that way. Cheers, Abby
Morning Abby, Thank you for the clarification. YES, the PDF will be just fine. I will purchase today and await your Email. Regards, Robert
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Ref: Lyman 1980 Cast Bullet Handbook 3rd Edition, I want to purchase but need to know that there is black powder load data for 50-70 government. Thanks Kevin. Kldcoltcrazy
Yes it does for FFG and Pyrodex. For others, we reprint the whole line of Ideal catalogs from the 1890s on. Rob for cornellpubs, Abby
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Hello kpgtran98 (ebay), I see you bought one of the Vorisek Breechloader books. Before we print and ship it to you, would you please tell me what sort of information you are looking for?
I just acquired a Newport model CN Serial # T4862 I believe it’s a Stevens trying to get more information on it ty!
Hello Ty, Well, the breechloader book isn’t right for that. Your gun was apparently made by Stevens/Crescent for the retailer Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett. Unfortunately, our one copy of their catalog is too old and doesn’t have the Newport. According to the gun values board it is a variant of the Springfield Model 311, Google “Newport model CN ” for more information. So, would you please request to cancel your order and we will then kill it on this end and I’ll see your money is refunded. Cheers, Rob for cornellpubs.
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Message: I am interested in purchasing a couple copies of ;- Browning 1943 M1917A1 M.G. Data base, your Agent price (Ebay Shipping, not our shipping-ed) is about U. S. $4.00 more copy plus U. S. $32.00 postage, they would whack me for postage X 2 plus I would have to pay 18% Tax on total amount which is prohibitive, your “Home site” has NO phone contact. Regards, Kevin
Kevin, I assume you got the shipping price from ebay. I want you to know they set the shipping numbers, not us and we make no profit from them. If it is a $4 item, your best bet is the PDF. Best, Abby
Hi Kevin, We used to do a huge business with the UK, NZ and Australia but when they and all the EU decided it would be ducky for us to collect each of their customs duty, import tax and various other taxes, then send them each a nice fat check, we gave up. Actually, the UK regs exempt us from charging the taxes because we sell paper but the bureaucratic maze needed to get the license is impenetrable. So, you can buy the PDF at our website and print it yourself or take it to a shop and have them print and bind it. Sorry! Crazy world, Rob
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Ref: Fecker c1955 Rifle Telescopes – Hi, How many pages please? Thank you, John
Hello John: – Fecker c1955 Rifle Telescopes, 8 pages, about 11″ x 8″, glossy soft-cover in full color. New COLOR re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated. Abby
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Ref: Hopkins & Allen Arms Co. Fifty Years of Gunmaking 1867 – 1917; Vorisek – When can I expect you to ship this item? Uf-eng (ebay)
Today we will bind and ship this item. You will receive the tracking information. Thanks for your purchase. Abby
I see that the original order has shipped. Please disregard my questions about the other book. I do not want to buy it now. Perhaps the first book will have what I need. If not then I may order their book later. Uf-eng (ebay)
Your book has been printed and packed. It goes to the post office tomorrow. If you bought something else, please cancel the purchase. It is much easier for you to do than for us at our end. Ebay wants to know why and how etc etc. Cheers, Rob for cornellpubs
Hello Rob. I am not clear about which book is going to the post tomorrow. uf-eng
The first one you bought “Hopkins & Allen Arms Co. Fifty Years of Gunmaking 1867 – 1917; Vorisek” will ship tomorrow, it is in the box for the PO now. Because there was time between them, the other was printed while the first was in shipping I guess. Rob
Ref: Hopkins & Allen Tip-Up Shotguns – Carder – Would it be possible for you to change my order to sending “Hopkins & Allen Tip-Up Shotguns – Carder” ? My interest is in the H&A shotguns. Uf-eng (ebay)
OK, I stopped the post and we’ll toss the Vorisek book and I’ll print you a copy of the Carder Tip-up book with the next print run tomorrow. By the way, if you go to the website you can see all the H&A publications we offer. Use Notable Manufacturers on the left sidebar and click on Hopkins. Rob for cornellpubs
Rob. Thank you very much for taking the time.
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Ref: Arisaka c1943 Japanese Rifle Type 99 Manual (US Text) – My big question: Are the pictures clear and easy to read? (I bought a manual elsewhere and the pages are nearly impossible to decipher.) Thanks, rdc2co2 (ebay)
Well, that is a matter of opinion. They are clear but dark. If you are trying to machine a new part, then no, not clear enough. Trying to reassemble, I’d say I could do that from the pictures although these are not the modern “exploded” parts views we are accustomed to today. So, in sum I’d recommend you not buy this, I’d hate to have disappointed you. Rob for cornellpubs (Oh yes, hover over the image in the ad to get a better idea- that enlarges it)
Thank you. Duly noted. rdc2co2 (ebay)
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Ref: Smith & Wesson 1969 M-76 Sub-Machine Gun Catalog – Sending this back! You should be ashamed of yourself!! Wasn’t even the size you said it would be!! A fuzzy unreadable 1/2 size publication!!! It was supposed to be 8 1/2 x 11!!! Won’t let me give bad feedback for 7 days!!!!!!!! Tollytime (ebay)
Dear Patrick, We’ve sold over 50 of these and nobody has ever noticed our mistake with the size, I did fix it. Now, please don’t send it back, we can’t resell it. But, I’ll print you another on a different printer which should make it sharper and I’ll ask Abby to refund your money. I hope these actions will show you that Abby and I are serious about doing our best to make customers happy. We have over 24000 good feedbacks and have sold on ebay for almost 20 years. Please don’t give us a bad mark, it just upsets Abby and sticks to us like a bad sore for 12 months. Thanks, Rob for cornellpubs (if you are ever at our website read the Rants and Raves!)
I have already returned the original. I’11 wait to see what the replace looks like before passing judgement.
Hi, Thanks for giving us another chance. Just so you know, we reprint over 6000 old firearms publications that come from collections folks have lent us over the years. Some are beautiful originals but others are copies or stained on newsprint or just worn out. We do our best but not everything we reprint is perfect. Sometimes, though we can improve an item if the printer wasn’t up to snuff and we hope that is the case here. Thanks again, Cheers, Rob for cornellpubs (in future we will print this item on a color printer to improve sharpness. We didn’t hear from him again, so we guess he is satisfied)
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Ref: Walther Polizei Pistolen Modelle PP & PPK 1936 Manual (German) Hi! Do you have a copy of this manual but the 1939 version? betu4227_glroo6a (ebay)
No, I’m sorry, this is all we have. Was the ’39 different? Rob for cornellpubs
Slightly different. The back page is marked with an April of 1939 designation.
OK, sounds like what you need is an original, not a nice reproduction as we do. Rob for cornellpubs
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Ref: Browning 1972 Firearms and Sporting Items – Is this publication bound and if so how? sdwhite09 (ebay)
It is bound with heat-activated cloth tape, but what we do is make very nice color reproductions for the information they contain, not perfect “forgeries”. Cheers, Rob for cornellpubs
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Just a quick question, you wouldn’t happen to have any FN FNC manuals for sale? nav_192312 (ebay)
We have a couple of flyers and a five page ad for the FNC 1980 circa 5.56 mm .233 Rem Sporter Rifle but I don’t think they are on ebay. Rob for cornellpubs
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Marksman M1010 & M1010X Owner’s Manual – Hi, if I purchase this manual can you email it to me vs mailing it? Thanks marmatan (ebay)
Ebay usually blocks email addresses and I can’t stop the postage, as we can do from the website where we sell PDFs, but I can try. Just remind me if you purchase it here, use the comment box. Rob for cornellpubs
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Ref: Beretta 1964 Firearms, Brescia, Italy – Hi there I am interested in the book but was hoping you might be able to offer it at a better price either on the price of the book or maybe cheaper shipping?? I have a 1965 Beretta 425 so it is not exactly the one I am looking for. Thanks Fil fil2925 (ebay)
I’m sorry, we operate a store not an auction so we don’t dicker over prices. Also, this is a catalog, not a manual so if you don’t have one of the guns it includes I don’t think there is much purpose for you. Sorry, Rob for cornellpubs
As mentioned Rob, I have a 1965 it is the 2nd year of that gun so it will be the same features. If I didn’t have some of those guns I would not be wasting my time…..again just thought it was a little overpriced no big deal. I will keep looking.
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Ref: P9M 9mm FEG Automatic Pistol Manual (Hungarian) – Do you know what is the difference (Sure you know.) between P9M and P9R ? please let me know. Thanks domingulitaria (ebay)
Google “what is the difference between P9M and P9R”, then look for the listing by Modernfirearms and the ones below. That should give you your answer. Cheers, Rob Mouat for cornellpubs
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Ref: Safir S2 T-14 .410 Shotgun Manual (Turkey) – Hello my friend, could you send me a link where I can buy parts of this safir? haydela-15 (ebay)
I am sorry, we don’t sell parts. Cheers, Rob
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Ref: Colt 1983 Gold Cup National Match MK IV Series 80 Manual –Is this a factory original manual? lickitgd
This is the ad at eBay: Colt 1983 Gold Cup National Match MK IVSeries 80 Manual 41 pages, about 6″ x 8″, glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated.
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Thanks guys, As always for your great customer service. I have the first 4 volumes, so I can now complete my collection. Thanks for making these available on PDF, I’ve run out of room in my bookcases long ago. When I finally gave in and started using digital media (something I swore I would never do, love the smell and feel of old books) I realized it’s a great way to deal with periodicals you want to refer back to time and again. Have a great day and hope you sort your computer troubles, Regards, Bill
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Ref: Freeland, Al c1955 Shooting Accessories, Rock Island, IL – Hi any special offers on multiple item purchases? Respectfully, Chris. Chrischaney (ebay)
No, I’m sorry, especially at ebay where the commissions eat most of any profit. I’m sorry, Cheers, Rob for cornellpubs
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Lyman 1958 Handbook of Cast Bullets 1st Edition – Hello, does this reprint have the fold out poster of cartridges that the original book had? thanks myneedsandwants (ebay)
We don’t print it with a foldout but we included it as regular pages. We’ve sold 137 of these in the last 20 years and not one person has mentioned that is is missing anything. Rob for cornellpubs
(I will say this, if you have any doubts at all, please don’t buy this reprint. They are ridiculously expensive to print because of the color ink and we don’t resell returns, Thanks, Rob)
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Ref: Remington 1963 Firearms Catalog – This item never arrived. Can you resend? Clairmontred (ebay)
Hello Greg, I see you bought it August 3, 2021 and we shipped it on the 4th. Are you sure you don’t have it hidden away someplace, that was a while ago? At this late date I can send you a PDF of the catalog if you can figure out how to get me an email address. Rob for cornellpubs
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Hello Elliot, You are right, the old photocopy I used to make the 1916 was “thin”. The problem I had was that if I darken the text, without isolating each image, the images turn black and because we’ve only sold a few in 20 years it just wasn’t worth the trouble- until now. So, what I did for you was to print it on the color printer which produces better copy. I hope that passes muster. I also printed the color 1917 for you and Abby says just to ship them, no extra charge. We hope you are please with the result. Cheers, Rob
Rob, wow, so very nice. I have been a customer for many years, and you always stand behind your stuff. I was looking for help in judging the date of manufacture of USC ammo boxes. I recently purchased one of the Winchester 1885 rifles. They are the single shot, breech loaders. It is in the 32 Short Rim Fire caliber, obsolete. It was their test rifle for that caliber and was engraved by Winchester before shipped to their ammo factory. USC purchased one of each caliber so they could maintain quality control on their ammo. I was very excited to find it. I have shot it recently and it is still very accurate. Their catalogs are helpful, but the 1917 one you are sending has some pics in it that may be even more helpful. Thank you again for your courtesy, however, I am very happy to pay for it, and or, the shipping. God Bless, Elliot
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Ref: Colt 1981 Python Manual – Hi, is this original or a reproduction? Caeavns (ebay)
From the ebay ad: Colt 1981 Python Manual – 34 pages, about 5″ x 7″, In color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated.
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Ref: Colt c1925 Automatic Pistol .32 and .380 Manual – is this printed on one sheet of paper like the original? or is it 4 separate sheets of paper nicksfather (ebay)
Neither, like the original, it is printed both sides of two sheets of 8.5″ x 11″ paper, slightly larger than the original so you can better read the copy. See the picture taken from the scan of the original. Please note that it is not a “forgery” of an original suitable for display as an original. It is provided for the information it holds and costs only five bucks. Cheers, Rob for cornellpubs
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Why do you call some of your magazines rifles and guns, rifles are guns! Duh?? Bill
Bill, habit, I suppose, after all in the military, trade and hobby, a gun usually describes a shotgun and a rifle a weapon with rifling. A rifled shotgun such as the Remington 870 Express Pump, well, I suppose that is a rifled gun. Abby
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Buonasera, ho ricevuto il libretto, perfetto, grazie. Distinti saluti. Marco Caneppele
Good evening, I have received the booklet, perfect, thank you. Best regards. Marco Caneppele
Cheers,
Rob and Abby
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lights for 17 months. A software failure in a “smart” lighting system could not be fixed because of a parts shortage. Officials concede the constantly burning lights are “ costing taxpayers a significant amount of money,” but say they have found a firm to fix the system.
Back in 2018, a Harvard doctoral student named Andres Ardisson Korat was presenting his research on the relationship between dairy foods and chronic disease to his thesis committee. One of his studies had led him to an unusual conclusion: Among diabetics, eating half a cup of ice cream a day was associated with a lower risk of heart problems. Needless to say, the idea that a dessert loaded with saturated fat and sugar might actually be good for you raised some eyebrows at the nation’s most influential department of nutrition.
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We, unfortunately, deal with some impatient, imperious, judgemental and/or demanding folks, almost all from eBay (because eBay’s feedback system gives them the POWER they so yearn to wield and which is lacking in their day to day, miserable lives). Here, Rants and Raves, is where we publish the letters from customers who irritate us the most. This month, however, we make an exception and share this thoughtfully supportive from a customer who, during his long career, dealt with the same sort of annoyances. Rob
modest collection I maintain a folder of material that I have accumulated related to that firearm. This includes catalogs, manuals, magazine articles, photos, and any historical references. I am especially pleased with the Krag 1898, 1899 manual. I consider myself a temporary custodian of the firearms in my possession. I hope those that come to possess my guns in the future will appreciate the additional material that I have collected.
recognized, clever minds figured out that by confining that pressure in a frangible container, severe damage could be inflicted. From the earliest applications, where fused shells were rolled down ramparts toward an advancing enemy, to the Petards -fused bombs hung against doors and ramparts, the concept of the hand grenade evolved. Originally, they were simply small hollow metal or ceramic shells filled with gunpowder and equipped with a short fuse. Grenadiers, invariably tall athletic soldiers, would light the fuses and throw the grenades toward the advancing enemy. Clearly this action took a lot of courage and the grenadiers held a highly respected position.
ignited by the discharge of the weapon, much in the way artillery shells of the period were ignited by the blowby of the firing charge. (see Figure 2)
should. I guess I was wondering if there was an insert or “users manual” that came with the sight “in the box” so to speak to tell how to set up the sight once it was mounted. Does that give you any better idea of what I’m looking for? Thanks again, John
sold between 1955 and 1957 . So that’s a flyer from those three years not 1968 I just thought you’d like to know I have that pistol and I’ve researched it thoroughly it was only made 3 years it’s the single shot model ones similar could have been from 1968 but they were repeaters. You should change your ad you might sell more knowing it’s a much older advertisement. Do your research.
You are absolutely right, thank you. I had one back in the day and by 1968 I had moved on to the “real thing”. The copy should have read 1958 and I appreciate knowing it was discontinued in 1957, I’ll fix it. I remember the pistol well, it was difficult to cock for a nine-year-old. 
hard to find, firearms publications, over 6000 of them. It would be impossible to print and bind them with original paper, inks, covers etc. so, we do the best we can to preserve the information for our customers. 
you, Vince
powder load data for 50-70 government. Thanks Kevin. Kldcoltcrazy
I just acquired a Newport model CN Serial # T4862 I believe it’s a Stevens trying to get more information on it ty!
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please cancel the purchase. It is much easier for you to do than for us at our end. Ebay wants to know why and how etc etc. Cheers, Rob for cornellpubs
easy to read? (I bought a manual elsewhere and the pages are nearly impossible to decipher.) Thanks, rdc2co2 (ebay)
Dear Patrick, We’ve sold over 50 of these and nobody has ever noticed our mistake with the size, I did fix it. Now, please don’t send it back, we can’t resell it. But, I’ll print you another on a different printer which should make it sharper and I’ll ask Abby to refund your money. I hope these actions will show you that Abby and I are serious about doing our best to make customers happy. We have over 24000 good feedbacks and have sold on ebay for almost 20 years. Please don’t give us a bad mark, it just upsets Abby and sticks to us like a bad sore for 12 months. Thanks, Rob for cornellpubs (if you are ever at our website read the Rants and Raves!)
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Beretta 425 so it is not exactly the one I am looking for. Thanks Fil fil2925 (ebay)
know.) between P9M and P9R ? please let me know. Thanks domingulitaria (ebay)
cartridges that the original book had? thanks myneedsandwants (ebay)
Ref: Remington 1963 Firearms Catalog – This item never arrived. Can you resend? Clairmontred (ebay)
printed on one sheet of paper like the original? or is it 4 separate sheets of paper nicksfather (ebay)