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I was wrong... I just got back from the one local gun store... Figured what the hell, I'll swing in, been awhile. They had a Ruger American Compact on the shelf (only Ruger they had). 17 and 12 round magazines, the three back straps. Thumb safety. The 8639 variant. Bud's price on it is $492...

in .38 Super right now? It's looking like S&W's not going to chamber the 2.0 in .38 Super, much to my dismay, so I guess I'll have to go classic old school with a 1911. But I'd like a lightweight commander... Not having much success with my searching.

I've always wanted a Hi Power in .30 Luger, but the prices for factory ones are, well, stupid. So, I'm looking for an aftermarket .30 Luger barrel, but I'm not having much success. Anyone know if anyone makes one? I'm pretty sure that 9mm magazines will work for .30 Luger, so I don't think...

Just announced that they're moving a big chunk of their operations, including their headquarters, to Tennessee in response to a bill in the Mass. legislature that would ban the in-state manufacture of "assault weapons." I want to know why the company isn't pulling out of Massachusetts...

Bud's gun shop has gotten a large shipment of 4" Model 10 S&Ws, police trade ins. Exterior condition is described as fair to poor, but mechanically sound. $300. Very, very tempting to get myself a project revolver/beater. Very tempting...

Anyone have any experience with them? Good? Bad? Indifferent? For years I've been considering getting a Schofield, and the urge is growing once again...

And it's depressing just how: 1. Much my skills have deteriorated since I can't get shooting nearly as often and 2. How much my eyes have deteriorated. I could barely see the front sight in the notch, and picking it out against the black background of the aiming square? Oh well, I at least...

I'm addicted to the .32s... I just love them. These are my two newest, a Beretta 81 and a Smith & Wesson Model of 1903 Hand Ejector, First Change. The serial number put it as having been made in either 1903 or 1904... This is my first S&W that's doesn't have the classic Model of 1905...

Thinking seriously about getting one. I handled a first gen the other day at a gunshop. LOVED how it fit my hand, didn't love the recall or the required tool to take it down. Anyone have one? Yes, I know it's made by Umarex for Walther. Bud's has them on sale for $291 right now, which is...

Anyone have one? I've not see one before, but a friend is looking at a used one. One reason he's interested is because before he retired he carried a P2000 full size as his duty gun, which he really liked. Price is $395, overall looks good.

Anyone who has followed me here over the years knows how much I love revolvers, especially S&W revolvers. My primary carry handguns over the last 30+ years have been various types of revolvers starting with a Charter Arms and then graduation to various models of S&W. Over the years I've...

I'm looking at getting an OWB style thumb break holster for my Smith & Wesson 410 (semi-auto .40 S&W). I'm pretty sure that I've narrowed it down to either the Bianchi Black Widow or the Bianchi 7 Shadow 2. Anyone use either or both? Thoughts?

My S&W 410 in .40 S&W shoots about 2 inches low for me. I've been looking for a shorter replacement front sight to bring the point of impact up, but I'm not having much success. First, does anyone know if the front sights listed for the 4000 series pistols will fit the 410 (which was the...

I'm heading for Iowa in a few days and I want to take a handgun or two with me. I'll be transiting Illinois, not stopping overnight, but I may stop for dinner. I've read a bunch of stuff from the ISP, NRA-ILA and others, but just wondering if anyone has any tips beyond that? The gun will be...

Very refreshing news. Would have been better had it been 3-0. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/25/appeals-court-blocks-dcs-concealed-carry-law-on-second-amendment-grounds.html I lived in DC proper during the early 1990s when crime was pretty high. I'd be lying if I said I ever saw this day...

Last week I stopped at a gun shop I frequently pass, but which has never been open before. They have a very nice condition -- bluing is probably 85-90%, wood MAY be refinished, but possibly not -- and it had both the buckhorn barrel sight and the peep sight on top of the bolt slide. Price was...

Caught part of Dances with Wolves last night, and saw something I'd never seen before... Generally it's a well-done movie firearms wise. The protagonist, Lt. Dunbar, has what appears to be a Model 1860 Henry rifle with him at his outpost. In a scene that shows him fortifying the place for...

I don't know squat about the current market for M1A type rifles, and my contractor was asking for my opinion. So, what seems to be the best intersection of price and quality these days if my contractor wanted to get himself one?

I went to do some laundry and discovered that my water heater had sprung a leak. The only way to get the water heater out of its hole and put the new one in was to tear down my reloading bench. Sigh. In reality, it wasn't much of a reloading bench, more like a reloading table. I've had...

My contractor brought over his Model 657 3" for me to look at the other day. It's not pinned/not recessed and has an AAF serial number prefix, so it appears that it was made within a few years after S&W dropped the pinning and recessing. But, other than a small batch some years earlier, I...