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The title says it all. I just bought one for the first time. Well, actually, it's the Model 308MXLR, but the action is the same. I've fiddled with Winchester 92s and 94s before, and a Savage 99, and it's clear how those actions lock. But darned if I can see just what holds the Marlin closed...

It occurred to me that for all the handguns I have, I didn't really have a good one for concealed carry. I wasn't looking for a Colt New Agent, partly because I didn't know they existed, but the local gun store had one. And darned if that silly thing didn't follow me home! Can I keep it...

Must be the finest .22 in the world because I, the Greatest Genius in the world, bought one.. all right, you can stop laughing now. No, really, you can stop. Please stop laughing? Please? Anyway. I wasn't going to come on here to try to say my 453 American is the One True Rifle or anything...

Anybody know how these compare? I have the Uberti Schofields myself, in five inch barrel length, but lately I've gotten a bug to have a Uberti Russian too, full-length barrel, possibly in .44 Russian. Although I already have .45 Colt all OVER the place, so that would be silly. Still... I...

I'm interested in a 7x57 bolt-action hunting rifle. I know I can look for a used one. CZ made them, or rather CZ still makes them but the idiots won't import them to the USA. Ruger made some, I think. I could get an Argentine Mauser or other surplus rifle. There are many other used rifles...

Here's the benefit of my ignorance. I've read that the 527 has a great trigger and that it has a terrible trigger. Mine was both. The 527 has a single-set trigger. You can pull it straight back like a normal trigger. Or you can push it forward first, until it clicks. Then a very light...

Some time ago I sent my Gaucho back to Taurus for repairs. I will cheerfully admit to being The World's Worst Shot, but when everything is about 18 inches high and 18 inches left, and scattered, that's the gun. Not even I am that bad. The Gaucho came back with a test target, a note that said...

..or partial disassembly, anyway. My Taurus Thunderbolt is performing better. The action is slicking up as I use it. I'm still having trouble with- I guess you'd call it near-jamming. For some reason the last cartridge in the magazine wants to pop up a bit higher than the rest. It can take...

The manual (such as it is) included with this revolver seems to say there's some sort of safety activated when you put the hammer in its halfcock notch. Anybody know whether this is true or not? If so, can I trust this safety? So far, I presume that if I'm going to keep the thing loaded when...

I could use some advice. My Taurus PT-945 (.45 ACP) seems to be working perfectly. So far I've tried it with 230 grain hardball, then Remington 230 grain JHPs. Finally, today, I tried it with some handloads I made up for my S&W 625 revolver; 185 gr. hard cast semi-wadcutters over what should...

All right, before any of you have a chance to tell me so, let me admit I am a nut and an idiot. These facts are amply demonstrated by the fact that even though I have never shot CAS and may never do so, I've managed to accumulate the complete set of CAS guns. In particular, gentle readers, I...

I wrote a long, silly post here, coming up with an "objective" method for rating handguns based on the name of their manufacturer, caliber, etc., designed so that no matter what you did, the Colt 1911 would win. However, I see that somebody else also just posted a thoughtful and reasoned essay...

Brand new. Dead stock. Trigger like you'd expect from a custom tuner. Scary accurate. SCARY accurate. SCARY. Maybe I'm not as horrible a shot as I thought I was. :D

I took my new Gaucho to the range for the first time today. I am.. concerned, let's put it that way. I was off target, WAY off target. Shooting maybe 2 or 3 inches left of center-- well, that's not too horrible. But the bullets were going so high they were missing the paper. Not by too...

I have one of the 50th Anneversary Blackhawks, and goodness, it's a nice piece. Handsome in a simple way, and just that little bit less bulky than the full-sized New Model Blackhawks. It appears to be built on the same size frame as the New Vaquero. It has the "reverse-indexing pawl"...

I've taken a look at the SASS rules, but I can't figure out whether the personna I'd like to develop would be legal or not. I mentioned him somewhere in the Rambling Anecdotes thread. He was my great grandfather. He was involved in one and only one classic Western-style gunfight, on the side...