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Aguila Interceptor .22LR is advertised as launching a 40 grain bullet at 1470 feet per second. I finally found a brick for $54. Today at the range I did a comparison with CCI MiniMags at 100 yards. The tested difference in drop is roughly equal to, perhaps slightly better than, that predicted...

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-case-for-more-guns-and-more-gun-control/309161/ Jeffrey Goldberg is preaching to both choirs in what is a more balanced article than I expected when I began reading, 'though I sure would like to read the foot noted journal version. Some of...

Just tried and failed, again, to write a superscript with the -1 format given in vBulletin help. Is the function unavailable per policy, or can it be restored?

I have posted here and elsewhere about my desire for a single shot adapter for my 77/22, 'til now without success. Facing a lot of enforced idle time, I decided it's time I made my own. Not caring to reinvent the wheel, so to speak, I did yet another web search and found The Perdue Training...

The best friend scored a deal on a ½ MOA .22-250 built on a Brno VZ24 action and would like to have a hinged floorplate. There seem to be no such critters specifically for the VZ24. Will those sold for '98 Mausers fit?

On the freeway, traffic stopped. The guy at the open passenger door is pushing the car in the center of three lanes of a busy free way…Great! Hope he …wups! The car is accelerating. The guy hangs on until running fails him and he falls, log rolling three or four times over a car length or...

I have decided to snag a CMP M-1 before they're gone and must choose between SA and HRA Service Grade offerings. I am looking for the best shooter, not collectors' piece. Has anyone any argument for or against either?

Oregon hunting often includes precipitation (the youngster next door used to say "It's participating!" It does that, too. :D) so I need to add lens covers to my scope. Does anyone use the Leupold Alumina Flip-up covers? Do your lenses stay covered even when plowing through heavy brush? I am...

The Kimber .22LR conversion goes on an older Springfield Armory cheapie frame. Any high velocity ammo with bullets less than 40 grains will just not run the gun reliably. Failures run the gamut, failure to extract, stove pipes, slide travel to ejection but not to new round pick up, any or all...

I may be hunting with an inexperienced friend this fall who will be hunting with a .243 Win. I would really appreciate comments from those who have hunted elk with the .243, especially guides who may have had customers shooting the .243.

It appears there will be a 20 to 26 week wait for a Milt Sparks holster fitted to the Kimber Compact Stainless I have ordered. I will certainly at least experiment with toting the 4" gun in the IWB holster that carries the full sized 1911. Has anyone any experience with a such a combo...

Jeffery D. Kooistra, a regular commentator in Analog magazine, offers his thoughts, backed by Twain and Life on the Mississippi, on the value of drill to learn important skills. Made me go back to my presentation-from-concealment drills. (How do you argue with Mark Twain?) Read it at...

I have a hardbound copy of HANDGUN STOPPING POWER The Definitive Study by Evan P. Marshall and Edwin J. Sanow, the presence of which on my bookshelf is now an irritant. An ethology major in college, I recognized immediately that the statistical analysis was unacceptable when the book was...

Please take a look at my post in http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2197745#post2197745. As I was composing that post, it occurred to me that linking to an attachment rather than a photo hosting site might be a lazy but unnecessarily bandwidth hungry solution. Is it? If...

A search of this forum and the web for details of the live fire qualifications for a Nevada CCW permit has not proven productive. Can anyone tell me, in detail, what to expect? I will be including a 1911, SIG-Sauer P226, and Colt 1903 in my first go round. I am confident of the .45ACP and...

My particular version of material lust leads to a slow approach to acquisition. I am getting closer to a military type .308/7.62 NATO semi-auto. My inclination is toward the full boat Fulton Armory rifle. I would appreciate input from those who have extensive experience with both the AR-10...

Some time back I heard a radio yapper mention having ICE, In Case of Emergency, files programmed into your cell phone address book. The idea is that emergency responders processing a victim with a cellular phone can access important info such as who to call, medications, and for one of my...

I get to visit with my computer only on weekends and so only visit The Firing line weekly as well. I end each visit by marking all posts as read so that, at my next visit, the New Posts search allows me to review new material. Over the past few months (I have not collected data), the New Post...

City Councilman Jack Weiss, chairman of the Public Safety Committee, said he would introduce a city ordinance today that would call for the prosecution of gun owners who don't report stolen or missing weapons within 48 hours. Conviction would be a misdemeanor. "It is my goal that the ordinance...

Family and friends have been on the lookout for a left handed bolt action for my best friend's south-pawed ten year old. Dad has been keen on the .243 Win, I have touted the .257 Roberts, and various cousins, uncles, and friends have argued in favor of several other chamberings. It dawned on...