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I haven't been on the board much lately. Been busy. (Hey! I'm an NRA certified handgun/personal defense instructor now!) Going to be busier in the future. But... I'm a revolver fanatic. I've got one semi (a 1911) and four wheelguns (three S&W and a Ruger GP100 that's an absolute tank...

I was watching the TV series Firefly and the accompanying movie Serenity on one of my days off recently. The guns in Firefly were a mish-mash of everything, from single actions to modern weapons gussied up to look futuristic. Serenity tried a lot harder to make the guns look different and...

I'm in the market for a second FAL carbine to supplement the franken-beast that's served me well for six years now. With the current political climate, I feel it's best to buy soon. (Actually paying for it while also paying my rent, etc. is another matter altogether, but we needn't get into...

Hello everybody. Can anyone recommend a good vertical shoulder holster for field carry? I'm not looking for a concealment piece (though it it'll do double duty that's fine). I'm looking for something to wear over my jacket/vest/etc. when I'm out in the wilderness. The gun in question is my...

Exactly what model of Enfield .303 rifle would the Canadian defenders have had during the Defense of Hong Kong in 1941? Was the No.4 Mk.I common then or would they have had the No.1 Mk.III?

Forgive and delete if this is a repost. This is an article from My Way News. LINK ______________________ Nov 21, 4:59 AM (ET) By MICHELLE ROBERTS SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) - Mike Guzman and thousands of other students say the best way to prevent campus bloodshed is more guns...

I got an itch to write something completely different. So, if Oleg will forgive me, I present a (very) short story: The Sands of Zanzibar I know I'm no David Weber or John Ringo. I just knocked this section out in an hour or so. There'll probably be two or three more parts. This won't be...

On an impulse, I picked up a used Ruger GP-100 recently. I'd been kicking around getting a GP-100 for the last few years and I finally found a good price on one. It's practically new. It's a 4" stainless model, KGP-141 I think. It's my first Ruger revolver, so it's been a learning...

Hey everybody. I need some advice on grips for my two N-Frames. The first is my 5" 629 Classic .44 Magnum. I shoot this one the most, so I've got Pachmayr Decelerators on there, that fit my hand quite well. I'm wondering about the Hogue recoil-absorbing monogrip that comes standard with...

Right now, the L85A2, sometimes referred to as the SA80, is the standard service arm of the forces of the United Kingdom. The L85 is an indigenously designed 5.56mm bullpup assault rifle that Britain adopted in the 1980s, replacing the L1A1 (inch-pattern FAL) Self Loading Rifle. The "A2"...

A bunch of us went shooting on Labor Daybor, and I brought along my FAL and a few hundred rounds. My rifle choked through the last of my lot of bad South African ammo; this stuff had been giving me nothing but grief; the very last of it had my rifle malfunctioning every other round almost...

Are there any large police deparments that still purchase new and issue leather duty gear? It seems like all you ever see these days are the kydex, cordura, and other synthetic duty gear from Safariland, Uncle Mike's, etc. Just curious. Any advantages to sticking with leather?

Am I the only one that's managed to accumulate a slew of holsters for which I have no immediate use? It's like, I'll try this, or I'll buy that, then you realize that it's not really what you want or what you thought it was. What do you do with them? Selling them is difficult for me; not a...

Hey folks, need some advice on this. Friend of mine asked me about good duty holsters for a security company he's a supervisor of. The guns are S&W Model 620 seven-shot .357s, but anything made for a 686 might work. It needs to have a thumb break or other positive retention device (no opened...

I just picked my my 3" Model 29 today. The Pachy grips that come with it are too bulky for carry, so I've ordered a set of Pachy "Compac" grips. But...what about something like Eagle Secret Service grips? They'd look nicer and would be slimmer still, but... Doesn't having an exposed...

I've been looking at the S&W M&P R8 revolver, the 627PC revolver, and the possibility of replacing my former 686+. Thing is, with the seven and eight shot revolvers, there are only two speedloaders available: HKS and those funky rubber ones, which I have no experience with. With my 629...

First is the Stavatti Laser Rifle. I remember hearing about this a few years ago. Now they're claiming that it's just a white paper idea. Even assuming this "gasdynamic laser" works, I don't think it'll fly; I can't see the powers that be approving a Polonium-210 power source. :cool: The...

You know, the longer I have my Smith & Wesson 629 Classic, the more I like it. You know what I just noticed tonight? (I can't believe I never noticed before.) The front of the cylinder is beveled. No sharp edges like on my 642 snubby. Nice trigger, locks up like a bank vault, and accurate...

A list of tv/movie gunplay tropes and cliches. Great read. LINK My favorite? The TECHNICAL PACIFIST. (I've always hated this character type. They're self-righteous.)

Okay, there's just something special about 3" barreled S&W N-Frame revolvers. I'm very strongly considering getting a 3" M629 "Trail Boss" in .44 Magnum to compliment my 5" 629 Classic. What I don't like about it is the unfluted cylinder. Without the full underlug, the unfluted cylinder...