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The Science of cleaning, that is. It is 6 am, and I am unable to sleep; I am determined to find a better way to clean a handgun. I am going to find a poor man's method of cleaning guns that will challenge even the longest hours spent at the kitchen table scrubbing the action. The challenge...

I just got home from one of the most severe rainstorms in my area in a long time, and some thoughts occured to me: Today, we had such massive rain and hail that flash flooding occured everywhere you could imagine, stalling cars left and right; we live in a landlocked prarie, and though such...

If I recall, the introduction to Hitman: Contracts, has a cute (and slightly inaccurate) little "Educational" bit on the functioning of a semi-automatic pistol. It's probably the most detailed description of firearms operation I've seen in a video game, but since they mentioned the spectacular...

I had a great deal of appreciation for the 22/45 before I got my Buckmark; though it may not be as tough (mine was bought used and gave me no problems whatsoever), I quickly realized that it got everything right where the Ruger seemed to be weak, especially balance, accuracy, and pointability.

I wouldn't mind diesel, if it weren't for one problem; It gets COLD here. As in, -30 centigrade for weeks at a time is not unheard of. I've seen LCD crystals in new car radio displays fail to work at all due to the cold, and in my experience, diesel engines just don't work at all reliably...

As much as I hate using the word "tactical", it seems the only word that fits the context I'm using it in. Ok, so after watching too many movies and spending too long looking for a decent car to replace my guzzler, it just occurred to me that driving a manual transmission may be a...

The pictures of the Parkerized finish on Springfield's website probably aren't the best indicators as to how the finish looks. Parkerizing is an excellent finish, inexpensive to apply, and very rust and corrosion resistant, especially if you follow the advice of other members and give it a...

I own a pair of Italian 92Fs... I suppose I shoot the Beretta about as well as any other pistol, maybe a bit better... I'm still a Sig guy at heart, seeing they always come with me to the range... Why do I own 2 Berettas? I should just sell them and free the money for other...

Last night I had a bizzare dream where some Communist invading country had taken over Edmonton. I recall racing back home on foot, giving my family some of my guns from my safe to protect themselves with, and running off with my own guns in my BOB. I soon woke up with a nasty headache, thanks to...

I've been planning to join the local Police service for the past year now. At the beginning, it was spawned by an unhealthy interest in firearms. I thought having a nice big belt full of toys would be really cool, like being Batman, fighter of crime. Then I met some constables, and then my...

I saw a Ruger GP100 with a split forcing cone at the range a few months ago; the person who shot it had a reputation for really hot handloads, however, so I suppose that was part of the reason. In any case, Ruger fixed it for him, and all was well.

My dying wish is to be cremated, and then my ashes mixed with the appropriate powders and loaded into the appropriate cartridges and to be included with all my guns when they change hands. How's that? :D

Preacher: I actually did buy a .22 Buckmark for this purpose, but here in Canada, they can't actually "own" the gun as the gun is registered to my name, so they were quick to dismiss the purchase as a self-serving one. :(

Being the first male in the family ever to even HOLD a gun, I suppose that I've been relatively successful from turning them from "complete anti" to "we'll come shooting with you, when we're good and ready". Unfortunately, my sister (the most against guns and lives on her own) took a joke...

Cold bluing solution should lift the brass marks off the frame without seriously disturbing the blue, but I haven't tried enough solutions on enough finishes to know for certain that it won't disturb the original finish; I just use Kleen Bore Black Magic to lift brass marks off my S&W revolvers...

Not that I don't appreciate what Glocks are, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion over what gun they like, and even why they don't like some other particular gun. If I had to take a Glock, I would. They're exceptionally reliable, quite accurate, and will last virtually a lifetime if...

This thread will probably end up closed... ... but I'll throw in my 2 cents anyways. I'm a Canadian citizen, I was born and I have lived here uninterruptedly for 22 years. I wholeheartedly believe that ordinary citizens should be allowed to own and carry firearms for the purpose of...

Just a rant... I was at the shop, putting money down on my new Sig Pro SP2009 with a factory threaded barrel. As the gun is sitting in front of me on the mat while I chat with my friend across the counter, some, er, gentleman trundles across the store and sees this gun in front of me...

I've worked out the cost of having new parts and a new finish applied to the Highway Patrolman to be about $400, plus the $200 I spent on it initially. In comparison, Ruger just pumped up the prices on the GP100 here in Canada, so they're running at about $725, up from the $550 they used to be a...

I'll admit I'm no gunsmith; I studied the S&W Shop manual for a few months beforehand, and I also took into consideration that I paid only $200 Canadian for the revolver; to send the gun to a gunsmith would probably have cost around that amount, if not moreso :( I decided to take a leap of...