Recent content by FiveStrings

Many of us saw the outgoing President as behaving in increasing tyrannical ways over the past 8 years. His actions caused a lot of anger and apprehension within the RKBA community. Some of us even made remarks about “second amendment solutions,” and these remarks were condemned by the media and...

Yes, a little bit of pitting from a rust stain on the engraving.

I picked up this Pietta a few years back at a Cabelas sale, and it wasn't one of Pietta's better efforts. It had a lot of issues I had to resolve plus I never really cared for the case colors. So, about 4 years ago, more as an experiment than for any other reason, I stripped off the bluing and...

I've had a Pedersoli Brown Bess for about 4 years and I could go on and on about how much I've enjoyed it, shooting both RB's and shot loads. Not an easy gun to hunt with, though, if you have to do a lot of walking.

I doubt there's a prosecutor in Gwinnett County, Georgia who would dare go ofter this gal. She's a hero. Shoot, move, and communicate - that's what she's doing (not that 911 was much help in this case). There are 2 frames in this that really stand out to me. One is where the bad guy who...

Ramiro Martinez is not without his controversies. THere's an old debate in Texas over which officer actually killed Whitman - Martinez or another APD Officer named Houston McCoy. I've never been in the Martinez camp, myself.

Sarge - is that a Kriegsmarine Officers cap being worn by a guy in one of your photos? If so, definitely a nice touch for a range day on a wide-open prairie in the USA.

Firing the 105mm main gun of an M60 tank in "degraded gunnery" mode. No hydraulic controls or computer-fed ballistic solution, just using the traverse and elevation hand cranks, the M105D telescopic sight, and a hard twist on the manual trigger handle. Spanking targets out to 2000 meters doing...

Ruger Mini 14. A Christmas gift from my Dad, and actually very accurate. I had it for 13 years. Back in the 90's a friend borrowed it for a while to control the gopher problem he was having. He loved that rifle and when I was seriously strapped for cash one winter and desperately needed a new...

My reaction was the same as yours. I got a Uberti Navy for Christmas. I already had several .44's, this was my first .36. The way it fit my hand, weight, and balance was about perfect. Shoots excellent. My new favorite of the C&P revolvers.

Man, that dang ole TCB logo on the recoil shield is pretty durn classy, I tell you what.

It's both a Frankenhawken and a Period Repair. It was functionally "dead" when you acquired it and, through your labors and the application of foreign materials that radically changed its appearance, it returned to life. So much for Frankenstein... A long time ago I used to regularly visit...

I lived in Houston for 12 years and also recommend the ASC complex in George Bush Park. I spent a lot of time and money there. It's an excellent facility and the staff can point you in the right directions for the types of competitions you're interested in. It is also a very busy public...

I can't comment on Rock River or Aero Precision but I just entered the world of AR shooting with a M&P 15 Sporter (no dust cover or forward assist) that I bought last month. It has the A2 rear sight instead of the flip-up. I got it new/slightly used for $550. I've been really pleased with it and...

I lived in Michigan from 2011-2014 and got pulled over twice by the MSP for speeding (once I was just plain driving too fast, the other time was an emergency situation). THe first stop resulted in a ticket, the second resulted in a high sped escort. Neither time did the MSP ask about weapons...