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I have an infestation of varmints, and I need your opinions on which caliber would be best to get rid of them. I have two rifles, in .223 and .50 (black powder), but because they are both single shot they just won't be right for these varmints. So I want to use one of my handguns. I have 2...

http://www.wetanz.com/rayguns/index.php?catid=4 And make sure to watch the video of these guns in operation.

http://thearmedschoolteacher.blogspot.com/2007/06/illinois-gun-law-primer-part-i.html and http://thearmedschoolteacher.blogspot.com/2007/06/gun-law-primer-part-11.html These 2 blog articles explain all you need to know to understand Illinois politics. And, he has some good advice for...

http://www.local6.com/news/13225326/detail.html What a dope.

http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/ Check out the cartoon for today, Feb 2. I know I will be down loading this.

My Dad's old Stevens 16G side by side (model 311 I think from pics, but no model number on the gun) hasn't been cleaned in decades, except wiping the bores. I would like to take it all down and give the workings a good cleaning, as well as putting some finish on the wood. Can anyone direct...

I have a Taurus .22 that I have let get pretty filthy, and I am looking for a manual to take it down as far as possible. In particular I want to get the firing pin out and clean the channel and pin, but can't see how it comes free. Anybody can help? Thanks.

Hope you can help me out. I have never hunted in Illinois, and I am trying to figure out what I need to do legally. I went to the Il website and read about 20-30 pages of rules and regulations, violations of which result in some severe penalties. I just could not figure it all out. I guess I...

Out shooting my makarov today and it double-fired on me! Pretty surprised! I ran through 3 more mags and it didn't happen again, but... Any ideas why this might have happened? Could simple lack of cleaning cause this, it has been a while (quite) since I stripped it down for a good...

OK, so I got a patched screw jag stuck in the bore via stupidity. Others on that thread admitted to all sorts of similar things. That is why we all use an alias! So the question is, what is the strangest thing you have seen stuck in or shot out of a BP gun? Heard of arrows, ramrods, jags...

Hope someone can help me. I have a Hawken Trade Rifle, and I got a screw jag and a patch stuck in the bore, all the way down. (Yes, I did something dumb). I have tried to get it out but can't. The breech plug also is so tight I can't unscrew it. The Lyman manual suggests feeding a little...

...answer me a question. I was watching the stars for meterorites tonight, and got to thinking about bullets. Can anyone tell me how HOT a bullet gets from air friction? Seems like every other aspect of bullet flight has been picked to pieces, but I wonder what the temperature of a bullet is...

Been a while since I posted. I have been thinking about when I come to THR, and why. I could try to think up a good poll that catches most of us, but I guess a lot of people have different reasons for coming, for info, for conversation, to argue politics, whatever. A poll would miss a lot of...

Well, we tried something a little different tonight, loaded 20 grains of pyrodex into .45 auto cases and shot them out of a semiauto, a 1911. Worked pretty good, the gun cycled through half a dozen mags without any trouble, and not too much obvious crud buildup. Looked like it could have gone on...

Here's a thought, it is my impression that women are generally a LOT more aware of other people's clothing than men are. Reading a recent thread one guy said that the pistol in his pocket looked like he had a paperback book stuffed in there. Another guy responded asking when the last time he had...

I am always surprized to read about gun makers in my home state of Illinois, given the political climate, but there seem to be plenty of them. Just wondering where the gun makers congregate in the US. Are there centers like Detroit was for cars?

This AWB coming to an end has got me interested in high cap mags. I seem to recall talk of 30 round Glock mags back in the 80s during the 9mm wars. So my question is, how many rounds can the biggest full cap mags hold, in various calibers? What can we expect coming out this winter? I sort of...

Quick question about the original Glocks. I remember when they came out there was a lot of question about how long they would last with that new-fangled plastic frame. I suppose they must be holding together fairly well, haven't heard much about them failing. It is what, twenty years now? Some...

Just wondering what most people think is the SHTF scenario most likely where you live. I live in a very dangerous geological area, with a big live volcano and earthquake faults. The big-forehead guys say we will be lucky not to have the big one in the next decade or two. What specifically do...

I am not a reloader, but am interested in the subject. I hope someone can give me answers to some questions I have about powders. I know different powders have different speeds. What is being measured exactly? Speed of the expanding gas? Speed of ignition? How is speed measured? What are...