Recent content by Thunderchicken

The answer to why it is called a “buyback” is the same as the answer to “why do we drive on a parkway and park an a driveway?” Language is funny and the phrases that become popular reflect this weirdness. it does seem like there should be mandatory checking of serial numbers for stolen guns...

I clicked their “contact us” link and a Google map popped up … with the labels in maybe Russian? Certainly not English, showing that they’re in “Florida, USA.” Looks like a scam site.

If there is a university or college with a glass blowing program nearby (or anyplace else that teaches that) they’ll have glass grinding equipment. It’s usually used to grind the bottom of a piece flat and square but it could handle a glass blade easily too. Also anyone that does lapidary...

I happened across this little distance-estimating trick. I am sure it isn’t news to many on the High Road but thought others might enjoy it. Not sure if this is the wrong place for it, but I am sure someone will move it if not...

I had a 329PD. I still have a Bulldog. It is much more comfortable to shoot with the slight extra weight, and I don’t feel so much like I’m carrying an expensive luxury item in my pocket. But the Smith was a nice gun. I traded it in on a 9mm CZ-75B … because they’re so similar.

I will admit I bought one of the Smith PPKs in .380 because I figured if .32 was good, it would be better. Nastiest little kicker … and the mag always dropped out. The books are better than the movies, but the movies are a separate thing for sure. I have a feeling the .25 was treasured because...

I'm taking a carry class as we speak (listening online) for Minnesota and they made a really questionable claim: any facility that ever accepted Federal funds are prohibited for carry, e.g., any hospital, even including a rest room in a state park that was built using Federal funds. Not sure...

Did you mean knifeauctions.auction.net ? There are so many questionable sites having a recommendation is particularly nice.

Thanks for this. It *is* super interesting. Turns out there is some “celebrity” named “Drew House,” but the author of the site is “Drew Hause.” To save anyone else having to dig, I think it is at https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home . If that isn’t the actual site Paul...

I have a 638 which I carry, and like a lot. I like being able to fire single-action if I want. I had an all-steel version—don’t know what number it was, that someone had “improved” so it had probably a one-pound single-action trigger. I found out a few months after I got it used from...

Full size Beretta PX-4. Has the cool rotating bolt and an actual DA/SA hammer. With a decocker. It is my favorite partly-plastic pistol and seems to have at least *some* character.

I’ve had simple work done at Osseo Gun Club. Fixed a Buckmark I had “improved” in a negative way and installed a sight.

So now I want to know what kind of handgun gives the best protection from lightning? I assume you need something with high velocity but capacity is irrelevant—you will not get more than one shot.

Does it look like if you pushed something into the barrel and compressed the spring it might be intended to latch onto the end and release it when the trigger is pulled, propelling it out of the barrel? The rod might be the means to transmit the trigger force to the latch, which would mean...

I understand why you don’t lower the hammer, but why bob the it if it’s always going to be sticking out anyway?