Recent content by zzzarkt

Your mini maglite will be plenty bright if you put one of these in it: http://batteryjunction.com/tle-5k2.html My brother in law has this mounted on his 870 and it works well, more than bright enough to light up a dark room.

Great suggestions all, thanks. I have that tornado brush, after MANY passes through by barrel, only small flecks of lead were coming out leaving much still on the bore. I'm reasonably sure it will not damage the barrel but like Fumbler I am uneasy about scraping that thing up and down the...

Was a fine day at the range last Saturday and I made two discoveries that day. 1) I love shooting rifled slugs through my IC barrel 870. very accurate out to 50 yards with rifle sights. 2) Back home, cleaning lead out of same barrel is a real pain. Scrubbing and scraping...

Had this conversation a few days ago: Wife: My aunt invited us to a Christmas party at her work this year. I would really like us to go, OK? Me: Is this the Aunt that works at the Casino? Wife: Yeah, so? Me: It's illegal to carry at the Casino, its on the reservation. We would have...

Saw the sign the last time I was at my local Goodyear here in Tucson, emphasis on last time. It is a pity because the service and prices are really top notch.

I got my magazines in about two weeks, range bag in about a month.

While I honestly believe the XD to be the superior firearm, I would go with the M&P. Springfield still refuses to sell parts to anyone but LEO armorers. If your XD has any part break you will have to ship it to Springfield and possibly be without your gun for what may be months. Smith and...

Since Springfield still refuses to sell spare parts to XD owners, I would go with the BHP. If you have a part break on the XD in the middle of a competition, you are out. If a part breaks on the BHP, swap it out and get back to shooting.

On his radio show today he said "I don't think anyone should be able to carry a handgun." Make of that what you will.

Whenever I see an expanded .45acp Federal HST at about 1" in width I cringe a little. Then I remember that I am on the giving, not the receiving end of them and then I smile. :D

Or in the lizard aisle of your local pet store. About $1.50 a piece, one on the outside or your safe, one on the inside. Makes it easy to tell when the silica needs recharging.

Thanks for the help Waywatcher, I am glad to hear that the part is just the J-lock detent, and not another part I knocked out accidentally. Here is a picture of the part: [/URL][/IMG] It is really strange that I did not find a spring in the channel with this part. I removed the pin...

Well thanks to the information posted in this thread, I also managed to replace the j-lock safety on my 870 with a standard, lock-less safety. My thanks to all who chimed in with this valuable information. Weird thing though, when I got started and tapped out the retaining pin while keeping...

I have a Wilson Combat magazine extension that has a front sling mount built in, and a sling stud on my speedfeed stock. It's not a fancy 3-point set up but it works just fine.

Amazing story, single shot from a .22, and the bad guy is D.R.T. Big thumbs up for the home owner. I also like the quote from Capt. Robert Aldrich of the Anoka County Sheriff's Department: "You are in your own house, you have a right to defend yourself and protect yourself." We could...