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I work as an armed guard, making sure that a bunch of nice folks go home in one piece after a shift. Since I'm "The Gun Guy", more than one of 'em has asked my opinion of the Heller decision. I start my response by stating that we were one vote shy of causing the first armed rebellion in...

Having put off purchase of an L-frame for twenty-five years, I decided that the SSR version might be tolerable. The first revolver I ever fired was a Model 15. A few K-frames and various N-frame pieces covered my needs. I thought of L-frames as the option for those who couldn't quite nail...

I'll be contacting Accuracy Systems tomorrow to purchase another of their variable gas port devices for my latest Mini, an NRA Special. As with my stainless Ranch Rifle, the initial accuracy was only "minute of man". This was disappointing as I used a recipe that does roughly 1.5 MOA in the...

--and no, I didn't pay the full, retail, list price!;) My dealer likes me. I've made several contributions to his retirement/alimony fund.:scrutiny: I wish it had been in stainless but, overall, it's a good package. Considering the value of two, rare, government/LE-marked magazines and...

Who would want such an ABOMINATION as this!:eek: It lacks a proper barrel pin! It has a MIM hammer and trigger!!:what: It has an evil, unclean LOCK!!!:evil: On the other hand, it has just returned from Mag-Na-Port, where those crazy folks in the vast, white wilderness of Michigan (I even got...

HELP ! I've organized a "rookie rig" for one of my K-frames but am hoping someone out there knows of a source for N-frame duty holsters. Safariland, DeSantis and Milt Sparks are all negatives.:banghead: The "gotcha" in my case is that my company's underwriter demands Level 2 retention. I...

Well, after twenty-seven years I finally took a chance and purchased a press that doesn't say RCBS on the casting. Son #1 is starting to load. He'll make use of the old hardware. Midway offered a discount on Forster's single-stage, so I could tell The Wife that, "I had a...

Another upload attempt. . . . I'm learning to use light background colors. These seem to be less data intense than colors or patterns. This is a left-side view of Model 21-4 Thunder Ranch Special 1113 prior to its rebuild. If you have "painter's eye", the frame deformation just to the rear...

Ruger #1/Image-UPLOADED -- learning image upload quirks. ---- I think it finally worked. . . . This is my Heym-Ruger HR-38DL, a modified #1. A .30-'06, the octagonal barrel is Krupp's Spezial Stahl, a high-chrome alloy used in naval rifles, like those of the Bismarck -- very durable...

For the first, and last, time I purchased a firearm via the internet. I had found a Thunder Ranch Special at Smith-WessonForum.com. My other TRS (purchased new) is serial number 0666. I didn't look forward to 'splainin' to a jury how I destroyed a perp with The Devil's Gun!:evil: The...

I like a good challenge. Conventional wisdom says that Mini-14s are "minute of man" at best. This was true of the wooden handguard version I owned in the early '80s: 50yds OK; 100yds definite maybe. After reading a few reviews of the new, "round receiver", 580-series rifles I purchased a...

HELP! I've used the last of the great bullets that I purchased from BULL-X of Farmer City IL. They closed a while after their founder died. He is missed. . . . :( I tend toward Keith-style, semi-wadcutters of around 200 grains for .44(.430) and .45(.451). No, I'm not going to cast my...

DISCLAIMER: I am a Sturm, Ruger stockholder. Dry fire of the 345 without a magazine inserted will destroy the magazine interconnect safety and cause -- problems. Ruger service/parts folks are very understanding and, in my case, provided a replacement part at no cost. Do not dry fire a 345...