Recent content by JonnyB

A local dealer - rural Minnesota - has a DPMS 16" carbine in stock, priced at $699. This is without the rear sight/carry handle, though. The handle is around $30 more. DPMS is a solid manufacturer; I wouldn't be afraid to buy one. I looked at the carbine for my wife, but didn't get it. jb

If Wal-Mart has ten of the 100-round value packs, buy 'em. Buying in case lots isn't going to be less expensive. I have a case of 1000 coming today from Ammoman - $189 delivered. JB

"T think that is called, '8 o'clock low'." Negative, Ghost Rider; he has it right. The clock position tells which direction to look - again, with 12 being directly in front, 6 directly behind, 9 is 90 degrees left and 3 is 90 degrees right. It's a reference to a lateral direction. The...

Hah! The comments were even funnier than the photo. Where do these people come from? JB

In the photo of Villa with General Pershing - and another - he appears to have considerable 'bulk' beneath his jacket. I wouldn't be too amazed to see two handguns and a bunch of ammo under there. JB

Arfin Greebly wrote: "Common goals. As Americans, what are the goals we have in common? Sorry, no Gallup poll for this one. Americans have some things in common that could be called irreducible minimums. We want to be healthy. We want our kids to grow up and succeed. We...

Wait a minute! March 1st? What makes it newsworthy today? JB

I've got two of 'em. The one I've had a while is an FN Israeli military import, made in 1990. It has the black paint finish, and is my 'car' gun. It goes with me nearly every day. The other is a Browning that I recently acquired. It's a 1989 Mk. III with the ambi safety and firing-pin block...

I've been tossin' the idea around for a year or two myself. My son and a brother-in-law would also enjoy it. I'm thinking that a .54 cal. muzzle-loader ought to be a fine rifle for piggies. I would, of course, back it up with a .44 mag Model 29. A fairly hard 400-grain mini-ball should...

Wouldn't the .45-70 bullet be about 60-80 feet (instead of 13 feet) above the line of sight at 1000 yards? The table in an earlier post showed a 25 foot drop (300 inches) at 500 yards. I seem to recall that with that caliber, you could sight a target at 1000 yards through the front & back...

Mine took 114 days, back in '03. It's supposed to take no more than 90 but someone misplaced the FBI check and they claimed it wasn't received yet. It took a number of phone calls to get it all done. By the way, there's no such thing as a non-resident Florida license. They're all the same...

Umm,, silicon wolverine - can you say "High Road"? I knew you could. Low road, methinks. JB

NavyDoc: My son will be in your neighborhood in a few weeks - he's a 13F, Minnesota NG. I pray that you never learn who he is! Thanks for your service and your words here. You're doing a fine thing. JB

Sometimes it works the other way, too: My son was home from Camp Shelby, MS, this past Christmas. They'd been having trouble with a partially clogged sewer for a week or two, so he called a plumber (he was employed by a large P&H contractor before he was called up but all their guys were...

I know of... I heard that... A guy at work bought... Do any of you gunstore cowboys actually *own* a Sigma? Have you held one? Seen one? C'mon, the guys a newbie; cut him some slack. Maybe he ain't a millionaire. Would you prefer he buys a Hi-Point instead of a Sigma? Maybe a Lorcin...