Recent content by GrayBear

CA Gun Laws....... Thanks, Crazed SS. I'm just back from http://www.ag.ca.gov/firearms/ and it looks like you're right. I clicked the California Firearms Laws Summary Booklet over in the left hand column. You get an Adobe Acrobat version that I can almost understand. I need to print that out to...

CA Shotgun Laws - - No permit needed to buy or to own standard-type or sporting-type rifles or shotguns. Again specifying sporting-type guns, there is no registration required. Shotgun barrels must be 18" long. Thumb-hole stocks, folding stocks and pistol grips are a no-no. GrayBear

TX vs CA - - Retired in CA and moved "back home" to East Texas, where I grew up. Found the gun laws lots less restrictive but, oddly, since I have only (and only want) hunting type guns it made no real difference to me. What I found was that there were gun ranges, same as CA, but you...

MINOR IRRITATIONS .... I get irritated by people who waste time and band width on trivia such as being upaet by people who, with all good intentions, confuse "clip" and "magazine" or "bullet" and "cartridge" or even "shell." If they get their meaning across, *** cares? My advice is to...

I assume it has to be an auto? I guess it must be because even the cheapest of the .22 revolvers will do the job. Keep the carbon line in the cylinders cleaned out and have the choise of shooting Short, Long or Long Rifle or even CB's and CB Longs. Besides that, it won't jam! GrayBear

A .22 FOR LADIE'S CARRY GUN .... Instead of having her miss with a 14 round Super-Duper Jam-O-Matic with a red-dot sight because she shoots with her eyes closed and won't practice with, get her a small frame, short barrelled .22 Magnum revolver. At the close ranges (the 21 foot rule?) where...

AGE vs EXPERIENCE I was given a .22 single shot Stevens Favorite rifle and a box of .22 Shorts for my 6th birthday. The rifle, bought from a cousin, cost $5 and the Company Store, down the hill near the Headquarters, sold Shorts for 9¢ per box. That was in 1937 and times were very different...

I'd keep the CZ! The 10/22 needs a replacement barrel, extractor, trigger group and sights. Then you will have a decent, but maybe not great, rifle. I've got a stock 10/22. It jams easily and isn't overly accurate. A friend had one and did all the replacement stuff. It's better now but after...

BP in oCal - - The gunshop just s/o San Andreas in Calaveras County is called "Rusty's Gunsnithing." The business card carries the address 1039 Hwy 49, phone 209-754-3713. He carries Goex BP and sometimes other brands. In fact, he carries a lot more BP guns, accessories and supplies than he...

Cryptic To quote Dienekes: USBP 1969, my father went into the "old patrol" in 1940--retired as an SII in 1969. I started as a CI in 1972, punched out in 1994. Most of the guys I worked with were old PIs, and went on many a detail with BP. Thank God for CSRS! __________________ "old...

Choke For 16-Yard Trap.... On the choke, I strongly agree with Armed Bear. Improved Cylinder is great for 16 yard trap and modified is fine. He's a brave man because most trap shooters have a knee-jerk reflex that keeps them chanting "Full is good and fuller is better!" They've been known to...

BELTS - Been getting good products for the money at www.sheplers.com for many years. GrayBear

Sighting In Oddd Scopes - - Try, once you are on the paper, just doing one thing at a time. For instance, adjust only the horizontal grouping until you are on the proper line above or below the bullseye with a group of at least three shots. Then bring the group to the proper height with the...

TRAP SHOOTING - - I've gotted too old and semi-disabled to still shoot trap but I've sure busted a lot of caps at the trap range in my life. I'm going to advise you to visit some shoots and look closely at what everybody shoots. As I remember, any formal or serious shooting was pretty much...

BP in modern guns - In the war shortages of the mid-1940's my grandpa made black powder. My dad was one of the few handloaders around back then and had a supply of primers and some sets of the old style hand held reloading gear that was like pliers. I do remember a reloader for 12 ga shells was...