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It finally snowed here. Just a real pretty snow on lawns, shrubbery, trees and vegetation. Roads are fine, still wet like rain , so I just watched bridges and overpasses, still just fine. Hunting seasons are over...still I did not grow up, just got bigger is all. H&R .22 special accompanied...

Responsible firearms ownership includes fun. We all know about safety, introducing new shooters, and reactive targets. Now I hang with a tight knit bunch and this includes kids. Kids are the ones that set out a Jelly Bean I cannot see way down range, much less hit with NAA Mini Revolver...

If you had to pick a earlier year as a cut off date on firearms being manufactured and only could use those guns from here on out, what year would it be? I realize this is going to depend of age of some folks, still this topic come up in conversation, and sorta fun. 1974 for me. The...

Kids Summertime and kids are out of school. Whew! Now parents can go crazy on what to do with kids this summer, and go nuts on scheduling meals, quality family time and quality time away from kids, [hint : grandparents and shooting] and kids interacting with other kids. Shooting. Even if...

Kept 3 ladies from having purses snatched and possibly "worse" today. Mom is recovering from surgery, we did a quick Doctor's visit and one quick trip to Grocery Store. She has a problem walking anyway, so I did not feel bad for using her car and handicapped hang tag at the Mom & Pop Grocery...

700 Versamec (Pre '82) - Still at it http://www.mecreloaders.com/ProductLine/Versamec700Pre82.asp Back in the day three of us went into a Mom&Pop Gun shop with 3 dozen assorted pastries such as do-nuts , cinnamon twists, bear claws and a bag of a baker's dozen of do-nut holes for the...

We have a number of new folks due to the downtime at THR. TFL started in 1999 and earned the reputation as having raised the bar of Internet Gun Forums. Rich closed the site for short time to attend to S.W.A.T magazine which he purchased. Other members such as Denny here on TFL needed to focus...

Nope. Sorry, not a movie title, not a book title either. Real Life stuff called -Passing it Forward. You do have guns to introduce new shooters - right? Uh-huh. I see some folks slinking away with heads down. Put down the box of Ultimate-Extreme-Whammo-Blammo-Ammo, you don't the Dragon's...

Responsible Firearm Ownership encompasses a lot of things. Safety, Preserving Freedom, RKBA, Introducing new shooters, and fun. As some know I hang with tight knit bunch, mostly ladies, single moms and kids...oh and dawgs. Serious lessons on shooting, CCW, defensive stuff, learning to shoot...

Many threads have been posted in regard to Home Defense Firearms. My take is : 1. Each person must access their home security and take prudent steps to be less likely to get into a firearm needed situation. Secure doors, dogs, motion lights front and back... 2. My personal concerns have...

Discuss Please. You do not have to post a reply. All that is asked is one be brutally honest with themselves. Step 10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. - Twelve Steps of AA. Steve

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=241940 Carton Cutters I am speaking of are like these: http://www.uline.com/Browse_Listing_1152.asp?desc=Economy+Cutter Yep, just like the Mom & Pop grocery still uses and many of us grew up seeing used. These are still in use... Yeah, I am one of...

Observations and Thoughts if you please. In the cycle of Life, many things occur, for instance- One learns to crawl, then walk then run. Various other physiological and anatomical developments occur as well. Parenting and raising kids is also a part of this Natural Order . I use the term...

Freezer. Yep just stick the gun in a chest freezer. We have done this forever with stuck squibs, shotgun wads and the like. Don't matter what kind of gun, or if the barrel comes of easy or not. Even works On stuck casings in revolver charge holes. Now I do not own a Boresnake, I have never...

.410 – what about it? Did you know if you take that 2 ½” .410 target load of ½ oz #9 hard shot, and a 12 gauge, 1 oz target load of #9 hard shot, and fire them both from Skeet choked guns, from same distance, at a pattern board -the patterns are the same size ? “Matter of bore – not choke”...

My buddy Fjolnirsson asked. Yes I know we have threads on the 28 gauge, then again, can one really have too many threads on the 28 gauge? NO :D -As most know the Game of Skeet there are four gauges allowed and used; 12, 20, 28 gauge and the .410. Many Folks, such as myself shot all 4...

Rich asked here: http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1984591&postcount=10 One of the toughest was Quail Hunting. I hear the snickers, I am not through yet. Quail Hunting Five States in Five Days. :D AR,TX, OK, MS, GA. My lady shooting pard and I started out from KY by car...

I was having a conversation with another member here , and then I read a Topic about coming home and the alarm alerting someone there may be a problem. I am a civilian, I am not trained to do house clearings by myself. In fact it is my understanding the trained professionals in LEO and Military...

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=61785 Brady Gun Control Campaign All Wet, Say Nation's Top Cops 3/2/2006 5:30:00 PM To: State Desk, Legal Reporter Contact: Richard Pearson of Illinois State Rifle Association, 815-635-3198 Web: http://www.isra.org SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 2...

Hey Steve, Grandson stayed over and our orders were to get a haircut. Grandson likes going to my barber, see there is a donut shop next door and our tradition is to eat breakfast at the donut shop, and shoot the breeze with other folks. At five, my grandson eats up all this attention. Then...