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I've seen many variations on ("practical) targets and find every one unsatisfying for some reason(s). Old NRA B-27 silhouette: Too big & fat*. On the 5-point "qualification" scheme, you get points for hits that would miss a truly world-average size male. Center scoring rings are centered @ 7...

Hey, I've enjoyed this from the beginning but have never given appropriate praise. Once you have posted, the BB software remembers who you are and fills in the user and password for you on all later posts. Way cool.

Okay, so this is really non-gun, but I'm about ready to puke over the solemn announcements of Dan Blather and all the other overpaid shills over this ordinary lawyer's presumed death, possibly by his own hands (ya know, pilot error--possible even after engine failure, ya know). I really don't...

I'm ready to give up on using DejaNews to read and post on that great refuge of the ignorant masses, rec.guns. I hate how long it takes each page change to reload with all their new graphics and ads (56k modem, thank you), and it's rather awkward to review other posts in the thread while in the...

I've been mulling this over for more than a year. Perhaps this belongs in the IDPA/CCW ruled thread, but this appears to be a broader inquiry. Though IPSC has become disgustingly "gamey" and far removed from many truly practical defensive training techniques, it was originally intended to be a...

I'm a newby, so please be gentle... What are the advantages and disadvantages of the blade designs I see in folders and fixed knives? There's the Tanto-type and the good old Arkansas Toothpick dagger, and spear points and clip points. I've also heard references to defensive use knives and...

Other than tying a string to the slide and yanking it between shots to re-set the striker, what can be done to make a Glock dry-fire like a revolver? I've seen and handled one of those laser dry-fire modules, but don't want to spend the big bucks (*surprise, surprise*) on more training goodies...

Was fishing some .357 cases out of the vibratory tumbler the other day and had a thought (oh so dangerous!) while dumping out the media: That stuff looks just a little bit like a certain smaller-grain powder I've been messing with! So I did some measurements and found my approximate loading...

Executive Orders. Almost a code-word for the aware, meaningless to the ignorant. Just found this while casually examining the Drudge Report for the first time: http://www.eagleforum.org/column/1999/apr99/99-04-19.html I detect a continuation of our Constitutional crisis through this expanded...

I see our newer thread here on Lead Bullets in Glocks, but can't find the one with the report of pressure tests using lead bullets and the numbers "ramping up" after every series of shots. Looked in both Handloading and The Smithy, threads for the past year. Help!! Where is it? TIA, cheapo

As my search for a substitute powder for WW296 in the .357 Mag has degressed (sideways version of progressed...), I'm wondering what speeds our members are getting with various powders. Published vs. actual experience is what I'm after. My focus is on the 125-gr JHP, especially Hornady XTPs...

Don't recall the source, but methinks the Glock Tennifer finish is actually a variant of nitride (not titanium, as it isn't gold...?). Is this true? Have also heard that the Tennifer goes all the way into the barrel and through the bore. Is this true? Now, assuming that whatever Tennifer is...

I will not publish any charge weights, but here are the general results of some careful load testing. All was with 125-gr cast bullets. Initial experiments were with a charge close to what Winchester recommends for 231. Winchester cases and a 9mm hard-cast gas check bullet that produces 2"...

Has anyone heard of load development for the .357 Mag with WW's WAP powder? I want to get away from the huge flash of 296, but keep velocities at 1450 fps with 125 gr bullets from a 6 inch barrel. Even though Winchester is discontinuing the powder, I'd still like to get a few years of shooting...