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I'm broke due to medical bills (I'm grateful to be all fixed up now) and go into one of my favorite haunts just to waste time. Normally, something I like in the way of used revolvers comes through every few months to tempt me. This time I go in with nothing to spend and laid out on the top...

Last year I got a Colt Police Positive Special (made in 1965 according to Proofhouse.com). It is in excellent overall shape except that someone chose to epoxy coat or varnish the grips. However, I am curious about the front sight blade. It has an insert that can best be described as a pastel...

I saw that ProMag finally had the RU-A19 mags for the Ruger 6.8SPC Mini 14 on their website last week so I ordered 3. Received them today - they look like good quality all blue steel magazines that seat with a crisp click into the rifle. Unfortunately it will be awhile until I can give a...

I recently purchased a Colt Huntsman and enjoy shooting it. But I quite honestly find it to be a pain in the back to disassemble/reassemble for cleaning. Any of the modern semiautos easy to field strip? (no driving out pins and trying to re-insert heavily compressed springs into tight...

I went to the range this week for only the second time in a year or so. It was good to go shooting, but hard on the ego spending time with my snub-nosed friends. I sent a silhouette 10 yards out and started with my new used Model 12 loaded with standard pressure 125 grain Nyclads. Shot 24...

I read a magazine article earlier this year where the author was customizing a Mini 14 and one of the things I think he added was a short section of rail to hold a light or laser. It looked like the rail adjusted to wedged against the edges of 2 holes in the handguard. At the time, I thought...

About six months ago I set out to get a Detective Special while I could still afford one. I didn't want anything fancy, just a decent shooter grade for a reasonable price. I couldn't seem to find one that fit into my spending range when I happened upon an Official Police that I wasn't looking...

Well, Its not the Detective Special I've been looking for, but it was too nice to pass up. I kinda like the alloy frame in this size. Can anyone tell me approx. when it was made (D793XXX)?

A LGS has two Detective Specials. Both appear to me to be about 20% over priced, but I haven't tried to talk to the staff about any possible deals or actually checked out either yet. Number 1 is an older model with quite a bit of cosmetic wear, but doesn't appear to have been fired all that...

I purchased an Official Police on impulse. I checked it out in the store: Lock up is positive and cylinder alignment appears to be very good for all 6, cylinder gap looks good, no push off, bore and cylinder holes are clean with very little wear, ...etc. It is cosmetically challanged with...

I've wanted one ever since this version was introduced. Only trouble is I've never seen one at a LGS or gun show around here to see and handle. I've struggled greatly to resist the temptation of blindly ordering one. Something about nine rounds of 45-70 just lights my fire. Well, today the...

Personal (Self) Defense TV Saw a show on the Outdoor channel this morning with host Tom Gresham (Guntalk) and segments with teachers from Gunsite and Valhalla, as well as Mr. Ayoob giving tips about awareness at ATMs. I thoroughly enjoyed the show and learned some new things. Guns & Ammo was...

I wandered into a LGS recently and was inexplicably drawn to a security six. It is in great shape and seemed like something I had to have. Then the next week, my wife said she's tired of getting me clothes for Christmas. I said get me a gun. She said "find one you like and I'll wrap it up...

I've been toying with the idea of getting a low cost plinker/range gun to take advantage of the low 9mm ammo costs. Saw on another thread where it was suggested that a 9mm barrel could be placed into the 229, but I didn't want to threadjack with followup questions there. Is it as simple as...

A friend's father left him a few nice guns and a H&R Arms 922. He doesn't know much about guns so he asked me to look it over and see if it was safe to shoot. I had to confess I couldn't say for sure if its was ok or not and told him to check with a gunsmith. It is a 9 shot double action...

Howdy folks. I've been tuning in for a few months and finally decided to become a member today. I'd like opinions on the Bisley Vaquero. I was in the LGS last week and a 5-1/2" stainless melted my heart. I haven't bought it yet because I know very little about revolvers. This would not be...