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    Train + Protect 38 Special

    There's also the advantage of training with the same ammo that you carry; same POI, same recoil etc. As you rightly point out though, cost is the key, otherwise there would be no such thing as 'range ammo'. I'd be interested to see what the price of this stuff would typically be in a...
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    Handguns That Will Stand The Test Of Time?

    1911 and Glock, simply because of their ubiquity - there are just so many manufacturers making parts for them. They are the closest we're going to get to an 'industry standard' gun.
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    A more civilized age of CCW.

    I have no qualms about carrying a .380 in warmer weather. Not only are the guns generally smaller and easier to conceal in light clothing, but if I ever have to use it, my assailant would also likely be wearing light clothing. I grew up watching Bond movies, so I have wanted a PPK since I was...
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    Daisy 93 pistol

    I remember reading an article in a British shooting magazine about a 'softair' Uzi. The magazine was an old one given to me by my uncle, so I figure it was probably late 1980s. It stuck in my head because it was the first time I had heard of 'softair', and the idea of a full-auto Uzi airgun...
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    Lubing co2 cartridges

    Pellgun oil is just 30w motor oil - Monolec 8430 GFS to be precise - repackaged at an enormous markup. Here's a link to the Pellgunoil SDS sheet: https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/8151552/msds/SDS-PELLGUNOIL.pdf As you can see, Crosman didn't go to the trouble of making their own SDS...
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    Do any shotshells still have real brass?

    Why epoxy over solder? Soldering would be more secure, and it's easy enough to do...
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    Do any shotshells still have real brass?

    Sorry guys, I was still writing that post when you were replying. Oneounceload, thanks for that, it's definitely going to give me a head start. Now I just have to figure out where to get specific brands of empty shells, since I don't own guns in either of those bores. Keep 'em coming everyone...
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    Do any shotshells still have real brass?

    Glad I was sitting down for that one! They are really nice, but I wasn't thinking of spending quite that much. They would be great for cowboy action shooters who wanted authentic looking shells though. I'm going to seriously bear those in mind, but it's definitely a last resort. I guess I...
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    Do any shotshells still have real brass?

    A friend recently mentioned that he thought it would be cool to have some shotshell buttons on his blazer. He did me a really good turn recently, and I like to make things, so I thought I'd solder some button findings to some trimmed down hulls and surprise him with them. This should be...
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    Good News For New Yorkers

    'Good news' is a relative term. I am unable to own a handgun because I don't have enough pro-gun referees and I don't want to involve my employer in the decision as to whether or not I should be permitted to own a handgun. NY is still gosh darned* disgusting when it comes to respecting the...
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    3d printing, and loss of rights

    Yes, it sounds to me like Homeland Security has jumped on this as an excuse...
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    Gun Control crossing into other civil liberties Mental Health Privacy in NY State

    This is what happens when you try to predict the future to prevent crime. It's straight out of The Minority Report.
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    Huge news in IL (CCW, removal of Chicago AWB)

    Why all the negativeness (is that even a word?). It will be a lot better than it is right now, and although it's certainly not great, it's a win for the good guys and the first step on the road to constituional firearms laws. Here in NY, we dream of this type of thing. We'll all win in the...
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    @ Piers Morgan: UK Gun Control? Really?

    Note that at least one of them had a handgun. Handguns are illegal in the UK. 'Only the outlaws will have guns' and so forth...
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    British soldier could have been saved...

    That sounds like the naive argument of an anti. I'm from England (though I now live in the States) and believe me, if they had had some particular reason to want to use a handgun, they could have got one in London very easily. My guess is that they chose to use machetes because they are cheap...
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    British soldier could have been saved...

    What if some armed citizen(s) had either shot and killed or held the attackers at bay? I bet bystanders would have been less afraid to try and help the victim. I'm not saying that he would have lived if the witnesses had guns, but it would certainly have changed the odds. It took 20 minutes...
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    This is cute

    I noticed that too, but I was also pleased to note that she kept her pistol pointed downrange even during her moment of surprise and fawning. Very cool video.
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    Are gun enthuiasts obsessed with guns?

    I'd say that I am obsessed with firearms, but not in the way that the antis mean. I enjoy firearms a great deal, and spend a lot of my free time around them or reading about them etc. just like anybody who is really into a hobby. However, I think what the antis mean is an 'unhealthy interest' in...
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    Are manufactured bullets/primers sealed?

    A few years ago, I fired a couple boxes of .45ACP GI ball that were older than me, and I was 33 at the time. The ammo functioned flawlessly. Recently, I tried to pull the bullet from a round of 7.62x54r. I had just bought a Mosin Nagant, and I wanted a dummy round for function checks. Rather...
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    Defense Distributed: Successful test fire of first 3D printed pistol (video)

    There was a move a few years ago in Britain to do exactly that; they considered licensing of machine tools to prevent people from using them to make guns. Never happened, but it demonstrates how the antis think.
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