Recent content by Smythe77

Personally I like my old High Standard Victor & Trophy though also have a S&W 617X6" I use to teach beginners. Still my advise on a new gun is the Ruger Mk II 5.5" bull bbl & no doubt those that buy it love it AND the price is so reasonable. The weight of a full metal gun is better for...

When shooting in Bullseye I use to use a bit of Birch bark with its smoke to smoke up the front blade for then it was a matt black & stood out so well. Still those days are of the past due to age.

At least the above news cast was correct this time. I have seen it of where the also included Detroit & one must admit that is a bit east of B.C. Cdn. Still the Cdn Border Guards have been complaining about not being trained properly & supplied with f/arms. Not going to be as easy as one...

Must admit I am a handgunner so we hammer a lot of rounds compared to rifle people AND we have an indoor range for h/gun target shooters, but the Cdn Govts are very fussy & in our range we need to ease off the loads pressure due to to the concrete walls & safety. Fine with us for we shoot...

I use Federal primers for my h/guns as the hammer drop of a tuned revolver is a bit on the light side to offer one 5.5 lbs trigger pull. On 9X19 or 45ACP I use anything & actually prefer CCI, Winchester of the few Remingtons I can obtain. For the hammer drop of a semi-auto is a heavy drop be...

Allow me to suggest that you Americans had best hang onto your Bill or Rights about having f/arms. Here in Canada things started to happen back in the 50s. Remember we only have a Charter of Rights & to own or have any form of a f/arm is a "privilage". As of a bit over 10 yrs ago all f/arm...

Of interest he actually had two hunting rifles. No one knows where he obtained them. Previously he was deprived of his six hunting rifles that were sold & money back to him, from a local gun shop. All of this just around 9+ days after the PM Martin, in looking for votes, has said the...

I feel that Rob Leatham has changed his way of holding his gun. He now wraps his strong hand thumb OVER the safety while the weak-hand is just below the above & fully under the trigger guard with forefinger pointing into the direction of where he will be shooting (yes the weak hand thumb is...

Have wondered up & down this part not to see a word about the Handgun Ban as mentioned by PM Paul Martin who is in for possible re-election of himself & his party or NOT. That was, I believe a week-ago last thursday when he was compaigining in Ontario & they are in deep trouble with all the...

Here in Cdn you cannot loan your guns to others. Against the law. Now at the range I can loan my guns to members or even non-members as long as I keep the gun under my supervision. Like I have a chap, that joined the Club around this time last yr & he has been borrowing my S&W 617X6 .22...

I agree that it is the combination. While 9X19 might be the caliber now, many are going back to the 45ACP. I have two Custom made 45s by a pistolsmith here in B.C. Cdn. Lovely guns to fire & accuracy is there without question.

Been using speed-loaders for some yrs & especially in PPC. From DADE to some other makes to HKS to Safairland Comp 1 & Comp II. Liking the latter the most. If I was still keen in PPC I might have tried out a number of Comp III

Since you are talking about self-defense, no real knowledge of rifles or h/guns, & thinking of a .22 to start out with. Then why not start with a Ruger MK-512 Bull bbl for there will be your gun to learn with & is a trusty semi-auto with inexpensive .22 rim fire ammo. Later you might aim for...

losangeles is quite correct this has been going on for many years in the Pacific Ocean or better still in the South China Sea along with the Indian Ocean. Not much of a crew on many of the big cargo or oil ships that are often taken over & held for ransom money. Anyone can claim train the...

Being a Cdn I can say that this was on & in the news. They say nothing like this bar around 100 yrs ago though what exact date I cannot recall. Still in packs dog, coyotes & wolves can go after anything. Like it has not been for some yrs that we have had a maze of trouble popping up in Cdn...