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I dampen a rag with WD-40 and wipe off all the powder fouling I can. (Mentioning WD-40 on a firearms board is just about guaranteed to start a fight, but if you're just using it to remove powder fouling from the outside of the gun, and you wipe it all off, it works perfectly and costs almost...

Another vote for the .257 Bob, along with the 6.5x55. With the right bullets, they're adequate for any non-dangerous game in North America.

I'd take the revolver. Partly it's because I shoot revolvers better. Partly it's because I'm going to have to carry the damn thing around every day and the weight difference is significant, at least to me. I'm not, however, going to load it with full house .357 ammo, though, and "recoil...

Pre-war Model 70s embody what the average pre-'64 connoisseur thinks of pre-'64 Winchesters: good quality workmanship and materials, reliable design, and adequate accuracy. Post war guns often don't. Things like wood-to-metal fit, inletting, and metal finishing are often average, at best. Of...

I use Clover 320 in general. For a severe constriction I will use six or twelve rounds with 280 grit. You have to be careful, as that really cuts fast, but it's better than loading and firing 200 rounds of 320. I use wheelweight metal. It's cheap and has essentially no "spring" so does not...

Within the past two years I bought three Ruger .45 Colts. All have throats right at .452. All shoot about as accurately as my Ruger .44s - which is to say, all of them are about as accurate as I am capable of proving, at least after firelapping.

Guess I'd go with the S&W Mountain Gun - assuming I had to carry it a whole lot before getting into a fight with it.

I really like Leupold's Scout scope. It's somewhat more expensive than many others, but seems to last more-or-less forever, and has the lifetime warranty if it doesn't. FWIW, you may want to look up the difference between "pickanniny" and "piccatiny" before you end up confused about why you're...

I have only one revolver with inlaid lines, but several other revolvers I like to use for "artillery practice". On those ones I use Pilot brand silver metallic markers (http://www.artstuff.net/Pilot-Metallic-Markers_p_64.html) to draw in a couple of lines. The lines usually last for a few...

I can see the OP's point. The .38/.357 have a lot of bases covered. But I also see the point of the .327 Magnum. A light, fast, energetic bullet appears to be very good from a self-defense standpoint, but the .357 simply kicks too hard for many folks - especially in a light revolver. If the...

ArchAngel is correct, of course, but... as a general thing I find that I'm holding between a foot to a foot-and-a-half high at "standard" .45 Colt velocities, with a 25 yard zero. And "as a general thing" is fairly valid considering the accuracy one can expect with a short barrel revolver at 100...

I have never heard a track and field athlete refer to his javelin as a weapon, despite the fact that it was originally intended as one.

Dawei's experience matches mine. I've had Wolff springs in several Tauri (including an 85 CH) and they caused severe problems in all of them. Going back to the original springs returned them to serviceability.

It's mostly a matter of personal preference, until you start greatly exceeding traditional .45 Colt loads. Then the Bisley grip becomes more comfortable for most people. In some opinions, by the time you are firing 325 grain bullets at 1200+ FPS, the traditional grip is almost unmanageable...

I keep a few copies of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Pistol manual on hand to give to friends who are learning the game. I don't trust the internet on the topic simply because there is so much nonsense floating around. Some of it doubtless very good, but separating the wheat from the chaff can be...

I got good information from the Miculek videos and recommend them. He's gold. The trouble is the announcer/interviewer who, I believe, is Larry Magill. Whoever he is, he's in the way, and often does more talking than does Miculek himself. If you can manage to ignore that, you may still find...

I treat the .500 like I treat the .458 Winchester: it will get loaded to full power if I ever go after elephants. Otherwise it gets loaded down - sometimes significantly - depending upon what I'm going to do with it. In the .500, 350-400 grain cast bullets at 800 to 1000 FPS are adequate for...

As pointed out, CraigC wins the thread. I have only one thing to add: "energy" is nearly useless when discussing handguns. There are other, much more important, factors. Chief of those is frontal area. Game animals are much more impressed by it than by "energy". That's a big factor in the...

I returned a Davidson's gun after inspecting it in the shop. The shop owner was put out about it, but I insisted. The next time I saw him, he apologized for giving me a hard time and said Davidson's made it as easy as possible for him. I've never had any trouble dealing with Davidson's. I've...

When I want guaranteed competence I go to a name on the American Pistolsmith Guild list. I don't know any other way to know for a fact that the guy really knows what he's about.