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cleaning my gun safe 1 day... I did find an envelope w/ 5 C-notes that I had stashed a couple of yrs. back. All you married fellows raise your hand

a little "Pocket Change" will go a long way when you don't have a screwdriver

Enough More than I NEED Fewer than I WANT

LCP finger extension mag base plate I got an after market finger extension mag buttplate for my LCP (Ruger hadn't come out wiith their's yet) I found it DID make a diference. Less reliable with the extension. Putting your pinky on the extension seems to "pry" the mag down a bit and I had a...

Gilbert's Small Arms Range - Lorton VA. (5 minutes outside of the Beltway - Washington DC- on 95) Come by any Sunday Morning and have a Donut on us.

Here every goes trashing this guy and all but outright calling him a thief and con artist. What reason is there to shut them down. Could it not be just a super good deal. UNtil proven otherwise why not take the ad and guy at face value. I know for a fact (got stung once) the US Post Office...

rolling file cabinets I do just fine with "good quality" industrial style two drawer file cabinets Mounted with a 2X10 piece of lumber "bolted" on. The cabinets are mounted on rollers. f You are worried about them rolling around Just put a 4x4 under them to lift the wheels off the floor...

Zip guns This "fella" I knew when I was Young...... :O) built "Zip" Guns. No One I knew ever used one to do harm but we all thought we were "Cool Dudes" to have them around. I'm sure the statute of limitations mjust have run out. This was in Boston in the 1940s "He" was inspired...

I Traded in my SIG (357Sig) I Have remaining; Ten Pounds ( aprox 1000 ) .357 Sig > Brass. Once Fired, Agency Indoor Range, Pick up (That's the way it was sold to me) How about........ $30 .......plus shipping ...(It will all fit into one flat rate Box) What say You ...

Does anyone else have this problem? When counting out brass ( from the tumbler into 100 count baggies) I seem to get tiny "cuts" on my finger tips. Sort of like "paper cuts" only much smaller. They sting for DAYS afterward. Sometimes my finger swells up. Apparently the case mouths of the...

For Redneck2 I shoot at an Indoor Range Max Distance 25 Yards Limited to "Pistol" rounds I am trying to simulate/emulate/prepare for > Bench Rest Target Shooting Useing a TC Contender in "Carbine" configuration. These two calibers were recommended to me as: 1. Meeting the range...

Alternate ( NOT H110) powder for 357 Rem Maximum Have been playing with two new barrels for my TC Contender (in carbine configuration). Hand Loading for: 357 Rem Maximum (180 and 158 grain Jacketed) and 45 Winchester Magnum (230 grain Jacketed) Working with the 45 Win Magnum...

Where is the "Best" Buy today for 357 Magnum/Maximum "jacketed" bullets ( 158 grain )

Ok I've been playing around without reliable facts for long enough. Time to ask for help from those who know more than I ( I would hope). I have a TC Contender in carbine configuration. I shoot at an indoor range which is limited to 25 Yards and "Pistol" ammunition calibers. I reload...

Want to load .45 Winchester Magnum for a 16"(+) TC Contender. I have some Hard Cast Lead 260 grain bullets. Am a little leary of driving Hard Cast lead down 16" of barrel. Afraid of unacceptable leading if I drive them too hard and I DO want stout loads ( what's the sense in wimpy .45...