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My father in law let me shoot an old single shot .22 he has. Bolt action, probably an old dept store gun. Hard to make out the trademark, very blurred. I fired shorts from about 50 feet, at an old piece of sheet metal siding. Aimed 1st at a seam near the middle & hit it dead on. 2 or 3 more...

NC has House Bill 111 pending, expanding ccw to restaurants & parks. Also HB 650, lessening penalties for inadvertent violations. Those of you in NC, please call your representative & ask for his support on these bills. Send letters to editors of your local papers, post on Facebook & other...

Our state is considering allowing CCW in restaurants that serve alcohol. Editors & letter writers are, of course, wetting their pants. Those of you whose states already have restaurant carry, please give a brief post here, name your state & general experience, any violations, any permit...

A castle doctrine bill has passed in the NC Senate. Let's hope it will also pass the House without being weakened. Check it out at www.grnc.org.

About 30 years ago, I remember seeing a .22 pistol just larger than a derringer, 4 barrel. Selective trigger I guess. Never handled it, saw it in a showcase. Have any of you ever seen it or remember who made it? I ask as I saw a 3 barrel revolver on city-data.com, probably a prototype or model...

I've been involved in a long running debate on a forum with 2 other gun owners & a gun control advocate. I think the GA advocate is softening up a bit; he's gone from trashing guns to asking questions on safety, AD's especially. I think I am correct to tell him that all new DA revolvers have...

Saw a guy in Wal-Mart the other day, looking at .45 ammuntion. Told the clerk he had 2 Webley revolvers. I listened in, as I know the Webley to be among the most well known top break revolvers. The different variations the clerk had, the man said were too long. Clerk advised him to try a...

Another New Jersey travesty of justice. Has the case of Greg Revell been discussed here before? I searched, found no threads. US Supreme Court just refused to allow Revell to sue NY/NJ authorities for his arrest in 2005 & 3 year delayed return of his handgun & ammunition. Revel lived in Utah...

I've noticed that when I'm carrying (CCW), I get approached less by panhandlers of all descriptions. This is significant, as I've always been a person the wino would pick out of a large crowd to hit on. I don't consciously do anything different. I'm a sociable & outgoing type of person; speak to...

I have a $50 or so Crosman air rifle I bought to kill a possum, 20 years ago. Recently started leaking air & won't fire at all. This is a pump up type, up to 10 pumps. Uses BB's or pellets, .177 cal. Can these be repaired at all? Can parts be ordered? It's not worth me paying someone to fix...

I'm confused here. I admit to being slow; it takes me an hour and 1/2 to watch "60 Minutes". But I cannot figure out how to do quotes on my posts. Somewhere in FAQ, instructions are to use the "Quick Reply" caption, marked with a quill pen. I cannot find that caption on any screen I've seen...

Anyone here from Johnston County, NC; please look up Grass Roots NC at www.grnc.org. I got a notice from them that the county commissioners are considering a law banning any discharge of weapons withing 600 feet of a residence, hence your back yard. Will include bows and arrows, probably...

All of you from NC, take note. With our General Assembly now having a conservative majority, we have a good chance of getting a castle doctrine bill passed, along with furthering ccw rights and fighting emergency legislation disallowing citizens to be armed away from their homes during declared...

My daughter came home excited the other day, said someone had shot a "flintlock gun" at school! I told her to slow down & tell the truth. It was true! The school had an onsite demonstration from Camp Flintlock, a camp in Four Oaks, NC, about colonial times. They showed various clothing, tools...

I should have thought to post this much earlier. I hope it can still reach a lot of people. The NC State Fair has a turkey shoot event, sponsored by the Raleigh Jaycees. It is the oldest event still being held. I just verified with an official that it is still being held. I thanked her that...

Are we still OK to reference an article or website? Give a web adr for people to check? Thanks

I haven't seen this on the forum pages yet. Hope I'm not repeating. I have had an ongoing debate with a gun control advocate on another forum. He brought up the case of Marquis Hill, in Philadelphia. Hill shot Irving Santana for vandalizing cars, his among them. Turns out Philly officials had...

Much as we hate it, there are places where we cannot carry our guns, but that does not mean we are safe there. Public buildings, airline flights, etc. Think of 9-11 as the best/biggest recent example. I'm not the 1st person to think of this, but we should always be alert to the items around us...

If I built a stand using 3 4x4's as corner posts and a pine tree as the 4th, would it likely kill the tree to make a clean notch with a chainsaw to support a 2x6 at 1 end? I've seen pipes nailed to trees for swings and the trunk grows around the pipe, holding it securely. Thought of the 2x6...

I see a couple of other threads re firearms occupations, LEO and military. I have a different idea. I point out to anti's whenever possible, that most GO's are law abiding citizens. I mention occupations of GO's that I know. Store managers, ministers, teachers, etc. Makes people think a bit...