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Tamara or Xavier? For me, I guess I have to give the edge to Tamara in terms of "how often," as she usually posts several shorter things each day while Xavier tends to post something longer every day or every other day. If you haven't checked them out before, they're definitely worth your...

Apologies if this has been talked about before, but I couldn't find anything on THR after searching. I noticed while at the range yesterday that my arm length is such that I found myself unconsciously grabbing the leg of the Harris bipod on my rifle while shooting in order to better steady it...

The following is an opinion piece I've written for my grad school's newspaper. I've redacted the names of the school and the town/city where it's located. Thoughts?

I'm not entirely sure what just happened. Having just bought a new pistol, I took it to the range to try it out. After emptying the second mag and having the slide lock back, I dropped the mag and fired a few mags through another gun. Cleaning up, I stuck one of the empty mags into the gun...

This is just meant as a friendly reminder to you all that a 16.5" barrel AR-15 may not reach all the way up to the supporting notch in your gun safe. Furthermore, if it's dark and you've got an SKS near the front of your safe, it may obscure the AR-15. Hopefully this will prevent you...

Here's the thing: I have a Nazi-proofed WWII "FN" Hi-Power and it's seriously the most comfortably firearm I've ever held. It shoots well and is in good working order but has enough wear that it's not worth anything special. The prior owner had it as a bring-back from WWII but left it sitting...

In response to my status message about Heller and individual rights, a friend of mine from high school posted this: I was pretty nearly speechless. Keep in mind that this guy was a conservative in high school, voted for Alan Keyes in the 2000 Republican primary, and is currently in the US...

Anyone with the mad skillz want to whip up a version of Kalashnikitty with a handgun, copy of the Constitution, and dress that says "DC" on it?

I was thinking about the possibility of carrying a Beretta 85 in an 11 o'clock OWB cross-draw position, heavily canted so as to almost be a reverse of SOB. For the moment, let's leave caliber wars aside: I know .380 ACP isn't a fantastic round. I'm also not interested in SmartCarry; I'm not...

I've got access to a small cottage on the river near Mollusk and Gloucester. Are there any firing ranges or gun shops nearby? I know Richmond and Hampton Roads aren't far away, but I'm looking to "get away from it all" for a while and want to try and stay rural. There's not enough land to do...

I was in a gun store a recently and saw Silver Bullet Gun Oil for sale. It turns out that it contains 13% pig fat and is meant to be "Counter-Islamic" by coating bullets with pig fat and thus, apparently according to Islam, condemning a Muslim shot with this bullet to hell. Look, I'm a...

I just wanted to say that I work for an organization funded by a famous person who is strongly anti-RKBA and I use a significant portion of my paychecks to buy guns. I just felt like putting that out there.

I guess what I'm asking is whether guns and alcohol mix...in cleaning. My roommate left some really cheap plastic-bottle Aristocrat vodka and I was wondering if it'd be useful and safe to use for cleaning (never fear: I have Zubrowka and Skyy if I need decent vodka plus several decent bottles...

Let me preface this by saying that I successfully detail stripped my Hi-Power for the first time earlier today without any trouble. Then I got cocky. I took my Springfield Mil-Spec and removed the slide, mainspring housing, grip safety, three-pronged spring, thumb safety, and hammer...

Mods, this seemed to have a bit of Legal, S&T, and General Handguns so I put it here. Here's the situation: I discovered a loophole in my university's prohibition on firearms: a certain dean has the power to grant them (I've spoken with her before and though she was surprised at the thought...

I'm looking to get some tritium sights for my Hi Power and I'd love to get the "melted" style of Meprolight ones on Kimber 1911s. However, all the sights listed for the Hi Power are the blocky, snaggy kind. Does anyone know how much smithing it would take to get 1911 sights to fit a BHP, or if...

Does anyone here incorporate their firearms or ammo into their exercise routine? One of the exercises I like doing is arm circles: sideways, up, and then forwards in a repeating pattern with each set being for a steadily decreasing amount of time until I get down to zero. Going for increasing...

Picture, if you will: It's finals week at my grad school and we've just had a killer exam the day before. Unable to get my mind to work well enough to study, I decide to go to Richmond to browse the gun shops and maybe pick up some mags or accessories. I've been wanting a Kimber Ultra Carry...

I've got plenty of rifles and handguns, but pretty much nothing in the way of shotguns and I'd like to fix that. On the one hand I'd like something for defense, but I may just get a Mossberg for that and get a Saiga for fun. My main question is over the different gauges. I would think that...