Recent content by JDBoardman

originally posted by Bobson: "...Not all of America enjoys the same level of freedom" ALL gun laws should be federal so this complaint goes away, and until someone (Chuckie Schumer, Mike Bloomberg, Sarah Brady - anyone) can show me where the Second Amendment includes after '...shall not...

There is a website, "Hunting Feral Cats with a Coehorn Mortar". It details the construction, operation and hunting strategies used to reduce the local feral feline population utilizing a muzzle-loading indirect fire weapon. Besides, it is funny!

If the crack is in the frame, and not in the area under the barrel (where revolvers typically crack), a repair is possible. First, do a Rockwell hardness test to get the basic frame hardness, then weld, remachine, and heat treat. Rule of thumb is 1500 degrees F for 1 hr. per inch or less of...

I am a Jew. I also am personally embarrassed that my people meekly allowed themselves to be systematically stripped of their citizenship, their rights, (the Nuremberg Laws) their property, and ultimately their lives while showing no effective or organized resistance. As I have been told and...

I have had dogs all of my life - and all have been hounds. I was living in New York back in the mid 70's, and had a dachshund. One day while I was at work in the City, someone apparently tried to break into my apartment via the fire escape. I came home that night to be greated by a dog with...

Red Wind: BSA1's flying monkeys sometimes make it all the way down here to Texas - we look at e 'em as large skeet. Problem is, they don't taste any better than skeet either.

My solution for all of the nation's problems is very simple - remove ALL warning labels, and all passive "safety" devices such as the accursed "lock" from all products. Then declare lawyers a pest species with no bag limit, no closed season and a $25.00 bounty for their ears and Bar card...

S&w 1917 Mine was my grandfather's sidearm in WWI as a sergeant with the AEF, and he bought it when he was mustered out. My Father carried it as a privately-owned weapon as a B-24 pilot in WWII. Fortunately he never had occasion to use it in anger. I carried it as an infantry lieutenant in...

"Stand your ground. Do not fire unless fired upon. But if they mean to have a war, then let it begin here." These are the words of Capt. John Parker, Commander of the Militia at Lexington Green. When you shoot a flintlock musket or rifle, you are the heir to these words and the sentiment...

As far as useless designs do, I would nominate the Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver. Big, ugly, overcomplicated and chambered in an anemic cartridge. But it was(is) British - need one say more?

The obvious choice is the S&W J-frame series of revolvers; they are the archetypical CCW firearm. And if you can find one within your price range, the Colt Detective Special or Cobra give you an extra round of 38 Special in a slightly larger package. A revolver is simpler to use, the original...

My LeMat HAM radio in the winter, shooting in the summer Prime Rib (end cut) with horseradish sauce

I second the Manurhin. It is a beautiful revolver, with internal workings that are carried on roller bearings to give the smoothest possible single- and double action trigger pull. The only drawback (other than the price) is that it is French. So, it likely will jump from your hand directly...

The two highest film strength lubricants availble (those that will do the most to reduce wear on sliding surfaces) are castor oil and sperm oil. The castor oilhas the drawback of cluping up when it cools down after heating, but it can withstand high heat and high pressures better than any...

I got in too late to play: 2.5" S&W 66-2 4" S&W 586 no dash nickel 6" S&W 27-2