Old Guns and Other Stuff Newsletter for September 2024

AMMO and ALMOND JOY BARS- Shoppers in Oklahoma and Alabama can now buy bullets from grocery store vending machines.

U-HAUL PLAN B- The truck rental company has pledged to take action against the white supremacist group Patriot Front, which used several of its trucks to carry dozens of supporters to a Nashville rally. A U-Haul spokesman said that while the company does not discriminate on the basis of “political affiliation” its rental terms clearly state that passengers must “ride only in the cab of the truck.” Those who broke the rule could be denied future “rental privileges.”
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OHIO’S SUPREME COURT has ruled that “boneless” chicken wings can contain bones. Much as “chicken fingers” aren’t made from chicken’s fingers, Justice Joseph Deters wrote the tern “boneless wings” merely denotes a style of preparation. In a dissent, Justice Michael Donnelly called this logic “utter jabberwocky” and said that when patrons “read the word boneless, they think that it means “without bones.” Good Grief!

FINDING OLD CHAMPAGNE after divers exploring a 170 year old shipwreck in the Baltic Sea near Sweden discovered cases of Champagne. The visible bubbles in the sealed bottles suggest they may be drinkable.

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BIG GULP…The Olympic Men’s and Women’s Triathlons were held in the Seine after organizers deemed the water safe despite concerns over high E.coli levels. “I’m sure we’ll find out in due time if that is correct,” said men’s winner Alex Yee of Britain. Got any of that larvicide handy, or a bottle of the Champagne?
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INCOMING… GOLF FLAK, after a helicopter spraying a Minnesota golf course with mosquito larvicide was stuck and damaged by a player’s golf ball. “we are just really pleased that the helicopter was able to land safely” said a local mosquito-control official. Yep, that was the good part, I wonder if the player got a Mulligan?

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ANT-MASH TRIAGE

Florida Carpenter ants perform lifesaving amputations on one another, a new study shows. These half-inch-long, reddish insects are highly territorial and frequently do battle with rival colonies, so injuries to their legs are common. When study author Dany Buffat was observing one colony in 2020, he noticed some ants allowing others to chew their legs off. To study this odd behavior, Buffat and other researchers at Germany at University of Wurzberg damaged the legs of about 100 ants, either on the femur, close to the body, or on the tibia further down the leg. They found that the ants presented their injured legs to comrades for treatment. In the case of a femur wound, the doctor ant would gnaw the leg off. For tibia wounds, the doctor would not amputate, but would merely lick the area. This treatment was highly effective. For femur injuries, 95 percent of the treated ants survived, compared with 45 percent untreated, while for tibia injuries, 75 percent survived, while for the tibia injuries, 75 percent survived compared with 15 percent untreated. The level of sophistication with which they have evolved to care for their injured is unrivaled in the animal kingdom, behavioral ecologist Erik Frank tells The Washington Post. “Our human medical systems would be the closest match. “

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BACK PAIN?  WALK IT OFF!

If you got lower back pain, try going for a hike. That is the conclusion of the first major study into walking as a treatment for pain, says The Guardian (UK) Researchers in Australia followed some 700 adults who had recently had an episode of back pain.  Half were put on a walking plan, with a psychotherapist instructing them to walk 30 minutes three to five times a week. That group averaged about 130 minutes a week of walking. The rest were in a control group, given no instructions about exercise. Over a three year study period, those in the walking group were only half as likely as the control group to suffer a bad flare-up and they remained entirely pain-free for nearly twice as long: an average of 208 days compared with 112 for the control.”Most people’s instinct is not to do anything because even taking a step can send a jolt or spasm up your back”  says patient Rory Fagan, who joined the trial in 2021 and says he has suffered only one episode of pain since. But if you push through he says, it is worth it. “Exercise is a path to reducing pain in the long turn. “

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SITEBA INDONESIA,  Python swallows woman.   An Indonesian woman was killed and swallowed whole last week by a 30 foot reticulated python. The 36 year old mother of five, identified as Siriati – many Indonesians use just one name – had set out on a jungle path to meet her brother, and buy medicine for one of her children. When she did not show up, her husband, Adiansa, retraced her route and found a massive snake near the trail with what police called a “very large” lump in its belly and legs protruding from its mouth. Adiansa killed the snake with a wooden stake and called other villagers to help him retrieve the body. While such killings are rare, but this was the second time a python has swallowed someone in a month in South Sulawesi province.

 The Week

BAD WEEK FOR METAL FATIGUE after an overworked “administrative officer robot” in Gumi City, South Korea, threw itself down a flight of stairs in an apparent suicide. Witnesses said that before its fatal plunge, the robot was “circling one spot as if something was there.” Latest Robot News.

South Korea’s Gumi City Council announced the robot was found unresponsive after having apparently fallen down a two-meter (six-and-a-half foot) staircase last week. Witnesses saw the robot officer “circling in one spot as if something was there” before the accident occurred, but the exact cause of the fall is still being investigated, a city council official told AFP. “Pieces have been collected and will be analyzed by the company,” the official said, adding that the robot had “helped with daily document deliveries, city promotion, and delivered information” to local residents. “It was officially a part of the city hall, one of us,” another official said. “It worked diligently.”

Headlines in local media questioned the apparent robot suicide, saying: “Why did the diligent civil officer do it?” or asking “was work too hard” for the robot? Appointed in August 2023, the robot was one of the first to be used in this manner in the city. Made by Bear Robotics, a Californian robot-waiter startup, the robot worked from 9 am to 6 pm and had its own civil service officer card. Unlike other robots, which can typically only use one floor, the Gumi City Council robot could call an elevator and move floors on its own. South Korea is one of the most enthusiastic users of robots globally. It has the highest robot density in the world, with one industrial robot for every 10 employees, according to the International Federation of Robotics. Gumi City Council is currently not planning to adopt a second robot officer at this moment, it told AFP.

France24

Ships are under threats from swarming drones, missiles, Mach 10 hyper-sonic missiles and other space age weapons. Laser technology may offer a defense that, after installation, costs as little as five or ten bucks a shot when destroying incoming threats.

Dominion Ammunition c1929 (CIL – in Spanish).   Dear Mr. Kushner  (hekus28 ebay), Abby and I were disappointed to see you left negative feedback on eBay for us. What was the problem? As far as we can see the reprint we sent you was a good copy with no flaws. If there were a problem, we wish you had contacted us to allow us the opportunity to fix whatever was wrong before leaving negative feedback, however, we are still concerned and want to fix the issue. Please let us know. Cheers, Rob Mouat
 
We never heard back from him. Really? Newby dude lives in Canada and he was chafing about delivery times through the eBay delivery system, not our fault, but he can bomb us and we have no recourse. He also failed to contact us before leaving less than positive feedback as stated in the eBay terms. Bravo “hekus”!

Why does this matter? Well, two reasons really. First, it bothers us when we go to such an amount of trouble to make these hard to find publication available at a reasonable price, that people nitpick or off-candidly say nasty things about our efforts. Bad feedback also leads to the people who delight in “piling on”. They see something nasty and want to embellish it themselves. If you don’t think this happens, just look at our political scene!

Sure, Arthur, here is a link to the August Newsletter. I’ll attach a copy as well. Thanks and I look forward to your order, Best, Abby
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Hi Abby, I bought two of your Rigami catalog pdfs.  I want to respect your copyright, but would like to give the two PDFs to the buyer from this auction. Is that ok with you? I can copy you when I send it to them auction . I am not a collector so I think it should go with the firearm. Please let me know, Thanks, Jeff
 
Hi Jeff, Sure, go ahead and give him copies of the PDFs, good luck with the auction. Abby
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Ref: Beretta 1983 PM12S SMG Manual.  Hey, when is my order going to be shipped, Monday 5:52pm. charbrig0 eBay

Hey, when is my order going to be shipped? This is the second message. Tuesday 2:00am. charbrig0 eBay
 
Hello charbrig0, your message came in last night after 5:00 when we were closed and it is now 8:30 the next morning when we open. So, we weren’t ignoring you, we just took the night off :). Anyway, your order should go out today. Best, Abby for cornellpubs
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Ref: Winchester Model 70 Sequence of Take-Down and Assembly Operations.  Awaiting shipping information. Save on postage and send both documents in one package?! richschm-y1xiz0k eBay

Ref: Winchester Model 12 Sequence of Take-Down and Assembly Operations. Awaiting shipping information. Send both documents in one package and save on postage. richschm-y1xiz0k eBay

Hi rich… We’ll do the best we can but if items on ebay are not bought together, sometimes we can’t catch them to post together.
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Ref: Bonehill, CG 1900 (UK) Gun Catalog.  The quantity should be one, not eight! Please change the quantity to one and refund the excess charge. Thank you! W.B. Jones Jr.  $spbj: ebay

Mr. Jones, I have refunded the total amount of the eight Bonehills. Please purchase one again – we will be happy to send it. Thank you for understanding. Regards, Abby

Thanks, Abby, and thanks for all your great reprints!
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Looking for assembly instructions (or a schematic) for a British Bulldog Pistol and a Belgium Bulldog Pistol. If you have these, please let me know and I will purchase from you. Thank you. Jerome A Landry Sr

Hello Jerome, The original British Bulldog was a Webley, but the name was used by many different makers for revolvers, but, because they were generally made in the 19th century it is rare that any instruction sheet survives or came with them, so no, I’m sorry I don’t have anything that can help you. Best, Abby

Thanks for trying. Appreciate. 
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Do you have a manual for the Colt Le901 Modular Carbine ? Than you.

No, I’m sorry, we don’t, Best, Abby
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Hello, hope all is well. Quick question, are you able to combine shipping if 2 or more items were purchased, or do I need to order directly from your website for that to be an option? I appreciate any information you could provide, & thank you for your time.
 
I don’t think combined shipping works for our store on eBay. Or if it does, I confess I can’t tell you how it works. Are you in the US or outside the US? Rob for cornellpubs
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I need operator manual on my Remington 7400. And the disassembly and assembly guide for cleaning, please. Mike Reed

Hi Mike, This Rem 7400 owner’s manual has illustrated instructions for cleaning but not for complete disassembly. Best, Abby
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I am looking for Springfield Crescent Davis Arms Corporation September 15, 1932. Valerie Areingdale

Hello Valerie, I assume you did a search for “crescent” at our website, but if not, we have nothing dated 1932. That said, if you scroll down you will see Cresent is featured in several reseller catalogs from 1932. I don’t know what you are looking for but if it is an advert in a publication like Sat Eve Post, then I don’t thing we can help. Cheers, Rob
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Ref: Handbook for the .45 Inch Gatling Gun 1880 (Land). Do you have a handbook for the older 1862-1872 gatling Gun caliber 45/70, John Lenz

No, I’m sorry, The closest we come is this one: Gatling Guns 1875 Instructions for Care and Use by Marvin- Manual. Cheers, Rob for cornellpubs.

What is the eBay # for your 1875 Gatling Gun manual?
 
Gatling Guns 1875 Instructions for Care and Use by Marvin: #370791494118 Rob for cornellpubs
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Edw K. Tryon Company Sporting Goods 1929 Volume # 1 of Catalog no. 94 Guns, Tools and Cutlery.  Hello. Any Edw. K. Tryon baseball bats in this catalog? If so, would you mind sending a pic? Thanks.

There are dozens of bats on two pages plus an “indoor bat”. Rob for cornellpubs

I’m looking for a bat made by Edw. K. Tryon (not Reach) called the World’s Champion model
 
There is a page of “World’s Champion Bats, The finest bats in the world”, eleven of them. Rob for cornellpubs  (never heard back from him, typical)

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Looking for owners manual for Remington model 600 in 223 rem.  Anthony

Hello Anthony, The manual we offer is not cartridge specific, however it does not list .223,  only .222, .308 Win and .36 Rem. Best, Abby
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ya know if you would show all 24 pages and offer each page in a poster size (18×24) or what ever so one could frame it and hang it in their gun room you could sell alot of them. just sayin?

Hmmm, we reprint almost a million pages so, let’s see, a huge new amount of work to set it all up, then advertise it and deal with the unhappy people that don’t like the page enlarged that much or want it bigger, more machinery to break down, increased postal problems with bent packages, people wanting us to print on canvas etc, etc. No, I’m sorry we just won’t do that, we’ll leave it to our successors. Cheers, Rob
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I have an original 1965 daisy air rifle NOT lever action but sliding action. Will your book have this and are there inside parts available. Mike

Hi Mike, The Daisy 1990 airgun parts catalog we have shows exploded parts views for loads of Daisy guns. The list is below. If you don’t know the model number of your gun, the best I can suggest is that you buy the PDF version for a few bucks and compare the images. Cheers, Rob
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I got the print copy of the SIG P550 manual in the mail, that I ordered; thank you. I also paid for the PDF version of this manual; how do I get it? Thanks for your help. Regards, Vincent

Hi Vincent, When you checked out there should have been a link to get the download, then you should have got an email with another link. Just to be sure though, I’ll send you a copy of the manual using wetransfer. Cheers, Rob
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August 2024 Newsletter: “Hello, I’m looking for a 1980s George Lawrence Leather Company catalog that includes a holster size fit chart..might you have one..thanks
 
No Brad, we don’t. However, most holster catalogs don’t list individual handguns, the list would be enormous. They ask if the weapon is an auto or revolver and then small, medium or large. Abby,”
 
Dear Abby, I noticed the query regarding a holster-size fit chart for Lawrence holsters. In fact, such a chart was printed in Stoeger’s Shooter’s Bibles in the 1960s.  Shooter’s Bible #56 (1965) has it on Page 391.  It’s one page, and simply gives the number code for each (maker’s- ed) gun, which is then applicable to every model of holster.  For example, if you see “514” stamped on the back, it’s for a Colt Woodsman Match Target (4 1/2 – inch barrel.) Hope this helps. All the best, Terry