Recent content by OldCowHand

I have a Torx screwdriver that fits through the hole in the grip frame so I can get a straight shot at that plunger. The flat end of the screwdriver gives me a good surface to push with. Those plunger springs are stouter 'n' a brick ... ummm, very stout, but after the first couple of times I...

Sounds like it's working well for you. I picked up a Fenix LD20 for about $50 a year ago when the two-handed action required by my 2AA MagLite got to be a problem. Like the MagLite, it runs on two AA batteries (and, like you, I've pretty well quit buying alkalines -- either the standard or...

I made the mistake of shooting some green-dot out of a mini-14 at a mild-steel target about 3/8" thick. It blew about 3/4 of the way through, bulging the back pretty badly and creating craters on the near side in which what's left of the bullet rattles around nicely. I don't doubt that a...

I had never really understood the need for a snubby in a huge caliber until I saw the video of this bear attack and realized just how wrong things could go, and how quickly, where big bears are involved. A mighty quick draw and tossing a good-sized hunk of lead at the refrigerator-sized critter...

You're a hunter after my own heart, but I believe you may have omitted the category of varmints -- we kill them because they destroy something else, not because they're good to eat.

Haven't seen any on the shelves in over a year, hereabouts. I've given up on the gun range -- we pretty much shot up what they had and they've been unable to restock since then. +1 on the reloading advice ... :(

Looks nice, CD! My bride has no problem with me cleaning guns at the kitchen counter, but I have my own rule about protecting the assets: there is never any ammunition in the room when I am cleaning, dry-firing, practicing presentation or doing anything else that requires me to point the...

I'll grant you "nervous" -- there are lots of people who are made nervous by their fellow citizens' exercise of their freedoms -- but rightfully?? :?

Wasn't the fellow who recently broke up a bank robbery carrying a single-action revolver in a Western-style holster? I can't remember the details of the story at the moment, but recall a discussion in which the robber was focused on the teller to the exclusion of the nearby customer who was...

I've found that Gunzila does a good job of cleaning and lubricating without being sticky and attracting dust, lint, dirt, and the like. Their website claims that it's popular among the troops in Iraq for that reason, but I can't confirm that; all I know is that it does a good job of keeping...

The half-lug looks and feels awkward to me on a shorter barrel, where I want as much weight out front as I can get. Above about 6" it starts to come into its own.

The balance and swing weight of the 3" are ideal for its intended purpose as an equalizer in social situations. I like the 4" fine as a range shooter, but the 3" is the perfect combat revolver.

Ah -- I would have read that headstamp right-to-left as Hebrew ayin-chet-tav. Reading it left-to-right I see that it's Cyrillic PPU. I note from that headstamp codes site that they have a factory in Uzice, so maybe that stands for Prvi Partizan Uzice?

I believe the term is "Her Majesty's loyal subjects," not "slaves," but the outcome is sometimes mighty similar. We have a written Constitution that explicitly secures some of our rights, and refers to our having many others; the British system that was spread throughout the Commonwealth leaves...

I like Ruger's six-shot revolvers in bigger bores, but [brief pause while hunting through ruger.com] about the only 5-shot model I see is the .480. Are you saying that folks have been lobbying for more 5-shot revolvers in other calibers? That would be somewhat ironic, because one of reasons I...