Recent content by bassdogs

We all get older and maybe wiser, but no need to apologize. I use to barefoot water ski, do black diamond down hill, and did scuba dives to depths greater than 100 feet. I survived them all and now spend more time fishing, riding around on a pontoon, and camping trips in my travel trailer and...

I can't believe this issue would ever cross someone's mind if and when they ever faced a situation where a gun is needed. I think the concern about liability and blowback goes into education and pre thinking that any SD gun owner needs to go thru in their mind long before a situation ever...

My Glock 40 cal is a police handmedown and has the true nightsites. The gun is probably approaching 20 years old as I have had it for 10 years after it was retired from active duty. The sights are still bright and easily identifiable but I think the real limitation of all night sights is what...

Was in agreement with your comment until you thru in the dig about what we need in Ky. What we don't need is about 80% of the people in Fla outside of the panhandle. Folks here other than in the Cities are friendly and pretty acceptable of outsiders as long as you don't ride in in your Range...

Why does this ?? keep coming up? Other than in a pinch when nothing else is available its worth a try but as a first choice or a 5th choice, Why? There has been volumes written on the subject of best or recommended SD loads and birdshot only comes up as a no other choice round. Same can be...

Think Bank vault. Not as crazy as it might sound. Decades ago, Banks stopped installing the huge fancy vaults with doors big enough you could park a small suv inside. As supermarket and shopping center branches got popular they went to what in the industry became known as a refrigerator vault...

I am not a collector and probably fall into the group who grew up in the city in a state that didn't allow hunting with a hi powered rifle. When I retired and moved to Ky, I purchased a number of rifles, shotguns, and pistols. None of them are hi dollar and tended to be targets of opportunity...

Just read thru all of the posts to this ??? and like other threads on "what is your favorite caliber" for everything from squirrels to Moose, and like the other threads the responses are all over the map for any given sized animal. For some it seams Bigger is always better. For many others its...

And we have a winner. And the prize is a 5 day you pay the expenses to ride shotgun for a loving couple who is going fishing in the Montana rockies. In fact these two will spend most of their time catching their breath and stroking their AR's while you're doing the fishing. Bring your rod.

Montana rockies are not in Alaska and the bears, while formidable in their size, they are not Kodiac mega sized. You do not need an elephant gun to protect yourself from an elk. Many people in the lower 48 are shocked when they actually come in contact with a bear in the wild, having seen all...

Don't over think this. Good Advice. Rather have a rifle in my hand [than a handgun]. Its the in hand or at hand thing that needs to be upgraded in the thinking. You're not hunting, you're fishing so its going to be one or the other in your hand. Can do a one handed grab of a handgun in a cross...

You say no hate here but its the same as the other past threads on the subject. Just look at how the "groups" are defined who own and shoot the Judge. Wimpy office workers who don't really want to hurt anyone and ones who thing guns are for fun and throw stuff in the air. What the op is really...

Ok another Judge hater thread. Wasn't going to comment as this argument has been worn out over the years. But just so you know we are out there, I love my Judge public defender. I load it with 2 federal #3 buck followed by a 45 jacketed HP and then another 410 and 45. I think the poster left out...

Was denigned by theVA last year when I was tested for hearing loss. They confirmed the moderate to severe hearing loss but said there experts felt it was "less than likely " that my hearing loss was service related. I served in the Signal Corp during the Vietnam conflict and was submitted to...

Ok so I mentioned "in the eye" but you seem to want to overlook the inclusion of "nose or mouth" in the same comment. Both of the latter offer pretty good access to the brain of a bear. The real point of the comment is the unlikelyhood that anyone is going to first get off 6 shots from a...