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My Stevens 311, bought a couple months ago for cowboy action shooting, has been an enjoyable gun so far. But this week, it started exhibiting a new behavior: it won't cock the left barrel/front trigger when opened--or rather, it won't do it sometimes. I can't figure out a pattern to when it...

I'm looking for guidance in the big steps of disassembling a 311a which I recently aquired for cowboy shooting. Don't have a manual with it--I don't imagine many owners of these old guns do. Can anyone out there point me at a resource that would guide me, or perhaps give me the quick break-down...

Son and I are getting into CAS. Got the Marlin, got the Rugers. Good guns that can be used for CAS but have other potential uses and are fun to shoot in other contexts. I like tools that multitask. The shotgun is giving me problems. I have a pumpgun--an 870 police mag--that is never going to be...

To my surprise and delight, I recently landed a Marlin 1894fg; a .41 mag, 20" carbine. Now that I have it, I plan to hunt North Carolina whitetail with it this Fall. Assuming that I can produce equally accurate loads with the bullets shown--each moving, let's say, between 1750 and 1800...

I'm trying to hold off my obsession with a Stainless Marlin .357 lever-action carbine until they make one; help me by answering this ridiculous hypothetical question in the meantime: The fates have decreed that you are going to come between a Big Mama black bear and her cubs while...

As someone quite new to the legalities of gun ownership, I need to ask a question of those of you who've been paying attention for a while. When did Gun Control become a base issue for Democrats? I mean, the party was around for a good long time before gun control existed as a political issue...

I've had a 3rd generation G17 for several months, and (though this may make me an idiot in your opinion, and if so fine, I'm clearly not asking you) I think it is a terrific gun. I've probably got 3,000 rounds of various factory 9mm through it without one failure of any sort, and I'm confident...

You must choose ammo from a limited selection for a .357 snub which will be your only carry gun. These choices are imaginary, non-brand name cartridges, but of modern design and high quality. The velocities are chrono'd out of your snubby. Of the loads you may choose from, 158 gr. bullets are...

This fairly recent thread http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=124580 brought out a lot of opinions about the original 158 gr. bullet for the .357; mainly, that they are the most accurate, in most people's experience (including mine); and that they work--on animals with...

If I understand Marlin's nomenclature correctly, this would be a non-ported, stainless, .357/.38 model 1894 lever gun. I want one, and they aren't making it--not in stainless, which I prefer. Does anyone have any idea whether they plan to expand their stainless line from just the 30-30 and the...

I've never mounted a scope, and don't have the foggiest notion. I have a Ruger 77/22 I'd like to put a scope on, and the top of the receiver has all sorts of grooves and what-not, but I don't know what they're for. Could one of you helpful and knowledgeable folk tell me the fundamentals of...

In the course of trying various kinds of .38+p and .357 ammo, my 340PD went and pulled a bullet. Honestly, I wasn't expecting to have this problem, since I had gone through maybe a dozen different types without problems, and it was pretty high-end stuff I was using when it happend--the 145 gr...

I'm looking to shoot some .38 over the next year, and want to start off by buying a chunk of .38 standard pressure, jacketed, 125 grain ammunition--probably a thousand rounds to start. I don't want to pay 10 bucks a box for basic practice ammo, and this is not the time for me to get into...

I applied for my CHL last month, and in the long waiting space (90 days they tell us in NC), I've been agonizing for weeks about what I intend to use it on, so to speak. Well, I've got a Kahr which will work well for IWB use, but it's pretty hot here much of the time, and I really liked the...

I've been out shooting the 6" S&W 617 which I bought on this board, and first, I should say I'm just more and more impressed with this gun (and its sister, my 686). The range I recently joined has monthly silhouette shoots, including a class for small bore open sight 'hunter' pistols. Now, I'm...

A nearby shop has a Kahr K9 that is also labeled, on the right side of the slide, 'Lady K'. I've looked at and even handled regular K9s before, but there isn't one at this shop to do a straight side-by-side comparison, so I'm wondering what exactly (other than the inscription) makes this gun...

I need to ask for experienced advice to get some realistic perspective on a pending purchase. I'm a relatively new (but not totally inexperienced) shooter; but I'm joining a local club that does casual competitions with some regularity (IDPA, PPC, Bullseye, and reactive target stuff all with...

Well, the Sherriff finally finished checking me out (and my three notarized character witnesses--it's quite a process here in North Carolina), so I could go pick up the 686plus (7 shot, 4") that's been beckoning to me. From there, straight to the range, and can I just say: wow. What a lovely...

I've recently inherited a Colt revolver that belonged to my great-grandfather, a captain in the Kansas City Police dept. I know that he joined the force in 1884, and I know from web-research, and a knowledgeable local dealer, that the gun is a model 1877 'Lightning' .38, Colt's first production...

I'm thinking it'd be nice to have a .22 revolver to keep my new 686plus company, to teach my boy to shoot, to practice for next to nothing, etc. But living on the fringe of suburbia, even the noise of a .22 is going to make me a little self-conscious most of the time--so my question is this...