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Because the law previously set prohibiting lawful concealed carry as the default. Now the default is to allow concealed carry unless explicitly forbidden. I wholeheartedly agree with your take on the issue of character references to establish "good moral character". However, when it comes to...

Mmmm... owl wings... They call it the chicken of the forest. I hear owl goes great with Tootsie pops.

I don't cast myself but have tried many cast bullets. I got a batch of Hi Teks that leaded the barrel of one of my revolvers horribly. I figured out they were too big and guessed that the coating was coming off as each bullet squeezed through the cylinder. I pan lubed the batch and that totally...

I look forward to seeing "no firearms" signs pop up so I know which businesses to avoid giving any of my money to.

If you eat them regularly for any period of time, you will poop out a rock. On the bright side, if you receive oncoming fire, you probably won't be capable of crapping your pants.

If you haven't gotten an answer yet, I'll try to find out for you on Mon if I get the chance.

I hope to get a couple of chances to take my muzzleloader out to get my first deer with it. I only took it afield once in the 2½ years I've had it. I used to shoot hardcast 255 gr .45 SWCs in a .50 cal sabot over 80 gr of fffg Triple Se7en. Accuracy was good, but I'd get bad fliers every so...

Had a chance to take it to the range yet?

The old joke used to go that: In heaven the police are British, the cooks are French, the lovers are Italian, the mechanics are German, and everything is organized by the Swiss. But in hell, the police are German, the cooks are British, the lovers are Swiss, the mechanics are French, and...

I got my first deer with a handgun today – a spike taken with my Ruger Super Blackhawk in .44 Magnum wearing a Burris 2x scope.

Like was said, slow twist rate barrels won't stabilize sabots well. 1:66 is slow, 1:48 is medium, and it's unlikely to have a faster twist than that. If it's 1:48, it'll potentially shoot sabots well, and will likely shoot patched round balls well. If it's 1:66 it should shoot ball very well but...

Everything kev74 said, and a few tips. Getting started with patched round balls, I bought pre-lubed patches. The good thing about them is that they sell the patches in fixed thicknesses so I bought 0.490" balls for my .50 cal muzzleloader and used a 0.015" patch for a tight fit. I also didn't...

Saw a lone baby this morning and passed. One buddy took a 9pt buck another took a nice big doe. Good start to the weekend.

Good hunting everyone!

Not at all what I expected when I clicked on this thread, but boy am I glad I did.

Gotta wonder how long your crack binge has to be before even smoking crack can't keep you from falling asleep.

I definitely don't treat my 629 like it's made of glass, but I also don't doubt the many reports of S&W .44s shooting loose sooner than most other revolvers in the class. I shoot my .44s probably a lot more than most people who own a .44. It just makes more sense for me to shoot the hotter stuff...

For all Ruger's talk about the strength of their GP100, their .44 version is only a Special while S&W's L-frame M69 is a .44 Magnum. What I will give Ruger is that their lockup system is stronger with the crane locking point doing a better job of keeping the action tight than S&W's lockup point...

Agreed, I'd take that case apart. I've shot .44 Special cases with tiny cracks, maybe a millimeter down from the case mouth, but I've never had one with a crack that long make it past inspection. I wouldn't shoot that one.

Very cool.That's a real heavy-hitter of a load and those slugs look mean! I feel just as bad for whatever's on the receiving end of that load as I do for your shoulder.

Another convert – Welcome to the cult of the wheelgun! That's a great little revolver. Now, maybe you could be convinced to take a second look at a nice Ruger, which I believe you compared to a "hooker". I would call this girl more of a "high-end escort".

Mine also has some lateral play in the hammer. Haha, Ruger isn't quite all that bad, but the truth from what I've seen is that at least their revolvers are made rugged and "good enough". They work and often very well, but they aren't refined pieces.

So I have a couple of each of S&W and Ruger including an SP101 in 22LR. I've had quality issues with both. The SP101 I got had pretty rough fit and finish. The adjustable rear sight had too short of a spring so it barely had any click adjustment. I installed a longer sight spring meant for a...

For me, it would have to be the 629 Performance Center Magnum Hunter

Realistically, buying them online is probably your cheapest and most efficient option. Midway, Brownells, Natchez, Powder Valley, Grafs. If they have free shipping or free Hazmat and you buy 3 or 4 lbs, you'll make out just as well or better than finding stuff locally. Especially when you factor...

I love it, you not only got that revolver bug but you got that magnumitis bug bad. A .44 has much more recoil, but the revolver is heavier and the grip is much more substantial, so you feel it much less. I enjoy shooting .44 Magnum in a full-size revolver. I don't enjoy .357s or very hot .38 +Ps...

Retire? Lol. Maybe a few years after I'm dead.

This is way beyond that though. It's poor weapons handling at the most basic level. Alcohol involved, pointing a weapon at someone else, failing to check that the weapon was unloaded, and "dry-firing" a loaded and ready firearm. I love people who say that. It lets me immediately know that they...

Very nice. I think your grips have a lot to do with shootability. They look much beefier and have an enclosed backstrap. And yea, 5 rounds go very fast. But if you bought it as something to carry when you'd usually carry nothing, then it's 5 more than you'd have otherwise.

Depends on the intended usage. The power is definitely befitting of the bulk of a 6" barrel on a .357 Magnum, but the question is whether the bulk is worth what you'll use it for. If you plan to carry it a lot, a 3" barrel will be more comfortable. If it's more of a target shooting or woods...

I'm not even old, but retaining my brass is a huge part of why I love revolvers so much. Makes reloading my cartridges much less of a headache. I hate chasing brass to reload. Podmonkey, as far as the 586 L-comp vs the 686+, I doubt that not using moon clips would reduce accuracy or cause light...

Fantastic. It really annoys me that QC at so many major manufacturers is shoddy enough these days to let very bad guns out the door, but for those who care enough to send them back, they at least stand behind their product. Glad to hear that they not only fixed it for you but had the custom shop...

This way of training is safe and intelligent.

I love the cops saying "we know what you have". Bitch, if you "know what [they] have", you'd have warrants to go search their places. I'm glad everyone visited told them to kick rocks and hope they lawyered up to uncover exactly which laws the government broke in order to harass them like that.

Close than PA or NJ, you have CT with Fairfield County Firearms and Archery. It was my go-to CT spot to take someone to go rent handguns and try them. I haven't been there in years but rental and ammo prices were on par or a little cheaper than any NY range I've rented handguns from. They had an...

Hahaha, man, that's incredible. I wasn't prepared for my mind to be blown as badly as when he stuck the pry bar in that handle.

So the right category is the Miscellaneous section of the Classifieds. That said I'm interested in some of it – PM sent.

That's an awesome concept and a great response to "but does it take Glock mags?"

Besides not being anywhere near NY, all of that about cottonmouths being aggressive and chasing people is BS. As far as the Northern Water Snake, which we do have in NY, they're neither aggressive nor venomous and they're no danger to anyone or pets... unless you're out walking your pet frog...

Besides the Glock issue, you have to look on their website and box for recommended max velocity. For most of their pistol bullets, the plating is thin and can't withstand high velocities. They do make a 0.429" bullet that is rated up to 1850 fps and I use for practice .44 Mag loads. Everything...

Agreed on the LCP vs Bond Arms. As far as snake shot, I don't see any need. There's no snake "attack" where you only had time for 1 or 2 shots. You either didn't have time for any shots or you had all the time in the world and it wasn't life-or-death for you, you wanted to kill it. See, snakes...

Cool, but heavy for a backup. Might as well just carry another loaded 10-rd mag. Or you can have a .38 or .357 mag 5-shooter for a little larger size, but less weight (I swear I'm not trying to convince anyone else to buy a S&W 340). Will it work as a backup? Sure. They are well-built by...

I've always called Honda engines bulletproof.

Well, the only time I've read about the lock failing was on those super-lightweight ones. The thing is, if you pull out the lock and that's not the cause, you have to put it back in before you send it to S&W for work, otherwise they'll charge you for it instead of covering it under warranty. If...

That's terrible and definitely isn't normal. If you aren't hesitant about shipping a handgun yourself, give S&W a call. They should sort it out and ship it straight back to your door. Otherwise take it to the shop you got it from and have them handle that process for you. That's too expensive a...

Staging the trigger is a good skill for long shots, but the close-up defensive technique is a smooth, uninterrupted press straight back to the break, a controlled full let-off, then begin the next press. If you train to shoot from the trigger reset with your autoloaders, you should definitely...

Honestly, if it's just as a range toy, I would say to give a Raging Hunter a good look. They're heavy and ported, so they can mitigate recoil enough to keep long sessions of .357 or .44 Mag a lot of fun. They have decent sights and come standard with Picatinny rails, so you could easily add a...

My one buddy has a full sized Taurus 1911 that he swears by. I can't argue with it being a solid and reliable gun. When I handled it, I was very surprised to find how it was worn in with enough age and cycles to be as butter smooth as any good 1911. My other buddy had a Judge. The action was...