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There have been several threads on dog attacks recently due to news reports of attacks that required the use of guns to stop the attacking dog(s). All these threads have now been closed by the moderators, but before this issue leaves this forums consciousness, I'd like to say that the best time...

Another thread in this forum discusses a recent attack by three pit bulldogs on a woman who was jogging in her neighborhood. Neighbors killed one of the dogs with a .380 and and wounded and ran off the other two with a .22 pistol. Thanks to these armed good Samaritans, the woman, though savagely...

I've owned a 2nd generation Kel-Tec 380 for a few years. My wife owns one of the first generation P3ATs. When the first Ruger 380's that were made in that same small size came out, everybody was talking about how they would be superior to Kel Tec's P3AT. In cosmetics, they certainly looked...

I don't know if this should be on the revolver forum or the Harley Norden forum, but many years ago - and I do mean MANY years ago, I read an article in a gun mag about an inventor - he was a gunsmith as I recall - who was then trying to patent or had already patented an "improved" revolver that...

Check the differences in the grips on these two different Colt Police Positive Special revolvers. It looks like both have original Colt grips but one set is quite a bit thinner than the other one. Does anybody know what these different styles are called and if its possible to buy replacement...

On another thread, a questioner was wondering what type of slug would be best for boar. Several people mentioned Brenneke as their slug of choice for that. I wonder why? Are some slugs better for certain types of game? What are your slug preferences and why?

I don't follow all the legal gun stuff very closely because I'm generally satisfied with my states gun laws. I'm not satisfied with the gun laws of California though. My states CCW permit isn't recognized there, and it bugs me because I'd like to drive through the state sometime and visit some...

The following problem hasn't happened to me yet , and may never happen, but I'd like to know what to do if it ever does: I've recently started handloading lathed brass shotshells with Triple 7 powder, which is a black powder substitute. I'm using Winchester 209 primers which seem to be...

I own a 1937 Brazilian contract version of the S&W Model 1917 45 cal. revolver. I was trying to figure out if it has a hammer block (which I assume is meant to make it safe to carry with 6 rounds in the cylinder instead of 5, right?).I don't know what to look for though. I know theres a...

Is there such a thing as too much tightly packed fiber wadding in a brass shotgun shell when shooting Triple 7 loads, or is any amount of fiber wadding ok? And is it ok to load your shot low enough in the hull so that you can put a prelubed fiber wad over the shot, trim it to fit, and then put...

I thought I should share this but I'm not sure which is the appropiate forum to post it on. I've seen lots of posts on this one relating to SD and HD, so I'll post it here. Someone just passed an e-mail along to me that said "Take your keys to bed." The idea is that you can use the panic button...

I want to let several people on the forum know that I received my order of 10 lathe-turned brass 12 Guage 2 5/8 inch shotshells from Rocky Mountain Cartridge Company last week. They took a long time to get here -. I ordered them sometime around the first of the year as I recall, but now that...

I'm not sure if this is the forum I should ask this question on, or if I should pose it in the "General Discussion" forum. The question is: Is there any exception to the "no guns allowed" rule for out of state travelers traveling in California? Maybe for an unloaded shotgun in the trunk? Or a...

I'd like to see a photo of the holster if you have one, or if you don't, can you direct me to a website where I could see a photo of one? What I'm wondering is whether the holsters the Marines used for their for M 1909 Colt revolvers were made from canvas (or some canvas-like fabric) or from...

Anybody been watching the TV series "The Pacific"? If not, it comes on HBO on Sunday nights, and is about the Marines in WWII, and has been well worth watching. One thing that the series shows clearly about WWII in the Pacific stands in stark contrast with the Vietnam War and later wars. Once it...

I have an old shotgun that requires low pressure "vintage" smokeless powder loads, or blackpowder loads. I intend to handload some of both. I have some modern plastic wads that I can use with Red Dot smokeless powder to make my vintage-type smokeless loads. I was advised not to use the...

After having had no luck in my neck of the woods trying to buy small quantities of black powder or small shot, I left my home town area and found a little village about 25 miles away with a gun shop. It was one of those wonderful places like you used to see back in the 1950's with natural light...

I want to reload some shotshells the old fashioned way, and have bought an old roll crimping tool to enable me to do just that. All I need now is powder, shot, wads, and overshot cards. I'm having trouble finding real (Goex) black powder in less than 5 lb. quantities, and I'm having trouble...

I ordered 100 new primed 12 ga. paper shotshell hulls from BPI a few days ago. (thanks for the source, Pete!)They were shipped promptly and came in yesterday. I made an end card out of a popcorn box by using the mouth of an old powder peasure as a cutting head. Then using the wooden handle of a...

Did it ever come out what kind of firearms the 2 police officers were using who took down the shooter at Ft. Hood? Maybe I just missed it, but I never saw anything about it. It just happened and was a big topic for a week, but not many details were given, and suddenly you just heard no more...