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Great idea; such would really increase the utility of either one. Sillier things have happened; I got a stamp for a wire stock, to go on the first generation Scorpion. Sometimes, I'm too law abiding. There is a sawn 18" Topper stashed at our camp, with a full buttstock. A late buddy picked up...

Taken to its logical conclusion, this is really the only way to "have enough gun" (Well, a radio, with a loitering Warthog on the other end would be good ;) ) Again, as armed civilians, we're not obliged to charge in. But a long gun remains a great choice for home defense. Moon

Two things here. One is an armed civilian knowing his limitations. The other being a legal and ethical one. As armed civilians, we're not obliged to ride to the sound of the guns, and there's always the chance of stumbling into the middle of something we don't understand. Taking a longish...

Drobs, thanks. Your pictures remind me of the ones I saw of old, shorty Winchesters. It's amazing that Canada, where what is not specifically permitted is specifically banned, allows nifty short barreled carbines like that. My 16" '92 is a handy length, and maintains magazine capacity. But a...

Just looked them up, and status quo. Still promising to have a real online site....sometime. Burrhead, not sure what I like best, all your grip adapters, or the 'day of the dead' photo backdrop. Ahhh, that's a lie, like the grip adapters best. ;) Moon

Guys, I've lotsa things to carry and shoot. A RM would be on velvet, with a library light. :) YMMV. Moon

Elmer was a one of a kind item. I'm old enough to remember when he was still writing in the gunzines. There was no internet; we found our gunstuff in the mags once a month. Not everyone was a fearless as Elmer, nor as colorful. Moon

Mentioned elsewhere here, our late range officer (a homegrown Elmer Keith) called Ruger CS about using smokeless powder in an Old Army. The tech's voice went up three octaves.... Moon

Lot of good analysis here. For the moment, there's enough slack in our retirement that we're okay, but I'll never see a COLA. It's been suggested elsewhere that a lot of folks are out over their skis with credit card debt. This may be forcing some unwilling sales, and reducing disposable...

Wish I could remember more, and I've lost touch with the family. It had a side swinging barrel release. His bedroom window was maybe forty feet from mine, and we'd BS after dark. Sometimes he'd put a magnetic flashlight on the shotgun (he was a man ahead of his time; we're talking 1960). But...

There, fixed it. :) Show me ( ^^^^^ ) said similar. I've never had the tube come adrift in a .44 Mag Marlin '94, nor in a number of '92s, but it does puzzle me what holds such things together. Had it down to a system, on that '94, if you let the rounds out of the magazine the same way you...

Handled a stainless Vertec compact, loved it, and should have had the shop put it back. Have never run across another one. Moon

Had an old buddy/neighbor when I was a teenager. It was another time, but he kept a whole assortment of interesting/older guns. These days, someone would call Children and Youth. There was what I recall as a pretty presentable Trapdoor Springfield, and a side-by double. It had a feature I've...

Sounds my Trailboss .45 Colt loads....yet the darn things do real damage to a dangling bowling pin. Yes, fun to shoot, but not like kissing your sister. Moon

Very late in life, I've come to like Tyler Ts/BK adapters. They were sort of a codgery cop kind of thing when I was first shooting (you in the back, no smartass comments about wheelocks.... ;) ) They actually work really well, and have enjoyed a renaissance since getting exposure here (and...

That may be assuming facts not in evidence! ;) Maybe more like buying green bananas. Moon

Short barreled lever guns are generically referred to as "trappers". They don't have the short stock of the Mare's Leg. Shorter barreled lever guns weren't that uncommon before the '35 National Firearms Act, that also regulated silencers and full auto arms. The assumption was that a trapper...

I had an eight pound Keg of Bullseye, a gunshow acquisition that fed all my autopistol rounds for 15 years, maybe more. It was a state occasion when it finally went empty. I can remember when mixing lots of powder bothered me, but I got over it. ;) Moon

In my ongoing role of Captain Obvious, this is the second great advantage of handloading. It is nice to be able to turn down the heat on real thumpers. Moon

I'm taking that all you need to do is shorten the base pin cylinder bushing, to achieve a proper fit in the frame. That makes sense as not to tough a job. I'm not after a cap and ball conversion; did sell away a Ruger Old Army, which was a ball to shoot. It was also fiddly to load and shoot...