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    Single-Six Refinish

    Traded for a 1970 Ruger Single-Six a few months ago. Posted about it here. Looked like this... Decided to send it in to Ruger to have them refinish it. They did a re-blue, fitted it with a .22 mag cylinder, replaced the grips, and did the "safety upgrade" / transfer bar install (however...
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    New to me S&W 17-3

    Picked up a 17-3 today. S/N 8K39XXX. Interesting target grips. Not sure if I'll keep them. Previous owner must have only fired .22 longs in it, because there was a pronounced carbon ring in each of the chambers that made it hard to chamber the rounds. Also, has after-market sights which...
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    Decided to try something different - Single-Six

    Never had a single action before. Traded today for this Single-Six. Not going to win any beauty contests. Looks like it was made in late 1955. Partly rusty, broken grip, but locks up great and shoots great (pic of target at about 7 yards). Has a great trigger. I understand it's a...
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    CCW Permit Holder Comes to the Aid of a Store Manager

    http://www.kmbc.com/news/20677451/detail.html Bystander Not Charged In Shoplifter Shooting Loucinda Carroll Accused Of Stealing Meat From Independence Grocery Store INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- The man who shot a suspected shoplifter in Independence won't face any charges, prosecutors said Wednesday...
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    Pump Shotgun Problem

    Westernfield M550CD 20 ga. - According to this site I believe it's a re-branded Mossberg 500. It is a single action bar - holds 5 2 3/4" shells in the magazine. Sometimes when the action is cycled (most often when the magazine is full, but sometimes on the second or third cycle) two shells...
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    Do you alternate CCWs?

    I'm of the mindset that I'm probably better off always carrying the same CCW, as opposed to alternating between two or more. I figure not having to stop and think if the one I'm carrying does / doesn't have a manual safety, is / isn't DAO, etc. would be an asset if the situation arose where I...
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    I slugged my Hi-Point carbine

    My 995 shoots groups of about 5 -6" at 50 yds. From what I've read, others get better groups than that. So, I thought I'd check the bore size to see if that might be an issue. I used a lead .38 spl wadcutter and ran it through the barrel with a hammer and wooden dowel rod. After the...
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    Which to use when and why

    I live in a small, three-bedroom, one-level house in a suburb of Kansas City with a wife and a teenage son. I typically sleep with a loaded, 12-round 9mm pistol and a very bright modified Maglite on my nightstand, and a Remington 870, 18", 3 rounds of 00 buck in the mag, an empty chamber, 5...
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    Glad I paid attention.

    Seeing a news story today of a local bank robbery reminded me of a situation that happened to me several years ago. One of my sons was the lead teller at a bank. I had commented to him that he needed to keep his eyes open at this particular location. It was a main branch, right off the...
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    Recoil / Muzzle Flip

    I was watching Ruger's promo video of their new pistol (as seen here) and noticed the varying degrees of apparent recoil experienced by the shooters. The recoil experienced by one of the shooters, at the beginning of the video, causes enough muzzle-flip to raise the end of the barrel 6-8"...
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    Use .38 bullets (.357) in a 9mm (.355)?

    I bought some Speer GD 135gr. Short Barrel bullets (.357) to work up a load in a Taurus M85. I traded the Taurus for a Kel-Tec P-11. Can I use the Speer Bullets in my 9mm reloads seeing that 9mm bullets are typically .355? Will the .002 difference cause the potential for pressure problems in...
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    Own any guns that have "a history"?

    Years ago, I was given my great grandmother's Winchester .22 - a Standard Model 1906. She bought it to hunt prairie chickens and rabbits when she and my great grandfather homesteaded near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I remember her favorite story to tell about using her rifle was about a feral...
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    Would you inquire about a stranger's CCW?

    At the grocery store last Friday evening I noticed a gentleman wearing a "loud" red Hawaiian shirt. Because that is somewhat non-typical for this area, it caught my attention and made me wonder if he had a CCW. Sure enough, as he turned around I could see the outline of a pistol grip at about...
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    Remington Express barrel swap question

    I have a Remington 870 Express that has a (nicely sawed-off to 19") barrel that has stamped on it - 2 3/4" and 3" shells. I found a nice, used Remington 26" barrel with removeable chokes that has stamped on it - 3" and 3 1/2" shells. Can I use 3 1/2" shells with the new combo, or does the 870...
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    Need caliber suggestions

    I'm going to get my first centerfire rifle - been a pistol shooter for a long time. It looks like a Stevens model 200 will be my choice, but I need some suggestions on what caliber to get. I love to reload \ work up loads. I like to tinker with my guns (built a 10/22 target rifle - that was...
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    Think before you react...

    Had a funny thing happen the other day. My son, my Taurus, and I were at a local department store. We were in the shoe department. There was one other customer and a saleswoman at the cash register. As I was looking at some shoes I heard someone behind me and to my left say in a somewhat loud...
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    Hollow base vs. flat base?

    Other than the obvious difference in shape, what is the difference between these two types of bullets? Does one give an advantage over the other? (Not trying to start an argument - I really don't know.)
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    Pre-Priming Brass?

    I reload 9mm, not so much because it is economical to so, but because I enjoy doing it. I usually prep about 200 - 250 cases at a time (polish, deprime & resize, and bell & deburr the case mouth). I keep the prep'd cases in plastic bags. Can I include priming the cases in my prep routine...
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    For those of you that pocket carry...

    For those of you that pocket carry... what do you do when you get in your vehicle? Do you take your CCW out of your pocket or leave it in? Other options (besides having another CCW already in the vehicle)? I know many of you would suggest IWB carry so this would not be so much of an issue...
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    P93 Problems?

    Here is a picture of a spent cartridge from my P93. (Hand loaded - CCI primer, 5.0 grains of Unique, 115 grain Ranier copper plated RN bullet) Pin strike on all cartidges were off-center - degree of "cratering" varied. The firing pin is not striking the primer in the center, and the...
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