Recent content by Fast Frank

Yeah, I'm spoiled. I can have any gun I want. The internet means I can find it pretty easy, and even if I have to sell some other toys to get it There really isn't any reasonable limit on what I can have. By "Reasonable" I mean normal stuff. Saddam's Solid Gold AK is probably beyond my means...

HA! I see what you did there!

SGammo online. You will soon get all your ammo there. good prices, good selection, good service. .327 federal is expensive, but you don't have to shoot it. .32 H&R mag is still fun and cheaper.

So... case in point. I have a Kimber .22 conversion kit, and a stainless TLE2 in .45 acp. Great, huh? Just slap the .22 slide on there and go shoot. Except the slide won't go on. The Kimber uses a Schwatrz Safety. It's similar to the series 80 stuff, except it's not hooked to the trigger...

Just curious... how many of you will grind on your gun? For the sake of conversation, lets say it's a nice gun that cost you $1000. It does everything just like it's supposed to, but it has a sharp edge that's uncomfortable and simply rounding that edge would make it better. Would you...

There are pros and cons... See, in order to bring the price of those guns down they have substituted less expensive metals for steel. The original guns were forged out of steel and then carefully machined to exact tolerances. This takes expensive materials and then raises cost with lots of...

I think part of the problem stems from the assumption that any person using the term "Knockdown power" saw a movie where some powerful gun picked a bad guy up and tossed him like a rag doll, and believed the real world works that way. Not understanding that the guy using that term is nowhere...

I have an old 336 that was cut down at some point in the past. My barrel is 16 inches long. The crown on it doesn't look like any Marlin crown I have ever seen. I don't have any chrono information to give you, but I can tell you that this rifle shoots better than the "Normal" length 336s I...

The .44 Magnum is an interesting thing. Elmer Kieth worked it up and somehow got Smith And Wesson and Remington both on board to make it real. He did all the work and deserves all the credit. But then Clint Eastwood made that movie, and Inspector Harry Callahan so impressed everybody with his...

You guys sure have some nice .32s here! Gotta love the old Smiths. I have a Ruger Single Seven chambered in .327 Federal magnum. Naturally, It shoots all the shorter versions as well. The .32S&W is like popcorn, and the power level goes up as the case gets longer. Loaded with the .327s, it...

I remember the '70s. I was "Into Guns" and thought I knew a little bit about them. At that time, The people that I listened to thought that Colt was number 1, Smith was number 2, and anything else was junk. I remember seeing the Ruger guns and thinking they were clunky looking and obviously...

This kind of thinking always amazes me: "People I don't like have cheap nearly worthless guns, so let's make cheap nearly worthless guns hard to get." Now those same people that I still don't like have a glock 40 because that's what is available. BRILLIANT! In my mind, the Single Six and the...

I'll admit that i felt that way at first... One day, many years ago, I was at a supermarket shopping. I had a full size 1911 cocked and locked in an "In The Pants" holster, covered by a tee shirt. I had been walking around like that all day, and nobody seemed to be noticing so I thought I was...

Yeah, Mine is brand new and tight, but even after it loosens up a bit i can see that it's never going to be anything like a fast draw setup. especially if it's worn under any sort of cover. That's where I am right now... I wonder how the guys that actually used these went about it. The Colt...

I found a deal online, and got myself a "Tanker Holster". I tried it on, and it seems like it might be a fun way to carry the pistol... Except for one thing that bugs me. It turns out that the retention strap that's supposed to keep the thing from falling out runs right across the grip...