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A friend has a membership to a high-volume private 200 yard rifle range. It is a supervised slow fire range that is access controlled and only open when a range officer is present. No 50s are allowed. Last year all the steel targets were removed due to fear of bouncing rounds off the range. He...

It looks like the biggest problem with my Redhawk rests squarely on the loose nut behind the wheel. In my "new gun let me down" post I was concerned with the new Redhawk scattering bullets everywhere despite the same loads running tightly in my Super Redhawk. A close examination showed...

Or did I let myself down? I picked up my purty new-to-me 7-1/2" Redhawk in 45 Colt and took it to the range this morning. It was a little face-off between my Super Redhawk and the newcomer Redhawk, both using 45 Colt. The Redhawk was very clean seemed to be in great mechanical and cosmetic...

I've given in to the urge to get an M1 carbine as a plinker and truck gun. I do not care for collectors value. That's a pet peeve. Please leave it alone. I've been shooting and reloading a variety of rifles and pistols for 20+ years. When the desire for a carbine hit, I spent a day at the...

I was poking around at used guns and ran across a sad sight in a pawn shop. It's a nickel frame with UNITED STATES PROPERTY and NO 1933336 on the side. There was something else stamped on the front but I don't recall what it said. There were no mfg names on the frame. The left side of the frame...

I was wondering how they color the laminated stocks. Does it require a specific type of wood? I imagine that lighter colored wood takes the colors easier. I'm thinking about stuff like these:

http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/39739727.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - It took a wedgie and a headlock to pin down a man suspected of breaking into a car. Yvonne Morris, a technician at the Brickyard Animal Hospital, says she chased a man who broke into a co-worker's car, but he kept...

OK, I got bored. That's a dangerous thing. I've become worse than tired of the EBRs. You can't throw a rock without hitting one. They're like weeds popping up everywhere. I had to take a step back. Maybe I stepped a little too far. :D If I fuss about the guys with can openers...

It falls into an odd category. Technically, it's a pistol but it fires a rifle cartridge. The action is better suited to rifles than pistols. How many of you guys have one? For those that do, how many barrels do you own? These are a hoot. If you're an active shooter and haven't messed...

What's better than having a Garand? Bunches of Garands! Sorry, couldn't resist. :D

I seldom hear about them. All kinds of praise is heaped upon the other stamped steel shooters but I never hear much about this one. A friend has one and likes it. Kinda strange considering his two M1As are far more accurate and he is known to be a long range precision shooter. I've...

I'm looking for a decent bullet weight to run in a 1 in 12" barrel. *edit* this is a 1 in 12" barrel. oopsie! This is a 15" Encore pistol in 22-250 that is rarely be taken beyond 200 yards. Muzzle velocity is still a wee bit above similar weight bullets in a 223 bolt gun. I've run...

I don't see the point in having a huge Lego set built around a small bore rifle. I don't have anything against the basic rifle. The AR is a decent platform and I've fired several of them. However, I've never had the urge to put a flashlight, laser, red dot, nightvision, camera, or iPhone on...

How many of you guys with stainless revolvers are able to keep the cylinder faces clean? It seems to be a real chore in the Vaquero unless I really stay on top of it. Extended range sessions can make a real mess. To get it clean again, I drop it out of my Vaquero and saturate it with...

Take your garden variety good ol' boy 45 colt cowboy gun... Add some Hornady SST muzzle loader bullets... Stuff the bullets in some empty cases to check maximum over all length... Home built rotary rocket launcher? I see you... Play peek-a-boo with the bad...

When depriming/sizing don't stick your finger between the case and die while pulling on the lever. Doing so can crush your finger and shove the depriming pin deep into your knuckle. When this happens, you will not be able to remove your finger until you lower the ram. That will allow you to...

I know it sounds whacked but I've been fighting the urge to stuff the 45 caliber Hornady bullets in my 45 LC. I even went so far as to buy a pack of 'em today. These are what I couldn't live without: Diameter .452" Weight 250 gr. Ballistics Coefficient 0.210 Sectional Density 0.175...

I've seen a few loads that use Unique and Universal with very similar charges and velocities. Are these powders really that close? Why do I see so many applications where Unique is used but Universal isn't mentioned?

OK, I've been sleeping for a little too long and just found out that the Vaquero changed. What did Ruger do differently this time around? I see some folks mention that the new model is weaker. Did they downsize the frame or what? I guess I'd better make sure that nobody gets their hands on...

I've been on the hunt for a fun lightweight plinker load or my Vaquero. The gun sees loads that run from light to WHAT-WERE-YOU-THINKING. Since I've graduated to a 460 S&W, I can back the sixgun down and do more piddly-bang-pop stuff with it. I also use it to "break in" new shooters. The shiny...