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We've all been hearing about shortages of ammunition and shortages of guns, and we're probably all wondering when it's going to end, and just how much of the crunch is real. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) tracks these things. I just received a link to one of their industry...

We currently have a thread running by a member who has primers to sell (which he can't ship because he doesn't have the appropriate license) and another thread (at least one) by a member who is looking for primers. All this chatter about the scarcity of primers and the shortage of ammunition has...

What a hot, steamin' mess of meadow muffins! I'm tinkering with a 1911 project pistol. After fitting the barrel to the slide, I istalled what I believe was a standard link, put the slide and barrel on a frame -- and couldn't retract the slide because the barrel isn't linking down enough to...

I see that GRT has a new version available for download. Has anyone installed it? If so, have they added any significant number of powders and/or bullets to the database?

I'm watching a video on reloading .22 LR, using the kit from Sharpshooter .22 Reloading. The guy in this video (not the company video on the Sharpshooter web site) uses the trays from #209 shotgun primers as case blocks for holding his .22 cases as he reloads. I'm thinking of trying that...

The Firearms News web site has published an article by Jeff Knox that lays out the basis of the current NRA slow-moving train wreck in detail. I found that the article answered several questions I had heretofor found puzzling. It's worth a read, IMHO...

I remember reading several years ago that one (or both) of the Italian SAA clone makers had brought out a blank-firing version, intended for allowing (IIRC) quick draw competitors to practice with a gun that was the same as their real firearm but wouldn't allow for mistakenly loading a live...

I hope someone out there has better Google-fu than I do. I have encountered a bit of a puzzler: Cleaning up my (physical) desktop, I unearthed a scrap of paper on which I scribbled some dimensions for the distance the slide stop lug on 1911s projects beyond the out face of the frame (i.e. how...

I'm in search of some wood grips that may be close enough to what I need that they can be modified to serve. What I have is a Hawes (JP Sauer) Western Sixshooter -- the large frame Hawes. I don't care for the plastic, imitation stag grips. Ruger grips don't fit. Pietta 1851 Navy grips are too...

No, really. Honest. I'm asking for a friend. A good friend of mine lost his father earlier this year. The father was an avid reloader, but the son (my friend) never took the time to sit down with his father to learn, so now he's starting from scratch. The father loaded almost exclusively...

At the range today, the owner was busy when I walked in so I spent a few minutes looking over a clearance table. I found a box of Winchester Silvertip JHP in .45 Colt with 19 rounds in it instead of 20, and a box of Silvertip in .44 Special that had 16 rounds and four fired cases. I got them...

I think I want to try making a pair of wood grips for a SAA clone. Newbie question: which way should the grain run? Vertical, or diagonal from the far lower corner towards the hammer?

In another thread ( https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=608486 ) a point was proposed that being in the unorganized militia might be a viable defense for someone (i.e. Kyle Rittenhouse, the Kenosha shooter) who stands accused of unlawfully carrying a firearm. One of the follow-up...

I'm still slogging along with my dummy rounds display box project. I have the rimfire collection under control, with thanks to a couple of people who have been kind enough to make up things like .22 Hornet, that I don't reload. All that's left is to get to the range and pop off a few .22 Magnums...

There's a bit of a back story but the bottom line is that I have a bag of about 98 Prvi Partisan 45-grain, polymer-tip bullets in .222" diameter that aren't suitable for my purpose, and I have nothing that calls for a .222" bullet. What do they fit? If anyone loads something in a .222" diameter...

Not for advanced tactical training. I'm always looking for ways and tools to help introduce complete novices to shooting and to explain things to them better. Most of you probably know that we all learn differently. Some learn better from reading or hearing words, some learn better by seeing...

Due to self-isolating as a defense against coronavirus (I'm in the high-risk population for several factors), I haven't been to the range for more than six months. I went this morning because I had a student for the NRA Basic Pistol class who needed to go through the live fire portion of the...

This is a bit off the beaten track, but here goes. I want to make up a batch of dummy .22LR cartridges. I have plenty of fired cases, and I have a source for heeled .22 bullets (they're actually a bit short, so my dummies will in reality emulate .22 Long, not .22 Long Rifle). So far, so good. I...

If anyone is interested, Shooting Times just posted an article oabout Berry's plated bullets. Their opinion was favorable -- and they included a chart with some representative load data. https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/loading-berrys-plated-handgun-bullets/382815

I'm looking for a low priced, traditional-looking, cowboy-style six-gun in .22LR. Having a .22 WMR cylinder would be a plus, but not necessary. I want this mostly for use in doing the live fire portion of NRA Basic Pistol classes, which now require students to demonstrate that they can safely...