Barrel Band
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 Mosin Nagant Barrel Band Retainer Rear M38 M44 91 30 $12.00 Time Remaining: 13d 39m Buy It Now for only: $12.00 |
 Ruger 10 22 Old Style Full Metal Trigger Group and Barrel Band $108.00 (26 Bids) Time Remaining: 1h 53m |
 K98 Mauser Front and Rear Barrel Band and Spring German Israeli $5.24 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 2h 22m |
 M1 Carbine Barrel Band $23.99 Time Remaining: 18d 21h 33m Buy It Now for only: $23.99 |
 Assorted Barrel Band Swivel Parts $19.99 Time Remaining: 3d 7h 31m |
 ONE Ruger 10 22 OEM Poly Barrel Band fits 10 22 factory tapered barrel stock $10.95 Time Remaining: 10d 23h 7m Buy It Now for only: $10.95 |
 REDFIELD BARREL BAND RAMPS $25.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 17h 19m |
 RUGER 10 22 SLING MOUNT BARREL BAND BLUED STEEL USA Made Brand New $14.99 Time Remaining: 17d 23h 48m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 WWII M1 Carbine Barrel Band Stamped SA $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 9h 20m |
 50 70 TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD BARREL BAND IN GOOD CONDITION ORIGINAL SMALL U $20.00 Time Remaining: 3h 11m |
 M1 Carbine Barrel Band Type One $16.99 Time Remaining: 1h 13m Buy It Now for only: $16.99 |
 Ruger 10 22 Factory Synthetic Stock with Barrel Band Used once 10 22 $15.51 (10 Bids) Time Remaining: 20h 43m |
 SLING SWIVEL MOUNTING ADAPTER For RUGER 10 22 CARBINE RIFLE BARREL BAND Black $7.99 Time Remaining: 4d 2h 26m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 Ruger 10 22 Stainless factory Barrel Stock Barrel Band Hammer Kit $41.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 18h 33m |
 RUGER 10 22 BARREL BAND ADAPTER SLING SWIVEL MOUNT SET For Carbine Style Rifle $9.99 Time Remaining: 23d 21h 28m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Ruger 10 22 Factory Barrel Band Metal $3.27 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 5h 4m |
 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR BARREL BANDS STOCK BANDS $3.01 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 22h 44m |
 Mosin Nagant Barrel Band Retainer Front M38 M44 91 30 $12.00 Time Remaining: 19d 21h 15m Buy It Now for only: $12.00 |
 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR BARREL BANDS STOCK BANDS $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5d 22h 54m |
 RUGER 10 22 BARREL BAND ADAPTER SLING SWIVEL MOUNT Black For Carbine Rifle $7.99 Time Remaining: 13d 2h 27m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 1898 US Krag rifle barrel band sling swivle $20.53 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 5h 30m |
 Crosman 22XX Custom Barrel Band 2300 2240 2250 2260 $15.00 Time Remaining: 24d 8h 6m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 |
 Ruger 10 22 New OEM silver Metal Barrel Band $15.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6h 41m |
 REMINGTON 03 A3 BARREL BANDSSLING SWIVELS SIGHT ETC OLD STORE STOCK $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 23h 1m |
 Barrel band for crosman 1377 2289 1322 BRAND NEW $3.00 Time Remaining: 18d 5h 24m Buy It Now for only: $3.00 |
 Ruger 10 22 Aluminum Barrel Band Black $3.30 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 21h 19m |
 Stainless Ruger 10 22 Barrel Band Screw stainless nut wrench 22LR dummy rounds $5.99 Time Remaining: 12d 8h 7m Buy It Now for only: $5.99 |
 1903 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE FRONT BARREL BAND EXCELLENT WITH SCREWS AND SWIVEL $41.00 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 8h 15m |
 Ruger 10 22 stock Laminated Laminate stock and barrel band Mint $119.00 Time Remaining: 26d 6h 41m Buy It Now for only: $119.00 |
 Orig Winchester Model 94 1894 Barrel Band Screw Gun Part $12.99 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 18h 10m |
 Ruger 10 22 barrel band Metal $5.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5h 43m |
 Mosin Nagant Barrel Band Front M38 M44 M91 30 MN 39A $8.00 Time Remaining: 19d 21h 22m Buy It Now for only: $8.00 |
 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR BARREL BAND SPRINGS 2 $0.99 Time Remaining: 5d 22h 45m |
 Winchester Model 1894 94 Front Barrel Band Screw $9.95 Time Remaining: 9d 24m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 VINTAGE WINCHESTER 9422 22 cal TAPERED FRONT BARREL BAND SCREW NEW OLD STOCK $10.99 Time Remaining: 2d 6h 35m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 Mosin Nagant Barrel Band Rear M38 M44 M91 30 MN 39B $8.00 Time Remaining: 19d 21h 22m Buy It Now for only: $8.00 |
 Ruger 10 22 Factory Barrel Band Metal $1.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 18h 40m |
 Black Synthetic Ruger brand Stock front barrel band for Ruger 10 22 Rifle $42.50 Time Remaining: 3d 2h 33m |
 quad band for double barrel deer game feeder whitetail hunt $54.95 Time Remaining: 18d 16h 13m Buy It Now for only: $54.95 |
 Ruger 10 22 Carbine barrel band $5.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 4h 7m |
 Replacement M1 Carbine Barrel Band w Bayonet Lug $30.35 Time Remaining: 27d 22h 15m Buy It Now for only: $30.35 |
 Vintage Ruger 10 22 Metal Stock Barrel Band $19.50 Time Remaining: 3d 5h 19m |
 RUGER 10 22 BARREL BAND ADAPTER SLING SWIVEL MOUNT BRIGHT SILVER NICKLE $6.99 Time Remaining: 3d 2h 33m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 |
 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR 50 70 BARREL BAND LARGE U VERY GOOD CONDITION $30.00 Time Remaining: 5d 1h 38m |
 Original Vintage Winchester 1885 Winder Musket Barrel Band and Swivel w Screw $17.00 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 1h 49m |
 GrovTec 2 pc BARREL BAND Swivel Set Tube Magazine 22s $20.49 Time Remaining: 8d 6h 3m Buy It Now for only: $20.49 |
 Ruger 10 22 Takedown and Barrel band screw New $7.00 Time Remaining: 2d 1h 29m Buy It Now for only: $7.70 |
 Ruger 10 22 Metal stock barrel band + 10 Lowes coupn $19.99 Time Remaining: 25d 22h 55m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 1853 ENFIELD Rifle Reproduction BARREL BAND SWIVEL Vintage Civil War Gun Parts $8.95 Time Remaining: 6d 3h 16m |
 RUGER 10 22 CARBINE RIFLE BARREL BAND SLING SWIVEL MOUNTING STUD by Uncle Mikes $7.99 Time Remaining: 7d 20h 18m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 Ruger 10 22 Factory Barrel Band Metal $1.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 21h 24m |
 10 Misc Barrel Bands $40.00 Time Remaining: 2d 3h 31m |
 Original M1 Carbine Blued Barrel Band w Bayonet Lug $34.35 Time Remaining: 1d 23h 49m Buy It Now for only: $34.35 |
 VINTAGE MOSSBERG 42C barrel band and screw RIFLE PART $3.99 Time Remaining: 3d 20h 10m |
 RUGER 10 22 10 22 MAGNUM REplacement Barrel Band Screw $6.45 Time Remaining: 16d 18h 8m Buy It Now for only: $6.45 |
 Ruger 10 22 New OEM silver Metal Barrel Band with new screwalso new Takedown $17.00 Time Remaining: 3d 6h 19m Buy It Now for only: $18.70 |
 VINTAGE WINCHESTER 94 30 30 TAPERED FRONT BARREL BAND SCREW NEW OLD STOCK $15.99 Time Remaining: 20d 23h 56m Buy It Now for only: $15.99 |
 Ruger 10 22 New OEM silver Metal Barrel Band $15.00 Time Remaining: 3d 6h 20m Buy It Now for only: $16.50 |
 1853 ENFIELD Rifle Reproduction MIDDLE BARREL BAND Vintage Civil War Gun Parts $8.95 Time Remaining: 6d 3h 14m |
 GrovTec BARREL BAND Swivel Set Tube Magazine 22s GTSW42 $20.49 Time Remaining: 26d 4h 31m Buy It Now for only: $20.49 |
 SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR BARREL DOOR STOCK BANDS $19.95 Time Remaining: 6d 5h 7m |
 GROVTEC GTSW 43 Barrel Band Swivel Set $19.99 Time Remaining: 15d 8h 53m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 Berthier rifle rear barrel band sling loop ring assembly $14.99 Time Remaining: 6d 3h 37m |
 1903A3 Stamped Barrel Band $20.00 Time Remaining: 4d 48m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
 WWI GERMAN GEW 98 Mauser Rifle BARREL BAND BAYONET LUG Vintage Gun Part $4.00 Time Remaining: 6d 3h 10m |
 WWI GERMAN GEW 98 Mauser Rifle BARREL BAND SLING SWIVEL Vintage Gun Part $4.00 Time Remaining: 6d 3h 9m |
 SILVER SLING SWIVEL STUD FOR RUGER 10 22 BARREL BAND $6.99 Time Remaining: 27d 17h 46m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 |
 New Crosman Barrel Band + Screw 137713222289 $8.70 Time Remaining: 4h 42m Buy It Now for only: $11.70 |
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 Jack Daniels 2007 Ducks Unlimited Single Barrel 2nd in Series DU leg band SIGNED $120.00 (23 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 3h 45m |
 NICKEL SLING SWIVEL STUD For RUGER 10 22 CARBINE RIFLE BARREL BAND $6.99 Time Remaining: 19d 2h 9m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 |
 Jack Daniels 2006 Ducks Unlimited Single Barrel 1st in Series DU leg band SIGNED $60.00 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 4h 13m |
 Winchester model 12 12 gaugebarrel band complete $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5d 17h 36m |
 Mosin Nagant Barrel Band Front Finnish M39 MN 39x $20.00 Time Remaining: 19d 21h 14m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
 TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD 45 70 UPPER BARREL BAND VERY GOOD CONDITION ORIGINAL $20.00 Time Remaining: 5d 23h 11m |
 GROVTEC GTSW 46 Barrel Band Swivel Set $19.99 Time Remaining: 15d 9h 15m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 Barrel Band QD sling swivel and base $4.99 Time Remaining: 5d 20h 24m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 SILVER MOUNT For RIFLE SLING SWIVEL On RUGER 10 22 CARBINE BARREL BAND $6.99 Time Remaining: 23d 22h 25m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 |
 50 70 TRAPDOOR SPRINGFIELD BARREL BAND IN GOOD CONDITION ORIGINAL SMALL U $25.00 Time Remaining: 5d 2h 5m |
 1853 ENFIELD Rifle Reproduction REAR BARREL BAND Vintage Civil War Gun Parts $8.95 Time Remaining: 6d 3h 10m |
 barrel band leg mounting kit deer feeder whitetail hog $49.95 Time Remaining: 15d 14h 52m Buy It Now for only: $49.95 |
 ww2 Japanese T38 Arisaka 65 Barrel band $4.99 Time Remaining: 5d 23h 25m |
 GROVTEC GTSW 40 Barrel Band Swivel Set $19.99 Time Remaining: 17d 18h 41m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 Ruger10 22 barrel band $8.00 Time Remaining: 6d 6h 19m Buy It Now for only: $12.00 |
 quad barrel band for deer game feeder whitetail turkey hog $49.95 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 43m Buy It Now for only: $49.95 |
 RUGER 10 22 BARREL BAND ADAPTER SLING SWIVEL MOUNT SET For Carbine Style Rifle $9.82 Time Remaining: 1d 14h 26m |
 AIR ARMS S200 SOLID BRASS BARREL BAND $45.82 Time Remaining: 1d 23h 35m |
 Grovtec Barrel Band Swivel Set For Tube Style 22 Caliber Rifles P NGTSW 40 $24.99 Time Remaining: 3d 1h 4m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 New Crosman Barrel Band + Screw 137713222289 $8.70 Time Remaining: 2d 4h 37m Buy It Now for only: $11.70 |
 Uncle Mikes Qd115 Ruger Sling Swivel Set Fit Barrel Band Of 10 22 44 Mag $28.69 Time Remaining: 29d 10h 17m Buy It Now for only: $28.69 |
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Barrel Band
The History (And Value) Of Cigar Bands
For many cigar smokers, the small paper band encircling their stogy is just a piece of trash, to be discarded along with the shrinkwrap around the box. But for others that cigar band is a bit of history - a collectible that adds immeasurably to the romance and mystique of smoking.
What is the cigar band, and how did it become so important? As is so often true when it comes to cigars, the story begins in Cuba - early-19th-century Cuba, to be exact, when that island nation had already come to be recognize as the cigar capital of the world. At that time cigar packaging was minimal - often no more than a wooden barrel or box, with the manufacturer's name inscribed. The cigars themselves were generally left blank. This situation, not surprisingly, created a cheat's paradise, in which cheap European cigars were bundled in boxes with "Cuban" markings on them and sold, domestically, to unsuspecting customers who thought they were getting fine imported Cubans.
Gustave Bock, a Dutch immigrant who owned a cigar factory in Cuba in the 1830s, is credited with being the first to place a paper band around his cigars. (Bock's "cigar band" was just a paper ring with his signature on it.)
Many other makers adopted this practice, to the point where, by 1855, most Cuban cigar exporters were using them. These bands cut down on instances of counterfeiting while giving cigar manufacturers a way to increase name recognition and loyalty.
The practice spread from Cuba to cigar makers everywhere, and its popularity was encouraged by breakthroughs in printing technology, which developed alongside changes in the economy of Europe and the Americas that favored cigar smoking. Specifically, cheap color printing (through chromolithographic processes developed in Germany) was made widely available during the latter part of the century, and paper-embossing followed in the 1880s.
Between the expansion of the cigar industry and the new possibilities developed by the printing industry, a "Golden Age" of cigar advertising was almost guaranteed, and that's what followed. Cigar makers began working not only to manufacture their cigars, but to differentiate their products from others. The late 19th and early 20th centuries featured elaborate, distinctive cigar box and cigar band artwork, often produced by highly-regarded commercial artists. These well-wrought bands featured images of famous figures of the day, historical figures, nationalistic imagery, nature scenes and animals. As with today's postage stamps, special bands would be made to commemorate special events.
And, also like stamps, the bands had that combination of ephemerality and workmanship that so often draws collectors. While they were often well-made, they weren't intended to last - so they gave collectors a challenge, as baseball cards, comic books and cheap children's toys would later in the 20th century. And they always gave off a whiff of nostalgia, reminding dedicated smokers of good times shared with a cigar and a friend.
Children also found these bands attractive, since they were often left discarded on streets during the height of cigar-smoking's popularity. Manufacturers even made "albums" with blank pages in which a person's cigar band collection could be displayed - the forerunner of those plastic display sheets that every sports-card collector knows so well.
Adding to the boom in band collecting, some cigar makers gave premiums to customers who turned in a certain number of bands - everything from a set of children's silverware (50 bands) to a Scientific American subscription (600 bands) to a baby grand piano (180,000), according to the American Cigar Co. catalog of 1904. (Those of you who used to collect Marlboro Miles during the 1990s should be feeling deja vu right about now.)
After World War I, cigars fell in popularity relative to cigarettes. Cigar makers stopped putting as much energy into the production of attractive cigar bands, as it became more necessary to cut costs. Cigar bands - at least in the US - grew generic, boring. The cost cut wasn't enough - many thousands of cigar companies closed up shop for good in the US during the '20s and '30s.
Band collecting continues in the US among a hardy group mostly consisting of old-timers and nostalgia buffs, but in Europe it remains a thriving hobby, and cigar makers there continue to print colorful but cheap bands, some of which come as part of a series (again like stamps), others of which are created specifically for collectors.
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Ruger 10/22 Question, How to protect Aluminum from corrosion.?
taking receiver, trigger, barrel band and trigger group down to aluminum. was wondering a good way to protect them from corroding and what ever else could harm unfinished metal.
also re-bluing barrel, and refinishing stock.
Thanks any help is much greatly appreciated.
I have a couple of these rifle that have actually been frozen solid in water for weeks on end - and they still work great.
My ex-wife kept one by the driver door of her Jeep. We live in Alaska - she had a nasty habbit of not kicking the snow off her shoes. Eventually the jeep heater melted the snow, it froze into a mini-lake, with the damn rifle frozen into it! The blue barrel was ugly, but, the aluminum parts all looked like a million bucks.
After 30+ years around salt water and boats - the only thing that kills aluminum is leaving salt water on it - and not washing it. You would have to forget the rifle in a fishing boat for a year to hurt it - but hey - it would make a wonderful excuse to buy a nice Valquartsen action.
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