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Just got this one in the mail today. A Traditions Deerhunter sidelock muzzleloader. I tried deer hunting with my smoothbore shotgun this year and didn't like it. I didn't want to take a shot past 40 yards and obviously got a nice shot on a doe at 80 yards that I passed on. Decided I'd go for a...

They're prefect knives for picnics. Self-defense though? Guy sounds like a 14 year old.

I wouldn't reuse that brass. If I really wanted to reuse it for whatever reason, I'd make up an unprimed and uncharged dummy cartridge and check it in a case gauge/drop it into the barrel to use the chamber as a case gauge. I'd also be wary of feeding issues and try feeding it from the magazine...

I went to Cornell. The actual townies are a bunch of mega-hippies. Talking vegan, fair-trade, pungent mix of weed and BO-smelling, doesn't shave anything regardless which of the infinite genders they claim they are, hippies. The electorate ends up being a bunch of very liberal professors and...

Every time he a democrat says something as stupid as this, I think about all my friends who are patriots and oppose this crap. And I think to myself, "man, White Supremacy is looking is looking pretty diverse these days."

I see your point, but I really don't think I'd count the Confederates towards that tally.

I find all the modern Walthers ugly except the PPQ Q5 Match. I love how they shoot though.

What a legend! I've heard JM puts a heavy rebound spring in his revolvers to speed up the trigger reset. If that's true, that would also cause the double-action trigger to be even heavier than stock, which makes it all the more amazing. I've tried rapid firing my 629 both dry and live. Even dry...

Very cool GP100. I love Gunblast and Jeff was an awesome firearm reviewer. I looked at the firearms of his they auctioned off when he passed, but I didn't like anything I could afford and couldn't afford anything I liked. Happy to see they made his tribute gun a .44 Special GP100.

1) Freedom Arms Model 83 in .475 Linebaugh. I like odd-ball calibers, I love revolvers, and I really like the idea of the .480 Ruger, which this one can also fire. I've also heard Freedom Arms' quality is impeccable. This is a "years down the road" thing. 2 tie) S&W 340 PD AirLite or Ruger...

In the next few weeks I plan to test factory ammo in .300 Blackout (all supersonic) and .40 S&W. 40 S&W Firearm: Walther PPS. Barrel length: 3.2" Ammo: •Remington Ultimate Defense Compact Handgun 180 gr Brass-Jacketed HP. Advertised muzzle velocity: 785 fps. • Winchester White Box 165 gr Flat...

That's 7.00 gr +- 0.03, so three hundredths of a grain. I used a jeweler's scale which displays to the hundredths, rounded to the nearest 0.02. So my scale readings were really +- 0.02, but I accounted for the fact that it displays to the nearest 0.02 gr. Love the Labradar so far. I set most of...

So having gotten a chronograph recently, I decided I'd drop some results out there in case anyone finds it interesting. Starting it off with some .44 Magnum. All velocities in feet per second (fps). All weights in grains (gr). All chronograph results provided are from a LabRadar chronograph...

Man, that's a hell of a cool Walther collection there, Mr. Bond(age)!

Man, I think that little pistol looks cool. But functionally, I don't think it's worth the space it would take up on my license.

My wife got me a combo anniversary, Christmas, birthday, Valentine's Day present. I always wanted a chronograph. Optical ones were a no-go. Most of my shooting is indoors, and I doubt most of the ranges I frequent would even let me set one up. Plus I figured I'd end up eventually shooting an...

I find Grabagun's prices to usually be better than Buds'. Haven't really looked at gun prices all that much since early last year though, so I have no idea what things are going for these days.

That's a real beauty queen. I prefer mine to be less pretty and more shooty. You'll definitely like that 5" 629 Classic. I got mine (brand new, 629-6 with an easily removable, but unsightly, lock) around the middle of last year and it's easily my favorite gun. Has almost identical weight and...

I like red dots very well and have them on my defensive rifles. I only practice out to 200 yards max, and out to those distances, they work well for me. I zero for a maximum point-blank range so I don't hold over at any distance at which I'd expect to shoot at anything. Using them has the...

I love my .22 LR SP101 revolver. Cleanup is easy and it doesn't give a damn what you feed it. Match ammo, cheap ammo, super high velocity ammo, subsonic, or CB... It eats them all and keeps asking for more. Might have less accuracy potential than those semi-auto target pistols, but Idk. I shoot...

Wondering if any Westchester residents have added a Polymer80 kit to their license. As much as I thought the Glock was a soulless piece of Austrian austerity, it turns out I miss the one I sold and I miss having a project gun. So I've been picking up parts here and there to build a custom Glock...

I don't know much about it other than that Buffalo Bore specifically warns against using any of their .44 Special ammo in that revolver. I've heard some good and very bad things about them, but admittedly, I've never even touched one. I was very interested in their little Pitbull series that...

Hell yea. I just recommended one to my buddy the other day. He carries his Glock 41 while hunting but really is rightfully freaked out about holstering a Glock in his junky nylon holster. I got him to buy a good Kydex holster and this gadget. When his holster comes in, I'm going over to install...

Cool. Glad that state senator likes the trash product he helped put out. Totally believe he doesn't want to force everyone to use it. /s Doubt anyone serious would use this garbage unless forced to. Maybe some poor beginner tricked by marketing into the false sense of security the thing...

Well that was quick, haha. Appreciate the lead though!

Haha, I was hoping to start reloading .270 Win using H4198. Guess that's not happening anytime soon. Thankfully my buddies picked me up a couple lbs of W231 as an "every handgun" powder at normal prices at a recent gun show they went to.

Definitely lots of newbies. I doubt we're gonna see a wave of change in gun control though. Voters seem to be happy to vote for people with totally different legislative priorities from themselves. I've been saying for months that all we're likely to see is a major uptick in people who say "well...

Man, I kept looking for who would mess up. I thought it would be the clerk. As soon as that guy pulled out that handgun, I shifted my focus. "No, don't try to field strip it, the magazine is still inserted. It's still inserted, dammit, and probably loaded! Don't pull the trigger! Stop trying to...

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So, why gold and silver? If the dollar collapses and everyone is starving, why would someone give me an apple for some gold shavings? This is me being genuinely curious – other than the fact that it has a long history as currency, why would someone strapped for resources exchange them with you...

Good read, thanks.

Yea, those are all well and good, but the best bet is to learn a few very common and important ones like these

The original problem with the .40 is that it's substantially more powerful than the 9mm while being housed in a pistol the same size as a 9mm. Nothing was beefed up from the Glock 17 to Glock 22. Beefing it up in Gen 5 is really only doing what Glock should've done to chamber it in .40 in the...

Saying this of genuine curiosity for your opinion, not facetiously: What, then, do you suggest they do? Play ball with the Dems? My thought on it is that if they obstruct, they'll be painted as the bad guys and the media will run to say "everything is awful because of Republican...

When I did the grip reduction on my Glock 35, I cut a hole for a lanyard. It was my woods carry handgun. I was paranoid about it falling out of the holster while on a rock scramble or doing some easy bouldering. I used it a few times, but never did again after getting a Hill People Gear chest...

Lost the source, but monkeyface previously tried to legalize pot. The attempt failed because they couldn't hammer out the details of a tax scheme. For these animals, it has nothing to do with whether it's right or wrong for pot to be legal, just whether or not they can make money off it.

Haven't used it since Jan... time to stop being lazy, pull my pictures and delete.

For the first time in a long time, I really don't have any imminent want for another gun. I've always had a niche I felt I "needed" to fill with some gun or another. All those niches are filled at this point. What I'm doing now is setting aside a few dollars every month from my fun budget to...

I'll have to do some research into that and give it a try. Thanks for the tip!

Wikiarms is the only one I know of. Pre-shortage, grabagun.com has had better prices than anywhere else I've seen online – these days they don't have much in stock, but always worth a look.

For looks and collecting without being put through the wringer, I'd say that if you like it, go for it. After I got tired of trying to find a use for mine, I took some polishing compound and a dremel with a felt wheel then polished the blade to a mirror shine. I'll occassionally (like today...

About to do the same to sight a couple of shotguns in for deer hunting on Long Island. Very much hoping not to have to put more than 3 through each. Six each is my absolute maximum.

I bought one years ago (at least 8), so my impression comes with the caveat that I heard they changed the metal used since then. I don't really like my 3.5" version. I like the design and the locking mechanism is very hardy, which are the positives. The negative is that while it came razor...

Makes sense that they don't mind spending extra. They probably don't know they are paying extra and just think that's what it costs.

Fair point. Speaking for the ranges in Westchester, I've never had an issue with any of the ones I've been to here. Even the ones that don't allow firing from the draw allow you to bring it in holstered. But I did run into that once up at a range by Lake George, so it's definitely worth it to...

You can carry concealed to the range. If you're uncomfortable with that, then put it in a case, unloaded,and with the ammo separate. As a practical matter, until you get some familiarity and trust with your Glock, I would say it might not be the best thing to carry it. If you're going to carry...

Walther makes a PPS M2 that comes with a Shield RMSc red dot if you're interested and can find one. That's probably what I'd go for if I were buying another PPS. Regardless, I'd go with the M2 if only for the much better holster options. If you ever find yourself in the Westchester area before...

What type of primer does it use?

I second Justincase on the XD-E. It's the closest thing I can think of. Only hit your 10rd capacity requirement if you count 9+1 with an extended baseplate. Considered it myself, but bumped into a used Walther PPS in .40 for the right price.

I have no plans to start casting lead bullets, but I'd much sooner cast and gas-check bullets than do all that.