Recent content by Cougar

Well, I have a buddy who worked as a LEO during the transition years of the '80s from revolver to auto... At the time, his department was issued S&W Mod 19 .357s, but was issued .38SPL ammo... When he left a few years later (shooting-related health issue), he was given the opportunity to...

I have a Ruger stainless Mk II standard that pretty much just stays in the safe, but the .22 I use most often is a Taurus 96. The Taurus 96 was their effort at producing a target-grade revolver similar to the S&W 17. Six shot da/sa medium-frame revolver, 6" barrel with a Patridge front sight...

While not a garage sale, my neighbor knows that I'm a shooter and asked if I wanted any of his deceased father's old guns. His dad was a Army vet and retired cop. He brought out a collapsing-stocked M-1 Carbine (supposedly carried by his father in the Army while in Lebanon in the late '50s)...

Sugarmaker, Funny you should say that about your DW44... I have hunting handloads for my DW357 that are listed a 'max loads' in some reloading books (as in do not use in S&W Mod 19)... Quite a bit warmer than most factory offerings. They sounded/felt like .41Mag or .44Mag. When I touched...

It was Illinois State Police, not Indiana. From Wiki:

39 is alloy frame

I was at an outdoor range once in late summer where we were being pestered by buzzing insects - yellow jackets, flies, gnats and whathaveyou... Lemme tell you, a couple rounds of .44Mag and the concussion drove the bugs away for at least five minutes! The .30Carb Ruger Blackhawk did the...

PRETTY! I had an absolutely pristine 39-2 that I foolishly traded away. Found another, but not as nice, that I'm holding on to. It's a keeper unless I find a better one!

Put all that Berdan-primed brass in with that .22LR brass and you're getting somewhere! Use a magnet to separate the steel-cased stuff. Back almost 40 years ago, the Rangemaster at my local Boy Scout camp saved all of the .22LR brass and had it melted down and cast into a 'salute' cannon for...

I've been a lifer for 20+years, and the Wife got her life back in 2000 (full price back then). I've since upgraded mine to Endowment level.

I've been denied range time because one of the local clubs was busy with their .22s (and using less than half the range spaces). They didn't want us 'Loud Guys' to be disturbing them with our 9mm and .38/.357s. I haven't been back to that range since!

Back in my yout... When I was competing in the NRA Junior program, that 'chicken wing' was the position we were taught to use with our .22s for crissakes. BTW, I made it all the way to Distinguished Expert. That's two shots at each bull on a five bull target page. Each target on the page...

First came the 2-digit models, then the three digit, then the four digit. Different generations. i.e. 39 became 439, then 3904. The third gen numbering system gave much more flexibility in describing exactly what the gun was. first two digits=model series, third digit was safety/trigger...

3913 is alloy framed. My first semi autopistol was it's grandfather, the 39-2. Still have one, but not the same one since I foolishly traded the original away... single-stack, alloy framed 4" barrel with a curved backstrap.

The Winchester 1907 (.351WSL) and 1910 (.401WSL) were both blowback-(recoil) -operated magazine-fed semi-autos. Heavy beasts!