Grayfox54

The GP-100 is a fine gun, but it always felt clunky to me. Its just awkward and heavy in my hand. The Six series guns are just so much more balanced and handle like a dream.

I love the Security Six! I have a stainless 2.75" and a blue 4". Toughest revolvers ever built. I'm keeping my eyes open for a good 6" gun. I've said for many years that the worst mistake Ruger ever made was discontinuing the Six series revolvers.

Bear in mind who is in the white house and BATF's tendency to make their own rules. I don't expect these triggers to last long once they get on the radar. But who knows when the powers that be will notice them?

I just don't get the whole distressed look. Why make a brand new gun look like it was drug behind a truck?

Since I have a C&R license, I got an e-mail from ATF saying that a gun theft had happened. But it didn't give details. It was the usual. make sure my stuff was secure and accounted for. Now I know what it was about.

WOW! Talk about fancy. Congratulations. I hope it shoots as good as it looks.

I have a BOS form I like to fill out when buying or selling. These days you can't be too careful. I like to keep track of where they came from and where they went. I'd have the guy who picks up the gun do the paperwork as he will be the actual buyer. You can prove where it went and what he does with it after that is none of your concern. Of course this isn't legally necessary. Just a CYA measure just in case.

I used to work with a guy who was a germaphobe. He was so bad that if the soft drink rolled out of the machine and hit the floor, he'd throw it away. Yet his car was even worse than that. I'm talking weeks old food rappers, general trash and a major stink! He cleaned it out one day and completely filled a city issue household size garbage can. Bear in mind that this same guy wouldn't hardly touch anything at work without gloves on and raised a stink if anybody started a car without opening the shop doors first.

The .357 magnum was born out of a desire to get more power out of the .38 Special. In 1930 S&W introduced a cartridge called the .38-44 High Velocity. This was simply a .38 Special loaded to current .357 velocity. In 1935 S&W was concerned about heavy duty ammo being used in cheaply made guns. So they lengthened the cartridge case 1/10th of an inch so that it wouldn't seat fully in a .38 special chamber and the .357 Magnum was born. Other than being just a tad longer, All other dimensions are identical. Yes, .38 Special can easily be shot out of a .357 Magnum. However, the .357 is too long to work in a .38 Special. The .357 Magnum is the "Jack of all trades" in the handgun world. You can shoot anything from light . 38 Wadcutter target ammo to 180 gr full house magnum hunting loads. In the 1930s Daniel Wesson hunted everything in North America, including the big bears, with a .357 Magnum just to prove its effectiveness. For defensive use, the full magnum 125gr HP loadings have been rated the #1 man stopper for many years according to several studies. That's one of the reasons why a great many LE agencies went with the caliber back when revolvers were still king. When reloading, the same bullets work for both calibers. However, don't try to push hard cast lead bullets over about 1100 fps as it can cause serious leading. I don't recommend swaged lead bullets at all. My favorite powders for full power loads in the .357 are W296, H110 and 2400. My own pet load for the .357 is a hard cast 158gr LSWC over 6.0 grs of W231. This is a mid-range load that I've chronographed at 1100fps. Wonderfully accurate in all my guns, doesn't lead the bore and is pleasant to shoot.

Howdy. feel free to ask all the questions you want. We love to share our particular brand of BS.

If you think the standard carbine is fun, you oughta try this. Its a hoot! I actually once shot a 3 gun match with it. The other guys just looked and shook their heads. But I didn't do half bad. i even out scored some guys with decked out ARs.

Yeah, I know, everybody hates it. But I thought I'd show my 21st Century updated carbine one more time just for S&G. Don't worry. The other one is just like Uncle Sam issued them.

Back when everybody was buying carbines cheap, I was buying NIW USGI mags for about $5 each. But now, just like the rifles, the supply has dried up and prices are getting ridiculous.

It'll be interesting to see how they price the mags. $50 each? I've seen them asking that on other web sites.

Decided I'll pass. Not worth the trip and there's really nothing I'm looking for right now.

Back to the Carbines: The plot thickens. Saw this posted over at Sig-Talk. Apparently it was an e-mail sent to one of the new purchasers. Dear Customer, Thank you and congratulations on your M1 Carbine purchase! Response to these guns was overwhelming and we are still hard at work getting them processed and out the door. We know you’re excited to get your new gun and we appreciate your patience. When your M1 Carbine arrives, we are confident you’re going to be pleased with your purchase. We’d love to see these guns in the hands of our happy Customers, so if you share a photo of your carbine on social media, please be sure to tag us! WE HAVE MORE GREAT NEWS! We have military surplus M1 Carbine Magazines produced during WWII between 1942 and 1945. These magazines were manufactured by one of 17 different companies which can be identified by markings on the rear of the magazine. WWII production magazines do not come available often and we have a VERY LIMITED SUPPLY. Because we have such a limited supply, we are initially only notifying Customers who bought an M1 Carbine so you have the first opportunity to purchase. WE ALSO HAVE a very limited supply of M1 Carbine Ammunition! The magazines and ammunition will be turned on for sale Tuesday, June 15, at 8:00 AM Central Daylight time. Please note we have very limited supplies of each of these products, quantity limits will apply, and they will sell fast! Below are the product numbers we will turn on Tuesday, June 15. For your best opportunity to purchase, please be ready to order at 8:00AM CDT. Magazines: 333327 - Military Surplus Magazine M1 Carbine 30 Carbine 15-Round New Old Stock Steel 607887 - Military Surplus Magazine M1 Carbine 30 Carbine 15-Round Grade 1 Steel 191953 - Military Surplus Magazine M1 Carbine 30 Carbine 15-Round Grade 2 Steel 409493 - Military Surplus Magazine M1 Carbine 30 Carbine 15-Round Grade 3 Steel Damn! I used to like Midway. Now they pull this crap! Especially after telling me in an e-mail that they had no G.I. surplus mags.

Denmark also had a lot of lend/lease U.S. Garands. Odds are the bolt was just swapped out during maintenance. My CMP Garand is a Danish return.

Hmmm......... Its a 6 hour round trip for me. But I haven't been to a show in a very long time. Also there's a Murfreesboro member here who has a gun for sale that I'm very interested in. Lemme ponder on this for a while.

Here ya go! Sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me.

I did a little research. There's not much out there but apparently Beretta made a bunch of M1 Garands under contract for Denmark. I think this was during WW II, but I can't seem to pin down the exact dates. Not much seems to be known. Oh yeah! I definitely want to see pictures of this!

I'd like to see pictures of that.

They're really pushing vaccination now. A lot of folks still haven't had it, but they've got tons of vaccine that'll soon be out of date. They want it in arms before it goes bad.