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To all my American brothers and sisters, I wish you all a happy and healthy Independence Day, 2025. Get out there and celebrate as you see fit. Personally, I plan on getting in a little shooting, followed by something dead on the grill, and finally some adult libations. Above all, take a few...

I think the subject is self explanatory, but for the record: What current/modern trends in the world of guns and shooting make you cringe, scratch your head, or just plain say "gosh darn it, heck no!" The older I get, it seems the longer the list gets. Well, no kidding, it comes with growing...

I haven't had any serious interaction with suppressors in 40 years, but now it looks like I'm about to come into a modest windfall that my bride insists I spend on myself, so... Here's what I want to do. I have a Ruger PC9 Charger that I SBRed a couple years ago and I'm looking at turning it...

Beautiful late winter day here in central Wisconsin, so I dragged myself off the couch and out to my shooting bench to see if I remember how to shoot. Was doing quite well with a half-dozen different .38 Specials and .45 ACPs, when I got to the lone dancing pony in my possession. I picked up...

Hi everybody. I had a face-to-face discussion with a friend recently that prompted this post. One thing most of us were taught at some point in learning about guns, is that alcohol and firearms don't get along well. Essentially, if you're going to have a drink, don't touch the guns. My question...

Back in the stone-age (okay, it was the 1980s) I briefly enjoyed a side gig as a licensed Class 3 dealer. For reasons I won't go into here, I dropped my license after only a few years, and a couple years after that, financial reality forced me to part with the few remaining guns in my...

Hi all. First, I have to say that this post was inspired by the post that came up earlier about the frustrating new search feature on Brownell's website. For me, it instantly reminded me of my frustration with the Blue Book of Gun Values website. I'm sure many here will recall how their site...

Sorry up front for the long post. When I was about 14-15 back in the early 70s I received for Christmas a Remington M581 .22 rifle. Happy as I was with it, I fancied myself quite the guntrader already, and swapped it with my uncle who lived across the road for an old Remington M12 .22 pump...

So after a quick scan through the SCSW5, with several stops to investigate items of interest and admire the eye candy in the photos, I flipped back to the front to peruse the acknowledgements, looking to see whose names I might recognize. And I did find several, including some from this very...

Brad was an excellent buyer, and all-around fine person!

Breaking news just now. I'm sure this will get discussed to a fare-thee-well in the coming days. Stay tuned...

On this Memorial Day, as we honor those who served, I thought it would be appropriate to start a thread honoring the guns that served. I'll start with this Korean War vintage M1 Garand, courtesy of International Harvester. Interesting story about this rifle. I bought it in November '83, from an...

I've been thinking about this awhile and finally decided to do it. I spent over 15 years working for Gander Mountain, full time in the gun department, then again briefly when they reopened under the Gander Outdoors name. I imagine there are a few members here who spent some time there as well...

Based on the practically countless references and recommendations I've read here about Ren Wax, I decided it would behoove (under-used word of the day) me to lay in a supply, and just a few minutes ago the package landed on my porch. The instructions seem pretty straight forward, but I figured...

Fun little backstory: I recently applied for, and received, my first three factory authentication letters. As it turned out, 2 of my old revolvers were shipped to the same place, Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. in Chicago, 1 in 1916 and 1 in 1920. I had never heard of them before, so did a...

Because why not? I've owned a number of 1911s over the years; a Colt .45 Combat Commander, a Series 70 .38 Super, a DCM 1911-A1, a couple Springfield Armory specimens. Frankly, even though it's an iconic design (and I believe it is now legally required to use the word iconic when discussing the...

Since nobody else seems to have kept the virtual gunshow theme going yet on this beautiful 9th day of March, I guess I'll get it started! Here we have a blued M39 no dash, an earlier gun with the long extractor that I was fortunate enough to find with 2 original mags.

Hey everybody. I kinda got caught up in a thread in the last few days about someone who let a special gun get away from them, and someone posted something to the effect, "we've all had it happen, move on, no regrets". Then I said, "does this need it's own thread? So now I'm doing this... I...

Okay folks, I'd really appreciate some input on this one. I picked this up in '06 and just got around to getting it lettered. This is a .38 Military & Police Model of 1905 Fourth Change, nickel finish with standard service sights on a 5" barrel, with a square butt frame and checked walnut...

Question: Is there a particular focus to your collecting, and if so, how focused are you? Are you a pre-war .44 only kind of guy, or maybe a J-frame junkie? I believe most of us will usually pick up the occasional too-good-to-pass-up gun, even if it's not really what we've been looking for, but...