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The late Skeeter Skelton was born on 1 May 1928. A very Happy Birthday in honor of a man who meant a lot to a great many of us one way or another. While any photo-tribute to him ought to include some .44 Specials, here’s an invite for those of you with them to post them up if you wish...

My apologies if this has been asked-and-answered previously, but I saw something new-to-me while browsing the aisles at the local gun show recently: what appears to be a new rendition of the S&W H-D chambered in .357 Magnum. Link to the mothership website listing below. The gun I saw...

LGS posted this gem online along with some others that had recently wandered into the shop. Looked intriguing to me with the fabled one-line “address” on the frame, the “stepped” tapered barrel (I don’t know what the official term is for that older-school approach S&W was taking in the 1930s or...

A while back, I’d posted some shots of a trio of Model 27s I owned at the time, guns in 3-1/2”, 4”, and 5” trim. I wound up selling first the 4” gun and then even the 3-1/2.” Questionable decisions in hindsight that, at the time, made sense somehow. I even went so far as to sell some...

…that happens to be another I let get away. I do wish I’d held onto this one. Advertised as a four-inch 28, I kept thinking the barrel looked a little too short for that. Even after receiving the gun (a little story itself, for another time), I could tell it was a 3-1/2” barrel but was...

…I don’t think that I can take it… …okay, that’s more than enough for memories of MacArthur Park haha… This “no-dash” S&W Model 66 spent some time with me a while back. It has since been sold, but was indeed a great shooter and carried exceptionally well in a Barranti Summer Classic IWB...

I took three of the revolvers to the range recently, something I’ve been doing more and more of lately as I seem to be shooting revolvers better than anything else these days. From left, we have a 3-1/2” 27-2, the recently-posted-about birth-year 5” 27-2, and a trusty 1948-era K-22. The...

Just traded into a birth-year gun, my first. This one is an S-prefix serial-number S&W 27-2 with a five-inch barrel. I’ve had a long-standing appreciation for five-inch 27s, and this one joins an N-prefix that I’ve otherwise posted about here recently. It came to me with a set of...

I've not as yet taken any formal training with my recently-acquired Remington 870HD, but I've been experimenting with something I was shown at an RWVA Appleseed event a couple of years ago. In dry-fire practice and now for one range session, I've been using a "hasty-hasty" sling technique to...

I live in Alabama and have offered for sale some Sig 13-round magazines via the Classifieds forum. I have a party from Massachusetts interested in these magazines. I have (tardily) only now questioned the legality of selling these magazines to a resident of that state. Can anyone point me...

I tried a search on this and couldn't come up with anything...feel free to point me to a link if this has already been asked-and-answered... I'm thinking of good HD shotgun. An 870 Express in 12-gauge with the 2-round magazine extension is a very appealing option, but I've seen the same...

I recently acquired a two-tone SIG P228 with the matte nickel-finished slide. Are there any special maintenance concerns I should have with this finish?

(I'm not sure if this question is best suited to Strategies & Tactics or Handguns: Autoloaders) For 1911-platform pistols, what is / are the typical training recommendations for when to release the thumb-safety (assuming cocked-and-locked carry to begin with) when practicing / preparing for...

I own a Springfield Armory "Loaded" model 1911A1, five-inch trim. I'm considering swapping its two-piece full-length guide rod for a standard length one. I know I'll need the new rod and plug, but what about the spring? I don't know what size/type/weight spring this pistol has, it's just what...

For the "non-gunsmithy" shooter, is removing the cylinder of one's S&W revolver ever advisable? If so, how does one do it? I clean my firearms after each range trip and lube / maintain them regularly in-between. Last weekend I had occasion to clean my Model 19 and my 1911 back-to-back...I...

I have a relatively new (purchased new Dec. 2005, now has approx. 700 rounds through it) Bushmaster 16" Patrolmans' Carbine that, on last range trip, suffered numerous short-stroking malfunctions - squeeze trigger, rifle would fire, eject spent brass, but bolt would not pick up new round from...

Just a question of curiosity here...have any members decided to maintain only arms that do not require a detachable magazine, i.e. revolvers, tube- or internal-magazine longarms like most shotguns and numerous rifles and carbines, etc.? Maybe not even across the board in your collection but...

I'm considering one of these brands / models of 12-gauge pump-action shotgun for home-defense use: Remington 870 - 18" or 20" version Mossberg 500 or 590 - again 18" or 20" most likely Benelli Nova or SuperNova Question 1 - I've read other posts on the various good points of all of the...

One of my next firearm purchases really needs to be a .22LR of some shape, sort, or variety. I may be one of the few shooters in the Free World who does not currently own one! I've long been interested in a Ruger 10/22, having fond memories of various 10/22s owned by friends. I would most...

(I posted a similar question a couple of days ago over at www.sigforum.com but wanted to see what input readers here might have...sorry for the duplication if you've already browsed this one...) I've just inherited an apparently unfired AMT .380 Backup DAO that belonged to my late...