Recent content by Monsterbishi

There are plenty of firearms that should be illegal, ie: Anything in .25ACP Mossberg 464 SPX Anything made by Mahely Any S&W Semi auto pistol I'm sure there's more...

The others have covered the bulk of the situation, here's what I do with folks who have fears/etc. 1. Don't make their first range trip a group one, go when it is as quiet as possible, and do it one-on-one. If fear prevents her from going the first try, no pressure, do lunch instead - a good...

My wife is fine with my usually errant buying schedule, she knows the resale value of them, so it's like having a savings account that launches projectiles :-)

Texasrifleman has it nailed really, S&W semi handguns - the only pistol you buy when the bulk of your day is to be spent pulling a trigger through what feels like oatmeal, and that's what they consider a good one when it rolls off the line...

To answer the OP's main question, yes, my family was essentially non-gun, not anti, just 'non' Until I was a teenager, The only exposure I had to firearms growing up was shootings cans with my older cousins BSA .177 air rifle, with the family looking on to provide encouragement (and help...

Hit the 'Buy' button on a .22lr Stirling/Armscor M1600 today, bought it since whilst it's in somewhat less than average condition, it's on a 'E' Category register here, so is allowed all the goodies(No mag limit, flash-hiders, etc) that aren't normally allowed...

CCI is my pick, does a fantastic job on small furry critters, generally it'll leave four holes in the carcass, one entry, three exit, and a broken bone or two to top it off. The other, somewhat non-frangible round I have on my top ten list is Aquila's Super Maximum - 1730fps of critter...

IMO, it's not a issue at all, Chiappa are being open about the inclusion of the RFIDs, of which, the data held therin is simply of no use to anyone without having very intimate knowledge of the companies databases to even recognize that the number they have scanned is even related to firearms...