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I want to run this past the experts here to check if my idea for salvaging a botched barrel fitting will work. Long story short, I have a Kart 6-inch NM barrel I mis-ordered years ago. I would like to fit it to a 5-inch slide. To do so will require turning the muzzle OD down from .580 to .574...

To the point of the question, has anyone here built their own rotary tumbler for using stainless steel pin media? If so, how did you do it? In the past I have used a vibratory tumbler, but don't have one at the moment and I have been strongly considering using stainless steel media for...

Reading through this thread on Kentucky, I noticed in post #31 the text of the new Kentucky Bill references other states that have enacted "waiting periods," including Minnesota. Since when does MN have a waiting period and for what firearms? Also, did they kill private sales over the summer...

So I searched on here for any threads about Florida pigs, and the latest thread was from almost a year ago. I would like to get out for some pig hunting, because I know they're out there, but I have some questions for you fine folks who might know. I'm presently working out of Naples and...

Stupid question I'm sure at one point I knew the answer to. Long story short, I've ended up with a glut of Magnum Small Pistol primers and only about 1,000 Standard SP left for my .38 reloads. What effects could loading .38's with Magnum primers have on burn rates, pressures, velocities, etc...

I've got a question regarding BP cartridge loading, specifically regarding the lube. I've been dabbling with .38/.357 BP for a while now, but seem to have run into an issue with the lube getting old. My process currently involves melting or otherwise removing the hard lube from my LRN bullets...

So I was at a nearby Gander Mtn. last weekend and was looking at revolvers and asked if they had any no-lock 642's. The salesman was fairly adamant that all S&W's have locks nowadays. I double checked Smith's website and they do list the no-ILS 642 / 442. I was at another, larger Gander...

I've been thinking of getting an El Paso Saddlery holster as a gift this year, but I'm not sure if they're the one's to go with. I've come across some poor reviews of EP's customer service and shipping times, but most that I've seen are pretty dated. I can't currently access their website for...

Something I've never really understood about the AR platform is the height of the iron sights from the bore-axis. Maybe I just don't know how to shoot an AR; but I felt much more comfortable when I detached the carry handle and changed the front sight for a DPMS railed gas block and mounted a...

Something I've been wondering for a while now; would it be possible to cut down .38 Special cases to remove small case-neck splits and safely reload the case? I have a fair amount of .38 brass I've sorted out due to small splits in the neck, and I'd like to be able to use the brass, but i'm...

I figured I'd try this question here as in my searching online I've become a little confused about my situation. I'm an adult, have been for a while now (I'm in my mid-twenties), Minnesota resident and I've never taken a hunter's safety course as required by at least MN and WI in order to...

So a question to which I haven't found a precise answer in my searches here; Recently I've begun "playing" around with a Uberti Cattleman (Colt SAA clone) in .357 Mag and have been wanting to try out black powder cartridges. I think I got the basics down, and loaded up 50 .38 Spc. rounds...

I'm not much of an AK guy, at least I didn't think I was, but I've tried to keep up with what people have been saying about prices of certain rifles around the country lately. I did a search and found a fair amount of discussion saying even low-end WASR-10's are upwards of $700 these days...

Complacency I wanted to relate something that just happened around my house, as yet another reminder to always be aware of what's going on around you. I realized tonight how complacent I've become recently. Please don't get like me. The situation: I was in the backyard with the dog...

Hey all, I'm hoping I can get some advice on fixing a Marlin 1894 CS. I bought it used, so I can't send it in under warantee and after finally getting through to a tech in the service department she explained Marlin is not currently taking in non-warantee rifles since they're backlogged as it...

Just had a thought. Actually, it's rattled around in my head for a bit now and I don't think I've seen any discussion on it before. In handguns there are Single Action designs, Double Action, SA/DA, DAO, etc. I was thinking about rifle and shotgun designs and action types. It seems to me...

I know there's a separate Holsters sub-forum, but I thought I'd put this here initially just to get a little more traffic. I don't know if there's anybody else who has run into this problem, but I recently purchased another Serpa CQC holster and it has a relatively loose fit. The first one I...

Hey all, I haven't posted in a while as I've been traveling for work all summer. But I thought I'd share a story from this weekend. So I have a friend who had mentioned to me in the past that he would like to learn how to shoot (aside from the little Boyscout shooting experience he had years...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23780390 Just thought it was an interesting tidbit for discussion. EDIT: Oops... didn't scroll down far enough to see this already posted. Mods can delete/lock etc.

OK, not sure what made me think of this, but I can't be the only one to have ever thought about this: A spent .45ACP case is just about a perfect replacement for the recoil spring plug on a 1911. I haven't fired it like this, but I did cycle some snap-caps though the pistol and it seemed to...