Recent content by Irate45

As others have stated, they're your grips. They look good. You like them, they fit your hand and that's all that matters.

I do have one left-hand specific rifle and that is a Savage 110 in 30-06. I also had problems with a schoolteacher that tried to get me to write right-handed. She was probably in her late 50's so she was from a time when left-handers were discriminated against. My mom went to school and had a...

Pizza Bob, That story has had many iterations over the years. It goes back a long way. One version you can look up is, The Old Engineer and the Hammer. So, yeah, the Austin Behlert story is a fairy tale, but a good one!

Here's mine loaded with Hornady Critical Defense ammo. It's in my night stand. For those purists who don't like bobbed hammers, there is a reason for it. A long time ago I was discussing home defense guns with a local cop. This was long before the semi auto pistol was as popular as it is now...

I wish my 625-6 Mountain Gun had engraved lettering instead of what I'm guessing is laser etching. I bought it used and it was pretty beat up. The lettering is hard to read.

Mine is a 24-3 that was converted to .45 Colt. It's topped with a Burris FastFire 3 sight. Grips are Ahrends made from rosewood I supplied.

Many years ago, probably around 1980, I purchased a sight insert kit from Brownell's. Included were yellow, red, white, orange and fluorescent orange 6"x2"x1/8" sheets of plastic and a 3 square needle file. I still have it. They no longer carry it. The only gun I have with a homemade plastic...

I'm partial to N frames, so it would have to be my 625-7.

Self taught when I bought my Ruger Blackhawk in 1978. Had several rifles, but that was the first handgun. Purchased and thoroughly read books and magazines before buying it. No internet back then.

My 24-3 converted to .45 Colt with a Burris Fastfire III on an Allchin mount.

A 24-3 converted to .45 Colt.

This is, or was a 24-3. I bought an unfluted .45 Colt cylinder from Numrich and had a gunsmith fit it and add the 5" bull barrel. I polished the action a bit, added a wide, smooth trigger and installed Wolff springs. It had an Aimpoint 7000S red dot sight on a Weigand mount. About 2 years ago I...

Bald1, I lock my car when it's in the garage because there are lowlifes out there with scanners that can activate garage door openers. They apparently can't open all doors, but they do open enough. Locking the car won't stop people like that if they do get the garage door open, but it does slow...

I should clarify that it's mostly when people are walking away from their vehicle and they set the alarm. Why don't you do it when you close the door? On my present vehicle I press a button on the door handle to lock the doors and set the alarm. On previous vehicles I set the alarm when I closed...

Why do so many people wait until they're 15 or 20 feet away from their vehicle before they set the security system, which usually chirps or blows the horn twice? Are they letting any would be car thieves possibly lurking nearby know that the vehicle is now safe from theft? Yeah right! I don't...