Search results for query: *

I use the little paper labels that come with the boxes. This is a 7’ high shelving unit that has 4’x2’ shelves. Since i have the ammo stacked all the way back to the wall, I had to add a center support to all the ammo shelves or they would have sagged/collapsed years ago. :) I don’t have any...

EWK used to be a source for reasonably priced barrels/shrouds. Based on posts I have seen over the years, I believe that isn’t the case anymore. This 3” VH is an EWK. When I bought my 6” V .22 Monson revolver, I found a 4” VH barrel/shroud on the CZ-DW website and bought it. I can’t recall...

Plenty of room, and since I’ve been retired for the last 18 months, plenty of time. :D (In fact I shot four guns, including my 5” Model 14-3 using three of my .38 Spl. handloads, today. :thumbup:) (Others may not be so lucky, so feel free to do what you can do. :)) Stay safe.

I only have a New Cobra .38, which I think is a fantastic ccw revolver. I’d like a couple more. But the $$ they command is a bit steep so I just keep on reading your range reports and live vicariously through them. :D Stay safe.

The whole reason I started hand loading in 1996 was to load up, or down, as I wanted to. (Each plastic cartridge box on the middle shelf holds a different handgun caliber/load combo, from .45 to .32) It seemed that every .44 Mag factory load on the gun store shelf shelf was full tilt, and...

Social Media, and much of societies’ addiction to posting their antics, made cases sooooo much easier to work when I retired in 2023 than they were back in 1991 when I started. Give a man a length of rope, and he will often hang himself with it. Tik Tok, Instagram, You Tube, etc. is like giving...

“To have and to hold…” No reason other than that one. There is a lot of overlap, but the rounds are different enough to me to be distinct. (Especially in a slightly smaller frame sized gun like the Flattop.) I like my 5.5” .44 Spl New Model Flattop. Its a nice revolver that looks as good as...

No performance difference with either brand with the new box paint scheme vs the old, for any who may have been confused about my post. 🙄 Stay safe.

They shoot ok. Unfortunately I loaded this particular batch a little stouter than I thought I was doing, so recoil was found to be a bit much from a bench for me to shoot them to their best potential. (Offhand recoil is stiff, but not God-awful.) I haven’t seen leading, but I dont have a...

I haven’t noticed a difference in WLP or Federal primers. (They are now in newer style boxes, too.) I also think its just a refresh/packaging update, like loaded cartridge boxes occasionally go through. :) Stay safe.

Almost all my handgun shooting is indoors, Ibidjiheads and Blue Bullets really, really leave smoke. Almost as bad as bare lead/lube bullets do. In my mid-pressure .32, .38-.357, .44 S-M and .45 Colt loadings, I seem to get very little smoke, beyond the usual gunpowder smoke, from Eggleston...

My only beef with ACME is the thin coating they put on their bullets. I shoot a lot of coated bullets, and seem to get a lot more coating flaking off of their bullets than Brazos/Eggleston/Missouri/Bayou, etc. I haven’t looked hard for leading, but it can’t be good in the long run if their...

My 85 year old Dad relies on his Colt Huntsman as a HD pistol. Obviously he would prefer a more substantial caliber in a life or death scenario, but his ability to grasp/rack a centerfire slide or pull through a DA trigger stroke isn’t very dependable anymore. He is still very good with the...

Man, that brings back memories! When I worked at a canned food warehouse in college, I got to occasionally take home “puffed” cans of food as targets. These were cans that had spoiled, and the gasses from the decay sealed inside had caused the can ends to bulge from the pressure. They were...

Indeed, that’s some good stuff there. :thumbup: In a full sized gun, like my Beretta 96 or Glock 22, the .40 S&W is a nice shooter. In a smaller ccw-type gun, like my S&W 4013, to me it gets a tad snappy with full power loads. But it is an effective SD round with good SD ammo, so you appear...

Iver Johnson offers a bunch of long slide options. https://iverjohnsonarms.com/store/c10/Long_Slide_-_6%22.html My only long slide is a Springfield V-16. Long discontinued, it isn’t very often seen anymore. It has a 5” frame with the 6” ported slide/barrel. The 7” AMT longslide is another...

I had one. Me and two buddies bought into the magazine copy and purchased the first ones Divine Firearms sold (DF was a So Cal kitchen-table dealer that catered to LEO sales. They closed their doors 20-odd years ago). It felt better in my hands than Gen 3 Glock 21’s did. ( To me, THAT is s...

Of the two, I like the Hogue grips on the Model 13 best. It fits my hand well and keeps the gun in place when shooting. :thumbup: Stay safe.

Hogue or Pachmayr rubber grips are on mine. Model 19. Model 13. Stay safe.

Great guns, the S&W K-frame .38 Special’s! I first picked up a .38 Model 14-2, then I followed with a bunch of others. :D They do have a surprising ability to become an addiction. Stay safe.