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Mine also has some lateral play in the hammer. Haha, Ruger isn't quite all that bad, but the truth from what I've seen is that at least their revolvers are made rugged and "good enough". They work and often very well, but they aren't refined pieces.

So I have a couple of each of S&W and Ruger including an SP101 in 22LR. I've had quality issues with both. The SP101 I got had pretty rough fit and finish. The adjustable rear sight had too short of a spring so it barely had any click adjustment. I installed a longer sight spring meant for a...

For me, it would have to be the 629 Performance Center Magnum Hunter

Realistically, buying them online is probably your cheapest and most efficient option. Midway, Brownells, Natchez, Powder Valley, Grafs. If they have free shipping or free Hazmat and you buy 3 or 4 lbs, you'll make out just as well or better than finding stuff locally. Especially when you factor...

I love it, you not only got that revolver bug but you got that magnumitis bug bad. A .44 has much more recoil, but the revolver is heavier and the grip is much more substantial, so you feel it much less. I enjoy shooting .44 Magnum in a full-size revolver. I don't enjoy .357s or very hot .38 +Ps...

Retire? Lol. Maybe a few years after I'm dead.

This is way beyond that though. It's poor weapons handling at the most basic level. Alcohol involved, pointing a weapon at someone else, failing to check that the weapon was unloaded, and "dry-firing" a loaded and ready firearm. I love people who say that. It lets me immediately know that they...

Very nice. I think your grips have a lot to do with shootability. They look much beefier and have an enclosed backstrap. And yea, 5 rounds go very fast. But if you bought it as something to carry when you'd usually carry nothing, then it's 5 more than you'd have otherwise.

Depends on the intended usage. The power is definitely befitting of the bulk of a 6" barrel on a .357 Magnum, but the question is whether the bulk is worth what you'll use it for. If you plan to carry it a lot, a 3" barrel will be more comfortable. If it's more of a target shooting or woods...

I'm not even old, but retaining my brass is a huge part of why I love revolvers so much. Makes reloading my cartridges much less of a headache. I hate chasing brass to reload. Podmonkey, as far as the 586 L-comp vs the 686+, I doubt that not using moon clips would reduce accuracy or cause light...

Fantastic. It really annoys me that QC at so many major manufacturers is shoddy enough these days to let very bad guns out the door, but for those who care enough to send them back, they at least stand behind their product. Glad to hear that they not only fixed it for you but had the custom shop...

This way of training is safe and intelligent.

I love the cops saying "we know what you have". Bitch, if you "know what [they] have", you'd have warrants to go search their places. I'm glad everyone visited told them to kick rocks and hope they lawyered up to uncover exactly which laws the government broke in order to harass them like that.

Close than PA or NJ, you have CT with Fairfield County Firearms and Archery. It was my go-to CT spot to take someone to go rent handguns and try them. I haven't been there in years but rental and ammo prices were on par or a little cheaper than any NY range I've rented handguns from. They had an...

Hahaha, man, that's incredible. I wasn't prepared for my mind to be blown as badly as when he stuck the pry bar in that handle.

So the right category is the Miscellaneous section of the Classifieds. That said I'm interested in some of it – PM sent.

That's an awesome concept and a great response to "but does it take Glock mags?"

Besides not being anywhere near NY, all of that about cottonmouths being aggressive and chasing people is BS. As far as the Northern Water Snake, which we do have in NY, they're neither aggressive nor venomous and they're no danger to anyone or pets... unless you're out walking your pet frog...

Besides the Glock issue, you have to look on their website and box for recommended max velocity. For most of their pistol bullets, the plating is thin and can't withstand high velocities. They do make a 0.429" bullet that is rated up to 1850 fps and I use for practice .44 Mag loads. Everything...

Agreed on the LCP vs Bond Arms. As far as snake shot, I don't see any need. There's no snake "attack" where you only had time for 1 or 2 shots. You either didn't have time for any shots or you had all the time in the world and it wasn't life-or-death for you, you wanted to kill it. See, snakes...

Cool, but heavy for a backup. Might as well just carry another loaded 10-rd mag. Or you can have a .38 or .357 mag 5-shooter for a little larger size, but less weight (I swear I'm not trying to convince anyone else to buy a S&W 340). Will it work as a backup? Sure. They are well-built by...

I've always called Honda engines bulletproof.

Well, the only time I've read about the lock failing was on those super-lightweight ones. The thing is, if you pull out the lock and that's not the cause, you have to put it back in before you send it to S&W for work, otherwise they'll charge you for it instead of covering it under warranty. If...

That's terrible and definitely isn't normal. If you aren't hesitant about shipping a handgun yourself, give S&W a call. They should sort it out and ship it straight back to your door. Otherwise take it to the shop you got it from and have them handle that process for you. That's too expensive a...

Staging the trigger is a good skill for long shots, but the close-up defensive technique is a smooth, uninterrupted press straight back to the break, a controlled full let-off, then begin the next press. If you train to shoot from the trigger reset with your autoloaders, you should definitely...

Honestly, if it's just as a range toy, I would say to give a Raging Hunter a good look. They're heavy and ported, so they can mitigate recoil enough to keep long sessions of .357 or .44 Mag a lot of fun. They have decent sights and come standard with Picatinny rails, so you could easily add a...

My one buddy has a full sized Taurus 1911 that he swears by. I can't argue with it being a solid and reliable gun. When I handled it, I was very surprised to find how it was worn in with enough age and cycles to be as butter smooth as any good 1911. My other buddy had a Judge. The action was...

That's good, 9mm is very easy to reload for. I really do recommend the Hornady app for you then. Spend $1 and buy the 9mm data. Since Hornady makes bullets in lots of different styles, one great thing is that they list different Cartridge Overall Lengths (COL) for different bullet shapes. COL is...

What are you reloading for anyway? Fair warning, I hear substitutions are much riskier with shotgun shell reloading, though I don't reload for shotguns, so I'm not sure. What I said before applies to metallic pistol and rifle cartridges.

The 10mm is fun, but I do offer one caveat to people interested in getting a pistol in it. If you don't handload, do your research on what ammo is available to you and look up real-world performance tests. A whole lot of 10mm ammo is so underloaded that you are paying 10mm prices to get .40 S&W...

First off, I recommend Hodgdon's Reloading Data Center. It's a great free resource. Hodgdon Landing | Hodgdon They don't only provide data for Hodgon brand powders, but also for Winchester, IMR, Accurate, and Ramshot. They use a variety of different bullets, cases, primer brands, and powders...

She's definitely a Mom who Demands Action. Turns out she's running to represent Goochland County... she seems uniquely qualified...

LEOs ARE civilians unless also a member of some Reserve or Guard branch of the Armed Forces. Yes, there should be no firearms law exemption for them in any way.

You could handload the .38 Special to leave the 9mm in the dust if you wanted to and had a gun that could handle it. Almost no one does it. There's not much reason to since you'd have to use a handgun that could take .357 Mag pressures anyway.

Well, Buffalo Bore has a cast 158 gr .38 Spl +P that they claim about 1040 fps from a snubbie. It's reasonably shootable. It stings, but it's not as shitty as a full-house magnum in a snubbie. The 135 gr Gold Dot should be similar.

That's what has really turned me off from reloading shotgun shells. How tough is it to get the exact components you need or find a recipe for what you may have on hand? I look at Hodgdon for shotgun reloading data and only find shot data, but a ton of different loads based on different wads and...

Pretty hilarious since that allows crazy Uncle Bill with the tall hunting tales and who carries his flask with him into the woods to instruct the kid in shooting, but not an off-duty military or police firearms instructor or coach, an NRA instructor, competitive shooter, or literally any number...

In a functional society, armed citizens who aren't law enforcement officers would complement law enforcement in protecting society from psychopaths who could launch an attack at any time and LE would welcome the help. Instead, you have Fed LE and several departments in our own state looking at...

J-frame trigger pulls are a little stiff, but not bad at all for a double-action. The bigger revolvers with heavier cylinders and a longer trigger reach feel heavier to me. Glad you caught the wheelgun bug. They're a ton of fun, especially when you go very small or go big.

To tell you the truth, I do think the ultralight .357 Mag snubbies are worse than the big bore snubbies. Never shot the .454 Alaskan, but I did shoot a cylinder of the snubbie S&W 460 XVR. I don't remember if it was the S&W 340PD or 360PD, but I shot a cylinder full of .357 Mag from one of...

If you like the Hornady, you should be in the clear. S&W specifies not to use less that 120 gr bullets with Magnum loads due to cylinder erosion. These are .38 +P which has a lot less pressure than .357 does.

Hahaha, sorry. It fit your criteria too damn well not to mention it. As far as loads, any of these highlighted in yellow look pretty good on paper. Excellent expansion in ballistics gel and break the 12" min FBI standard for penetration. The Federal HST Micro or Winchester Ranger Bonded +P...

What caliber is it, and what size percussion caps does it take? Also, can the barrel be removed from the stock with normal tools?

From modern snubnose revolvers in .38 Spl +P, the S&W M642 is slightly smaller and the Ruger LCR is 1 oz lighter. It's 14.4 oz (M642) vs 13.5 oz (LCR). https://www.handgunhero.com/compare/ruger-lcr-vs-smith-wesson-model-642 Or if you can find a S&W M340 PD. It's smaller than the LCR, only a...

I use a S&W 642 in a Mika pocket holster in the same way. I also sometimes wear it in my jacket if there's an occasion to wear a suit and carry. Now you probably "could" wear it without a holster, and I did it a couple of times, but it's more comfortable and conceals better in one...

Davis has a big sale going on. They have 20% off all reloading supplies. That makes some powders and bullets reasonable. Even with 20% off, the primers and most powders are still either the same or cheaper online paying Hazmat if you get free shipping. I bought a couple lbs of powder and a...

Depends. There's one range with 15, 25, and 50 yard targets where you can shoot handguns and smaller rifles. Rifles in chamberings like 5.56, 7.62x39, .22LR, or chambered in a typical pistol caliber. If you mean a rifle like a .308 or .243, then you'll have to shoot that separately at the rifle...

Besides Masterclass in Monroe, you have Davis Sport Shop in Sloatsburg, and Davis Shooting Sports in Goshen. None of those is particularly close. Now to compare prices with online vendors, what I do is get an order together of powders and primers I want. I then put them all in a cart on Powder...