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Cocobolo wood 1911 grips at CheaperThanDirt.com for $24.97 Coco Bolo 1911 Grips Beautiful figured Coco Bolo wood grips with classic double diamond checkering pattern. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/product.asp?sku=GRIP-450 Just in case anyone is interested. Disclaimer: I'm not...

I just picked up a 20gauge 870 that I have a couple of questions about. The receiver is marked Remington 870 Express Magnum and it is a 20 gauge with about a 20" or 21" barrel with a Remington screw in choke. Serial number is C512xxxU. Finish is a matte blue; stocks are black synthetic. 1...

Okay, okay, I gotta show it off, alright? I found this at a local gunshop and couldn't pass it up. Besides, everyone ought to have an airweight .38 if they carry, right? S&W Model 042 Centennial Airweight This is a 3 screw alloy J-Frame hammerless model. Reintroduced as the beginning model...

Do you own any of the following S&W Revolvers? S&W Model 042 - (not model 42 or 442) - .38 Special Centennial, blued 2". S&W Model 032 - 32 Magnum Centennial Airweight (aka Model 632). S&W Model 16 - K-32 Reintroduction (last model) in .32 H&R Magnum. S&W Model 631 - .32 Magnum Target S&W...

My local dealer has a nice clean Baikal Markarov .380 with 4 spare mags for $250. Seems like a decent deal to me, but I don't know how to value this gun. It's a used/consignment gun that I'd like to use as a go everywhere kind of pistol. Are there any special things I should be aware of on...

My local dealer has a FM "High Power" on his shelf for a while now for $349 (California). It's not selling because it's right next to Browing HPs selling for $649, is my guess. My question is, is $349 too much to pay for an Argentinian copy? Are these guns decent quality shooters? The gun is...

I'm staring to look at shoulder holsters for a 4" N-Frame S&W, primarily for winter CCW. It will likely have to be a vertical holster I think due to the mass of the big S&W. Does anyone have any recommendations?

I just picked up a very clean Colt Police Positive Special. Can anyone tell me when this gun, S/N 1539XR was manufactured? For those of you who are visually oriented here are a couple of pics. The photos don't do it justice as I had to gamma-correct them to show the detail. Bluing is that...

I found a possibly unfired Model 57 at my local dealer's last week and have started the paperwork. Gun is nearly pristine and comes with a presentation case. Interestingly, the blue box is plain blue -- no S&W markings at all. Was this common with presentation case guns? The gun S/N N8779XX...

Okay, I'm tired of seeing some nice guns for sale outside of California. For those in other states who don't know, unless the Peepul's Republik of Kalifornia has your gun on their "approved" handgun list, you can't sell it to a California resident. CA residents should know that a handgun not...

My local FFL has a used, new-model Colt Police Positive Special (shrouded extractor) with a 4" barrel for $350. I'm not up on Colt Revolver prices so I'm wondering if anyone here has an opinion. The gun shows a tiny bit of wear and overall is about 98%. It's in excellent shape and the gun's...

At a local gun show I came across a box of old shoulder holsters for $3 each. These are an old design similar to one that Safariland used to sell where the revolver's muzzle faced up and the gun was retained by a combination of a triggerguard retainer and surgical elastic. Does anyone know...

I finally managed to get some digital photos of my Springfield Champion with the custom engraved Alumagrips installed. Overall I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Custom engraving by GunGrips.net -- great customer service. Here's a photo attached.

The subject is recoil and at what level does it really start to hurt. This is, of course, subjective as some people are not intimiated by recoil while others are. But when does recoil start to impede your shooting performance? If we are talking defensive guns (and I am) then a gun/ammo...

I originally posted this on another board and it stirred up some interesting conversation. I though y'all would find this thought provoking. Lots of good discussions here but no one has posted a thread like this so I will, since a recent incident showed me that Murphy was right - anything that...