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I have long desired to take a deer with a handgun. I read a lot of Bob MILEK and Ross SEYFRIED as a kid and over the years and that created an interest in handgun hunting. I took some small game but never a deer, primarily because I never dedicated the time. Bowhunting deer (and gunning...

In conversation with a fellow the other day, he related how a local 'smith in his area creates/modifies flintlock frizzens by welding and shaping a piece of an old file. Seems genius to me, anybody heard of this? I wonder if they heat it first, weld and shape, then quench? Could the length...

I've had an itch this year to hunt my Ruger .44 carbines again, after putting the little rifles on vacation for several seasons. I've described my accuracy and zero issues in other posts. The other day I unearthed a box of factory Rem 180 gr JSP ammo and since the chrono was out and...

I have long been a fan of the old model (tube feed) .44 carbine, despite it's quirks and find it enough gun for the type of deer hunting I do with a rifle. One of the quirks on my carbines is so-so accuracy. Much of this is related to a pair of issues. One is the barrel twist rate an there...

I took 7 rifles to the 100 yd range yesterday and verified zero on all of them. Each year I rotate a few rifles in and out of the mix that I intend to hunt for our 2-1/2 month whitetail season. As rifles come out of "vacation" I check the zero. Interestingly, every one of the rifles...

Thought a discussion on the ambi safety might be interesting. I have 3 1911 pattern pistols, one with oversize ambi's, the other two not. Of the two single safety pistols, one is slightly oversize, the other pure GI. I can live with the ambi, but I am not a fan. For one issue, the...

A local chain store is selling Ruger SR1911's for what seems a very good price. Interested in comments concerning the Ruger SR1911, quality, reliability, etc. If in the 1911 market, would you buy one at $660 out the door?

The new issue of the Rifleman carries an article on Savage's entry intro into the 1911 market. A few years back you will recall that Remington as we know it folded. Not far from my home, Remington had opened a new mfg facility, where they produced their version of old slabsides. They were...

I read recently that one scribe stated the .45 Lee REAL bullet was the most accurate projectile you could shoot from a C&B revolver. Anybody tried that? Seems like you'd have a heck of a time seating them with the revolver rammer. In considering further, I doubt you could even get them...

I was in Bud's Guns in Pidgeon Forge today and saw a Ruger Hawkeye, complete with white front bead, barrel band sling eyelet, matte finish and satin walnut, looking all the world like a dangerous game rifle.....chambered in of all things, .223:confused:! What did I see, was that really a...

Quite some time back we discussed T-grips and the general consensus at the time was that delivery was slow, comms were poor and the overall impression was customers were disatisfied with their dealings with the outfit. The conversation went along the lines that the business had been clobbered...

I've threatened to do it for for some time and finally did.....I put Skinner Lo-Pro peep on my dainty .32 CVA caplock. Had correct hole drilled/drilled & tapped on the tang where the hooked breech fits. The shaft of the Lo-Pro screwed right it. Sight is brass and matches the brass...

The nearby thread re: the .400 Legend, and its relatives the .450 and the .350 all have (or appear to) straight case walls. We see this in pistol cartridges, which headspace on the case mouth. This got me thinking....(always dangerous, sometimes expensive). .....I thought relying on the...

Anybody running the black / black Ameriglo suppressor sights? Viewed a pair on a buddy's G19 clone and they seemed a big improvement over standard Glock factory sights. Narrow front blade and lots of daylight in the rear notch. Might seem a bit odd on my early G17 with no MOS but again...

As my AL spring gobbler accounts seem well received, here's my trip to PA My longtime pal and best man Jim began to inquire as to whether or not we might hunt together in PA this spring. As neither one of us is getting any younger, I agreed to same. I reasoned also that I could swing a visit...

I had reported earlier that my .50 T/C White Mtn carbine showed a noted increase in accuracy with the addition of a simple card wad over the powder charge using the .50 self cast Lee REAL. On Memorial Day, a pal and I shot BP guns at length, and I tried card wads with my T/C .50 Renegade and...

Memorial Day, a shooting pal and and I broke out our percussion revolvers and had at it. I'd wanted an 1860 Army for years, bought a well used one back before spring turkey season, and finally got to shoot it yesterday. Total of 24 rounds each fired, and I think we spent nearly 3 hrs doing...

If you were going to assemble a standard action AR 15 size carbine as a general purpose rifle, one you could hunt varmints and medium game, compete in a bit of 3 gun or practical rifle to say 300 yds or so, and also serve as a self defense weapon, ...one carbine....set up anyway you...

Have we kicked this around yet............? There is a new cartridge about to be released, the Win .400 Legend, another straight wall number aimed at the states that require same for deer, and of course it will feed and function in a standard AR action to boot. First off, who names these...

In years past, the running description of my spring gobbler seems well received and tolerated by the moderators. So as before, here goes. ;) I believe I am well scouted this year, having seen and heard many gobblers before season. A mast crop failure in our area has driven the birds into...