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I have been having a thought regarding intensity in weapon mounted lights. The trend for WMLs (on rifles especially) seems to all be 300+ lumens and I am beginning to wonder if that might be a little much for some situations. Little bit of background: I currently have a 350 lumen light mounted...

this past weekend i attended a gun show and found two different tables selling a type of gp100 i hadn't seen before. half-lug, blued, smooth wood grips, 357 magnum, with a 6 round cylinder. for the life of me i cant find anything about this variation. i see on the ruger sight that there is a...

my wife has issues effectively concealing her G42 and ive been trying to help her come up with a solution. the problem is, she will ONLY carry on-body somewhere along the waistline and her hips cause most holsters to become pretty obvious. she also can very rarely wear a belt since she is...

For the last decade I've never had a place that I didn't plan on moving away from. Last year I bought my first home, got married, and added my new bride and two step-sons to my home. After all that was taken care of, it was time for a bench. A real one. after 10 years of reloading with my press...

Had this idea while I was at work. Decided I wanted to get my snubbies out and challenge myself a little. The rules I came up with were with a 5 round snub nose, firing double action, attempt to hit a nickel in no more than 5 rounds. I tried it with my ruger LCR since its my only true snubbie...

I'm starting to work up a load for my ar, wanting to make it as accurate as possible. i have been searching for loads that people have had the most luck with and ive come across several people listing bench rest primers as part of their load. most of my reloading has been with pistols and...

living right near the MO border, the bianchi cup would be within reasonable driving distance for me and i have considered making the trip but had a few questions. first, are spectators allowed? i think it would be a great time to go and watch some of the best shooters in the world compete...

a friend of mine has decided that he wants a new rifle for deer hunting and general shooting enjoyment and has enlisted me to help him choose one. he currently owns a mini-30 but is wanting to step up to something in the same power class as my 30-06 and my BIL's 7mm rem mag. this would be a...

i have been working up a good 30-06 load for whitetails this season and have narrowed it down to two; the hornady sst and the nosler balistic tip. both are running right at 2900 fps. accuracy is a wash; i just dont see much if any difference between the two. the balistic tip has a slightly...

my BIL recently baught out a feller's reloading stash (passed away and wife wanted to get rid of it) and apparently the guy was REALLY into hi 30-06 as he had a LOT of brass & bullets for it. my BIL was after all the equipment to get started, and since he didnt need all the '06 stuff (he dosent...

i just made my first at handgun hunting last year (a success by the way) with a super blackhawk .44 magnum. in Iowa we are required to use "expanding type ammunition" for deer hunting so i have been using a 240gr XTP and plan on continuing to do so. so far i have been pushing this bullet right...

i need yall's opinion on a trade. i have been in the market for a 1911 for some time now and just happened along one that i liked today. it is an all stainless springfield 1911A1 serial # NM164595, 5" barrel, plain fixed sights. only down sides i found on it was a little bit of wear on the...

going to be heading to worlds of fun in K.C. MO in the morning and was just wondering whether carry was allowed there, or rather, not strictly forbidden by law.

a friend of mine recently picked up a smith .460 with a 8 3/8" barrel and has decided that he would like to start reloading, beginning with this caliber. i have agreed to help him get going and to let him use my equipment untill he gets all his own stuff. he is wanting to use the 200gr FTX...

i'm looking to upgrade my current powder measure and was looking at this one from Hornady http://www.midwayusa.com/product/290524/hornady-lock-n-load-powder-measure. my primary use for this will be for handgun rounds (9mm, .40, .38/.357, and .44mag). From what i have been reading, this measure...

i just got myself a lone wolf barrel for my glock 22 and am now in the market for some lead bullets. i have had good luck with MBC in the past with .357 and 38 special, and would like to continue to use them for my .40 loads. my first thought was to get the 180 grain TCFP (IDP #5) because i had...

i have been an avid deer hunter for the past few years and decided to step it up a notch and try to get a deer with a handgun. we group hunt on the two weekends of the season so i knew i would have the weekdays free. my plan was to hunt with the group on the weekends and post up alone during the...

I have been shooting factory 12 gauge slugs up to this point but im just sick of the cost. i have been reloading for all my rifles and pistols with good results so i figured, why not shotgun? ultimatly what i want to do is make my own sabot slugs using pistol bullets (think of the hornady sst)...

deer season is on its way and since there are several places that are shotgun only, i thought that it would be fun to see what other hunters were going to take with them to the woods this shotgun season. please give us a rundown on what your using and any modifications you have made. ill get us...

i just recently moved into town in sioux center Iowa so i cant shoot in my front yard anymore :(. so now i need to find a place to shoot. ive done a fair amount of searching and googling but so far i have not found much. it seems that they are building a range just outside of town which will...