Recent content by Hammerslagger

Move up to a S&W scandium alloy "J" frame. Weighs about 3 ounces more than a Keltec or Ruger (copy) loaded with .357 Mag. Think about this. What is reliable? For a parachute it is no more than one malfunction per 1000 pulls of the rip cord. Your Personal Defense Carry pistol is your Parachute...

NFA matters are very complicated and I am far from being current on the latest possible changes. The 26" number is measured as follows: Lay it down on a flat surface and take something straight (like a piece of angle iron or a yardstick) and butt it against the muzzle at a 90 degree angle to...

Most Norinco products function well. I would not call them Win. quality. Norinco quality control is not the best, but I have never encountered anything Norinco that was junk. either.

If you are going to put any so called 18" barrel on a Rem. 870; try it to your gun by closing the action and measuring with a rod that has a mark on it at 18" run straight down the barrel. If the mark does not stay inside the barrel, do not possess it! A few years ago an Idaho man had his...

For an inexpensive O/U Skeet Gun the Stoeger Condor made by Armintino in Brazil. Average street price, new, was about $300 two years ago. It is a cheap simplified copy of a Beretta O/U, using mostly investment cast parts. However, it is a better shotgun (lasts longer shooting Skeet) than one...

If you remove the butt-stock from a rifle and end up shorter than 26" OAL you have a NFA item. It is either a SBR or a pistol made from a rifle.