Recent content by jstert

a s&w m37 and a ruger lcr-x. both are 3”, lightweight, 5-shot, 38sp snubbies. i’m unsure yet which one i prefer, both are equally accurate for me. the deeply blued m37 is a piece of mechanical art that i naturally baby. the lcr-x’s longer grip, polymer frame, better sights & lighter weight...

i own taurus 85 and 856 snubbies, both new and gently used, excellent pieces. i have seen some indonesian national police still carrying taurus 85 snubbies. the carriers typically appear to be higher ranking officers or traffic police. their sidearms are more a badge of power in a highly...

i am mainly a revolver guy. all my handguns, including single action revolvers, have reloads at hand. even my deep ccw, north american arms bugout1 and bond arms derringer gets a speedstrip. i am under no illusion that i can reload them quickly. my bedside taurus 856 sleeps with a...

per 5usc2903 and 3331, a duly sworn sf61 will be in the file of all civilian employees of the federal executive branch. to assert otherwise is simply incorrect and unhelpful, or the employee isn’t lawfully one. an employee may have forgotten, or choose to violate, his/her oath, but it is there...

no argument from me about the purposely dismal state of education in the u.s., and maybe no bible involved all the time, but everyone at every level of government certainly swears, at least by signature, an oath of office to uphold the constitution. when i administered such oaths i required the...

far too many government officials swear an oath to uphold a constitution that they never read on a bible that they never open.

a crucial point of the law here, as i read it, hinges on removing the handgun from the vehicle, not the journey of the vehicle with the handgun. a properly secured handgun, once properly stowed and secured in a motor vehicle by a lawful person, can ride along inside the motor vehicle during a...

i have an a+ rating as a buyer on gb.com. i most always reach out to the seller regarding used guns. the replies, or lack thereof, are telling. i was scammed once by a ffl who sold to me a rossi 32 revolver with an intentionally undisclosed timing problem, which i had fixed. i sold the rossi...

i wont ccw any piece that i can’t quickly, consistently & reliably hit with successive double taps, can’t well conceal, don’t know well enough to fieldstrip when half-asleep, regardless of caliber.

an unexercised muscle, or constitutional right, atrophies. is how i choose to peaceably exercise, or not, any of my unalienable rights also open to public discussion? just as i firmly believe in our enumerated rkba, i also adhere to our unenumerated right to privacy. if asked by friends about...

i had two new ruger wranglers and sold them for about what i paid. nothing wrong with them but: i am downsizing; i already have two lovely & forever ruger single sixes; i replaced the wranglers with a ruger mark4 pistol. if i had no rimfire handgun i would run to buy a new, $250ish, steel...

sprint don’t walk to get the ruger blackhawk convertible 10mm/40sw. you won’t regret it. put hogue or pachmayr rubber grips on it for more shooting comfort. during the last ammo drought 40sw was available at decent prices. 10mm for alaskan apex predators, 40sw for lower 48, forest or urban...

taurus 856 38sp revolver loaded with six 148gr wadcutters, with six 158gr ball rounds in a speedloader, both secured in a small handgun safe next to my bed. reliable, one-handed operation. if need be my non-gunner wife can pick it up and use it. if it goes into a police evidence locker for...

i laid in a stash of 148gr wadcutters and magtech 125gr cbc shorts when both soft-shooting 38sp rounds were relatively available and cheap several years ago. highly recommended if recoil must be mitigated.

i was just thinking about this very topic after reading some snarky comments elsewhere about “hopeless boomers addicted to revolvers or 22s for protection.” infirmities from age, illness or injury make one a more tempting target by predators: it’s the first law of the jungle. surely the...