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Fine, since there is consensus that the laws of physics don't apply to handguns and linear momentum is conserved only after the bullet has left the barrel I quit. You guys win.

precision shootist: I have two problems with this statement: 1. linear momentum is conserved at all times so if the bullet moves something else has to move backwards. You don't see the slide moving because it moves with much lower speed (inversely proportional to the ratio of the two...

MrBorland said: The movie is perhaps a good indication but I wonder whether it's really significant: the bullet is much lighter than the gun (or the slide) so by conserving momentum the gun (or slide) is going to move at a much lower speed and this might trick the eye in a movie. The gas in...

I would be very surprised if - all else being equal - a revolver was less accurate than a semi-auto (pretty much the same situation as a bolt action rifle and a semi-auto rifle.) The revolver (like the bolt action rifle) doesn't have much mass in motion while the bullet is accelerating in the...

I think that it boils down to the "speak softly and carry a big stick" motto: you don't go look for a fight and try to avoid escalating to violence but are prepared for the worst. After all even the Romans "si vis pacem para bellum" was following similar ideas. Clearly we haven't changed a lot...

When i applied I looked for it in vain and ended up asking for the paper forms (the ATF has a web page to do it). I believe that they no longer have electronic forms.

Novus I have always assumed that people are referring to the Personal Firearms Record which I did indeed receive with my C&R material and that has room for 10 entries but no room for the disposition section.

Grizzly droppings and pepper spray... If you haven't seen it before look at the paragraph "The Bear Alert" in the link below: http://www.clevermag.com/humor/bears.htm :D

I agree 100%. I read once in a book (unfortunately cannot recall) that the first step toward fascism is when the people give up freedoms they enjoy in the hope of gaining security from some real or perceived danger (e.g. a socialist/comunist revolution in Fascist Italy, revolution or Jewish...

I have heard both sides of the coin and I was initially doing just that: printing the pdf, NUMBERING the pages progressively, and using a binder. After a while I decided to play it safe and bought the Brownels bound book. It seems to me that taking a risk for a few $ is not worth it. btw...

Well, if they guy (=second FFL) gives you so much BS and quotes $35 but adds the small print etc etc I would just check on some of the websites that have been mentioned for a better FFL in your area. I generally pay $35 for rifles and $45 for handguns (more because of the MD BS on handguns) and...

I also got mine from Brownells and it was cheap (until I added extra stuff to the shopping cart...)

40SW I am happy with your summary (and probably agree with many of the suggested improvements). I guess this applies mostly to handgun calibers as for rifles one opens another can of worms (e.g. a 308 doesn't begin with 4 either but I most definitely wouldn't want to be hit by it). Some of the...

My four oldest are: Norwich Falls 22LR revolver made between 1873-1877 Swiss Vetterli 1867 rifle made between 1869 and 1881 Thunderer 1877 revolver pre-1898 Remington 1889 SxS shotgun pre-1898 I picked four because I am not sure of which of the last two is oldest...

My inlaws are only softly antigun, namely I know they disapprove but they wouldn't say anything out of politeness. Interestingly two of my liberal anti-gun colleagues at work ended up calling me for help because of my firearms. In one case it was a rabid squirrel in the backyard that needed...

Beretta Beretta US is in my backyard and I never had a problem with them.

Congratulations! My kids are 2 and 4. My wife insisted that they should get no exposure whatsever on guns at home until they are a bit older (at age still TBD). They are small so it was easy to keep them from watching police shows or action movies or from seeing my collection in the safe...

I have ordered one from J&G and was reasonably happy with it. I have bought several on GunBroker from assorted folks (with A+ rating and more than 100 transactions) and I would buy again from any of them.

I think all permanent residents (or those who have been such) should thank God that some of the forum members were not in congress... Federal legislation already allows permanent residents to own firearms as well as enjoing most of the constitutional protections. btw Permanent residents have...

The link below discusses the militia and its definition which indeed includes people that have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States. http://supreme.justia.com/constitution/article-1/47-militia.html