Recent content by DougCxx

Butler Creek Steel Lips all the way. They cost twice as much, but last way more than twice as long as plastics. ~

Hmmm, holy thread resurrection batman!.... Update: the Walthers and Mosquitos have improved in general functionality, but not in engineering much. They're still zinc, and I still don't have one. The best option for a fullsize-style 22 pistol is (still) a fullsize conversion. -------- Also--the...

First off--airguns are not firearms, and so are governed by state/local laws. You'd need to ask at a gun shop if you can mail-order them directly to your doorstep or not. --------- Secondly: If you want a PCP airgun, then about the least-expensive one is the Eun Jin/SamYang/ShinSung rifles...

You can go here and ask about it: http://www.network54.com/Forum/79537/ ( James Kiching / Fun Supply airgun board ). There's a lot of long-time airgun collectors that post or lurk on that site. ~

After much field observations and ponderings, I am of the opinion that pick-n-pluck foam just plain stinks. The main problem I've seen is that if you drop the case, the foam can suffer large tears that can leave the item inside with a lot less protection than you think. This effect is...

-Ummm, , , sort-of. It's called "the reason Remington doesn't make 5mm rimfire anymore". In that if the ammo manufacturer cannot sell enough to produce a reasonable profit, they will stop making it entirely. Knocking the HM2 power down a bit would do much towards getting gun companies to...

Have the main character wear some finger cots, they're like leeetle condoms fer yer mitts! :D ..... You could do a crazy-glue test yourself on some similar metal (after wiping it off) I guess. Here's one page that explains it -- http://www.larry-adams.com/9711_2_article.htm ~

I just went into a local WalMart today (for another reason) and looked and they have one in the display case that is the same way--silver barrel and receiver but black triggerguard. ~

...Yea, then you'd be left standing outside the Mensa club on the sidewalk, holding a sign that says "will solve sudoku for food"..... I also agree her answer is wrong: the rationale of burgers and cigarettes is the same. Both may or may not be unhealthy, but everything presented for...

Wal-Mart gets special runs of guns that Ruger does not list in their catalog, or offer to other dealers. You could pop on over to the rimfirecentral forums for the details--someone there would probably own/have pics of all the Wal-Mart Ruger 10/22's up to now. People often rip on...

The steel lips high-cap mags (Buter creek) are the ONLY ones worth paying for. All the others are junk by comparison, even the other ones that Butler Creek makes. With the plastic-lips magazines, what always wears out first is the plastic feed lips. ~

The 17HM2 was a nice idea, but it is way too powerful. The whole idea of making a 17 the same OAL as the 22LR was so that many guns in 22LR could be easily converted to 17HM2 with just a barrel swap. But the pressure curve of the 17HM2 is too long for a simple semiauto barrel swap--and most...

I am not too-knowledgeable regarding the Western-shooting crowd, but the only two Ruger guns of note are the Mk-II pistol and the 10/22 rifle. For anything else, there's simply better choices elsewhere. ------ As to what Ruger could do, it's hardly worth discussing when they are expending...

As I have seen it, a surprising number of girls like shooting crossbows. I have no idea why this is, but I've seen it on more than one occasion. Generally in my teen and twenty-something years, at parties where the host has one, and a target set up somewhere convenient--girls who wouldn't...

Are they delivering yet? Ruger is famous for announcing new guns that "will be available immediately sometime in the next couple of years....." ~