Recent content by bdbecker

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. It was the bachelor's idea of just hanging out on the farm and having a fun afternoon of shooting and grilling with us. He's one of those guys that would rather sit around a fire with a couple of cold ones than fight for shots at a strip club, so what we have...

Yes, this is related to guns and shooting. I'm trying to find some shooting related activities for a bachelor party coming up. We're a fairly competitive group of guys, so think Top Shot, but with one caveat - we can't really get our hands on ammo because of the recent shortage. Any ammo we...

My brother is lucky enough to have one of those factory "match grade" rugers. Its a little frustrating when he busts that thing out and throws out a group as good as (sometimes better than) the target rifle I put together. I've only seen one 10/22 that didn't shoot worth a darn out of the box...

I love them all as others have said... That being said my new current rediscovered favorite has to be my Knight Wolverine 209 .50 cal muzzleloader. I've had it for almost 10 years but dusted her off last fall for deer season. It is just a beast, and a phenomenally accurate beast at that. My...

I was in the same boat as you when I was putting together my 10/22. I finally settled on a Mueller APV 4.5-14 and have been very happy with it over the last few years. Its got a lot of the high end scope features for a reasonable price. Edit - After re-reading my post I realized I left out the...

I looked at probably a dozen or so between this and another store. There was one a few months back that was in similar/better condition, but $550 was too steep. I'm not sure what the biggest issue area was for me. I'm pretty picky, so there were always a few things I didn't like about each one...

After spending hours upon hours reading about the WASR 10, as well as what to look out for, I finally pulled the "trigger" and picked one up at the local Dunhams the other day for $420. I've stopped by there a half dozen times to look at their inventory, but was never satisfied with what was...

To answer your question simply - because it is just wood and metal. The point of my post was to try and help to put things into perspective. While it does suck that the rifle was stolen, you should not allow yourself to be consumed by the loss of a material item that can be replaced. You can...

Forgive my insensitivity, I was not aware of the sentimental value.

If you want to see a really bad verision of Mythbusters, try watching that Smash Lab show... worthless.

Hope for the best, but expect the worst... My truck got broken into in Kansas City last October. I figured everything was long gone (tools, GPS, MP3, leather jacket, etc) but I got a call a week later from a dectective saying that they found my all my stuff. Keep a positive attitude, while it...

I've shot that 11th round hundreds (if not thousands) of times when I was a kid, never had a single issue with my Ruger.

+1 (or 2 or 3) for the Mueller. I had such good luck with one on my Remington, I got one for my baby brother Ruger build as well. Nothing but pleased with its preformance. 10 round group with my Ruger and the Mueller APV at 50 yards using Wolf target ammo.

I totally agree with what has been said so far about just buying some decent quality hard cases. But if you did want to build a crate, here's an idea that comes to mind... The first would be to build a set of padded cradles like you see on a vertical gun rack, one for the barrels, and one...

This doesn't just affect you so-called 'old folks', I'm 27 and I've already been through this. Growing up, I was always hunting/fishing/trapping/shooting. During college I was playing my bass guitar constantly, was even in a band for a year or so. Towards the end of college I got into...