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I have heard or racking a slide like that during an emergency. And, I have practiced it, with dummy ammo. I'll save that one for emergencies. I'm not the fastest draw, no matter what I'm using. I'm also not the greatest shot, though I usually hit what I'm shooting at, just not all x ring. I'll stick...

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I found this one in a gun store in Culver City. They didn't know what they had, but I did.

For some reason I have always been attracted to shorter barrels on leverguns. Maybe it's because I'm not a big guy and the shorter barrels just seem right.

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Solving a math problem without the necessary data is just a shot in the dark. Sort of like, solve for x. And the information you are given is y.

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If you are interested in a good book series about Africa in the 1860's take a look at Flight Of The Falcon by Wilbur Smith.

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Well, assuming you ask the total number, using the amount of lead you stated you used the answer supplied is pretty darned close. Hard to be exact as there are things we don't know. If you are asking how many "types" of bullets you cast the answer is three. But in that case the question is...

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Prayers up.

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765x53 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:25 pm If you have to "Draw" your gun you weren't ready. As attested by your photograph.

Not true. You can be deep in the deepest stuff when you need to draw a handgun. Life ain't a John Wick movie.

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Frankly, if it comes down to needing a firearm for self defense, the last thing I'll be worrying about is getting sued. Lawyers, snakes that they are (and I'll hire the biggest snake I can), can handle what comes next. Here's one for you from a retired lawyer. If he were suing a person who had some ...

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Maybe it was Marty Robbins' Mr. Shorty but I've always preferred a shorter barrel. 5.5" is as long as I'll go. I prefer my short barreled bad .45 (sorry Marty for taking license with the lyrics).

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Hand-eye coordination might not be that good for everyone. I am a natural left hander, left eye might be dominant - but hard to tell, forced to be a right hander through extreme use of belt and automotive air contitioner hose. Using sights I am good. Mine was a yardstick. It gave Mrs. Rivera a long...

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Very well-behaved dogs in public places don't bother me. It's the loud, obnoxious people and their ill-behaved kids that suck. :idea: The problem is that some dogs are not "well-behaved". After watching, several times, dogs lift their leg on the lower shelves at the grocery store I hesita...

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I frankly don’t understand why I would lose zero. There’s nothing obvious. Windage stayed perfect. But elevation was off. How was it stored, and how long did it stay in that position. Think about it, even steel bends a bit if it is left in the same position long enough. You can see that by looking ...

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I refused modify mine, it was a gift from the kids. So I had to relocate it out of state.

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Now if someone would just make it today. The cool factor alone would be worth it.

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Silly thought, but since it's still in production, why not give Bianchi a call?

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youtube videos are okay. But these folks have a really good handle on all thing GMRS with bleed over to FRS, CB and HAM. Some of the posters are waay advanced, but even they generally post at a level normal, non radio nerds, can understand. https://forums.mygmrs.com/ Oh, by the way, if it's anything...

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I suppose one of the advantages of growing up in the fifties and sixties is that we were outside a lot. We learned all sorts of stuff by doing it. I know I taught my kids (the USMC added a bit more knowledge) the outside stuff.

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piller wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2026 7:28 pm I didn't remember it being around that long.

You could buy kits from J.C. Whitney. Niggling at my mind is, also, something about alcohol injection. I didn't use it, did use water injection, but I seem to remember some guys did.

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Studebaker Golden Hawk with water injection was fast for the time. Amc Gremlin was just ugly. Ford Torino Talladega was fast on the big oval Nascar tracks. The Torino had a drag pack that used a 428 Super Cobra Jet and 4.11 gears that was a special order. It put up low 13s in the ¼ mile and could d...

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Regarding communications. In order of preference, HAM, GMRS, CB, FRS. A technician license for HAM is pretty easy to get and requires no knowledge of morse. But you do have to study to pass the test as it's got some technical/regulatory issues. Longest range, and there are repeaters that can extend ...

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Yeah .. AMC built the Javelin I left off Corvette for GMC ... the first one came out in 1954 I believe it was ... it was an inline 6 cylinder. And Ford made the Thunderbird. My friend had a '56 we ran around in. Oh ... International made the Scout. I had one of those. It was a really cool 4WD. And ...

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I used to put together first aid kits. But honestly some of the commercial trauma bags are amazingly complete. Less prescription drugs of course. For those I just suggest you talk to your physician. Some are amenable others not so much. With my background I have something's folks with less training ...

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I'd like to see a timer on that. But my observation, particularly from the front view is that you will be hit by the first draw before you can get your "Mossad" draw on target. Simple physics. Movement takes time. There is less movement in the conventional draw. Now if Mossad guy sling sho...

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I first visited San Antonio in 1971, after basic. The Alamo was kind of run down and totally unimpressive. I had pictured it out in the open, not in a congested and smoggy downtown. The River Walk was, well let's just say not a good place to take a girl, but a good place to find one. And just about ...

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765x53 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 11:57 am So, the same as U.S. Army carry?

Well, there's the way the manual says, and then there's the way it's actually done. I worked with a pilot who insisted all firearms be cleared (that also meant no mag). It's amazing how rapidly he changed his mind.

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The more rural area's of Spain still had some "Winchesters" in their police stations into the mid 70's. I was amazed to see a couple in a rack at one such station. I always wondered how they got their. Now I know.

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Last, the softer targets are urban churches. Usually larger, and generally attended by folks who think carrying a fire arm is bad. I personally believe some of those is how the church administration found out about our group and others like us. They put pressure on the Archbishop, and being good pol...

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Not playing this time. 1911, AMT .45 Backup and the ever present .22 NAA mini. Scout/Squad in vehicle. I actually do wish I had my Stag AR-15 still here in California for my wife. But, anything that isn't legal here has long since been relocated to another state. If ever there was a time for all the...

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Family tradition. Christmas for four years running were "firearms" related. BB gun first, next year was a pellet gun, then a single shot .22 bold gun and then a .410 pump shotgun. The seasons for he first two years I was a tag along on hunting trips. The third year using a "family&quo...

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The Simply Rugged pancake holsters are very nice. I have several. They ARE a bit spendy, but the quality is outstanding and the service is really top-notch. Spendy? Have you priced similar quality holsters? My only complaint about Simply Rugged is that their lead time has grown over the years. But ...

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The only "shoulder holster" I had any real experience was not a shoulder holster but a chest holster. I used a GI "tanker" holster for a bit and liked it until you need to go prone. Not something you want to throw yourself down on. So I abandoned that and went back to a belt hols...

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Mid 70's the USAF was widening the entrance to one of it's German bases (Ramstein?). Civil Engineers hit a hunk of concrete. Gi's being GI's they excavated it without passing the info up the line. They uncovered a WWI German bunker. They thought about going inside, but one of the guys remembered wha...

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Let’s give Ruger a chance. I gave them the timeline and argued that I should not be responsible for replacing a stock on a gun that was purchased less than two months before it broke. Negotiations continue. But remember, there was a time Ruger wouldn't have even blinked. They'd have just fixed it. ...

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6' 225(ish), Colt Combat Commander, IWB, summertime under a Hawaiian shirt, (to my dermatologist's disgust), cooler weather under a long sleeve t-shirt worn untucked with a light- or medium-weight t-shirt under that, colder weather a Henley shirt., and cold weather, a jacket with an OWB holster. Fa...

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I was once 5'9", probably close to 5'7" these days. Weight is about 180, so, short and "stout". Carrying full size 1911's, Blackhawks and N framed Smith's isn't out of the ordinary. As mentioned many times, I generally carry OWB cross draw. Toss on a Hawaiian shirt and no one not...

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You do realize that Mexico is well overdue for another revolution.

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You all realize that Ruger isn't Ruger anymore. They are in the late second/early third stage of the life span of a business. 1st stage - Started by a visionary 2nd stage - gets too complicate/big or the visionary retires/dies so business people take over. When they do the intend to make the company...

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Now try that with a 1911. Or likely any external hammered semi auto of 9mm, 38 super, 40 S&W, 10mm or 45 acp. Pressing the thumb on the slide of a striker fired handgun doesn't give the slides mass an opportunity to gain momentum. You might find the very small amount of movement in an externally...

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I've stated many times I carry almost exclusively OWB cross. But I have never explained how I got there. Waaay back in the stone age Uncle Sam did not make left handed holsters for the 1911 (thank heaven that there must have been a highly placed southpaw when the UM84 and it's follow ons were adopte...

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Regarding incarceration of pedophiles. Just remove any special protection and put them into general population. Problem will be solved. A lot of folks in prison have kids they care a great deal about.

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Jim, you paint an amazingly vivid word picture. If you know wild country you can not only see it, but your memory fills in the sounds and smells and especially the quiet. The quiet is something folks who have never been away from all the noise we humans make could understand. Thanks for that.

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As a southpaw, I actually doubt Sam Colt was left handed. I'm of the opinion that knowing folks would need more dexterity to put those itsy bitsy caps on the nipples, especially in times of stress, Colt set it up for the right hand to do all of the fine motor skills. I double he was that concerned a...

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Yep, the TLA guns were beauts. But they didn't catch on. After over a century of telling folks that Colts and such weren't made for lefties, the last thing they wanted to accept is a right handed revolver.

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One of the things Ive always done on any Colt or Ruger is to take one of the cratex polishing bobs for dremmel and polish the top surface to reduce friction . Not take any metal off just bring surface to a shine. Funny thing Ive never held my Colt 's or Rugers in my left hand to load . Ive always h...

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Jim, threads like this always bring up different points of view. A person's point of view is correct for that person. And yea, we have had this conversation before. And will again but we constantly have new gun handlers joining the forum. So rehashing things put the information back where they might...

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I did a long term storage test on a mix of already old .22 lr's. I put several hundred rounds into a 2" piece of PVC pipe and glued a cap on one end and screwed a cap on the other. Then I put it in my Jeep box. There it sat unmolested for over a decade (I had always wondered where it went). I f...

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Funny thing is, all this carry only five is a relatively modern idea. From what I have read the USA carried with six. Lawmen carried six. Seems most westerners carried six. The logic seemed simple. If one needs a handgun, why start by handicapping yourself. Paranoia and civil litigation seem to be t...

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Saw that commercial a few days ago.

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The only time I found a deal any better was in the mid 90's. An LGS I had dealt with for some time was going out of business. The owner and smith brought out a box of "stuff" and gave it to me. It contained numerous cans of powder, boxes of primers various types or brass and a bunch of bul...

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JimT wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 11:15 pm The "hammerless" revolvers would be the best bet for underthecovers work.

Except you need to fit in. I doubt many bad guys are carrying small 5 or six shot revolvers these days. Seems high capacity "9's" remain the rage.

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