Wheelgunner

Looks like the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is going to have to rein in Judge Blake.  This will be overturned faster than you can say "abuse of discretion."

What kind of ammo are you using when it happens? Never seen it myself, but I understand that a round with a high primer can cause that problem. Also, did you try pulling the trigger on empty chambers before you cleaned it? If there was heavy buildup on the cylinder face (where the cylinder meets the forcing cone), that might also explain your problem - and would explain why your problem did not continue after a good cleaning. The whole dirty cylinder face causing a revolver not to function generally only arises where a wheel gun's cylinder gap is really tight. Might be worth measuring yours to see if it's within manufacturer's specs. ETA - On some makes of revolvers, the ejection rod screws into its place in the center of the cylinder. Over time, recoil can gradually cause the rod to unscrew itself just enough to push its tip against the frame of the gun. When that happens, it results in the cylinder refusing to spin. The ammo you use, the cylinder gap, and the ejector rod are the three things I'd check before sending it back.

I took a look at the questionnaire and the responses via Sam1'a link.  It sucks that so many reps did not respond, but it is pretty enlightening to study the answers of those who did.     I'm very grateful to the folks at TFA for putting together this survey and helping show where our elected leaders actually stand on some of the biggest issues.

Sure is scary knowing that there's a guy on the loose who stores food, owns firearms, and doesn't like O.     And did you see how many bombs the feds carried out of his house?!  ...oh, wait

I did a weekend trip to Frozen Head recently and was not terribly impressed.  The campground was well maintained, but all the campsites were really close together.  It was full of RV folks and fairly noisy.  (It would probably be quieter if you went during the week.)  Flat Fork Creek was low when I was there, so fishing was out.  I hiked part of the Lookout Tower trail.  Trail was in good repair and I didn't see a single person on it.     If I give Frozen Head another try, I'll do backcountry camping instead and do a serious 3-4 day hiking trip.

Good luck, wcd.  Sounds like a really frustrating situation.   Reading this thread reminded me of Christopher Walken's barking dog story from the movie Suicide Kings.  Anybody else remember that?  (Not suggesting that course of action unless you're a mob boss.)

I'm bringing up Lumber_Jack's question a third time in this thread to see if anyone can provide a direct, clear answer.  I'd really like to read such an answer.

@ the OP - I think a big part of the problem is the degree of constitutional interpretation we put up with.  Judge doesn't like what the Constitution says?  No biggie, he'll just judicially "interpret" it to mean something completely different than how its words plainly read.     This is in spite of the fact that the whole reason we write things down is so that, later on, whatever we wrote won't be different.  Need to remember a phone number one morning to make a call later?  You write it down on a sticky note, so that in the afternoon you'll still have the phone number.     Imagine if every time you wrote down a phone number you needed and then waited an hour, one of the digits had "interpreted" itself from a 9 into a 6.  In another two hours, every 4 "interpreted" into a 7.  By that afternoon, you (the original writer) wouldn't even be able to recognize what you'd written anymore.  Makes no sense, right?  And yet this is exactly what our judiciary has done to our founding documents.       That kind of diseased thinking has made its way from the judicial branch into the general population, so that now citizens think that "changing" the meaning of a word is a valid logical argument.

Just voted.  Same results as billyscott.

1.  When do people EVER make a child's anxiety a key consideration in deciding which rights the adult will exercise?  Is that like saying I won't vote democrat because it might freak out a child?  Or, I won't disparage the current president of the United States because it might cause Little Johnny some anxiety?  On second thought, that's a great idea.  Every time an adult wants to do something, we'll run it by the Child Anxiety Oracle and see if the kid approves.   2.  Apparently Mr. Cousins is a school administrator in a state in which it is legal to carry firearms in a school.  If state law allows this, and a school administrator reacts to the sight of a holstered handgun on an adult's hip by calling 911 and sending the school into a school lockdown... then that school administrator needs to be replaced immediately.  "Swatting" is illegal when 15 year old video game players do it to each other in California; it's just as illegal when a 40 year old civil servant does it to an innocent citizen.   

I had a chance to put a couple mags through a 42 about a week ago. It felt better to me than regular size Glocks like the 19. It was fun to shoot, but like others have said, I don't know why a guy would choose one for a carry gun - especially when there are tiny 9mm pistols out there. Diamondback DB9 comes to mind.

Will Carry,   Thank you for your thoughtful and accurate discussion of the Battle of Ft. Pillow.  Too often the complexities of that battle are overlooked - as they were in Forrest's own lifetime.  Even at the time of the battle and during the legislative inquiry that followed upon its heels, this battle was highly controverted.  Survivors on both sides gave widely varying accounts.  There were those who believed that the confusion you mentioned regarding the Union forces' surrender was an intentional ruse, an underhanded tactic by which the Union forces could gain an advantage.  This theory is particularly interesting when one takes into consideration Forrest's well documented efforts in similar situations to give the enemy maximum opportunity for surrender and, in his own words, to "prevent further effusion of blood."

Yeah, like real-time basketball scores during March Madness.   Seriously, though, you know what stats I'd like to see?  The number of people that are normally careless, unseatbelted, drunk, behind-the-wheel texters who changed their behavior and became responsible after reading one of those death toll stats.  I'm betting THAT number would be in the single digits.   And if the whole point of the signs was to make better-informed, safer drivers, then... 

I had a Taurus 605 .357. It was my carry gun for a year. I put a Hogue monogrip on it. I put .38 and .357 mag ammo through it every month or two, and I never had a problem with it. Timing, lockup, trigger were all fine. The only reason I got rid of it was that I was uncomfortable with the behind-the-hammer lockout device.

@ wk05 - Thanks for making it easy to do the right thing.   Email sent.

Rights are not gifts from government.

  I had a lawyer tell me recently that the Lopez U.S. Supreme Court Case essentially struck down the federal government's power to regulate the bearing of arms in schools.  From what he said, it sounded like the Gun Free School Zone Act of 1990 was found unconstitutional and is now null.  I don't personally know how accurate that is, though.

  If you're in Greenbrier you ought to drive down to a cigar shop called Smoker's Abbey on Gallatin Road in east Nashville.  It's a cool place to relax and have a smoke with guys that can recommend a really good stick.  And you'll feel right at home as soon as you see the sign in their window as you're walking in.  It says something like, "Lawful, concealed handguns are welcome here."   As far as cigars to try, I'd recommend a CAO MX2 and a Drew Estate Nica Rustica. 

These boys need to hear from someone how much life sucks if you enlist on a special contract that gets you immediately into high speed qualification stuff, and then you fail out.  In the Army you would sometimes come across young guys that enlisted on a contract similar to the SEAL deal you described (Ranger Indoctrination Program I think) and then flunk out of the program somehow.  They end up not being able to choose their follow-on MOS.  Meaning the Army gets to choose your job for you.  I don't know if things work the same way in the Navy.   An even bigger concern is that a young man who's enlisting would do well to figure out what kind of work, generally, he could see himself doing as a civilian.  Most guys don't have the foresight to do this; the recruiter tells them how cool it is to be a spaceship door gunner and that's all the recruit wants.  He doesn't bother to wonder how that job will translate into civilian skills later down the road.  Consequently, at the end of his first enlistment, that young guy doesn't have any real options.  He can either reenlist, or separate and become a civilian who has really cool military skills but can't get a job.   Say a young man has always been interested in police detective work, but really wants to see firsthand what the military is all about.  Ideally, he chooses an MOS that will have him doing that kind of stuff (i.e. Military Police, Military Intelligence Investigator, etc.) and enlists.  Later, by the time that same soldier reaches the end of his enlistment, he has done some detective-type service schools, gotten some letters of recommendation together, has some leadership experience, and is marketable to police forces across the country.  He has options in the civilian world.   The goal is for the soldier to have a first enlistment experience that gives him what investors call "a good return" for his time in service. 

Email sent.  ggwilde, thanks for the heads up.

Email sent.  Maybe our leaders will listen, and act.  There is no excuse for making good, regular people defenseless in public parks.  They should call this the Terry Tram law.

Like Erik88 said, have her try to shoot some larger semi-autos.  If I'm trying to convince a firearms novice that semi autos are fun, I'm gonna have them shoot a full size semi auto (think Beretta 92F) with mild ammo and spare mags preloaded.  Once they have a good experience with a big semi auto then I've overcome this myth that semi autos are categorically bad, and down the road I can help them transition to a compact, single stack, carry anywhere semi auto.   The truth, though, is that few women have enough interest in firearms to fire a huge variety, choose a favorite, learn its mechanics, learn safe handling, invest in enough range time to instill good marksmanship habits, etc.  If your wife knows how to safely use a J-frame, trains at least occasionally with it, and carries it, then she's way ahead of the curve.  

I will never understand why people who fear and dislike firearms aren't satisfied with just not owning one themselves.   I fear and dislike little yappy dogs that bite your ankles, but you don't see me going on some crusade against the Yorkshire Terrier Club of America.  You know what fixes the problem for me?  Not buying one of those nasty little critters.

These stories coming out of Connecticut remind me of a novel by Matthew Bracken. This is a very uncomfortable moment in American history for those who understand the significance of what is going on up north.

  Why did I have to read that while sipping coffee?  Too funny...   The guy was obviously up to no good, but these problems have a way of sorting themselves out.  One day he'll flash his "credentials" to someone who really doesn't want any attention from the police, and we'll simply never hear of this yahoo again.  I bet he never even considered that a hardened criminal might believe his little act.