Recent content by WolfMansDad

A shotgun is safer than a rifle, even a .22, in a populated area, and a high-brass #6 or #5 load is perfectly adequate for foxes, raccoons, &c. One shot is almost certainly going to be all you need. And the authorities absolutely, positively need to know about a rabid animal, whether you...

I have tried both, and over time the 1911 grows on me. The G21(SF) doesn't. Both are fine pieces and will probably serve you well, but if you are like me, over time you will bond with the 1911, but the "new" will quickly wear off the 21. 1911: Pros - Slimmer (*much* easier to carry, in...

Sometimes .32 gives better penetration than .380.

Holy crap! Note that all the door and window locks in the world would not have stopped these guys.

The Walther PPK was designed to be carried with the hammer down and the safety off. There is a hammer block that keeps the hammer from contacting the firing pin until the trigger is pulled all the way back. That's why you (EHL) couldn't get yours to go off by striking the back of the hammer. You...

I was shadowed last week by something while running my bird dogs. We were up a canyon in an place where there are lots of deer and some lions. This is in Southern California not too far from civilization, and lions are known to live in the area. I have two dogs, one a three-year-old...

+1 Cousin Mike, and everyone ought to know something about punching and grappling both. Each has its own application. I've used jiu-jitsu many times to subdue unruly drunks, when escalation to punching would have made me the bad guy. Only date long-legged women! :)

Both the silver pigeon and white onyx lines are great shotguns, possibly the best balanced in the world. I only wish they came with two triggers.

This burns me up. Lots and lots of people know who committed this crime, and they aren't talking to the police.

You beat me to it, benezra. You can shoot an air pistol inside for years on end and not pick up any lead in your body. The lead from a few stray pellets or pieces of pellets you forgot to sweep up won't get absorbed. .22lr, on the other hand... I don't know. At "inside" distances, I don't...

I once went to visit a relative who kept a loaded "riot gun" just inside his front door, in plain view. I was about eleven at the time and thought, "That's real convenient for the burglar!" I only keep one loaded, and if it is not on my person or under my immediate control it is in the safe.

I had the same thoughts, boredelmo. My one and only home defense firearm is a glock. Sure, long guns are more powerful, but unless you're in Iraq you can get the job done with a handgun.

Around here, the papers usually throw in something about meth possession or stolen credit cards, charges which mysteriously never make it to the arraignment.

I did try this, and the slide was very rough. Sometimes it would catch and stick, requiring a lot of force to move it either forward or backward. It was anything but silky smooth. My other pistols have all been smooth in this test, and I was wondering if 1911s were supposed to be different...

First, when units armed with M-16s engage units armed with AKs, the guys with the M-16s almost always win. You could argue that this is training, and a lot of it probably is. Nevertheless, it happens. Second, inside the US, AR-pattern rifles vastly out-sell AK-pattern rifles. When people...