Recent content by Woodsman22

Shell 627: Thanks! I remembered having seen a website dealing with Rossi gunsmithing and couldn't remember where. Now you reminded me and I will check it out. The peep sight replacement for the safety sounds good, but I wonder about the liability aspect of removing a manufacturer safety (the...

Still on the fence, but tipping to one side now... "16in bbl will minimize length, at expense of magazine capacity. A 20in bbl M92 clone is still much lighter and handier than an 18-20in shotgun, and have 10-ish rd capacity. Evaluate your personal priorities. A Rossi is usually not as smooth...

VOOB: "If you're worried about appearances using a lever action is walking right into the cowboy gambit. Have you considered a Mini-14 or M1 Carbine or similar? I don't care for either compared to an AR, but they offer the wood stock look and are semi-auto with detachable box magazines and will...

Thanks for all the replies " As far as the cartridge, factory loads topped with jacketed hollow-point bullets in .357 Magnum, .44 magnum or .45 Colt will work just fine for home defense." That is what I was thinking.Yes, the 45 LC is more expensive than others, but I can always gear up to...

My reasoning over a handgun is the extra power imparted by the longer barrel- longer, but not so long as to be an impediment to moving around from one room to another, if need be. I have read figures at "ballistics by the inch" at nearly 800 fp for some loads in this caliber. And then lighter...

That sounds reasonable to me. Thanks for your input Scott.

And would appreciate your input. It is chambered in 45 LC and has a 16 inch barrel. Yes, I know that most people are going to recommend a 12 or 20 gauge barrel pump shotgun, but that makes it that much harder to maneuver around corners in the house. I suppose over penetration of sheet rock walls...

"I have no problem with hunters or hunting, but killing endangered species is just wrong. There's something wrong with someone who does it. There is no sport there." Sodacan, lions are not on the endangered species list (yet), though they certainly should be and there is political pressure...

"I get hunting for game management. You have too many of one animal you can thin the population. Do we have too many loins?" - In the case of lions at least, that is an excellent point. If you believe Scientific American (and many other sources), lions are expected to go extinct by 2050...

" she told me she couldn't focus good enough with her right eye through the sights." I too, am left eye dominant and right handed, but I have no problem with "focusing" either eye. The problem (which is the nature of eye dominance) is that my left eye leads and the right follows. So... if...

2152hq: "If I was going to do something like this again,,and I used to do stuff like this a lot!,,I'd rechamber the 9mmLuger pistol to 38Super/ACP....The gun will still function with 9mmLargo if you want to shoot and play around with reloading that case on cheap 9mmLuger dies. It'll shoot...

Alk8944; "While you are talking with CH4D ask them about dies too! They make a bunch of really eclectic stuff, and for a usually far better price than RCBS or Redding!" - I am afraid you are confusing CH-4D the reloading manufacturer with "4D Reamer Rentals" - an entirely different...

ALK8944: Thanks for the pics and the explanations! "On the last case with 3 lines, the top is neck/shoulder, middle is where sizing ends, and the bottom line the end of expansion, where the die should size to. All the spacer accomplishes is to shorten the as-sized neck!" - And a...

Alk8944; "So, with my original 9mm Parabellum dies set I have a total of 4 die sets for 9mm Parabellum!!!!! Forget RCBS and their Largo dies, I would bet all you get are 9mm Parabellum dies marked for Largo, but pay nearly 3 times as much for them just for the marking! Better to just buy a...

0KFCO5: "Like rwsmith, I'm still trying to grasp why rechambering a misfeeding pistol to a LONGER cartridge would make it feed better.... What am I missing?" It doesn't happen often, but it does now and then. As to the explanation for that phenomenon - see Larry's comment above. His...