Recent content by skeptical_in_Ohio

Second this. The picture is of groups shot with a Marlin 81DL, old enough to not have a serial (actually I'd bet late 40s-early 50s). I never quite got the scope zeroed, but it did group well. Pretty day, barely a whisper of wind. It's currently on consignment at a LGS. Nothing wrong with it...

Ok, I'll play - various possibilities of which I've heard/seen. I figure if you're looking at .22s, it's never a bad idea to find something novel. I'll try to include at least one "novel" and one "regular" in each category. The "regular" ones are generally ones that tend to be more available...

I've got a Marlin 81DL. It shoots rather well. From a previous post... https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/marlin-22.775222/#post-9834699

The only novel April Fool's joke I've seen lately is definitely in the "play stupid games; win stupid prizes" category... Ohio woman arrested for alleged April Fools' joke claiming active shooter Yes this did in fact happen - I saw it in the Dayton local paper also.

He is risen indeed.

With respect, I think some of this data is skewed by the mandatory registrations in some states. The number for Hawaii seemed high to me, but doesn't Hawaii require registration of all firearms? Wouldn't rates look lower in states that have no registry? It seems reasonable to suggest that...

I'll play. The OP may be referring to when Dr. Lott was found to be using a pseudonym, "Mary Rosh" in online posts to advocate for his positions. That in and of itself may not be a major issue, but it wasn't so much a pseudonym but a character (e.g. "former student") created out of whole...

Sorry for not having anything creative. Single 10 in stainless is a very nice little revolver. Plus one can get Ruger CS.

Hi. I don't know where dfariswheel found it, but I did find this article. St. Louis prosecutor ordered crime lab to reassemble Patricia McCloskey's gun "The gun Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters was inoperable when it arrived at the St. Louis police crime lab, but a member of Circuit...

I'm not an advocate of vengeance, but in a place where there isn't too much law and order one can perhaps understand if not forgive the choice to seek justice via alternative means. In this case, a young lady apparently saw her parents killed, then took up arms against the attackers. It...

Hi all- Apologies if this was already posted - it's from something called Narratively that happened to come up on a random load when I opened Firefox this morning. The Deadliest Marksman’s Cold, Brave Stand The article details the exploits of Simo Häyhä in action against the Soviets during...

Good point - that does look a bit thicker than the worst I've seen - more like after sweeping loose stuff together to collect and dispose of. I've still seen the floor at indoor ranges powdered pretty heavily toward the end of a 10-hour shooting day (and the sparks when somebody shoots a steel...

The indoor range where I shoot (and have done RSO work) is generally OK with steel/aluminum cases, but steel core ammo is a no-no, and yes, there is a magnet to check. The magnet is generally for demonstrating to the person who brought in a bunch of Tula that yes indeed, those are steel core...

The Sig 238 seems conspicuously absent. The Taurus 738 TCP (since supplanted by the Spectrum) is not bad either. Not sure why the Kahr C380 and not the P380. Just curious.

As I indicated in my original post, I concur with the sentiment of this post. However, I did some thinking, and it seems that if more and more stuff becomes illegal, then it's either by definition that if you use a firearm you're a criminal (100%), or it's possible that some small percentage of...