Recent content by il_10

+1 on the prism sight. My wife has pretty severe astigmatism, she can't stand red dots, but likes prism sights quite a bit. They're making some nice 1x ones now.

I have to differ with this opinion. I have 2 1903's (a 1911 and 1912 vintage), a PPK, and a CZ50. The PPK is of particular historical relevance, and the CZ50 is fine, but neither are the shooters that the 1903s are. Of the ~40 handguns in my current modest collection, the 1903s are far and away...

I submitted my last eform1 on April 19th and got an approval back on May 13th, and I rolled my own prints. The plural of anecdote isn't data, but my last experience was silky smooth with doing my own cards...

It appears Governor Northam went a step too far in grouping indoor shooting ranges with 'entertainment' venues in ordering them to be closed ostensibly under his emergency powers due to Covid-19. Judge Yeatts' opinion can be found here, and is a fascinating read...

Whoah, way more than I thought I did, and I have multiples of a lot of them. I often hesitate for buying a gun in a new chambering because I don't want to start stocking a new caliber, but I guess that only applies philosophically rather than actually in practice... Shotgun 12 gauge Rifle...

Mine was an Armi San Marco brass frame 1851 C&B in .44, I had just turned 18 and picked it up at a gun show, one of the few handguns I could buy at the time. My first centerfire handgun was a cz82 I bought later that year in a private sale. It got stolen out of my car a couple years ago but made...

I gave one of my closest friends and his new wife a pair of matched Colt 1911 Competition models. One stainless, one blued, swapped the slides, safety, etc so they were opposite two-toned, basic trigger job. Ebony grips on the stainless frame, bonded ivory on the blued frame, and I inlaid...

I was there and couldn't be more proud of everyone. I saw the .50 guy, the guillotine, a Hong Kong flag, rooftop snipers, folks dressed as revolutionary soldiers, armored cars, elected officials... and lots of people of all races, religions, creeds and orientations coming together in the...

I have a 10.5" in 7.62x39 and a 7.5" in 5.56. The 7.62x39 was sticky to chamber on cheap steel for the first couple mags, but a little lube and break in seems to have fixed it. Both run like tops now. I have a 2 PSA uppers, and one colt. BCA and PSA are not colt quality, but for $200 I'm...

Good lunch break today! The choke and ghost ring sights did wonderfully, this is about on par with the winning cards from last time, and ought to be repeatable.

Yessir, express magnum police trade ins, I'll give that a shot, thanks!

I've been working on my setup this week to see what I could put together without buying a whole new gun. My 870s get super sticky with light brass cheap shells, so I've landed on one of my mossberg 500 set up with: 28" ported vent rib accu choke barrel extended full choke (tighter won't pass...

Yes, we were using 'house' ammo, the cheapest white box estate. I have some of that in the house, so that's what I've been patterning with. I gave 1/3 of the meat to the buddy who let me use his gun, and 1/3 to my parents. The hamburger and pork chops I was happy to share, but I kept all the...

The two I shot in this weekend were both shooting at target cards at a fixed distance (50') about like these: Whoever gets closest to the X wins. I'd bet it's regional what the actual competition is, now that I think about it.

I shot in my first turkey shoot last weekend, and won 2 out of the 6 rounds I shot using a friend's 870 as my long barreled shotguns were all set up with IC chokes for clays. I walked away with about 30lbs of various local meats, and I'm hooked! I'm putting together a turkey shoot build or...