Yowza - two fingers is still a lot but, certainly could have been worse all things considered.

Depends on if it was money I could easily live well on for the rest of my days, say 10MM after taxes or smaller say 5MM or less after taxes Either way I would: Pay off the mortgage on my current home. Buy a Sportsmobile. Set up something in NV and buy some Class 3 toys. Invest the rest. Find a job t...

Sounds like you might have seen a Marlin 39M 2nd Ammendment. I just bought one but haven't been able to get my hands on it yet :) Another interesting feature is the cresent buttplate. Should be very handy with the 20" barrel and the octagon is supposed to be lighter than the round. IIRC, the pi...

Now where did I put my purple paper?

Why not? S&W is marketing a "tactical" revolver. Why not a Ching Sling on a lever. But only on a lever that has black synthetic furniture - no wood. Steppin' back in time with the plastic fantastic. -Brian You can also go one step further in tacticaldom now - XS is putting out a tripl...

I made my own loop starting with a stock lever from Marlin. If there is a lot of space in the loop, your hand will travel (and bang into) the loop more when you run the action vigorously. I tried to keep mine a little more narrow in front with an S-curve, but my original drawing was a little more li...