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It's been a while since I read anything on the matter, but weren't the first ten Amendments basically a requirement for the states to agree to a federal government? If so, then removing one of them invalidates the Union entirely, as the conditions are no longer being met. Of course, those...

I tend to believe that most 'failure' stories involving firearms are gleefully spread by hoplophobes. If they do a good enough job of it, even some gun-friendly folks jump on the bandwagon, just to sound 'expert'. "You goin' into dem woods with a .9mm? May's'well not bother 'less you got a...

I've had both, and prefer the AR generally. For what it was designed to do, the AK is a great gun, and its caliber is far from 'silly'. It was never designed to be a tack driver. Now, a 7.62x59...that'd fall somewhere between .308 and .30-06...

Years ago, I had a 6" Sec Six. Accurate as all-get-out, and I carried it in all my desert wandering while I had it. About 25 years ago, it was stolen. Otherwise I'd still have it.

Yep, they've been making .45-70 since long before any of us was born. While it still ain't a *cheap* round, it's still pretty well represented.

Unless I'm specifically going after small game (in which case I'd have my 10/22 or an airgun), my always-along woods/desert rifle is my Marlin levergun. Until a couple years ago, it was a 30/30, but then I picked up my 1894 in .44mag, and it's been a really good companion in the thick 'n brambly.

According to Unkle Joe, just gotta use a shotgun, and shoot it through a door. Then you're good.

My wilderness wheelgun is my SBH in .44 mag. If I'm carrying a little closer to home, but still in the woods, my Dan Wesson 15-2 with the 6" barrel. If I'm carrying it urban, it's IWB with a 2.5" bbl, but I usually carry my XDS .45

Jolly, some have claimed the XDS trigger was improved by the fix, but I haven't really noticed the difference since I got mine back. I like the eminently concealable piece that'll hold (with the extended mag) 7+1 full .45acp rounds, and on the 20 yd plates, I could smack 'em down with authority...

Not compensating for anything, but have always loved .44 magnum. My current .44Mag guns are an 1894 Marlin levergun and a 7.5" SBH. As has been stated here, hold it right, and it'll roll upward with recoil. The idea is that you can thumb the hammer back during this cycle and be able to get...

With a little patience you could probably get more than that. My wife has one with w 4" barrel, and is a pretty darned good shot with it. We were popping off rounds at her family farm in Ga, and she did a fine job of shooting down a 6" pine that was threatening our drain valve. It'll make a...

I love it in a rifle, and recently picked up a Ruger American in the caliber... sweet. I always liked the idea of a matching-caliber pistol, and the fact that my .22 revolver came with a .22 mag cylinder was just a happy circumstance. It has a 6.5 (give or take)" barrel, though, and it resides...

Uhm... I carried one for about a year, and it seemed just about right for the caliber. Disappeared in an IWB holster, and was *just* big enough that I could get a decent grip on it. I'd say they did a fine job of it. Heck, I'd still have it except that I got the hots for the XDS.

So, about what is your price range there?

I have an elastic buttstock holder on my .44 Marlin. Between that and a full tube, I'm generally good. Back in the old days, when I'd spend the weekend in the desert, I'd probably want to carry more, maybe an ammo belt...