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I picked up a pair of Nocona cowboy boots a few weeks ago at a resale shop for $30. W00t. And as I've been wearing them, I've noticed that there seems to be plenty of space in the shaft for, well, carrying things. If for no other reason than the novelty, I'd like to get a boot knife, but how...

Somebody suggested to me that for cheap practice with a revolver, spent casings be re-primed and pressed into a sheet of paraffin, creating a paraffin practice bullet. Has anybody here tried this? Thoughts and feedback...?

I was given a Kindle for Christmas, and I'm looking for cheap or free e-books on shooting with which to fill it. I'm looking particularly for classic stuff: articles or books by the likes of Fairbairn, Sykes, Cooper, Askins, and others of their ilk. With the exception of Massad Ayoob and perhaps...

I've been looking at getting a S&W 442 for a few months now, and while I can't yet afford one, I sure like thinking about it, and what I'm going to do with it when I get it, what gear I want, etc etc. Of late I've been thinking about how J-frames and other snubnose .38's are usually...

This S&W Model 40 seems to have an aftermarket backstrap on it... unless I'm having a brain fart and this is what all Model 40's look like. http://www.jgsales.com/smith-wesson-model-40-38spl-blued-revolver,-new-s-w.-p-5893.html

..for wanting to put one of these hand guards on my 10/22? It'd just be for the looks really. I'm going to turn the gun into an LTR for Appleseed purposes, and I feel like a hand guard rounds out the the look nicely. I'd prefer one that was metal, but can't seem to find one anywhere. (I'm...

My brother in law gave me a t-shirt with a graphic of a grizzly holding a generic bolt rifle, and bearing the slogan "I support the right to arm bears." Cheesy, I know, and an old joke, but it gets grins and comments nonetheless. I'm not a huge fan of wearing gun related apparel (NRA hats...

After noticing that my pathetic eyes can't see the front sight on my new (to me) Ruger 10/22, I have decided to forgo the pleasure of replacing the sights with GI style sights, and instead buy some fiber optic sights so that I can actually see the durn things. It just so happens my sister...

I've been borrowing a friend's 10/22 for a few months, and the other day I texted him and offered to buy it from him, because I've been enjoying it so much. He said he would think about it. That was a few days ago. Tonight as we're hanging out, he tells me "Merry Christmas" and hands me some...

My older brother is graduating with a Masters in Military History in about a week. Now, budgets are tight this time of year, but his birthday is in July, and I hope to coerce friends and family into contributing to a 1911 fund for a birthday/Masters present. As an aside, he has Asperger's...

Does anybody use these on a regular basis? The local sporting goods stores still carry the older version for about $45 a pop, but it looks like if you buy from 511 directly they're about half that price. http://www.511tactical.com/All-Products/Shirts/Concealed-Carry/Covert-Casual-Shirt.html

I've noticed that most of the IWB stocking items (meaning non-custom models) are leather, and I've been very pleased with my Split Decision model. But all of the OWB stocking items are made of "a specially extruded material" which I take it means some sort of vinyl...? Anybody have experience...

I'm looking at the Hogue website at the Handall grips after spending some time shooting a Steyr M9 that was equipped with a set. Even though the recoil was sharper on the M9 than it is on my Mischka, my accuracy and followup were much better with the Steyr. Now, the Steyr is a fine weapon...

I just went to our local Sportsman's Warehouse to buy a box of 9x18, and I brought my 2 year old daughter, who frankly needed to get out of the house before she drove mommy crazy. She never stopped talking the moment we walked in the door. The store is filled with stuffed game animals, both...

I've been spending a lot of time lately reading up on snubnose revolvers and the training and usage thereof. I was mightily impressed to see Hickok45 of Youtube fame ding a steel plate at 80 yards 3 out of 5 times with a S&W 642, and I'm intrigued by Bethencourt's reloading methods... All...

I was just perusing the articles at www.snubnose.info and read this: http://www.snubnose.info/docs/Point_shooting.htm The author, Tom Line, doesn't expound on why or why not he thinks the different styles of grips contribute to the varying degrees of accuracy. Any of you wheelgun afficianados...

My delightful little NEF Pardner is somewhat busted. All of the most important bits are in great condition, and the gun still functions quite well, but the lug under the barrel that the forearm screws into sheared off. It looks like it was nothing more than a sloppy weld. I want to get that...

I'm trying to assemble a variety of handguns for a friend of mine to try out. He's new to handguns, and I want to make sure he has a selection to mess with so he can get a good overall feel for what he wants. So far I have or can borrow: -CZ 82 -Charter Arms Undercover .38 (the old...

I was idly musing on the interstate today about smoothbore accuracy, and wondered: how does a modern shotgun firing slugs (NOT a rifled slug gun, just a plain ol' shotty) compare to a Brown Bess, or some such weapon of yore? What kind of groups off a bench could one expect from each at 25 yards...

:D So now that I've dealt with the stink, let me tell you a bit about the gun, and ask a few questions too. It's a very simple single 12 gauge, full choke, 3" chamber. One tiny little bead for a front sight, no attempt at a rear sight/notch/what-have-you. I'm a shotgun n00b, so I'm...