Search results for query: *

Wednesday is garbage day where I live. We're on a small farm, with a wooded area just across the road from the end of our "lower" driveway (from the walkout basement side of the house). With the passing of DST, it's now dark by the time I get home from work in the evening. I walked into the...

I've been wanting to shoot one of these for some time now. A local indoor range where my wife and I shoot has a virtual cornucopia of rental guns (250+, they claim). They happen to have a stainless Vaquero in .357 with 5.5" barrel. Members get rentals for half price, so yesterday I put a box of...

In my younger days, I spent a few years working for a large contract security firm (think bank and pony) as their Senior Field Supervisor. In that role, I was issued a Model 10 with a 4" bull barrel as my duty weapon. I loved that gun. Took it to the range every chance I got. I only owned one...

So, I wandered into my LGS this past Saturday. I was looking for other things. The owner noticed I kept glancing up at a shotgun on the wall, and asked it I wanted to handle it. I did, of course. It was a Marlin 55 12ga bolt shotgun with the Micro-Choke, and no serial number. (As background...

I've been wanting a .22 revolver for many, many years. I initially set my sights on a S&W M617 10-shot, as it seemed quite similar to my M686. I love that look. Price, however, has kept me away from one. I also recently started to consider a Taurus Tracker 992. A little more reasonable in price...

My wife recently bought a new S&W M&P9c. Upon stripping it to clean it for the first time, I was a bit taken aback by the silliness of their takedown process. It seems there is a "sear disengagement lever" hidden in the back of the mag well that must be moved forward to release the slide. I had...

After the recent realization that I really don't have a decent firearm for EDC (all my handguns are 4-6" bbl), I started looking around at all the myriad options. I've always been a revolver guy, so most of my efforts were concentrated in that direction. I settled pretty quickly on the S&W 637...

If you are carrying a S&W 637 IWB, what holster are you using? I've looked at a boat-load of them over the last couple of weeks, and nothing I've found has really tickled my fancy. I'd like something in leather, but I'm not opposed to nylon. Kydex doesn't really interest me. What are you guys...

My wife has an 870 Express 20ga with a 21" barrel. She wants a longer barrel. I started looking around today, and I can find all manner of 26" barrels for various 870s, but not so much for the Express. Will any 870 barrel fit, or does it need to be an Express? What is the difference beyond the...

I wandered into a gun store in the St. Louis area at lunch today. It's one I've been meaning to visit for about a year now. As I methodically made my way around the place, taking in everything they had to offer, I was also listening to a couple of different conversations going on in there. One...

I tried reviving an older thread, rather than starting a new one on the same topic. Apparently, it was too old to resuscitate. I ride a Gold Wing, but wind seems like it would be an issue for IWB carry. No open carry here in Illinois (we only barely have CC), so it must remain concealed. I'm...

OK, not really a "prepper" thread, but related, so please bear with me. An acquaintance of mine has recently gone over the fence on the prepper thing. He's even going so far as trying to sell off any of his personal possessions that he thinks will be of no use or value after...well, you know...

As a result of a comment I made on another thread about my desire to find a decent model 64 at a decent price, I was contacted by another THR member who had some information on where I might find a great deal, through his LGS. As it happened, (to make a long story short) I ended up buying one...

I read a thread last week that was chock full of advice from nearly every respondent to a college student to enroll in an Appleseed event. Admittedly, although having heard of them, I've never been to one. Never even considered it. Well, after going to their website to see what they're all...

I've been at my current job for just under a year now, and this week I just converted my second new handloader/reloader here (the first was about 6 months ago). This place is full of gun enthusiasts ("nuts"), including the owner and his son, but when I came here I was the only handloader. It...

Anyone here have any real world experience they'd care to share from using Hodgdon H4895 under a 55gr FMJ .223? I'm loading them for an AK-84S, btw.