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The answer to why it is called a “buyback” is the same as the answer to “why do we drive on a parkway and park an a driveway?” Language is funny and the phrases that become popular reflect this weirdness. it does seem like there should be mandatory checking of serial numbers for stolen guns...

I clicked their “contact us” link and a Google map popped up … with the labels in maybe Russian? Certainly not English, showing that they’re in “Florida, USA.” Looks like a scam site.

If there is a university or college with a glass blowing program nearby (or anyplace else that teaches that) they’ll have glass grinding equipment. It’s usually used to grind the bottom of a piece flat and square but it could handle a glass blade easily too. Also anyone that does lapidary...

I happened across this little distance-estimating trick. I am sure it isn’t news to many on the High Road but thought others might enjoy it. Not sure if this is the wrong place for it, but I am sure someone will move it if not...

I had a 329PD. I still have a Bulldog. It is much more comfortable to shoot with the slight extra weight, and I don’t feel so much like I’m carrying an expensive luxury item in my pocket. But the Smith was a nice gun. I traded it in on a 9mm CZ-75B … because they’re so similar.

I will admit I bought one of the Smith PPKs in .380 because I figured if .32 was good, it would be better. Nastiest little kicker … and the mag always dropped out. The books are better than the movies, but the movies are a separate thing for sure. I have a feeling the .25 was treasured because...

I'm taking a carry class as we speak (listening online) for Minnesota and they made a really questionable claim: any facility that ever accepted Federal funds are prohibited for carry, e.g., any hospital, even including a rest room in a state park that was built using Federal funds. Not sure...

Did you mean knifeauctions.auction.net ? There are so many questionable sites having a recommendation is particularly nice.

Thanks for this. It *is* super interesting. Turns out there is some “celebrity” named “Drew House,” but the author of the site is “Drew Hause.” To save anyone else having to dig, I think it is at https://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowledge.com/www/home . If that isn’t the actual site Paul...

I have a 638 which I carry, and like a lot. I like being able to fire single-action if I want. I had an all-steel version—don’t know what number it was, that someone had “improved” so it had probably a one-pound single-action trigger. I found out a few months after I got it used from...

Full size Beretta PX-4. Has the cool rotating bolt and an actual DA/SA hammer. With a decocker. It is my favorite partly-plastic pistol and seems to have at least *some* character.

I’ve had simple work done at Osseo Gun Club. Fixed a Buckmark I had “improved” in a negative way and installed a sight.

So now I want to know what kind of handgun gives the best protection from lightning? I assume you need something with high velocity but capacity is irrelevant—you will not get more than one shot.

Does it look like if you pushed something into the barrel and compressed the spring it might be intended to latch onto the end and release it when the trigger is pulled, propelling it out of the barrel? The rod might be the means to transmit the trigger force to the latch, which would mean...

I understand why you don’t lower the hammer, but why bob the it if it’s always going to be sticking out anyway?

I assume the RCP is a single-action like 99 44/100 percent of 1911s, and in that case why would you want a fully bobbed hammer? Carried cocked and locked it would still stick out, and lowering the hammer would be … challenging. I must be missing some vital idea here (not unlikely).

That “knifesilo” place’s street address in the Google Maps view says “Palm Beach Tan.” Amazing how many scam sellers there are. Almost as bad as trying to find a locksmith on the internet…

I would love to find someplace within an hour of Minneapolis that has a good knife selection. I find if I can’t handle them, I don’t know what I want. Most of my favorites came from gun shows, but those are light on the ground lately. The outdoor stores have a few things but pretty small...

I hadn’t looked at Armslist for a year. Looked the other day. Want to see asking price—have to have an account. Huh? They must be running the site as some weird kind of tax write-off or something, because I can’t see not allowing potential buyers to see prices. Hundred-year-old newspaper...

The only waiting period for handguns in Minnesota is a) you need a carry permit or “permit to purchase”, once you have one, no waiting and b) the Federal check which can take from 15 minutes to five days. I am not sure how many of the other facts are actually “factoids,” but I assume at least some.