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Frankly, I think cocking the hammer for a more accurate shot is one of the few advantages the .38 snubbie has. Shot placement is important, and I'd rather get off one good shot than two bad ones. If I can't do that, then I'd rather carry a pocket .380. Which is what I do carry as a backup...

I'm a woman, and I LOVE the smell. Hoppes #9 and burnt powder smell great. Of course, I also like the smell of gasoline, so I guess I'm just different. For the record, most perfumes and colognes STINK. People really ought to start wearing Hoppes. The world would just smell so much better.

I saw a gun buyback that went a lot like that. Only it was funded by a medium sized city. People were buying pellet guns at Walmart and making zip guns from the hardware store and raking in the cash. The police took in a load of junk, paid out tens of thousands of dollars, and had to shut the...

Small department often equals poor. It certainly does where I live, where most of the Sheriff's deputies drive 2001-2004 Crown Victorias with at least 300k miles on them. Not kidding. I think most of the officers use personal guns for duty work. If I were a chief/sheriff of a small rural...

I have a couple of Jennings pieces. I bought the first when I was poor and couldn't afford much. I bought the second on a whim because it was cheap and a friend was getting rid of it. Surprisingly, both work much better than their reputation. My Jennings pocket .22 has been utterly reliable...

JTQ, those are some good looking holsters. Perhaps I should mention that I'm specifically looking for a holster that holds the gun in a "muzzle down" position. So many holsters, including all the links you gave, have the gun in a "muzzle to the rear" position. They don't seem to hide as well...

I prefer carrying fmj. Given the bulk of some people these days, the vital organs can easily be deeper in the body than the FBI 12". I believe that more penetration is better than more expansion, all things considered. Shot placement is what counts. FMJ is also cheaper, and more reliable in...

I'd like to carry in a shoulder holster. I've bought a couple and been disappointed. I'm fairly slender, so a lot of guns stick out like a sore thumb. I'm looking to carry a 1911, Tokarev, or 4" K frame Smith and Wesson. I'd like a quality holster where the straps don't show in front (ie. no...

Beretta 1951 or Egyptian Helwan. Helwans are a licensed copy made in Egypt, and are available at gun shows when you can find one for about $200. Mags can be found and they shoot pretty well. Imagine a single stack Beretta 92 with a magazine release in a different spot. Original grips are...

Actually, it works quite nicely. I don't do it for that reason, though. I use the tubing as a means of making sure things are waterproof. I had a thread about it somewhere ages ago, and I even did a test of putting the gun in the shower. I guess not having as many fragments (it doesn't...

Keep It!!! It's a cool weapon, even if the efficacy of the caliber is debatable. Besides, the sci-fi aspect is valuable to nerds... :evil: (hint: you might BE a nerd if you know where this came from)

I can read some French. Most of the stuff on the site seems more expensive than what we can get in the states. Then there is international shipping, and the fact that it is mostly the same stuff that we can get from Dixie and other suppliers. And then there is Gunbroker, where just about...

I kind of like the aforementioned umbrella analogy. And yes, I keep an umbrella in my car. I also check the forecast. If I lived in a rainy place like Britain, an umbrella would be daily carry equipment. It is a tool. Unlike weather, you can't predict violence. If you have to go to a place...

.30 luger (7.65x21) 7.65x25 Borchardt 7.62x25 Tokarev 7.63x25 Mauser 8x22mm Nambu 7x20mm Nambu 9x25 Dillon

We plan on including a detailed note, printed pictures of the scoring/burrs/damage, and a couple of fired cases for reference. I kind of doubt that it is the mag, because it did this with two different mags that were both brand new. Good to know that Taurus has decent customer service. How...

My friend bought a brand new Taurus 27/7 G2C in .40 S&W today. We took it out, and it jams every once in a while. The slide locks back and won't go forward even when you press the release. :cuss: We took it to a gunsmith I know, and he looked at the inside of the slide and found scoring and...

I don't like skunks and coyotes now that I live out in the country. I used a .223 on a skunk in a live trap a while back. Stood 75 yards away and it sprayed a huge cloud like I'd hit an aerosol can. Smelled truly disgusting. Kind of sad to shoot the foxes though. I just kind of have a soft...

I don't know much about the Mak, but the Toks I've handled go like this: 1. Russian 2. Polish (tie with Russian and has same slide serrations) 3. Yugo (a thing unto itself) 4. Romanian (cheap copy) 5. Egyptian/Pakistani 6. Chinese Don't know much about Bulgarian ones. Never seen one...

I've been working with a friend's H&R Topper 12 gauge single shot. The gun light strikes at least half of the time, and I'm at the end of my rope with it. I've tried Winchester cheap bulk ammo, I've tried buckshot, and I've tried Herter's #4 shot in it, and all perform the same. I've also...

I think the kits are a bad deal. The rifle kits are $200 to $300, and the finished rifle usually only costs about $20 more. And I know that the parts that go in the kits are the worst ones, and so you're not really saving money at all. Pay for frustration? I don't think so! If they offered...