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Just how many 1903 Springfields blew up due to 'shoddy QC'? about 60 total from Springfield armory and Rock Island according to Hatcher's notebook. From those blow ups, some were suspected to be from faulty ammo(weak brass from COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURES), or the soldier inserting the wrong ctg...

+1 on BravoCompany, quality to the spec parts there. Get the whole carrier group, you wont be sorry.

It(government spec.) does ensure a repeatable standard, and is designed for function and not profit. For example we had fine weapons when Springfield Armory(Government arsenal) made them. If you think private companies don't look for the cheapest source of parts/and or materials, you had...

The United State Marine Corps says that the M16A4 is the finest service rifle available today. This could well be right, they sure can shoot them real good. However those are rifles made to government specs, not some jive slapped together calling itself 'Palmetto arms' or with a picture of a...

The .257 Roberts is certainly and underated thin skin game ctg today. With modern bullets, it is a potent game slayer, with a nice, easy going nature. My vote would be for that Kimber in .257 Roberts if you can swing the dough.

Its called deer hunting, not deer sniping. Learn to shoot good groups on paper first. Give the deer a break with attempting 500 yard shots, it is a terrible thing to gut shoot a deer, or blow its leg off, and have them wind up a crip. It really is unethical hunting today when we know better...

Your rifle should be a tack driver, you can use ammo up to 69 grains with confidence with your 1x9 twist. Some with that twist shoot 75 grains with no problem. If you want to shoot varmints, stick with the 45-52 grain loads. With that scope you have coming, you will have one hell of a varmint...

A benefit to the 150 is there is less recoil involved when sighting in and practicing, though with only 2 boxes I don't know how important that factor is. A 150 grain will have a flatter trajectory to around 300 yards, which is really all the distance you want to ethically take game like that at.

When I worked in LE, I saw Minis eat up thousands of rounds without a problem, as long as they used the Ruger factory magazine. Stay away from aftermarket ones. At 200 yards they will cut center of silhouette. If you got the old Minis hot, they would start to throw fliers, that is true, but...

Yeah, I don't think you can 'overkill' a critter, but certainly a good sportsman chooses the appropriate tools. I have settled on the 30-06 for my game rifle a long time ago. I shoot 165 grains for the most part, and never had anything take those pills and laugh at me. Now I know a dairy...

One of the BEST choices you could have made. You should expect and get long and safe service from your Remington 700. Now go out and burn up lots of ammo during quality range time and post us the pics/videos!

For versatility and power, obviously the 686 wins. If you plan to use the handgun outdoors too, as a companion for woods walking, again the 686 wins. If you just want it for home defense, the 910 wins. As pointed out, you have 15 shots, and a fast fumble free re-load. The Smith&Wesson 3rd...

Ah, Mr. H&H Hunter, I'll clarify my earlier post. You were driving around with a chambered firearm in your vehicle when an AD occurred, as you have admitted, and others have pointed out. It makes no matter that you 'told' the client repeatedly to unchamber it. The fact is that you as a...

Well I have several of both, and I will say this for the new models, in this one particular instance of my owning a lock 4 inch 629, the trigger is one the nicest I have ever handled in any Smith. The cylinder also rotates extremely evenly, and smoothly chamber to chamber. It is also very...

I certainly trust a Remington 700 of which I have owned many, and over the last 20 odd years without a single problem with the factory trigger and when disengaging the safety. I HAVE adjusted my 700 factory triggers to 50 ounces on the RCBS scale, no slack, no creep, just a crisp let off. I...