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Modern Rifle: .223 Rem for the AR-15 Modern Pistol: 45 ACP Classic Rifle: 30-06 Classic Pistol: 45 Colt

'glad to see this thread still going strong, 16 years later. Cimarron Man with No Name revolver in 45 Colt. That prompted me to buy dies, bullets and brass for it. Really fun gun. Easy to shoot, even with relatively stout handloads.

I'm sorry to say it's just my carry gun, a Sig P365 loaded with some good Winchester hollow points. The thing is, I practice the most with it, since it's my carry gun. Every time I come home from shooting, I load it up again with those hollow points and put it back in the quick-safe. Yeah...

...and that's how hunters get killed in the woods.

I will relate my brother's, as my best doesn't hold a candle: We were kids; he was 13 and I was 15. We were out in a wooded area surrounding a lake. Red-winged Blackbirds everywhere. We had our pump-up air rifles. Mine was a 760 Pumpmaster, his was a 66 Powermaster with the 4X scope. His vision...

I'm gonna buy some Mother's Mag & Aluminum polish. It's a LOT cheaper than Flitz. Will it get the carbon rings off the front of the cylinder too?

That does look good, but I don't think my 625 is pre-drilled. I think it predates the OEM drilled top strap. (I forgot to check last night)

My trusty SP-101 was getting to be not so trusty any more; the trigger would sometimes not return all the way. I had modded the gun years ago with a 13 lb. Hammer spring and a lighter return spring. Maybe it was time to go back to the factory return spring? Or maybe it was just time for a...

I bet you wouldn’t like it out of an SP-101 in a magnum load! ;)

Bullseye is not to be found in these parts.

Sig P365 with the flush mag and you can pocket carry 9 mm!

Yep, you’re sure not going to find a “deal” on them. I had to order mine at great expense from gunbroker, but a brick goes a long way. As for the bullets, I’ve never heard of mbc, but I’d go with coated, and make your clean up a lot easier.

Beretta PX4. Just about everything else out there is a variant of Browning’s tilt-locking design. There’s a used one for sale at the LGS I’ve got my eye on Ruger Mk. II is close. I just think it’s so elegant, with its tubular receiver that stays fixed with the barrel, and only the slide moves...

Today, I went to the range with two magnum revolvers. I had made up some fine hand loads for them. The guns were my 3” Ruger SP-101 in 357 Mag and my 7-1/2” Ruger Redhawk in 44 Mag. I first shot the SP with some wadcutter handloads; they were easy to shoot, but their accuracy was...

It’s $126 gun man. The main questions should be: 1) Is the (DA) trigger good? 2) Is the lock-up good? 3) Is the bore good? If so, buy it. This will be your beater gun. Heck, for that price, I’m tempted to drive down there and buy it out from under you. The other thing you could do is STOP...