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This is a piece of legislation specifically for WA state, but I think it's important that everybody know what's happening in the rest of the US. Largely based on cosmetics, this legislation goes after pistols, rifles and shotguns, and a county sheriff says this kind of law won't prevent violent...

I consider myself to be fairly well trained with a pistol at this point. I've taken a decent amount of professional instruction, and I've studied up on strategy, safety and legal issues. But in every dream I have where I have to defend myself, I can never seem to stop the bad guy. Before I...

I train primarily on my 1911s, and I've been practicing my one handed grips. I've noticed that when I'm gripping the pistol one handed, even though I've got a high, very secure grip, my palm sometimes doesn't engage the grip safety far enough to permit the hammer to fall. It might add some...

Hey guys. Earlier I posted a thread asking how often people shot with their off hand, and how often they shoot one-handed versus two. So as I've been getting more comfortable manipulating the pistol in my left hand (my non-dominant), I've come up to another problem. When holding left handed...

So I hadn't been regularly practicing any non-dominant hand shooting but after reading an article about a good number of injuries in a gunfight happening to the hands and shoulders, I thought maybe it would be a good idea to train. I also read a short article talking about competition...

I've recently purchased a Remington 870 Express Talo edition (pic attached), which has an 18.5" barrel. I've had fun shooting trap so far with a short barrel, but I expect I could benefit from having a longer barrel. So here are my questions: 1. What's an ideal length for trap and possibly...

Hey all. I reload pistol calibers, but now that I'm shooting more shotgun I thought I'd look into the price difference between buying loaded, and buying components to reload myself. My calculations have lead me to believe that reloading shells would cost me around $6-7 per 25 rounds which is...

Back when I had a Glock, I used to just do a field strip to clean the barrel, top parts of the frame and the inside of the slide, etc. Now that I shoot 1911s, I've stepped up my standard cleaning method over time to include the removal of every part possible from the frame and slide...

Hey all. I've been loading 100gr .380 bullets for myself, and now my father in law wants to start loading 9mm. Since the diameter is the same, can he use some of my 100gr bullets to load into his 9mm cases with his dies? Any reason that would be a bad idea? I suppose the only issue I can think...

My Mossberg 500 came with a pistol grip, and now that I'm actually using it I purchased a full buttstock, a Choate Mark 5. I have an issue though with how its fit to my hand. With my hand on the grip of the stock, my index finger is only close enough to touch the back of the trigger guard...

Apologies in advance if this has been covered. I haven't found the answer by searching this THR or Google. To start out, I'm just now finally getting properly acquainted with my shotgun. I've got a Mossberg 500, and disassembling now I've found this wooden dowel with rubber grommets on it...

A couple of months ago I finally got my concealed permit here in WA. Then a couple of weeks ago I finally picked up a carry pistol. Now I'm having a tough time finding a proper holster. I've seen off-the-shelf options but I'd rather not get them because I've learned the hard way that you buy...

I liked them better when I was too uneducated to spot the errors in weapons handling and the inaccuracy of ballistics or tactics. Example: I just watched a guy in a movie shoot an AR with a 30 round magazine on full auto for 6 seconds... what is that, a freakin magic bottomless magazine...

I love it when I have an interaction with a company that makes me want to give them all my business. I've recently had issues which have caused me to get in contact with three gun related companies and I'm happy to say that they all made me customers for life... or at least until their good...

So I realized last night that my scale will measure any weight as heavier or lighter depending on which way you tip the scale before it settles. I think it has something to do with the larger weight on it and sitting ever so slightly towards the front or back. And unfortunately I think my loads...

We all know that this term was created by elements of our government to classify a certain set of weapons by cosmetic appearance, but that doesn't mean we have to agree and use the names THEY created. You and I both know that the gun-grabbers coined that sharp and offensive term, "Assault...

I'm just getting into reloading and I'll read through my first book this weekend, but I thought I would see if I could get an answer to this question that's been bothering me. I purchased some .223 military brass once-fired. I understand that military brass is thicker than regular brass, so...

I've done as much research as I can but I'm still at a loss for directions on how to remove the external extractor and firing pin from the .22 Kimber slide. I've tried over and over with the regular method of depressing the firing pin and sliding off the firing pin stop but the stop just won't...