Recent content by wristtwister

The other posters are right about the "American Mosins" being more valuable... we have a "Westinghouse" contract gun at the shop. I think it sells for about $500 or $600. Of course, if the alterations were done on this gun, and it was a "Russian" Mosin, he only has 17 million of them to...

If you can take the original trigger spring and reinstall it, I can give you a fix for the problem. I rebuilt my mosin into a bench rifle, and the trigger was solved by hammering a .45 case into a plate and slipping it underneath the spring assembly. It changed the trigger from a 2-stage to a...

I won't attempt to go into a .40 cal/.357 Sig training class, other than to say the .357 Sig is a .40 cal. necked down to a 9MM bullet. I call them "extra crispy", and absolutely love to shoot them. One of the FBI agents who stops in the shop said they stopped shooting the .357 Sig because it...

I had a .40 cal FNP that shot great, but it was a little "clunky" as far as being a "carry gun"... of course, I didn't have an outside holster with all my old cop toys hanging off of it either. As a service weapon, I'm sure it would have been great, and the 9MM might function as well... but I'm...

Well, I own several M&P Smiths, have owned a couple of XD's and XDM's, and every one of the SR series. I like them all, and for different reasons. The Smith's feel the best while shooting, but the Rugers are a close second. The XD that I've kept is a "tactical" with the long slide and short...

I absolutely love my 10MM Witness compact. It just "rocks in my hand" when I shoot it, and it's pretty much a tack driver. I bought a "deal bag" from a local shop who had one on consignment.$400 and I got 4 slide sets in 10MM, a slide set in .45ACP, and a bevy of magazines for it. I carry it...

Uh... the police were in the parking lot and 70 people were shot... does anybody sincerely believe that of those 70 people that none of them deserved the right to protect themselves and their loved ones? That's completely idiotic... Fear does not drive opposition to gun control, because it's...

Up until I got an SR9c, the SR9 was the best gun I had ever taken out of the box new. I thought they had lost their minds when they took 7 rounds out of the mag and turned the SR9 into a "sissy pistol", but the gun's accurate, smooth shooting, and eats about anything I feed it. The capability...

Well, I don't want to burst your bubble, but "collecting Mosins" is a lot like collecting grass clippings. I fully support your effort, and enthusiasm, but there are 17 million of them floating around, and cases of them available. I have several of the "stock" ones and one that we built into a...

We've had a lot of excited shooters buying the new "American Rifles" from Ruger. We've sold a bunch of .308's and 30-06's. They're entry level rifles but well made and look great. You might take a look there if you're stuck in that $300+/- range. WT

I have two $95 Field and Stream scopes from Dick's Sporting Goods that dial my .308 and custom Mosin in at under an MOA. One of them "shook apart", but Dick's gave me an exchange, and the both of them work fine... and when I shoot, I usually shoot 100 to 150 rounds through the rifles, so...

Yeah... that gun started out as a joke. I bought the gun and left it standing against the door at TTI. As I walked out, I said "we ought to do a project with that Mosin"... when I came back the next day, Al had cut 9 inches off the barrel and put on a straightjacket. I thought the wood on...

Speaking of things you can do with a Mosin... That's my friend Mark holding mine...

My "shooting buddy" was a Navy sniper in Viet Nam. (43 confirmed, 19 probables) and can still shoot some amazing groups. He likes the paper targets better because they don't shoot back, but he's an amazing guy. To meet him, you would never know he ever did anything, but his "life story" in...

It all depends on whether you want versatility or just a little "sissie pistol" you can hide in your shorts. Straight up, the LC-9 is a smaller gun... it also has a thinner profile and almost none of the features of the SR-9C with the exception of the safety, loaded chamber indicator, and 3-dot...