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Short version: A buddy of mine received a very large lot of goodies from an estate when a friend of his passed away. He gave me a box of ammo and it's from a company that I'm having a hard time getting any info on. I've done extensive Google searching, so if you aren't familiar with this...

Safariland Shooter's Loading Block -- a plastic tray that you fill up with .38 Special rounds so you can stab your speedloaders at them. http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1531622#post1531622 This was the only thread that I could come up with using the search engine. It's...

I think I'm fortunate and I wonder if anyone looks at it the same way? I see a lot of posts where folks just don't like the feel or grip or grip angle of a particular handgun. I hear this a lot with regards to Glock, the Ruger Mark II/III, etc etc. Most everyone likes a 1911. In my...

Back in the 80s at the Sportsman's club I was a regular at, I was big range rat and picked up everything that got dropped looking for interesting specimens of brass or just anything I didn't already have. One of the things I found were a small handful of the USAC plastic .38 Special rounds...

Let's talk a bit about reloading the .30 Carbine. Most folks who go through the bother are loading for milsurp carbines, especially with the recent popularity of the DCM program and all the carbines that folks are getting a hold of. I'm not loading for a carbine, but rather for a Ruger...

So here's an uncommon scenario and I would appreciate any information or experience that anyone might have on the subject. Short Version: What are the laws with regards to a handgun (family heirloom) in Canada being either shipped or carried to the USA, from a Canadian citizen to be given to a...

Glock says you should never shoot lead bullets in their barrels and many folks follow that and don't do it. Of course, most firearm manufacturer's also tell you not to shoot any reloads in their firearms, but we all do it anyway. With Glock, it's supposedly the polygonal rifling that doesn't...

Anyone who has one of these knows that case extraction/ejection can be a bit of a problem. The tapered case and the high pressure of the round often add up to sticky extraction. Is there a safe home brew method for doing a monumentally light buffing of the chambers, a minuscule amount at a...

Just wanted to point out that I'm far from perfect and had (for sure) my biggest foul-up in the last 20 years at the bench. Because I come here often and try to help with the basic stuff where I can, I almost feel like I'm trying to get away with something if I screw up and don't admit my...

In 20 years of handloading, I finally fired a squib load that stuck a bullet. This part of my story is fodder for the H&R forum where I deserve a flogging, but the part I'd like to address here is the stuck bullet. Like most moronic a-holes who aren't qualified to fix guns, I made it worse...

Sounds easy enough, but they aren't just jumping out at me right now. Name your non-polymer and non-1911 style .45 semi auto pistols. I'm looking at the offerings from Ruger, and I'm wondering if S&W still makes the 4506 series and... well... I can't think of a bunch more. I'm trying to...

To the good folks who are licensed to carry concealed in the State of Ohio, I wonder if you have an informed opinion on this. It's my understanding that you may apply to your county of residence, or any adjacent county to your county. Does anyone have an opinion on county options? I live in...

Well, I didn't find any reference to it in the first 50 results of the search engine, so here goes. Back in the 80s when I subscribed to Guns & Ammo (hey, there were no cool internet forums back then!) there was a recurring advertisement for a pump (slide action) .357 Magnum rifle called the...

I'll begin loading this one soon, and I'm trying to choose the powder I'd like to try first. I realize there are a dozen or more that have available data, but I'd prefer to choose a powder that: --can also be used for .30-06 in either 150 or 180 grain bullet weights --can run the gamut in .300...

Hey, if you are in Ohio and attend any of these, have you heard or read about the recent happenings? They do shows on a regular basis, in town usually at the Westland Mall, and out of town in Springfield and other places. Well, it seems someone in the organization has taken flight and...

So let's say you were in the market for a particular gun. It's not currently made in the caliber you seek, so you know full well that you'll find it used when you find it. Let's say you go in to a gun shop, and you have plenty of cash in hand that you've already earmarked for the purchase of...

I'm having a heckuva time finding a better scope for my 14" Contender in .223. Currently I'm using a Bushnell Trophy 2-6x, but even at a short 100 yards, it's just not enough magnification. I'd like 10 or 12x in a pistol scope. It needn't be anything built to withstand heavy recoil because...

Ohio finally passed legislation in '04 (I think) that allowed Ohioans to carry concealed. But as I recall, it got pushed through legislation with all kinds of fighting on both sides and what we ended up with was a poorly written law. It seems that if you are licensed to carry concealed in...

I'm interested in this revolver. If you've got one or some experience with one, what do you think? What should be expected in accuracy? Any trouble with a binding cylinder? Does the loaded cartridge head space on the case mouth? Do they still make the Blackhawk in this caliber or is it...

Yeah, I know there's going to be a group that says, "Jeez, this topic again?!" For those folks, click elsewhere. I just wanted to discuss for a minute the double action 3rd Gen Smith and the way the safeties work together. I own three completely different pistols with three entirely different...