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Mark, I'll get back to you on the Norse Hawk. I'm going to play with it for a bit. I thought you might sell those pretty easy! In Bushcraft circles, the Trail Hawks are pretty popular. A lot of people are looking for a good way to carry them on the packs and such, while big safe. I suspect BCUSA has been responsible for a modest increase of CS Trailhawk sales of late. I'm really surprised the CS hasn't come up with their own sheath by now. Have you considered making a baldric or maybe a possibles bag with a hawk hanger on it?

Wow! My experience with a .45acp snubbie was with a 625 3" barrel. Too heavy for cancelled carry. Now I see that they offer it in Scandium. Now your getting toward a good weight to carry. The 625, at 42oz, would drag your pants off with the wrong belt holster combo. The Scandium at 28.5oz is a lot better!. The price tag kills it though. MSRP is over a $1000. Not worth it in my opinion. Not big on lasers and such either. Not worth a hoot if you battery goes down. Why not follow the KISS principle here?

No, that sounds good! So basically the whole head is covered with a strap under the blade at the bottom. I'll try to get you an outline before you return in April.

Had a 625 with a 3" barrel. It wasn't built on an alloy frame. Heavy as all get out! I'd rather see something in the 20 to 30oz size please.

As it should be.

Voted and we are still ahead 58/42.

Actually, I may have you work up something for my CS Norse Hawk.

Stupid design in my opinion. I'd rather see them shorten the cylinder and frame up and make it a .45acp/.45 LC than this monstrosity. That'd at least be a decent carry piece then. What would then be better is put a 4" barrel on it and then it'd be a really decent kit gun.

The Model 19 (Blue) and the Model 66 (SS) are the same pistol with different finishes with adjustable sights. They were an older model that was built on the K-Frame. The K-Frame is the same frame as the what the Model 10 (.38spl and what most LEO were armed with up until the 80's) is built on. The Model 681 (fixed sight) and the Model 686 (adjustable sight) are built on the newer L-Frame. Both are stainless steel. If you see a 581 (fixed sight) or a 586 (adjustable sight) then it's an L-Frame pistol but in blue.

I wish Ruger would wise up and put a 4" barrel on the SP101. I think that would be an awesome trail gun then! But then we're talking about Ruger. Not the sharpest tools in the shed.

Those are good prices! You should consider going into the custom leather sheath business as a side venture. That's really quality work!

When you think about it, this is a hard question. Your asking what is the best all around .357, so I take that to mean that it needs to be at home in the field, as well as be somewhat concealable. For the field, I think you need a 4" barrel to legally hunt in Tennessee. So that leaves out the SP101 (Excellent revolver, BTW) since 3" is the longest barrel you can get. That also precludes all the J-Frame S&Ws as well. But just about all the 4" barreled revolvers all weigh over 35 oz, which I think is on the heavy end for concealed carry. Currently, Taurus is the only one that makes a light weight .357 mag revolver and that's the 627. It weights in at 28.8 Oz. with a 4" barrel and (here's the huge plus) it's a 7 shot. The S&W Model 19 and 686 both weight in around 35oz give or take a few oz. and the Ruger GP100 weights in at a meaty 40oz. Now I know anything about the Taurus 627. I don't know if it's a quality revolver or not, but I'd take a look at this one first. If weight isn't a factory, then I'd probably opt for a S&W 686 or the Ruger GP100 for a new revolver first. If I were looking for a used one, don't discount the Colts! The Trooper, Peacekeeper series were great revolvers and can still be had for a reasonable price. Colt has always produced the smoothest and best triggers out of the box, in my opinion.

My preference would also be for a firearm, but in a SHTF situation where I might have limited ammo, I'd rather have an air rifle for putting small game on the table. If not that, then a slingshoot with 00buck. I currently have a Daisy Powerline slingshoot that I keep in my BOB along with some ammo for it. I'd love to have a slingshot from this guy though. Welcome To A+ Slingshots

That's about what I have in my Saiga too. It's also in .223.

This is the reason your hearing it now.

Mark, do you know what you want to sell them for? It looks like quality work!!! BTW, where did you get the leather from? There is one leather shop here in Knoxville. I don't know if they have good prices or not.

Great looking job Mark!!! The Crown Royal Bag was for storing the head in your pack when it's not together. Most people I know ditch the little safety screw all together, so it comes off rather easy for breaking down and storage. Have you had a chance to use them yet?

I think the Hi-Power in 9mm is an excellent pistol. I know nothing about the .40 though. I had my Hi-Power stolen during a burglary several years ago and I miss it.

I got to agree with this! Wasn't there a show on back in the fall, where a family is into the prepper thing and the dad actually made his on powder and fired a cap and ball pistol with it? Seems like it was on TLC. Any way, I'd have a hard time making black powder too. Those of you that are going to try out archery, you might want to learn how to make a bow and arrows. From experience I know arrows are easily lost. And it stands to reason that at some point a bow is going to break and need to be replaced or repaired. Not to mention the need to learn flint knapping. Of course, one source of arrowheads could be spoons. They are of the general shape already. A little hammer and file work would probably turn them into half decent two bladed broadheads.

It's easy to "spot" and "stripe" a carbon steel knife with mustard as well. I also used tobacco juice on an old Case Muskrat. That was on accident. I was sucker with the Muskrat at the time.

You can also pick them up at the local Gun Shows for about $110. That's about as cheap as they come anymore unless you have a C&R license.

They do? I think not. There is no paperwork to transfer over in the State of Tennessee, unless you want a BOS. I've never required a BOS from a relative or a friend. I think you best bet is to either report it stolen and by who. The police may not do anything about, since it's a he said/she said, but a report will be filed and you should keep a copy of it in your records. Or write it off as a lesson learned and move on.

You'll love that little pistol! They are fantastic shooters!

Got an idea on price? Man, I could see the Libs in Congress having a cow over this one!!! Awesome looking gun!

Neat looking! I think if that design pans out, those will be a lot more popular!