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I have been eyeballing this at my favorite LGS/Range for some little while and finally decided to jump. It appears to be a pre-war Targetmaster, Serial # 47xxx. Pretty nice shape. Timed correctly. Nothing obviously buggered up. It will be a shooter. It is strange in one regard. The...

Just got an email from them. Their warehouse and office just burned down. If you have an order in the pipeline there may be an issue. FYI.

Military authorities have arrested an Airman in the death that occurred on an Air Force base in Wyoming last month. It seems that they now believe that the "uncommanded" discharge of an M-18 (SIG P-320) pistol was in fact NOT uncommanded after all. The unnamed suspect has been charged with...

I just got an email from a group I shoot with. The IDPA has just banned SIG P-320 pistols from competitions sanctioned by IDPA. This is NOT intended to be a further dump on SIG. It is just an FYI.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals acting on Thursday struck down the CA requirement for a background check to buy ammo. It originally cost $1 per transaction and just went up to $5 per transaction this month. The system would normally refuse to sell you ammo even if you were not a prohibited...

I noticed a 3913 LadySmith in the used-consignment case at one of my favorite LGS early this month. I have a similar double-column pistol (a 469 surplus, apparently never issued, by the Illinois State Police) so I snagged it, $600. It may have been the filthiest (internally) used pistol I have...

Assuming the media got it right Federal District Court Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo, acting yesterday, issued an order granting final summary judgement in the case of Hoffman v. Bonta. Assuming the order is actually enacted and not further appealed this requires that CA set up some mechanism by...

At about 1700 hrs Pacific Coast Time the Israelis hit a fair number of targets in Iran, including many in Tehran itself. So far we are not involved. The "experts" assert that there will be more than one wave of attacks and Tehran will launch missiles at Israel. The Israeli government has...

A couple of years back the formerly great state of California instituted a background check requirement to buy ammo. It cost ONLY $1. On July 1 of this year it goes up to $5. Camel's nose under the tent flap.

AB1127 would, if passed in its current form, BAN the sale of Glock pistols in the formerly great state of California. The bill, which does not mention Glock by name, would declare that any semi-automatic pistol designed like a Glock and that can be easily converted to fire fully automatically...

I just got my new H D out of the CA gun jail today and here are the photos as promised. The gun looks much better than the harsh lighting in the photos. It is as far as I can tell a perfectly normal 5" 38/44 in very nice shape. The grips are numbered but not to this gun and are in...

I managed to snag a very nice, clean 1935 Vintage Heavy Duty. 5". Very modest blue wear. Timed perfectly all around and everything tight. All markings are very sharp. Grips might even be original, I couldn't see anything inside of them in the light in the store but they look right to me...

I just got back from my favorite LGS/Range. They had a nice 6" blue 57 no-dash that had just hit the used-consignment shelf for $850. Had a noticeable turn line but was timed correctly on all six bores both SA and DA. Yoke had no wiggle and blended really well into the frame. No obvious...

OK, this morning my ancient RCBS single stage press decided to stop working. I disassembled it to de-gunge and lube it. I put the clip and wavy washer in a plastic tray. Things went well. Went to put it back together. Wavy washer is AWOL. Could not find it anywhere. Put everything back...

I have been sort-of looking for a 49 or 649 for quite some time now. I happened to spot this one in one of my favorite LGS one day after it hit the used consignment shelf. It was only $500 and is a no-dash. (I would have rather had a 49 but you can't win them all.) I picked it up just one...

My copy of the 5th edition showed up today. It might be my imagination but it seems to me that the type face (font) is one size smaller than the 4th edition. It is definitely harder for my old eyes to read. I have to either put on my computer screen glasses or use my magnifier. Modest pain...

I own five mouse guns (defined as a .25 automatic for this purpose). I like them. They are interesting pieces of machinery though only marginally (very marginally) a weapon. In the 50 + years I have been regularly carrying a handgun I have carried one maybe three times, always under...

I have been semi-on the lookout for both a 696 (L-frame 5-shot 44 special) and a 49 or 649 (J-frame hump pack with hammer stub) for some time and stumbled across both of them in the last week. The 696 is a no-dash, meaning no Hillary Hole and no MIM parts. It is in very clean shape, timed...

So this couple steps out of their house to look for their dogs out in the boonies of Ontario. They immediately encounter an aggressive polar bear. The bear moved towards the man's wife, so he jumps on the freaking polar bear, unarmed, and starts going hand to "hand" with the bear. A neighbor...

I have read a fair amount about "linear compensators" lately, so I decided to buy one. Fortunately I had a threaded barrel laying around that would accommodate the thing, so I thought I would give it a try. I was impressed. It resulted in a SIGNIFICANT reduction of noise. I was shooting at...