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This is a shooting pavilion my parents let me build on a part of their property -- it's my very own private shooting range. Let's see yours! The backstop is a hill (taller than it looks in the photo). The range is 100 yards. I have plans to put in a berm at the end of the field on...

After 33 years of shooting, my gun club finally had to say goodbye to its range today, and this evening I had the melancholy pleasure of putting the very last round down range. It was a shabby, grundgy little range, and I've only been a member of the club for a few years, but it's where I...

This topic came up on another board and I'd like to address it to a larger audience: There are a lot of folks who want foreign-made rifles whose non-sporting configuration makes them illegal to import and sell to "ordinary citizens." I'm talking about your 550s and your AUGs and all the...

I just got my copy of the S&W 2005 model year catalog, and there's no 610! :( In the blurb about the different N frames, the catalog says the N frame line up features revolvers chambering 44 Magnum, 41 Magnum, 45 ACP, and 10mm -- but there's no 610 listed in the catalog or on the website...

Check it out. The Hampton City Council conducts a televised b*tch fest about Virginia's new statewide firearm preemption. The council decides that it does NOT want to repeal city gun ordinances that have been made unlawful under statewide preemption. One council member actually says "I don't...

About six months ago I had a chance to shoot some home-made plate racks in a gentleman's back yard and I was immediately hooked. A few weeks later I began looking into getting a plate rack to call my very own. After some research, I decided to buy from Metal Spinning Targets, Inc.. My dilemma...

I've been to a lot of gun shows in the last few years working as an NRA recruiter with my club and I rarely see anything for sale over about $5000. This past weekend, however, I went to the gun show in Richmond and it seems that must be where all the high rollers sell their wares. I saw an...

Santa done right by me this year -- I got an Arsenal, Inc. SAM-7 Classic, 4 Bulgarian 30-rnd mags in cosmo, and 200 rnds of Wolf FMJ :D Click here to enbiggen I was able to pop out to the range Saturday afternoon and fire off 100 rounds. Rifle shot about 6 inches high at 50 yards; it...

Well, last weekend I was visiting my parents a few hours north of here and got roped into going with them to meet a general contractor they're considering for a house they'd like to build. My father met with the fellow once before, said that he (the GC) was really into guns, and that I should...

Well, I received Senator Warner's latest response to our ongoing Assault Weapons Ban "discussion." Unlike most of the other anti-gun politicians I write, who at least have the courtesy to reply within a few weeks, Warner's replies tend to take a month or more. Just enough time for me to forget...

The people of this island have an interesting pedigree. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this gun confiscation ... :D

My duotone Bersa Thunder .380 has been my main "light" carry for the past year and a half or so. Imagine my shock and horror when I withdraw the Bersa from its Gary Brommeland IWB holster only to find rust on the slide. My Bersa spends a lot of time in the holster, and frankly I'm just not up...

I recently acquired some 220 gr. LTCs to go with my recently acquired Witness, but haven't been able to acquire any load data for bullets this heavy. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Anybody try this stuff ("Magkor Black Mag' 3")? The fellow at the local BP shop couldn't say enough good things about it, especially with respect to barrel fouling. It's a BP substitute, it's white :scrutiny:, and it costs about three times as much as the real stuff. Not sure about relative...

I recently picked up an old Ideal tool to go with my 1886 M1873 Winchester. I don't really plan to use the Ideal tool (I already have proper 38-40 dies), but I would like to know how the Ideal tool is supposed to work! Here's what I've figured out so far: use of the bullet mold is obvious...

And it only took 5 months! Let's hear it for the great folks at the BATFE. I send the application in back in November, and had more or less forgotten about it. It finally dawns on me that I should've received the permit months ago, so I call the NLC. I spoke to the representative for...

Alright, so I bought 1,000 9mm 125 gr. LTC bullets. I've found data in the Hodgdon manual for 9mm 125 gr. LCN (which I assumed was the same as LTC) but with an OAL of 1.25". For the bullets I've got, that OAL doesn't even put the lube groove below the case mouth. Because of the contour of...

If you had been following S. 1805, you would have noticed that many Virginians, and indeed many Americans, were overjoyed when Senator George Allen (R-VA) announced that we would back away from his pro-AWB position and vote against any efforts to renew the ban. Here's what you may not know...

I've recently acquired a Garrett .56 cal falling block Sharps in quite nice condition. I've ordered a Rapine .557 Sharps Spitzer mould and a paper cartridge kit from Dixie Gun Works, and would love to hear from someone who has experience with these paper cartridges. Do you cast pure lead...

Alright, find some rope and a tree because I'm going to say it: I think the Dillon powder measure sucks. I've had no problems with accuracy, but it's a royal PITA to move from toolhead to toolhead, and a royal PITA to adjust. The lack of repeatability on the adjustment screw (I shoot a lot of...