Recent content by reddog81

I’ve gone from the range to home, dropped off guns, picked up luggage and went to airport without issue.

Just Google "pistol with optic". There are a variety of links to retailers or review articles with pistols that either come with optics or pistols that come optic ready. Pistols that come with optics are still a small subset of guns being sold today but 10 years ago the options could...

The shop owner is going to fire someone when he returns and finds out the new employee sold that for do $999 instead of $1,999🤣

I'd take Scheels over anything else other than maybe Sportsmans Warehouse and Scheels wins that toss up because they have decent selection of used guns. Cabelas and Bass Pro are just as expensive or worse. Can everyone complaining about Scheels prices tell me where they are finding stuff...

What Colts do you own? Hard to give advice without knowing specifics. Assuming they are chambered in 45 Colt, you'll be fine. Colts chambered in any other round will probably be a no go. It's possible to shoot .380 in a 9mm but it doesn't really work very well. The case is smaller and...

It varies from gun to gun. More manufacturers are making handguns optic ready than ever before, but definitely not all. Research is a must if planning on going down this route. It's also becoming more common to sell with a optic already in place.

How would the seller know the entire history of a 120+ year old gun? It looks like it has seen a lot of use so anything is possible.

Finding a better one for cheaper wouldn’t be easy but it’s not a screaming hot deal either. I’d offer $850 if you really want it and see what they say. If they don’t budge come back a couple weeks later and see if it’s still around.

Looking at gunbroker and gunsinternational shows that pre 29’s with correct box, correct grips, and in good condition go for $3,000+. Without the correct box, correct grips and well used go for closer to $2,000 give or take depending on how far from original they are. One with the wrong box...

Local Scheels had shelves full of primers this weekend. I only grabbed some Remington SPP, but it looked like they had a full variety of brands and sizes. Maybe prices fall to something reasonable once retailers run out of storage space.

I don't think prices will be going down much for the remainder of this year so I have bought some loaded ammo, components and played spray and play games over the last few months. That's on top of having reserves to continue shooting 1,000's of rounds per year without interruption for the next...

I have a friend who recently bought a Charter Arms Pathfinder. It doesn't ignite 2 or 3 rounds on pretty much cylinder full. He needs to send it back to them to get that sorted out. He's thinking about selling it and getting a S&W 617 like I had originally suggested. I bought the...

The article first came out 6 years ago. How long does the scientific method take?

About a decade ago i was at a small town FFL going out of business auction with 25 model 19’s and 66’s. I picked up a nice model 66 for $500 which was a good price. A number of them went for closer to $600. $100 would have been way below market prices or they were trash guns.

I did in informal survey of the first 5 pictures I saw on 1911 forum and 3 had hammer down and 2 had the hammer back. I figured it'd be about half and half.