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    Non-anti chick book

    There is a book going to be released in october, one of those 'chick-lit' works with the waist-down pictures on the cover. This one is differant from many reasons, a few being: Neo-socialism is not endorsed. Firearms are mentioned from time to time but not as objects of horror/evil. It's...
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    Whitney Wolverine

    I hear Olympic wants to make new castings again and start building clones of the Whitney Wolverine. I really hope they do. I love that pistol. I handled one in '89 that a trucker had for personal defense. It was really...cool. I've always wanted one, NEVER found one in a store. If Olympic...
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    Uh-oh

    I bought an old Mauser a while ago. I restored the old warhorse. I like how it operated. I read its history. All was well. But. Now everytime I look at my armory, there is another Mauser in there! Then another! I can't stop them from appearing! No matter how abused and worn, I fix them up, and...
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    Cheap 8mms

    I'm looking for another rifle in 8mm Mauser, I hope you gentlemen can help. I want another cheap rifle chambered for 8mm Mauser, but I don't want another Turk bolt gun. What are my options? Are there any autoloders out there? Thank you in advance
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    Area Man Swollows Pride

    AREA MAN SWOLLOWS PRIDE Established critic of Gene Stoner's AR action, Shin-Tao purchased a Bushmaster this week, a popular AR-15 clone. Sources say Shin-Tao purchased the rifle with little fanfare or celebration, contrasting with his behavior durring other firearms purchases. Long a supporter...
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    Hesse Arms

    I'm looking at these rifles over at joeken.com and I see a collection of low-priced AR-15s that are said to have carbon fibre receivers. Anyone know anything about these? I am in the market for an AR-type rifle right now, (anything with an AR magwell actually) and these look tempting. What...
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    Aaaaaahhh!!!

    One of my favorite firearms has suddenly stopped functioning! It is an old Mossberg 500 that I have had for 4 years. There has never been any problem with it at any time. But now it wont feed shells from the magazine tube and every once in a while, it drops them out the bottom of the gun! In...
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    Taurus repaired

    My Taurus .357 has been returned and I am well satisfied. The gun looks almost new and the bent ejector rod is fixed. I thought it was clean when I had it shipped, but now it is in a whole new world of clean. I don't know what they used but I wish I had some. There was a patina of strange...
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    .44 rifles

    I've been spending an unreasonable amount of time looking into the velocity gains granted to .44mag loads by longer barrels. I have found impressive speeds and massive power. All data I found was for 16 in barrels, so I am eager to see what can happen out of 20 in barrels. This is a very...
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    90grn

    .357 magnum pushing a 90grn JHP. What velocity would you expect out of a 4" barrel?
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    Ccu

    1) Anybody own a CCU for a 1911? 2) Will .45super function in a CCU? (it's blow-back so I'm not sure) 3) What would the muzzle velocity of a .45super be coming out of a 16in barrel? 4) Aren't guns cool?
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    Help!

    Where can I find the cheapest .44mag ammunition on the net? Please.:)
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    Recommend

    I carry a 44 Redhawk now, so I want to have a longarm in the same chambering. Can any of you recommend a good .44mag rifle?
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    Redhawk

    Anyone else use a Redhawk .44mag for concealed carry?
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    Repair turnaround time?

    Have any of you ever sent a Taurus firearm in for repair? How long did it take? Did they do the job well? I'm sending a peice in soon and will be reporting the outcome here when it's finished and in my hands.
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    .32 long

    What is the highest velocity load in .32 long and where can I get it? I've been looking a while and keep finding comical loads that wander along at 700fps. Please help. And please don't ask me why I'm looking for this.
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    Anyone else...

    In training today we were going through various transistions and alternating between strong and weak hand shooting, reloading one handed, etc. Durring weak hand shooting supported I did WORSE than weak hand unsupported. I asked the instructor if I could be allowed to forgo using a supporting...
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    California Rifle?

    There is an add in the current shotgun news for a pump-action Kalishnikov in 5.56mm & 7.62x39mm. Almost all parts are standard spec and it takes standard capacity double-column magazines. But it's a pump action.
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    Chinese MBT&guns

    The new production PLA MBT, the Type-98, is a serious threat. This tank is now equiped with an active counter missile defense system utilising a high powered laser linked to a LWR (laser warning receiver). This system detects enemy ranging and painting lasers, tracks the source, targets the...
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    Hypothetical non-sence

    (Just 4 fun) Imagine you are in a Principality, State, Republic, Provence, District, Corperate Territory, where you were denied access and right to carry a firearm of any kind. Imagine also that you were however, allowed to carry almost any "Less-Than-Lethal" device currently availiable. How...
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