Recent content by Grandpa Bear

#45 Lubricator/Sizer Where can I get a copy of the instruction manual, please? I have one that I'm thinking of buying of a friend's widow and need to know a few things before I say yea or nay. Also, if I say nay, I need to tell her what to sell it for. Right now it has one punch and, I assume...

Taxman, I strongly recommend that you and your wife both attend NRA Home Firearm Safety and Basic Pistol Courses. If you have children, I strongly recommend that you include them in safety training. IF they are K-3rd grade, get an NRA instructor to give them the Eddie Eagle course. It teaches...

Wad cutters are nice for paper, but I strongly recommend buying and using for practice the rounds you will be using for personal defense(PD). The use of other, less expensive ammo to "get used to the gun" is OK. The HOWEVER is that for real practice use something that produces the same...

Clips can be used to load magazines I first decide if it is worth my breath to tell the person the difference or just give them my "you dip-s&%t.":eek: I guess its like the business with pistol and revolver, is the idiot worth correcting? Usually not.:confused: Since most of the anti-gun...

:eek: OK, it is time to get rid of the moon clips and get a smarter revolver. Granted, its single action, but the Ruger New Model Blackhawk .45 Colt with Extra .45ACP Cylinder (Ruger® New Model Blackhawk® Distributor Exclusives Single-Action Revolver Models) is the way to go. Why? The folks at...

I just thought I'd go ahead and introduce myself. I'm retired US Navy WTC (E-7) who managed to get SAMI designation prior to my retirement. I have seven years with the Virginia Beach Auxiliary Police and retired from both in 1988. Earned BBS and MBA from East Tennessee State University in 1992...