Recent content by philoe

Oohhh. 4" Blued 29 is a grail gun for me... I would just buy it and be done.

I recently purchased a .new Walther .380 ppks. Right out of the box it had light Primer strikes on every round. Several rounds took 3 and 4 drops of the hammer to set off rounds. Different ammo brands were used, so not an ammo issue.. I haven been that frustrated in a long time. I sent it back...

I inherited a 1978 example. The top break action is unique for a rimfire pistol. I will echo everyone else's sentiments on the double action trigger, it is rough. But it goes bang everytime, wwhich is what it was designed to do. It would be a great farm gun/kit gun if that is what you were...

Thank you for posting that link. Great article. I purchased a 57 Mountain Gun with the Ahrends grips from Buds Gunshop in '09 or '10 on closeout. Price was $620 😮 Will post some pics later. It is a great revolver. I don't think I will ever part with it. But having said that, it is not...

BFR in .480 Ruger, not .475/.480. Found out later how rare that they are. LGS had it collecting dust for over a year. Unbelievably accurate. Real nice pistol. Best impulse buy I ever made.

I haven't replied in ages, but quality is quality. Craig C always makes lovers of six guns come out of the woodwork. Mid South gun nut here with a question... where are the 11 stars??

Like everyone else here I have my fair share of firearms. But handsdown, the one gun that gets more action than any other us that 10 shot, 6 inch k frame. It is great for new shooters, great for crows, great for squirrels. Hell, tell me what it can't do! The only negative is the weight, but if...

I haven't been here in months. Other passions and life's problems have pulled me away from THR. The first post I saw had nothing to do with .41 magnum, .357 .vs 9mm or a bear thread.... It was about bikerdoc. I grabbed some very average Canadian Whiskey. His posts always carried weight. That...

+1 on adding biathlon. Miss your target do a penalty lap. To make it interesting athletes would be shooting blackpowder firearms. They would have to be loaded at the line with components that the athletes carry on their person. I would watch that.

There is a lot of good advice here. If you had to stick to your purpose of a concealed carry .357 I would suggest a 686+ with a 3" barrel. A shorter barrel defeats the purpose imo and you already have the model 10. If it does not have to be for carry I would go for any one of many Single...

I bounced around between the original grips and Pachmayrs and was never happy. The 7.5 " barrel is a different proposition than a shorter barrel and it took a lot of searching. These are Herret's Custom Shooting Star stocks and they make the revolver feel just right. Big grips but it truly is a...

I appreciate that. I also appreciate MaxP for chiming in. Only in reading quite a bit of the history of the .480 Ruger over the past few days (many stories written by him) did I just now realize who he is :0 Last week on the t.v. (Hulu, Netflix or Prime, can't remember) I was given suggestions...

Here are a few pics. What I find interesting is the production date of sometime in the 2nd half of '01, but Ruger didn't unveil the .480 Ruger until '03 if I am not mistaken. This makes Jim Tertin's comments about rechambering these early 480s to 475 Linebaugh a real interesting twist to the...

Thanks to MaxP for giving me the kick I needed to find out more about my BFR. Although I haven't picked up the phone yet I did get quite a bit of information on the history of the BFR from a post titled "History of the BFR" on the Kahr facebook site, which was penned by the founder Jim Tertin...

Many years ago I stepped into the local gunshop and they had this single action monster in the discount rack. It came in a BFR shoebox and the guy that processed my paperwork made me feel like a clown for buying it. At the time I was looking for a big bore single action for hunting game in the...