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I used to have one many years ago. I eventually gave it away. Compared to the various 1851 and 1860 revolvers, it was better in every metric. Strength, accuracy, timing, fit and finish, etc. And for the price I'd paid...which was somewhere between $200 and $300, that was all well and good...

I would like one of the older pre-lock 625 Mountain Guns. Mine is a 625-9 post lock. It's odd to say, but I think I could resist a new one pretty easily. It seems to me they both pretty much have the same internals, with the exception of the side lock, which I've already removed from mine...

I don't know that I have a tremendous amount to add to the conversation. I had a Remington for a minute. No love for the pistol grips of any style. I've a strong preference for three points of contact for anything that ain't mighty handy with a single hand. Mine had a brace on it, the...

Every once in awhile, I get a little burned out on Smiths and step out myself. My Kimber K6XS is a handy, light, smooth shooting little EDC, and I like having a full six rounds. My Chiappa Rhino is actually a very accurate and smooth shooting .357. My Charter Arms is the only game in town for...

I'm a pretty big fan of Spyderco. In a time when there are still a lot of edged pry bar-knife looking things out there, Spyderco consistently has real decent edge geometry. I'm a big fan of the K390 steel I carry a K390 Endura on the daily. It's one of the easiest steels to get hair...

I had one for a minute. I sold it to help pay for a hefty vet bill, then the rascal passed on my Birthday anyhow. It was really a pretty uninteresting firearm that yeilded no surprises. Kinda chunky. Trigger not amazing. But...very reasonable accuracy, unstoppable reliability, and a pretty...

I can only answer for myself. I have always kept my pump shotguns in condition #2. That's a full tube, empty chamber. My shotgun has been dry fired, safety off. As far as giving away my location, I'm not concerned. Whether it's a wayward moose, or an intruder I will be screaming...

As much as I would love to take comfort in a hard core opinion one way or the other, I generally see the matter in a fairly nuanced perception. In short, the new revolvers ain't as bad as you'll often hear, and the old revolvers ain't as great. I think that often times scarcity somehow gets...

I truly appreciate your "ramble" It's well considered and well stated.

Funny you should mention that. My other thoughts on "Stuff" is that I don't want it to be a burden to our children. As a small example, I have two sets of China. One of them....should be sentimental. It belonged to the Great Grandmother I never knew, then the Grandmother on my Father's side...

1 can Sabre Red OC Mk 4 1 can Sabre Red OC (small...Shhh!) 1 Motorola radio 1 set S&W handcuffs, 1 set Hiatt handcuffs 1 cargo pocket filled with XL gloves 1 Streamlight flashlight 1 Off brand pen light 1 Write in the rain pen 1 Bic pen Not my favorite things to carry, cause...that means I'm...

I've been spending the last few months of my life helping care for my wife's side of the family. Her Father is in very poor health and speeding down the dementia freeway down in Texas. Struggling to get her four sisters to agree and help with his care is nigh impossible. The only thing they...

=745635&hash=8518681e486d3b3bbaa14a4f318ae8e2']Attach files Aww man...That's embarassing! My sense of humor button malfunctioned! I'll blame it on the lack of inflection in writing. I've arguably bought some of my nicest guns at yard sales, and from meeting local gun group buddies at the...

I think yer misunderstanding my chagrin in the matter... They ain't gunna trace no serial # to nobody up here. I have had friends get calls from the Troopers if a gun they owned many moons ago comes up in a crime, but no one is shocked and appalled if a man shrugs his shoulders and says...

Thankfully, my home state of Alaska is pretty good that way. Infact, one of my favorite guns came to me through the Troopers...sorta. This is a tragic comedy of a story, so beware... My Father in Law was an equipment operator for a local utility company. The old man was like a raccoon...

I was fortunate enough to own an 83 in .454 Casull and a 97 in .45 Colt and .45 ACP. I am not in a hurry to own another. They certainly do meet claims for accuracy, strength, and precision fitment. My obervation was the the fitment was a little too good. At one point in time my young teenage...

My son and I were talking before I left for work this evening. We both had a hearty laugh when we considered "What if..." In this case, "What if SIG's response to this whole scandal is to "upgrade" all the 320 triggers with....P250 triggers (And slide assemblies) ?" I could see the marketing...

Dang. I'm in my early fifties now. These knife threads sure are good for nudging me to take a stroll down memory lane. I did most of my growing up in small town Georgia. I of course realize that my experience is NOT indicative of anybody else's, but as far as knives go, I was raised with...

I picked up a Brazilian over the Winter for a screaming deal. I hadn't shot it until a few weeks back. I had figgered it would be a fun little anachronistic, collectible. thing. I was blown away when I realized the accuracy it possessed. At 15-25 yards, it was remarkable. It's gone from...

It has been more than a decade since I last attended a civilian based class regarding the use of lethal force, but at that time about 2012 the average cost of a self defense shooting was in the neighborhood of 250K on a very clean shooting. I had a relative who shot and killed someone in self...