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I realize that most of you probably had this realization many years ago, so please forgive the ramblings of a relative "newbie". My first pistol (and still my favorite) was a S&W M&P .38 from 1930 or so. It literally had to "do it all" - I took it to the range, I carried it, and it stayed...

I was sorting through a bunch of brass I have for calibers that I don't reload and separating them into baggies, in case I ever want to trade/sell/give them away. I know that there are differences in the commonly-available *loadings* for .308 Win and 7.62 NATO, but for reloading purposes, are...

I just took my new Hi-Power to the range for the first time today. The gun came with two 13-round magazines. I don't have weak thumbs, but I couldn't get more than 7-8 rounds into either magazine by hand. So, for the range session, I just stuck with half-loading the magazines. No feeding...

In light of proposed gun-control laws, I was wondering about the potential for misinterpretation and misuse, particular when it comes to the definition of "semi-automatic". It's easy to differentiate semi-automatic from fully-automatic using the "only one bang per trigger pull" guideline, but...

I'm almost out of W231, and I just got about 4-1/2 pounds of HP-38. I'll be using it for .380 ACP, 9mm, .38 Special, .40 S&W and .45 ACP. Whatever recipes I use, I'll be working them up fresh from starting loads, if for no other reason than the fact that it's a new batch of powder. I have two...

Is there any kind of a background investigation performed when you use a "gun trust" to obtain an NFA item? If so, who is investigated? Is it just the grantor? Or the trustees as well? How about the beneficiaries?

We've had a couple threads here about people soon being able to "print" guns using a relatively-inexpensive 3D printers, but there's another aspect that I'm more excited about - being able to "print" replacement parts for antique or other out-of-production guns. Teenage Engineering has decided...

When I bought my Remington R1 new in March of 2012, it wasn't exactly a "scarce" model, but gun shops weren't swimming in them either. Most stores seemed to have none, one or maybe two in stock, and they didn't seem to sit on the shelf very long. So imagine my surprise when I find out that my...

A comment in another thread got me thinking - is it unethical for a gun shop to raise their prices during an actual shortage? I don't like seeing prices go up any more than the next guy, but on the other hand, store owners earn their living by moving a certain amount of stock each month, at a...

I have a full-size Remington R1 1911, and while cycling some dummy rounds with the Missouri Bullets 230 gr LRN, I noticed that when I eject the cartridge after chambering it, there's a nick on the bullet. With the OAL at 1.25", the nick is right on the tip of the bullet. As I shorten the OAL...

Just for background, I'm using cast lead bullets. I feel like I'm hardly flaring the cases at all - I can't see the flare, and I can't really "start" the bullet by hand - I pretty much just rest the base of the bullet on the case mouth and run it up into the die. But the bullet seats with no...

I was out shooting with some friends, and we had eight guns between us, in seven different calibers. I grabbed the wrong box of ammo when loading up my 1911 and ended up filling the magazine with .40 S&W instead of .45 ACP. The first round was smack in the bullseye, but the gun failed to feed...

In the VT shooting, Cho used a 9mm Glock and Walther P22, which I think is a strange combination of pistols to use for his purposes, to say the least. Of the 49 killed/injured in the attack, did any of the publicly-available reports after the shooting break down the number of killed/injured by...

Are there scopes that have diopter adjustment on the ocular lens? I've recently started to need reading glasses - my far vision is great, but anything closer than about 18" away is a little blurry. The generic drugstore "+1.5" glasses work fine. If I use my scope without the reading glasses...

This isn't specifically firearms-related, although I guess it could be. I'm curious about how to specify clearances on parts that are supposed to fit together when I'm talking to a machinist. If I ask a machinist to make me a 1" diameter steel rod, and also to drill a 1" diameter hole in a...

In terms of accuracy, how big of a difference does the powder brand and charge weight make compared to the choice of bullet? The reason I'm asking is that I have a bunch of the Armscor 62gr FMJBT bullets. I know that these bullets aren't in the same league as Sierra Matchking or anything like...

The range where I shoot has an automated/computerized target deployment system, so there's no need to go downrange. As a result, there's no regularly-scheduled downtime in shooting, and a "cease fire" is usually only called in response to a safety issue. My question is, assuming I have...

In another thread, there was a post about a bullet possibly being seated crooked and causing the case to bulge. Is this really a common problem? 99% of my reloading is with straight-walled pistol cartridges, but it's been my experience that even if the bullet isn't perfectly coaxial with the...

I know that private businesses have the right to disallow firearms on their premises. But if I'm understanding correctly, that's often just a matter of company policy, and not always a matter of law. If you're discovered carrying at a business that doesn't allow it, what are the consequences...

I bought a used Beretta 84BB. The overall condition is great, particularly the finish. The only blemish is that it appears the gun was dropped at one point, "smooshing" the lines in the back of the grip and scraping off a section of the bluing: I was thinking of using a small triangular...