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In the course of my rifle usage, I've used the plain padded hunting style carry strap. They work pretty well for carrying a rifle to a tree stand, or the like, but aren't great for keeping a rifle at the ready, or as a shooting aid. I've used GI style cotton web loop slings. Tolerable for...

How often do other people encounter situations in which they would pull a secondary before their primary? In my case, my primary lives at 9:00, in an iwb holster. Usually, it's an SR1911 CMD, (although since the Commander has been in the shop the last few weeks, it's been a 4 in Model 10.)...

Hi,folks. I've been away from shooting for a while. Marriage and children sort of altered priorities for a while. Just starting to look around the landscape again. I've been lazy about carrying for a long time, just slipping my trusty ol' P32 in my pocket and calling it good. I recently...

Thinking about putting TruGlo TFO tritium/fiber optic sights on a CMD. I've gotten fond of the bright red dot of a straight fiber optic, on my match gun, but it's not ideal in really low light. I had Trijicons on my last defensive pistol, but while they were nice in the dark, they didn't help...

Since I've got a new dress code to try and work around, my old standby OWB isn't really gonna cut it anymore. Presently, I'm reduced to pocket carrying my P32, but would like to get back to a 1911, again. To that end, I've been looking at the various tuckable IWB options. It looks like...

If one reads very many gun writers, particularly Elmer Keith or John Taffin, one will soon hear the .44 Spl referred to as a "beautifully accurate target cartridge." They speak in similarly glowing terms of S&W's Model of 1950 Target. My question, though, is what these beauties were built for...

Howdy folks. Being interested in both reading and rifles, I recently decided to do some reading about rifles. Although I did grow up with guns, and reading about guns, I did so too late to read any of Jack O'Connor's magazine pieces, as he, alas, left the scene four years before I was born. I...

Ok, so I bought a 686 Black Onyx for my dad several years ago, in hopes of enticing him to get out and come hunting with me. Unfortunately, it didn't work, and it's just sat in the safe for about nine years. I decided it needed an airing last weekend, and took it out pheasant hunting. I did...

I've heard folks on here talk about making custom Kydex gear, and I had an idea. What I'd like to get made is a mag pouch assembly that would hold four M1 Carbine magazines, oriented with the bullets out, and the spines of the mags facing the belt. Does that sound feasible? If so, can...

Does anyone have any experience using a puukko as a hunting or general back country knife? I've never played with one, but the idea suggested itself to me, that it might be fitting to use the traditional Finnish knife as an accompaniment to my new Finnish rifle.

As I was perusing the "old and interesting," section the other day, I came across an Ithaca Flues Model, in 20 ga, choked IC/M. It was astonishingly light and handy, with the tag claiming 5.5 lbs. It seemed in good condition, both cosmetic and mechanically. It even pointed quite naturally for...

If one looks at most infantry rifles, from the Trapdoor Springfield down through most WWII rifles except the Garand, one finds ladder sights, often calibrated out to some extravagant number of yards, meters, or arshins. We all know today how difficult it is to hit a particular target at a...

I've had a hankering for a .30-30 for a while. Since I don't plan to scope it, the open topped Winchester would work fine for me. What I'm less sure about is which one to get. It'll be more working gun than safe queen. That being the case, is there any point holding out for a pre '64...

In trying to get my Argentine Sistema Colt set up for shooting Wild Bunch, I had to order a mess of magazines. Out of all my 1911 mags, only two are flat based, as the rules of the game require. Thus, I ordered 6 of Wilson Combat's 608 service mags. When they showed up, however, only two...

I've noticed, in several recent threads, people referencing carrying both a slung rifle and a sidearm in various circumstances, like hunting, wandering in bear areas, or around the home place. This raised a question. How do you keep the two from bashing into each other all the time? Carry...

As I was perusing the rifle racks at my LGS, today, I noticed a surprising number of Ruger M77s with skinny little barrels, and light- ish wooden stocks. Much like one would expect from a big game rifle, except these were all in .223, .22-250, and .204 Ruger. Is this just Ruger being odd, or...

I've always been partial to the lightness and simplicity of fixed power scopes, but until now, I've never had occasion to buy a new one. However, the old Redfield Widefield on my new (to me) rifle is in dire need of replacement. Looking around at the state of the market, it looks like there...

Ok, being an Ohioan, where we can't use rifles for deer, I'm sort of new at thinking about hunting open country. Not that we don't have open ground, we've got all sorts of open crop land, it just doesn't do a bow, muzzleloader, or slug gun hunter much good. As such, glassing just hasn't been a...

Since I'm in the process of converting all my right handed guns to lefty friendly or left handed models entirely, I find myself in the market for a traditionally styled caplock rifle to replace my old .50 T/C Hawken. I'd just about settled on one of Lyman's Great Plains Hunters, when I ran...

Hi, all. I just picked up my new (to me) left handed Rem 700 BDL, in .30-06. The gun shoots fine, but has issues when loading the integral magazine. The first round will make it under the feed lip just fine, but the second, which should slip under the left feed lip, doesn't stay put. It just...