Recent content by alucard0822

Just out of curiosity was the recieving dealer Sandy@Valley gun? I am curious about the circumstances, we fight hard to restore rights denied to us at the state and national level, and if there was no wrongdoing, there should have been no reprocussions. MD politicians may be able to lean on...

The 442/642 are hard to beat when you want an effective round, light weight, and a small concealable gun. The internal hammer models are reliable, snag free, and rounded by design, and require you to simply draw and pull the trigger when needed, and a contact shot cannot bump it "out of...

:what::):D See how good S&W customer service is, I wanted a midsize 45, and 2 posts later, woila there is the good news. Hopefully the grip is somewhere between the full and compact in size ala G19, if it has a full grip and a short slide, the 45 compact will be mine instead of the midsize...

I tried M&P full size 9 and 45, and then bought a 9c, mostly for CC. I have always had a hard time with full size glocks due to the crappy grip angle and ergonomics, but can shoot my dad's G19 fairly well. The M&P has a stainless steel chassis molded into the frame, and gives it a lot more...

Yes, but I would have to go to the trouble of pulling out everything, and if I have time to pull out a dozen rifles to make room for me, well then, I can probably just load one, affix bayonets, and dig in. I do sometimes go in there to hide from the GF, door to door salesmen, or even sometimes...

I have guns to help with home defense, because I am big, and my closet is small;)

not always the case, however 90% of the time it is, take the VZ/CZ-52 for example, many people have snapped the uniquely complicated firing pin aggainst the block by dry firing, a CZ75 however will hold up fine to thousands of dry firings. On the rare occasion I do use snap caps, I always load...

the 454casull / 45colt combo basically has soft shooting "cowboy loads" at the bottom end, and full power casull loads at the top, a wider margin than 44spl/44mag or even 38sp/357mag, throw in the occasional 45colt/.410 combination, and you can fend off 2 legged and slithering threats with ease...

I would have to say 357. It can be had in full size 8 shot revolvers for OC/HD, or 5 shot j-frame snubbies for a BUG, or CC, either can use 38sp+p, and using the shorter 38s, gives more positive ejection from a revolver chambered in 357. There is also no shortage of quality SD loadings in...

I use a lee manual, or the online manual of the powder manufacturer, start at the minimum, or reduce 10% if none is given (H110/W296 being the exception). work up from there, settling at the most accurate load that functions perfectly. Most of the ideal loads are about 5% reduced from max for...

only problem with the 4" M44 is that it only uses 2 1/2 of barrel. So while sight radius and overall size are the same as a 4", velocities will be around the same as a snubby. The 6 1/2" M44 develops near identical velocity to a 5" 629. The porting works well, it reduces flip and overall...

:what: please tell me the hat blew away first, and that your buddies didn't pull a Cheny:neener: I agree, wind and weather make for some fun trap/skeet shooting. more realistic IMO. Field guns tend to do fairly well with the wind, or shooting wobble trap, where the clays don't rise...

I have an M44 6.5", and have been very happy with it. I changed the long skinny factory grips over to hogue monoblocks ala S&W, polished the action contact surfaces, and put in a wolff spring kit, it has close to a perfect trigger now. I have never had any problems of any type, and it is...

Garands have a special aura about them, that is unique in the world of firearms, some of us get bit by the bug, and it becomes a most cherished rifle. There is nothing else you can buy that is quite like it, and even the M1A doesn't have the same feel about it, even though it is a cousin of the...

The arcticle is so brief and vague, that it is impossible to tell what happened. For all we know, the guy might have been recording backup vocals for Alan Jackson, wearing his CASS rig, and upon ignoring the 4 rules while practicing his draw and holster techniques, plugged himself. Just as...