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In post # 34, I gave three real word examples of having guns pointed at me and fired in which I (rightly) did not return fire. ALL of those examples are MORE, not less, likely to happen to citizens who live and work in country where guns are everyday tools, openly carried by by both wise and...

Once again, trying to arrive at a hard and fast rule is pretty tough. Twice, I have had folks point guns towards me from a distance and pull the trigger, and in both instances a shouted "STOP THAT!" was sufficient to neutralize the threat, because they were both idiots, one firing a shotgun at...

I read a story years ago about some English gent who was in desperate financial straights and, digging through his family's long time house, discovered a shotgun, with which he went out and robbed a bank and promptly got caught. Turned out that the shotgun was a Purdey or some other extremely...

Prob'ly some liberal would pay unlimited bucks for the shotgun with which VP Cheney accidentally peppered his friend who didn't have the good sense to keep up with a line of quail hunters. Conversely, there are the tools that sent MLK, Bobby Kennedy, JFK to the pearly gates, although the JFK...

I have a recently inherited Ducks Unlimited banquet gun, unfired, hard case, etc. I have tried to get the two other heirs to take it as part of their share, and it is still sitting in my safe taking up room. Nobody involved wants something that would be devalued by shooting the first round...

Actually, anyone thinking that ammo is far too high priced for what it costs to manufacture should, in the American way, jump right in, form a corporation, sell stock, line up suppliers of components and raw material, the right employees and machinery, go into the business. THAT is what the free...

Our neighbors opened the door a couple of years ago and two guys and one machete pushed in, stuck the machete point in the man's back a bit less than an inch, marched them to chairs and tied them with duct tape, took everything they wanted from the house, found keys, took car, left them to die...

I'm with Tirod on this. A lot of time used up trying to develop a fast draw and an instinctive snap shot could probably be used more profitably by thinking about how to deal with situations BEFORE the bullets start flying. I ALWAYS meet strangers with a smile, even when they are trespassing...

I had perfect vision until about 20 years ago I attacked a jack handle with my head, and several eye surgeries later decided I had to use my left eye for shooting or quit shooting except for emergencies. Now, as soon as my pistol clears the holster, my chin automatically jumps to the pocket of...

It's an old timey phrase meaning "worthless loser".....Joe

I dearly love my 44 mag super Blackhawk, but avoid it as a defense weapon, simply because right after I holster it, my pants fall down around my ankles. I have to either give up the pistol or the ice cream after supper, and the jury is still out.......Joe

For what it's worth, I just inherited a bunch of revolvers that had been well kept in terms of keeping them clean and dry but had not been lubed for quite some time in this hot, dry climate. Nearly 1/3 of them would not set off a primer when fired DA right out of the cases they were kept in...

I really encourage anyone interested in comparing handgun caliber effectiveness to read the link to the FBI wounding report I posted above. In the end, fewer differences exist than one would think for, according to the numbers. I won't belabor the point, but it is well worth reading the...

A closer look http://www.firearmstactical.com/pdf/fbi-hwfe.pdf I ran into this several years ago, and if one studies it closely, a lot can be learned about handgun effectiveness. It might or might not change anybody's mind but does present a lot of things that should be factored in, not...

Arizona mike, I can see Mt. Graham from my office window. In fact, the last time it burned, I had a nice view because I was putting the roof on my new house near Rodeo, NM.....Joe

I'm in nearly the exact same position as the OP, and the very best advice I can give is not to get in too much of a hurry. Other estate matters also take a lot of time, and one tends to want to rush things, but time spent properly disposing of a lot of guns in a manner that brings a decent price...

I also might note that an estate I am executing has a 40 acre parcel in the middle of the Arizona drug smuggling corridor, so the locals might just help to finance your range and remove all the backstops, and I'd be happy to make you a good price on the land...chuckle........Joe

I live in SW New Mexico, and there are, in my area, no restrictions on much of anything. Lots of land available at or under $2K per acre for bare, buildable, 10 to 20 acre parcels, most of them vacant. very few people..less than 1 per square mile here. Hardly anyone to bother. I have one 20...

Just inherited several guns, and that one had been ill-treated with a bit of rust here and there. Filled the magazine and worked the slide a few times and every round that tried to feed on one side crunched into the feed ramp and jammed. I don't mind buying a new magazine and doing a few...

I used to shoot fist-sized targets that had been thrown in the air with my Ruger bull barrel, something like 50%, which is not great, but better than when I started. The best tricks for me, though, were literally TRICKS! Hunting quail with a guy who just couldn't admit that he was missing...