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I have a fairly new N frame S&W revolver that has developed a little tic. It has a beautiful double action trigger – a real delight. But it has somehow lost its ability to shoot single action. It is difficult up to the point of impossibility to thumb back the hammer and have it 'catch' at the...

Lots of threads discuss caliber for Bears both black and brown. And they include recommendations for bear spray as well as revolver based medicine. In view of recent grim events, what is an effective caliber for a 7' gator? Do you have to go mag, or would a stout 44 spl. do the job...

Is anyone familiar with British service revolvers of the late 19th century? I ran into this and have not found anything definitive poking around the internet. In the very first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet" Watson tells Holmes that he keeps a "Bull pup". Nobody seems 100%...

I am not a big shotgunner, just have a basic 12 ga pump like all God's chillun should have. I was looking at ammunition prices with the idea of finding reduced/low recoil loads easier for my kids. I noticed that low recoil buckshot and slugs tend to be much more expensive than birdshot. I...

Looking over some threads here it seems that there is as yet no case law related to a business being successfully sued for prohibiting concealed carry. (Please jump in and correct me if I am wrong there.) What about the reverse of that situation? Has a business ever been sued...

I am a relative newcomer to reloading. I secured a supply of powders etc before the big crunch hit in 2012. I have handled H110 successfully with a Lee funnel. Last night I set out to charge 38spl cases with Ram-Silhouette (formerly known as Winchester Action Pistol). This is the first...

I've come by an old Mossberg/Western Field 12 ga with a C-Lect Choke that doesn't want to move. Being of the "don't force it if it doesn't want to move" school, is there a good technique for loosening it up? I've thought of just soaking the end of the barrel in oil and/or trying pliers and...

It seems to be accepted (at least for handguns) that magazines can be loaded to their capacity and left that way without injury to the magazine spring. In my youth, I thought I was told that the services only loaded the M14 mags to about 18 rounds. Can anyone confirm if that was true...

Somehow I find in my possession 2 boxes of "#1 Enforcer" ammunition .357 mag. Very little information on this brand of reloaded ammo on the net - looks like they went OOB some years ago. One nomination for this brand in a "worst ammo ever" thread on THR from 2005. What does the membership...

Theoretical Questions in Reloading Question 1: Given two different powders – call them A and B – used for the same application. Available reloading data shows that 'Starting' and 'Never Exceed' loads for A >= B in all instances. Is it acceptable to use the starting load for B for powder A...

Let's start with a story. Some time ago, I came into possession of a Mark IV Series 70. This gun had suffered a mishap when a second round was fired on top of a squib that caused a rupture of the barrel. I managed, with some difficulty, to take the gun down (barrel was bent slightly). Except...

Nooby question: Mo Bullet gives a little formula on their site where they suggest that dividing CUP by 1280 to get an appropriate hardness. (I know CUP isn't exactly pressure) They offer their .358 bullets in BH of 12 or 18 This puzzles me a little in that in 38/357 arena 17000/1280 =...

There are various threads about the possibility of an accidental discharge when dropping an autoloader. But actual incidents seem to be few and far between. Q. In the corporate experience of the membership, how realistic are such impact discharges in the case of inexpensive blowback...

I have in my possession an older Bulldog (late 70's). Some time ago I noticed that there was occasionally some difficulty with use of the cylinder release. Examination showed that the little spring loaded nub that is at the rear of the ejector rod rides against a small slot-head screw...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4bamOggN1Q Don't know if this was posted before - at least it is a fairly new entry on youtube. Apologies if it is not appropriate for THR, but it provided me with a chuckle.

I am familiar with the silver tips and have carried them in my SD Bulldog. I'm curious about the Thunder Ranch 250gr Keith rounds. For those who have shot both rounds: Is there any reason to prefer one over the other? Is recoil comparable?

As so many have before me, I am going to embark on reloading with 38/357 – handguns and carbine. Over the years, I have shot various jacketed rounds almost exclusively. I had initially thought that I would simply use jacketed bullets, but on reflection it seems I would be missing a bet if...

I need to replace the front sight on a Marlin 1894c lever action. Following the good advice on some other threads I have removed the old sight from left to right. So far, so good. I would like to replace it with a Williams fire sight. How are these measured? On the midway page they give...

I inherited this old 22LR pocket pistol. It has not been to the range in decades, but today it went. Loaded 6 rounds of Winchester Wildcat. 5 out of 6 failed to fire - evidently firing pin doesn't hit hard enough. Not sure how old this ammo was - got it from my father-in-law. Tried 6...

Somewhere, someone posted a link to a youtube of a “torture test” of a Glock model 19. Guy at a class runs 1,000 rounds of 9 mm through the gun as fast as he can shoot (spelled by another shooter when tired). I watched the video and during the session there were five malfunctions – failure to...