Canfield's Corner

Welcome to my new website.  My old site had been around for over a decade and was getting rather "long in the tooth."  I had a completely new site designed that is better suited for mobile devices, etc. I also decided to reinstitute my "Canfield's Corner" blog which I discontinued a back in 2017.  The older Blog postings are still available here under the "Older Content" tab. While some of the information may be a bit dated, hopefully there's something you'll find to be of interest if you haven't read any of them previously. You can check back here from...

This is a "Canfield's Corner" post from several years ago that I'm moving to the "Current Topics" section as I've received several comments from readers who found it interesting. I have also added a photo of the hand-stamped markings referenced in the article. In the four decades I’ve been collecting U.S. military weapons, I’ve encountered many unusual, interesting, bizarre and memorable things. Although I don't go to a lot of guns anymore, in the past, I routinely attended gun shows at least once a month. Most were small local shows but two of my favorites were large shows fairly close to home;...