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Department of Homeland Security Patriot Act Transportation Security Administration RealID Do you feel safer in post 9-11 America due to the measures listed above (and others) taken by the US Federal Governement to 'protect' its citizens? Are you willing to sacrifice a little liberty for a...

May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Sixteen former and current members of U.S. law enforcement and the military will plead guilty to accepting bribes as part of a cocaine sting operation in the U.S. Southwest, the Justice Department said today. The accused, including former Arizona corrections officers and...

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said yesterday that it would start paying hospitals and doctors for providing emergency care to illegal immigrants. The money, totaling $1 billion, will be available for services provided from today through September 2008. Congress provided the money as...

Anybody have any good tricks for reclaiming powder from a leaky measure? I was thinking of getting a large sheet of paper to put under it to catch the 'spray'.

i saw a 4" model 57 at the gunshow today. it had a ported barrel. the guy said it was factory porting and s&w did it to a lot of their big bores. anyone have any info on this?

What would the authors of the Constitution of the United States of America say if they saw America today? Some discussion points: - personal liberty - technology - the federal government - foreign policy the reason i ask: some folks say the world has changed and the Constitution is no...

i am looking for a powder that i can use in both .45 ACP and .41 mag. loading data shows: .45 ACP --Blue Dot and 230gr Speer GD around 850 fps. --HS-7 and 230gr Speer GD around 850 fps .41 mag -- Blue Dot and 215gr SWC around 1100 fps -- HS-7 and 215gr SWC around 1100 fps this gives...

hey all, just bought one of those 8-gun stack-on metal locker deals for $100. my long arm collection has grown slightly over the last several months from two to five, with a couple in the queue, so i figured it was about time to get some lockable storage. i do plan on purchasing a liberty at...

i am looking for opinions and experience with lever action .308 rifles. the three i am currently aware of are: savage 99 winchester 88 browning BLR anyone with some input?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-17-tasers-usat_x.htm Federal bureaus reject stun guns By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security's two largest law enforcement divisions have rejected the use of stun guns for about 20,000 agents and officers, largely...

I've got a few loads i will be working on for my redhawk .41 mag, 5.5": Bullets: 210 gr speer gold dot 215 gr cast SWC 265 gr gas check LBT Powders: AA#9 W231 W296 Usage: 210 gr GD and AA#9 for accurate hunting load 215 gr SWC and W231 for target load 265 gr LBT and W296 for backup bear...

just wanted to share this with everyone:

Just wanted to share some progress with the TFL folks. First, the hardware: Ruger 77 heavy barrel, tang safety .308, crappy rings/bases bushnell scope bought used at a gun show Ammo: Winchester 150 gr power-point First time i sighted it in i could not for the life of me get any kind of group...

i have been in the market for an 870 HD for a few months now. one shop i frequent sells new for around $325. went in this weekend and he had an 870 with wood stock, front blade-rear notch sights, well used. asking $200. i am thinking of going in with $150 and my marlin single-shot...

i have a tang safety ruger 77 and there is a hole through right side of the reciever between the locking recess and the extractor port. am i correct in assuming this is for gas redirection in case of malfunction? thanks, just curious

lots of children are raised in homes where there are no firearms, therefore the child has no exposure to fireams. except from the television. does tv in general give positive or negative exposure to firearms? how is one who learned everything they know about firearms from television expected...

anyone else here have nightmares related to firearms? i have a recurring one that when the badguy is in sight and all i have to do is squeeze the trigger, the dang thing takes on some kind of 600lb trigger pull and i cannot get it to fire. what does it mean? it may signal some sub-conscious...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/14/wball14.xml Robotic ball that chases burglars By David Millward (Filed: 14/02/2005) A large black ball, originally designed by Swedish scientists for use on Mars, could be the latest weapon in the war against burglars. The...

this is great, just one more reason i'm moving back this summer: Committee endorses bill liberalizing concealed weapons law Casper Star Tribune ^ | Feb 3, 05 | ROBERT W. BLACK Posted on 02/03/2005 7:33:56 PM PST by SLB CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A House committee on Wednesday recommended a bill...

i have come up with this analogy to help clarify how powder burn rate and projectile weight interact. picture a tee, baseball, and bat. the baseball is our low weight projectile, and the bat is our fast burning powder. the fast burning powder interacts well with the low weight projectile, as a...