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I feel the need for a compact bolt gun in 308. Looking at the Ruger American Compact and the Savage Hog Hunter. Which would you/did you choose and why. GO! P.S. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

You hear it all the time, how the 45ACP has a "rainbow-like" trajectory. How past 25 yards it is hard to hit anything with it due to hold over problems. How 10mm is sooooo much easier to hit with at 100 yards than 45ACP. I own many 1911s in 45ACP. 3-inch. 3.5-inch. 4.25-inch. 5-inch. 6-inch...

Hi, all. I am big on family traditions and have worked hard to make shooting a tradition in my own family. One of the things I have enjoyed is buying special guns for my daughter, now 21. Her first handgun, a S&W Model 64 2-inch, was an 18th birthday present. She will graduate college in a...

http://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/165476.txt This is a very interesting and easy read. One very important excerpt: Gun ownership (and handgun ownership) was highest among middle-aged,[5] college-educated people of rural and small-town America. But one of the best predictors of gun ownership was...

I have been thinking ( I know, I know, dangerous!). I want to do something to help start people into reloading. I know there are many on this board who, like me, have reloading and casting shops that really, could be used to run a boutique ammunition concern. In other words, many here have...

Hi, all. I have begun posting match videos from the Sacramento Defensive Pistol Shooters matches held each month at Sac. Valley Shooting Center. I thought I would let folks at the various forums know so they can check them out if they want to. You might see yourself or someone you know...

Okay, everyone, put your thinking caps on. Lets have a thread where we post photos of something shooting related that equals fun to us. Guns, ammo, folks shooting, what ever. I will start. Two 3-inch 1911s and 1400 rounds of 45ACP handloaded with H&G No.68 wadcutters equals fun to me...

got a Kimber Ultra Carry II stainless today. I hope it is reliable because I do want to put it into the CCW rotation. It is small, light, comfortable. Plain to start the vetting process tomorrow with 250 rounds of five different loads with five different bullet types. If that goes well, will...

Introduction Both the 357 Magnum and the 10mm Automatic have devotees amongst the fraternity of handgun shooters and, members of each group have reasons why their particular cartridge of choice is preferable. 10mm fans insist that, with full power handloads or boutique ammunition, the auto...

The S&W J Frames get a lot of praise around here and rightfully so. Witness the 642 Club, etc. BUT, let us not forget that in the early days when S&W and Colt fought toe-to-toe for law enforcement dollars and civilian dollars in the compact, lightweight hideout gun market, Colt made some...

Anybody have a small safe inlet into the wall of a closet, etc? I just bought a small safe from Harbor Freight and installed into the wall of my bedroom closet. It is going to work out very nicely. My issue was having to haul a gun across the house from my den to the bedroom at night, then back...

Winding down from the weekend and enjoying my new desk set up in the bedroom. Figured I might use my new postal scale to see what some of my guns ACTUALLY weight empty and loaded (as opposed to what the manufacturers say). S&W M64 2-inch 38spl, Hogue rubber grip. Empty -- 1lb 12.7ozs...

I just bought one. 3-inch barrel. Won't have it in hand for a couple weeks, but who has one and what thoughts have you got on this gun in this caliber? I am planning to shoot nothing but cast bullets out of it in the 110-115-grain weight class, flatpoints. Are they accurate? Any issues or...

I've fired a few of those Rossi K-frame-size 357 magnum revolvers here lately. I like them. I fired a 4-inch blued one tonight and I really liked it. I know, I know, piece of junk! But ... I liked it! I have S&W 64-4 2", 19-3 2.5" and 66-2 3" and love them all. But ... that Rossi was kind of...

I'll lay it right out there, quick like. In revolvers of 38 caliber and under, I seen no reason for a barrel of more than 4 inches length for any reason, period. Target, hunting, defense, backpacking, plinking. a 2- to 4-inch barrel will do it all in spades. What is that you say? That a...

Hi, all. I am in Ventura for another day and will be flying out of LAX tomorrow night. I have a rental car with GPS system and a HUGE desire to locate a good S&W K frame magnum while I am here -- 13, 65, 19, 66 ... doesn't matter. I am looking for a 2.5- or 3-inch gun. Anyone have a suggestion...

Okay. here is my question, in the spirit of Conderate's series of brain teasers. Your state CCW law allows you to get a permit easily to carry just about anywhere BUT you can only carry a single or double action revolver no smaller than .32 caliber and no larger than .45 caliber. YOU CAN...

Anyone using 800X in the 357? If so, do you use magnum primers? I use 800X in my 100mm with standard primers but get a lot of unburned powder. I am hoping to use a charge of 8.0grs and magnum primers in 357 for a medium load using a 165-gr. LSWC bullet. Is that a safe starting point...

You all seen any good ones?

Hi, all. I am wondering what handgun cartridges you all shoot and what you use them for. I am less interested in the guns but listing them is okay also. My main interest is knowing what cartridges you shoot regularly and what type of shooting you actually do with each, even if you use them all...