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Is anyone else out there using Berry's plated 230-grain RN bullets in their .45ACP(s)? What COL have you found works well? I'm trying to work up a plinking and practice load for a 1911. I've already done various searches on this forum as well as "Googling" it, and havn't found a thing about...

Is HS-6 powder not a good choice for the .45ACP? I’ve used it for years in .38 Special and .357 Magnum loads, but just recently bought myself a 1911 .45ACP and started loading for it. HS-6 and Unique are the only two handgun powders I have on hand that are listed in my loading manuals as...

Both of my Hornady Manuals (3rd and 4th editions) list the COL of the .32 Winchester Special at 2.605” when using Hornady 170 FP bullets. But a COL of 2.605” appears to be way too long as it leaves the bullet’s cannelures above the case mouths. For the bolt action rifles I’m used to loading...

OK folks; please don’t laugh at this question. It is sort of gun related, at least NRA related. My wife and I are planning on attending an NRA banquet at the Red Lion Inn in Pocatello, Idaho tomorrow night. We’ve never been to a NRA banquet before and don’t know how to dress. Is it likely to...

I have a couple of questions regarding Dan Wesson handguns, particularly their 1911s. I’ve been lusting after a Dan Wesson 10mm, 1911 Commander size bobtail since I seen a picture of one about a year ago. In fact, I think I saw that picture on THR. But so far, I haven’t seen one for real...

Besides the obvious (weight, stock fit and recoil pad) what factors affect a rifle’s felt recoil? The reason I ask is because Dad recently sold an old Remington 30-06 (I don’t remember the model number) that he hadn’t fired in over 30 years. He gave up on it because he claimed it kicked too...

I was watching that Dateline news show on television tonight. It was another one of those stories about them setting up a sting operation to catch Internet sex predators. I’m sure most of us have seen one or more of those types of shows lately. Dateline has done a series of them. Anyway...

My wife and I will be celebrating our 35th Anniversary next month and a couple of days ago she told me what she’d like to do for it. She wants to drive over to Cody, Wyoming to visit the gun museums and attend the big gun show being held there at that time. I consider myself one lucky dude...

When I was out shooting my 41 Magnum today, I came a across a round without any powder. Even though the primer fired, for some reason it didn’t develop enough pressure to even push the bullet out of the case. Which is very, very lucky for me. I didn’t even know the primer had fired. I’ve...

I’ve been looking very hard for the past 6 months for a 41 Magnum revolver, stainless, with a 4 to 6 inch barrel. Smith recently had a short run of 41 Magnum “Mountain Guns,” but only in blued. They also started building some more 657s. But they’re huge – 71/2” barrels, non-fluted cylinders...

Could some of you folks recommend a serviceable, but not too awfully expensive (around $500.00) spotting scope? I need a multi-purpose one – BPCR competition, evaluating 7mm and 30-caliber groups at 200 yards and sizing up mule deer anywhere from 200 to 600 yards. Am I asking too much from a...

I've seen new Smith 657s (.41 Mag stainless) in three different gunstores in the last week and they all had unfluted cylinders. Are unfluted cylinders any stronger? Why do most revolvers have fluted cylinders in the first place? Is it just for looks? I do prefer the looks of fluted...

Would someone explain what is meant by the terms “1st Generation, 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation Colts?” Does the word “generation” apply only to the Colt SAA or does it apply to all Colt handguns? Please forgive my ignorance. It’s just that I was handed down a couple of old Colt .22...

Could someone tell me approximately when the Model 657 (.41 Mag) Smith & Wesson revolver I saw at a gun show today was built, or tell me where to look? It's has a nickle finish and pinned barrel. Its serial number is N689908. Thanks.

I bought a .41 Magnum a couple of weeks ago and loaded 50 rounds of ammo for it the other night. I was using 220-grain JSPs (half jackets) over 8.2-grains of Unique. This afternoon my son-in-law and I took the gun and those loads down to the local gravel pit to try them out. We took turns...

I’m considering a Taurus “Tracker” .41 Magnum. However, I use cast bullets almost exclusively in revolvers. Has anyone heard of, or experienced problems with firing cast bullets through ported barrels? Thanks.

I heard on the TV news (so it must be true, right?) that some survey rated Camden, New Jersey as the most dangerous city in the U.S. How can that be? I thought New Jersey has a lot of gun control laws.:banghead:

Could someone explain how to pull the buttstock off a Browning A-5? Thanks, in advance.

I'm not sure if I'm posting this question in the correct section or not, so if I'm wrong, will the moderators please move it? I bought a Kimber 1911 38 Super a while back and I've been running Winchester and American Eagle 130 grain FMJs through it to break it in. Today, I took it out to see...

My wife fixed chicken fried venison steak sandwiches for dinner this afternoon. They were absolutely delicious. But she bit down on a piece of bullet jacket about the size of a BB. She didn't break a tooth, but it hurt like heck and made her mad. I told her it must have come from one of...