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I have posted here and elsewhere about my desire for a single shot adapter for my 77/22, 'til now without success. Facing a lot of enforced idle time, I decided it's time I made my own. Not caring to reinvent the wheel, so to speak, I did yet another web search and found The Perdue Training...

I have decided to snag a CMP M-1 before they're gone and must choose between SA and HRA Service Grade offerings. I am looking for the best shooter, not collectors' piece. Has anyone any argument for or against either?

Oregon hunting often includes precipitation (the youngster next door used to say "It's participating!" It does that, too. :D) so I need to add lens covers to my scope. Does anyone use the Leupold Alumina Flip-up covers? Do your lenses stay covered even when plowing through heavy brush? I am...

The Kimber .22LR conversion goes on an older Springfield Armory cheapie frame. Any high velocity ammo with bullets less than 40 grains will just not run the gun reliably. Failures run the gamut, failure to extract, stove pipes, slide travel to ejection but not to new round pick up, any or all...

I may be hunting with an inexperienced friend this fall who will be hunting with a .243 Win. I would really appreciate comments from those who have hunted elk with the .243, especially guides who may have had customers shooting the .243.

It appears there will be a 20 to 26 week wait for a Milt Sparks holster fitted to the Kimber Compact Stainless I have ordered. I will certainly at least experiment with toting the 4" gun in the IWB holster that carries the full sized 1911. Has anyone any experience with a such a combo...

Jeffery D. Kooistra, a regular commentator in Analog magazine, offers his thoughts, backed by Twain and Life on the Mississippi, on the value of drill to learn important skills. Made me go back to my presentation-from-concealment drills. (How do you argue with Mark Twain?) Read it at...

I have a hardbound copy of HANDGUN STOPPING POWER The Definitive Study by Evan P. Marshall and Edwin J. Sanow, the presence of which on my bookshelf is now an irritant. An ethology major in college, I recognized immediately that the statistical analysis was unacceptable when the book was printed...

A novel currently serialized in ANALOG magazine posits a character wounded by a bullet fired from a range of over a thousand miles in the micro gravity environment of a space going balloon several thousand miles in diameter. The gun is described as breech loading, bullet plus loose powder (yah...

A search of this forum and the web for details of the live fire qualifications for a Nevada CCW permit has not proven productive. Can anyone tell me, in detail, what to expect? I will be including a 1911, SIG-Sauer P226, and Colt 1903 in my first go round. I am confident of the .45ACP and...

In a restaurant, a small boy walked up to my table and, when he knew he had my attention, said, "Excuse me, sir, are you carrying a gun?" I did, in fact, have my 5" 1911 holstered inside my waistband but I was confident that I had done nothing to reveal its presence. I answered, "Well son...

My particular version of material lust leads to a slow approach to acquisition. I am getting closer to a military type .308/7.62 NATO semi-auto. My inclination is toward the full boat Fulton Armory rifle. I would appreciate input from those who have extensive experience with both the...

Some time back I heard a radio yapper mention having ICE, In Case of Emergency, files programmed into your cell phone address book. The idea is that emergency responders processing a victim with a cellular phone can access important info such as who to call, medications, and for one of my...

City Councilman Jack Weiss, chairman of the Public Safety Committee, said he would introduce a city ordinance today that would call for the prosecution of gun owners who don't report stolen or missing weapons within 48 hours. Conviction would be a misdemeanor. "It is my goal that the...

Washing dishes and looking out the kitchen window I spotted a critter. Oh, grunt, another of my neighbor’s cows. No, the other neighbor’s horse, that’s OK. NO! An elk! A BIG bull elk! Range 175-200 yards, walking slowly, broadside shot. Maybe I should get an elk tag this year. :D Uh...

The best friend’s ten year old, my honorary nephew, is a southpaw. He is also getting very close to his first deer rifle. Most of the thinking ‘til now has been of bolt actions with a new Savage as the fall back position. It dawned on me (finally) that a Savage Model 99 in .250 Savage or...

So I learned when visiting a gunstore recently. This was imparted by a PD armorer and instructor. How do I know he is an armorer and instructor? I have his assurance, of course. :D Could he actually be correct about S&W and Kimber?

http://www.varmintal.com/ Quite a bit of good shooting related stuff. Lots of gee whiz stuff, too.:D

KCBS, an all news station in San Francisco, recently ran a four part series titled "Young Guns." It is available at http://podcast.medianext.com/stations/kcbs/ in the Bay Area Stories section.

I am honorary uncle to my best friends’ kids. The ten year old has been a shooter for several years now and will soon qualify for a hunting license. The NRA offers two books which I am thinking of buying: The Hunter’s Guide and Western Big Game Hunting by Jim Zumbo. Quick reviews by any here...