Recent content by shil

Learn to shoot what you have well.

Years ago, I used my Model 25 in some PPC-style matches at a club to which I belonged. Revolvers shoot against other revolver-shooters. No speedloaders permitted. Start with a loaded revolver on the table in front of you. On signal; pick up, fire the cylinder load, reload, fire your second...

I've never tried Bullseye. Winchester 231 works for me.

Five-inch!

What "riots"? Anything like Jan 6? No riots here.

Young man, you did well! Enjoy the revolver. I approach 75 years. I like my 25-2 very much despite not being able to shoot it worth a darn!:(

I've had mine for many years. I've been lucky enough to have made the right bullet choices over the years so I seldom had to use it. It worked well, despite the inconvenience of having to attach the tips/screens inside the window of the frame of a revolver. This thread has inspired me to get it...

I began to seriously sour on gun shows years ago when a seller had some 9mm NATO in pristine boxes. He refused to allow me to open the boxes. That should have been the red flag. I gambled and ended up with one box of Remington commercial FMJ and two boxes of obvious reloads. I shot up the...

That's pretty much where I get nailed when shooting full-power .44 Magnum out of a 629 5" Classic. The joint at the thumb base takes a beating. No wounds, just pain. I've tried different stocks but haven't found the "magic" combination yet. When the pain gets too uncomfortable,, I stop. When...

Federal 9bp for my older Standard Hi-power, Winchester +p 124 Ranger-T for my later Mark III with 18.5 lb recoil spring.

One must be careful. I used red Loctite (I didn't have any blue on hand) for an issue, later ran into a situation in which I had to loosen the screws, had to carefully use a propane torch to counteract the Loctite. Lesson learned.

Read the return and inspection policy of the seller, any seller, CAREFULLY. I avoid buying ANY firearm sight unseen, despite all the pretty pictures. I was banned from gunbroker (still am...... big ****ty deal) because of an after-the-fact discovery.

I have a supply of fired .45acp brass, large primer. I no longer plunder range brass on account of I can't be bothered sorting brass by primer size. I have not reloaded .45acp in many a moon because I no longer shoot much .45acp. Cost of components these days makes it pointless for me to reload...

I had a 39-2 decades ago and was very fond of it. I wound up passing it my elder brother, decades ago. He owned one and loved it but burglars ripped it off. I've lately been watching for another one but it seem like for $400, you get a sow's ear, not a silk purse. Good fortune with yours, if you...

Outstanding! I've been watching for a nice 4566 at something less than a bandit's price.