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For the gun, I like the mountain gun better, for the cartridge, I like the 44 Special better, If you have a month or so to wait around I can make up my mind.

Here in Iowa, before the permit requirement was done away with, I was stopped on the side of the road to look at a map. State trooper pulls up behind me to see what's what. Carry piece is visible on the passenger seat. I have my carry permit, all is in order. He detained me and I am sitting...

Why would I care if it's pre-ban vs post-ban?

I came up on a garter snake with mower. Now having no legs, a snake can't jump. But that garter snake jumped! Went for the creek and lived for another day. Rattle snakes are unknown in my county. When I have met them elsewhere I don't shoot them, just let them go. This was always out in...

Not a Western, but in the "Rocketeer" the rank and file bad guys are carrying P38's in 1936.

Agreed, but it's still following the 96 times rule.

I only open carry out in the boonies or once a month at a pizza joint that gives me a10% discount if I am open carrying.

The ATF will frown on a smooth bore 1911 sans tax stamp. Take care.

Everybody knows the "Missouri Troubles" were resolved with Winchesters before the civil war. If you don't believe me, just watch the movie.

No brainer. Although I would run 10mm and not worry about 38-40 myself.

The 1917 is a New Service variant chambered for the 45 ACP with clips. Presuming it is a 1917 and not modified in some way plan to use 45 ACP with clips. Other variants of the New Service were chambered for 45 Colt.

Not quite shure what you mean by the weight comment, but the British makers of the really really high end shotguns have a rule of thumb that a gun should weight 96 times the shot charge. 96 times a 12 gauge load of 1.25 oz is exactly 7.5 lb,

P.S. Here's an Anaconda. You will note the outer wall of the kaboom chamber is not split. Both webs failed.

CraigC. You asked for a Picture. Your Picture. This picture is immediately above it in the same article. Shows the sort of failure I was talking about and you claim never happens. Every failure I've seen was of this type. If the missing area is recovered it is almost always a single...

Several for various reasons. One is a 22LR SA revolver that, to be charitable, might be described as "low end". But it was my father's. I wouldn't worry about condition if I were to shoot it, it just isn't worth shooting. On the other hand, I have a nickel plated S&W 29-9, probably the rarest...

The problem with Remington or Colt 31 pocket revolvers is trying to find a 320 ball. I finally found some, but it was along search. Not into casting.

Long enough the ends don't complicate the picture, it's a hoop case. If it's short enough, the hoop case does not apply. But we don't know what you had. A revolver cylinder is not a hoop case. Apples and oranges.

Long enough the ends don't complicate the picture. If it's short enough the simple hoop strength formula doesn't apply. No idea what you are dealing with. A revolver cylinder is NOT a simple hoop case. I've never seen one fail at the notch. I'm not saying it never happens, it's an...

Not necessarily the thinnest place. How the stress is distributed plays a big role. A long pipe is the simple hoop case where stress will concentrate at the thinnest point. In a revolver cylinder there is more stress on the web than the outer wall. You're arguing with Colt and S&W, not me...

Aside from thickness, there is a wide range of the steel's strength. A modern S&W heat treated cylinder will be far stronger than a vintage Colt SAA cylinder. A Webley MkVI has thick walls, but it's 19th century metallurgy.