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I have a Buckmark Plus (Plus = wood grips). A great pistol, but after two years and probably about 1000-2000 rounds, the trigger is still grittier than I'd like. It's not bad, but since this is a target pistol, I want it smooooooth! This is a model without the adjustable trigger. I'm...

I'm pretty sure that, technically, open carry is legal in WI; however, it appears to be totally socially unacceptable unless you're obviously hunting. I'm curious: has anyone here ever carried or seen anyone (non-cop) carry openly in WI? What was the response? I talked to a guy once who said...

I was an the brink of stealing this thread, so I guess I'll start my own. What can you all tell me about getting a LTC-A (preferably unrestricted) in the Boston area. I may be living there during grad school, starting in 2003 and probably lasting 5 years. I'd be going to school in Cambridge...

For various legal reasons, I need to know the barrel length for the mighty makarov. I know that makarov.com publishes standard barrel length of 3.83", but I'm curious about the length of the replacement threaded and ported barrels they offer. I emailed them a couple weeks ago, but got no...

Maybe you all already knew about this, but check out these postings on the BATF website: http://www.atf.treas.gov http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/022002form4473update.htm Notice: Change to Form 4473 ATF published a Temporary Rule (TD-ATF-471) in the Federal Register on February 5, 2002...

A case challanging the constitutionality of wisconsin's ban on concealed carry was just ruled by the WI Sup Ct. the main points, as I see them: Gonzales was charged with illegally carry concealed, Section 941.23 provides: "Any person except a peace officer who goes armed with a concealed...

I'm in the market for a pistol, and asking here allows me to waste bandwidth, quickly gather totally biased and absurd opinions, and avoid studying for midterms. ;) Here are my parameters: 1) 9x19. I will also accept 9x18mm, but I'm not interested in .45, .40SW. .357SIG, etc. I need cheap...

II want to use a 9mm handgun for wearing around the woods and taking small game (there are no bears around me, so this is strictly a plinking/hunting application). What 9mm ammo is appropriate for this use? I think I want: 1) subsonic, so I don't go deaf ; 2) hollowpoint/expanding, so it...

Anyone know of an excellent gunsmith in southern WI who is an expert in L.C.Smith doubles?

I want to develop some light, fast, "explosive" loads for shooting small critters, and I was trying to think of a way to test how reliably my hand loads break up. Obviously, for this type of shooting, we want bullets which break up violently when they hit anything heavier than air so that we...

I calculated theoretical ballistics for my hawken 50-cal muzzleloader using "tkBallistic" (found at http://members.xoom.com/joshua_weage/ballistic/) and plotted them with GnuPlot. Here's my data: http://euclid.dsl.wisc.edu/~abe/personal/guns/. Notes: "50maxi" approximates a hornady 385 gr...

I'll be doing some phone book ballistics tests (phone books as targets, not as projectiles!) this weekend. yeah, yeah, I know, a phone book doesn't at all simulate an animal, etc etc. I just want some comparative examples and some expanded bullets. how many 3 or 4 inch phone books would you...

I am looking for peep sights for a hawken. I have seen many which are tang-mounted, but this is darn silly, in my opinion, since the tang is only loosely connected to the barrel with a hooked breach design!! you might as well just make a sight out of Jell-O! does anyone make a peep sight that...

This year, I'll be hunting with a muzzleloader (in the regular season as well as the special muzzleloader season), and I'm thinking about carrying a sidearm (during the regular season, when it's legal) for follow-up shots. I'm wondering what people have found adequate for backup. Some...

So, I now have a .50 cal blackpowder rifle. However, the deer season is "only" about three weeks long (including special extended seasons), and it's in the all-too distant future. Does anyone hunt small game with a .50? for meat or just varminting? I've heard that frontiersmen used to hunt...

I would have thought this issue had been discussed, but I couldn't find it in the archives. What oil should one use on a muzzleloading blackpowder rifle? I would assume that regular gun oils (CLP, et al) would do bad things if they contacted powder. do you leave any oil in the bore or flash...

I just bought my first muzzleloader, a 50 caliber "sporterized hawken" from Cabelas (I think it's made by Interarms or something like that, bit I'm not near the paperwork). Anyway, after having a great time firing about 40 rounds through it yesterday and this morning, I'm wondering a few...

I just got my first muzzleloader, a hawken style 50 cal. Wow! what a great gun! anyway, I was wondering what people use for whitetail in this caliber. I'm told my twist (1:48) does not suit sabots, but I really don't expect this to be a problem. I can get up to 1800 fps out of a patched ball...

Assume you have a rifle that shoots sub-MOA very nicely, but the stock doesn't quite work out (comb not high enough for scope, so have a silly leather pad on it). Assuming the new stock were carefully bed and free-floated (as the old one was), how much could accuracy change by putting a new...

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