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Was in Austin a week ago. Stopped at McBride's and picked up a Ruger Mk III 22/45. Was really looking for the starter model - black iron, fixed sights - but the prices were good so I went a bit higher up the chain. Nice weight, nice balance. decent trigger; mag and slide release work easily...

Been thinking of trying a shoulder holster lately. Mostly just wanting to put the weight on the shoulders instead of the belt. This would be worn under a large untucked shirt. My usual carry is a Glock 26 with Crimson Trace laser in a J-hook Sidearmor IWB. The Galco Classic Lite looked...

Hi - Have not posted here in a while. Followed a link from Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit (my main daily browse; http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/ ) to the Confederate Yankee http://confederateyankee.mu.nu/archives/305948.php Informative discussion of what proper police procedures should...

Well, I tried trifocals once. Didn't like them. The mid-distance section was not large enough, like looking thru a slit - but at the same time too large, taking too much vision from the distant focus area. So I use bifocals - for distant vision and reading. For mid distance, computer work...

What's that ghost ring you have on yr smiley face NewVaQ? Yeah, looks wierd; probably doesn't holster easily. But for old eyes I don't think there is anything better. Have a pop-up tang mounted ghost ring on the Winchester 94. -shu

Hunters Supply makes a cast canelured 125gr bullet for the 357sig. Although the loaded cartridge exceeds SAAMI max o.a.l., I am thus far pleased with the performance. Long have I been troubled to find a satisfactory inexpensive bullet for my Glock 31. Two issues haunt the search. The...

Just wanted to say it. After clocking some 9mm reloads out of two glocks and the beretta 92fs, I had to haul out the Ruger NewVaq 45colt. ..maybe it's sliding those big cartridges into the loading gate; ..maybe it's the feel of the plough handle, the heft and balance of the piece; ..maybe...

Calvin Coolidge speaking on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia, Pa.: About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had...

Arrrgh! I'm usually good with records keeping, but this one got by me. Found a bag of 500 bullets on the 9mm shelf which I had bought some time ago and neglected at the time to include the paperwork with the bag. They are 124/125gr, plated. Perhaps the circle imprint on the base is a clue...

For those who may be interested, http://www.law.uchicago.edu/constitution/index.html

are you happy with it? would you do it again? been a year and a half since i had a new toy, so..... don't know much about single actions (had a long barreled old-type bisley vaquero 357mag once, which was what i thought i was looking for but: a) it was huge heavy; b) didn't like the...

anybody tried the 121gr hornady HAP bullets in 357sig? have some i got for 9mm, but they seem to have a good profile for 357sig (truncated cone on cylinder rather than ogive curve).

found a free (gpl) program called 'graph' at http://padowan.dk/graph/ tuned it to plot range of powder weight at given o.a.l., as given by various sources of load data. two objectives are: ..visual presentation for comparison of data from various sources; ..identify set of points (o.a.l. and...

I started reloading with the RCBS Master kit. RCBS dies and other items (calipers, powder trickler, inertia dis-assembler) filled out the kit. Naturally I have been faithful to CCI primers all these past three years. I set primers with the Rockchucker press. Not to speak against the Blount...

Had a GREAT time today with my GP100. Some 38spl, some 38spl+P, and some 357mag. Plinking at a 4 inch steel pipe at 18 yards. A good percentage of hits. That was the high point of my day. The low point of the day was not being able to clock the 9mm rounds I had worked up the previous day...

In IPSC rule book (got in .pdf format from their web page)... .. there is reference to a 'Limited Division' in the Index of the book, but I find nothing about it in the body of the book. Is there such a thing as 'Limited Division'? and if so, what characterizes it? ... the 'Production...

Well, after a year of agonizing over why i did not have a .45, and if i did could i afford to shoot it, i finally on the spur of the moment bought one of them (yetch!) brazilian made springfield armory starter 1911-a1. the gun shoots tolerably well, about 5 inch group at 25 yards (but six...

Speer Manual says to decrease powder charge when using military brass, because thicker case walls mean smaller powder cavity. I had loaded for 308win some sierra 168gr hpbt match with a modest 42.0gr of win748, using strings of several different cases on hand. When I worked through to the Lake...

... is the headstamp on some 308 brass i picked up. This is righteous heavy stuff. Anything to know about it? - thanks

Reloading for pistol using a single stage press (rockchucker) and the press mounted primer tubes after cleaning and sizing (first die) Is there any reason not to expand the case mouth (ram up) and seat the primer (ram down) on the same pass through the shell holder? Instead of cycling all...