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I have a pistol with a black enamel finish over a Parkerized base. The enamel has some very fine, shallow scratches in it. None of them go through to the layer below. Is there any way to eliminate these scratches? I'm not worried that they are bad enough to let corrosion start, but purely for...

Can anyone recommend an IWB holster for this pistol?

Thank Grid . . . . . . I'm not the only one guilty of such things. Thanks for the correction. Life just got easier.

Browning DAC vs Smith and Wesson holster Coltdriver--I had one and got an owb holster from Hunter Leather for the S&W 9313. It fit the Browning like it was made for it. Maybe those IWB's for a 9313 would work. I've had odd results searching for a Smith and Wesson 9313--results keep showing...

Thanks Appreciate the tip. I'll check it out. Thanks.

Anyone carry a Browning DAC in 9mm? Not having much luck finding an IWB holster to fit. Thanks for any help.

I once saw a website that offered new P08 Luger magazines for sale. I believe they cost about $30. Now I want to buy one, but can't find the website. Anyone else know where to buy these mags?

Press Problems A lot of criticism of the press is well founded. But a lot of it also consists of cheap shots from the cheap seats. Journalists and editors put their work--mistakes and all--in front of the world for all to see. If everybody's mistakes were published, there would probably be less...

Next big advancement Self-defense ammunition in standard calibers that would function normally out to a specified distance--five meters, perhaps seven meters--then would disperse harmlessly. You could use your .45 to blow up a burglar in your living room or a mugger on a dark street, but no...

Rat Shot Question Rat shot out of a short-barrel revolver will do fine if you're up close. Unless you hit the dog in the eyes, it shouldn't do terrible damage. Each piece of "shot" is really more like a lead flake. If you are more than a few yards away, those flakes probably won't penetrate the...

Ruger 22/45 Reassembly The first few times I tried to reassemble mine, it was pure frustration. Then I got the hang of the process and had no more problems for several years. And then I had a problem. I couldn't get the thing back together after six or eight tries. Eventually I had to put the...

I would choose to consider the sanding and refinishing as a dehorning job and ignore anyone who tells you that it "destroyed" any of the pistol's value. If you bought the HP as a shooter, cherish it as a tool with a lot of history in it. Mine is the one gun I'll never part with.

HD Shotgun My Mossberg 500 12-gauge came from Bass Pro with a 21-inch modified barrel and an 18.5-inch cylinder bore barrel. It came from the factory with a full stock but had a pistol grip tossed in as an extra. Changing to the pistol grip just required prying off the buttplate and using a...

Press Misinformation There's a lot of wild-eyed, sputtering anger on display in this thread, most of it misdirected at the news media reporting on the Tucson shooting. In fact, the mainstream media coverage has been admirably neutral on the subject of gun control: NBC and the New York Times do...

I got two different styles of BSA illuminated reticle sights for Christmas. They were cheap--$49 each--but had good reviews at MidwayUSA. I finally tried them out yesterday and found that both of them shot about a foot low at 50 yards. And adjusting the elevation screw had absolutely no effect...