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Say, Glory Hallelujah! and The Sants Be Praised! My pregnant daughter came to town from Austin this past weekend for a last visit before her daughter is born. Bless her heart, she wanted to do some "Memphis" things so we visited her mother's grave at historic Elmwood Cemetery, had a BBQ lunch at...

When the LCRx series were first introduced several years ago, I wrote to Ruger in reference to a passing comment a Ruger rep had made about "soon to probably be in a variety of common calibers." I was thanked for my interest in Ruger and was told there were no immediate plans for a rimfire...

hdwhit: Academy has stores in my town and nearby in Collierville ; I've become friends with people at both stores and am told there've never been any brass patch holders in either. Medalguy: thanks for the tip. Jakeintx: as much as anything it's ingrained habits that die hard. Dad taught me to...

Two years ago I moved from a long-time home to a newer one in an adjacent town. All of the firearms, ammo, and other important stuff made it just fine. Some of the small stuff, like the .22 cal. slotted cloth holders for cleaning rods are still MIA, although a few of the rods have shown up. "No...

I've had one for 5 years now. In its life here it has been mounted on a Remington 597, Savage BTVR and now a Henry H0001T. It has been totally reliable, always true and a pleasure to use. I have better scopes (mostly Nikon) but for an inexpensive scope the Sweet 22 has been one of the nicer...

Terrific looking bench. Why the notched seats, though?

I am now custodian of my father's Model 70 Featherweight .308, bought new for Christmas '55; manufactured in Nov. 1954 by serial number. I spoke to Dad today who assures me it came with 4 holes. He had a period-correct Weaver on it. I still have that scope but have replaced it with a Nikon...

My M70 is a .308 Featherweight that was Dad's Christmas present from Mom in 1955 (I was with her when she picked it up). Over the course of almost 50 years, Dad may have put 3-400 rounds through it. I've had custody for nearly 6 years now and have maybe about 100 through it. On days when I'm...

I have six Sigs (P220, P225/P6, P228, P229 (.40), two Mosquitos) and a Glock 19. I prefer the Sigs for a variety of reasons, ergonomics top among them. I also like they're DA/SA, have decockers and work every time. Are they better made than other brands? I'll leave that assessment to others. All...

I strongly recommend going to SigForum and research the P6 threads there. Over the course of Summer '07 I managed to score two P6s (a 10/77 and a 9/80). Both had problems feeding wide-nosed hollow points. Turns out there is a 2-degree difference in feed ramp angle between the German police...

I just saw the recall notice yesterday and am still fuming. I bought mine new exactly two years ago for $399.98 and it was advertised with a $50 factory rebate. I'm still waiting on that check. Now it's worth 1/2 the original price to Remington as scrap? And I'm supposed to wait at least six...

I guess I'm with the anal crowd. When I was a child, Dad taught me "bore cleanliness is next to Godliness." He worked for Winchester at the time and I regarded his as the word of God, so to speak. Some years later in the Army, our drill sergeants loved to dissect our M-14s with white gloves...

I have three 597s: 1) .22LR with heavy barrel and thumbhole stock; 2) .22WMR, heavy barrel, aftermarket thumbhole stock; 3) .17HMR, standard barrel, synthetic stock. All are scoped. For whatever reason, from day one all three have operated flawlessly with great accuracy. For the .22LR I...

My favorite vintage .22s: Winchester Model 61 pump; mine has the grooved receiver and soon will be scoped. Smooth as butter. Winchester Model 63 semis: one has grooved receiver, one doesn't. My all-time favorite semi in any caliber. As soon as I can train a competent loader, I plan to...

Did you buy it new recently? Or is it a used one? There appear to be some major behavior differences between more recently manufactured ones and the ones made early on. Mine is of more recent manufacture and I now have several thousand rounds through it. DA and SA seemed to lighten up after...

I own a Sig P229 and a P225/P6. I too wanted the Mosquito to practice muscle memory and firing exercises as an "affordable" alternative to burning up the more expensive centerfire ammo. I bought my Sport new last April and have kept it totally stock. I'm now close to 2000 rounds through it and...

I have a P229 that was a factory rebuild from a police trade-in program. So far I've put a few thousand rounds through it without problem or complaint. It's now my CCW.