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Reading another thread about a choice of long-guns for home defense made me wonder about the prevalence of lights on long arms (potentially) used in that capacity. If you keep a long gun loaded and available with the notion that it might be employed for home defense, does it have a light...

I have been scouring Ruger's site and searching on this one and cannot for the life of me figure this out. I know the Vaqueros are now being made on the smaller ('medium') sized frame, and would like to try one out. I have a .41 mag Bisley Blackhawk (Accusport) and it's a fine gun; the big...

I carry a steel 5" 1911 at work and love it. I'm interested in training to become a firearms instructor, and one requirement of the course is that I show up equipped with a duplicate of my carry gun. Well, I'm not in a position to get another Wilson--and I'd like to take this opportunity to get...

An interesting article in the Times's Blog, "At War," about marksmanship issues among Taliban fighters and the effect it has on their tactics and our troops: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/the-weakness-of-taliban-marksmanship/ When discussing issues of marksmanship that would be...

I'm trying to track a stolen firearm and seeking information on the number of this model produced. I contacted Winchester yesterday but they were pretty unhelpful. Specifically I'm trying to learn how many Win. M70 'Laredo' rifles were produced in 7mm Rem Magnum. I believe they were...

Why don't AR manufacturers, or customizers, or anyone I can basically find, put the front sight of the rifle as close as they can to the end of the barrel? I know iron sights are a very secondary deal for a lot of--I should think most of--AR users. But surely not all. My issued patrol rifle...

I'd like to purchase an AR for work; I'm fortunate enough to have an issued A2 M4gery, but I prefer shooting my own guns and would like to be able to run my own A3--using a RDS on a quick-detach mount--when I'm on my own time. The departmental parameters of the gun are: It must be a...

Another current thread about electronic earmuffs got me off my duff to ask a question that's been nagging for a while. I like my hearing and protect it by using foam earplugs with the highest available Noise Reduction Rating. I like my vision and protect it by wearing Oakley polycarbonate...

In two days I graduate from four months at the WA State police academy as a Deputy Sheriff of my county of residence; and while I'm not usually one who uses the board for socializing and such, I want to break form and say thank you to the staff and members of THR for offering a resource that's...

The holster I want is for a 2.5" S&W 66--i.e., a k-frame .357. The holster I want is an OWB pancake holster that holds the gun close to the body. It has no retaining strap or device. The holster I want is comfortable, well-made, and not ugly. The holster I want MAY have some kind of...

I've got and like a scoped 10/22 that shoots .22 long rifles just fine. In fact, with the factory barrel, it likes Velocitors best of all. So my need for a hot-shooting scoped .22 is met. Now I'm feeling an itch for a .22 I can shoot with irons, and one that I can use closer to town (when &...

A number of clubs in my new state of residence run F-class matches out to 600 yards, and I'd like to use this venue to learn precision rifle shooting. Specifically, I want to compete with a Target Rifle, i.e., one in either .223 or .308, using a bipod as front rest (NRA provisional F-class...

The project my heart is currently longing for is to get into F-class shooting, using a .308. Nothing fancy, probly a Savage 10fp (LE2B, if I think I can get it past my wife; wonderful woman!). But I'm not able to spring for it just yet. So, I'm going to put a bipod on a 10/22 and 'repurpose' it...

Dear hard-working Mods: I was just reading along in a thread which need not be specified, here in the handloading forum, when for the 10 MILLIONTH time the issue of using/not using handloads for CCW/Self-defense was raised. As is often the case, it was a by a relatively new forum member...

This week I bought a 'new' Ruger Security Six (S6) in the 4sale section here at THR. I've shot nothing but S&W wheelguns for years, but the S6 seemed like a good balance of portability, power, and robustness in a woods-carry gun for my part of the country--so I thought I'd try one. I got a...

I've been thinking about picking up a Remington 7600p as a truck-gun. It's a synthetic-stocked, parkerized, ghost-ring sighted, pump action, mag-fed 16.5" .308. To my thinking, this gun (http://www.remingtonle.com/rifles/7600.htm) possesses almost all the qualities I'd like in a truck-gun: 1)...

I've read bunches in preparation for my first Mule-deer season here in Washington, including where to shoot 'em. I do not plan on taking a neck shot; I will be hunting with a 165 gr .30-cal Sierra Gameking and shooting for heart, lungs & shoulders. Studied diagrams, etc.. Nevertheless, I'm...

I've been asked by a member of our local VFW to see if I can produce some blanks for their ceremonial uses that will cycle in their Enfields. Though he has not been able to produce an example, I think what he describes is a kind of extra-long brass that has been crimped or folded by a special...

A pawnshop nearby has a .270 BBR (I think; it's made in Japan, but doesn't look like an A-bolt--that means a BBR, right?) with a Denver Redfield 2-7x scope marked down to 299. I think I can probly get out for a little less. I've not been able to find much out about these older Brownings. The...

I have a Leupold scout scope I'd like to put on a bolt-gun. Not trying to create a 'real' scout rifle to Col. Cooper or anyone else's specs; I just like the IER scope and would like to get a mid-power (somewhere between 7mm-08 and 30-06ish) gun to put it atop. Not particularly interested in the...