deerslayer

Funny how USPSA Limited division guys shoot thousands of rounds of .40 each year and their guns don't come apart. And no, they are not using "powder puff" ammo.

I also passed up a new $379 Colt King Cobra at the same place about the same time.

I'm still kicking myself for not buying the ~$300 .44 Trapper I had in my hands at the store back in the early 90s. What is it they say about hindsight?

"Prayer doesn't belong in schools." Why not? Forced participation obviously doesn't and the government doesn't need to teach it, but I think the state sponsored religion thing doesn't mean students can't be allowed to pray. The "minute of silence" was supposed to remedy this, but the atheists claim that it exists specifically to allow prayer and therefore endorses religion. Allowing religion and teaching/endorsing religion are two different things.

The Henry is loaded by removing part of the mag tube instead of using a loading gate on the receiver. This is the negative of the Henry, IMO. Some may not care, but I hate the mag tube thing. I believe Henry recently introduced one certain model with a loading gate. If Henry made a 20" blue/wood .44 or .357 lever with a loading gate, I would own one or three. Henry has a great reputation. People want older levers for various reasons. The older Marlins and Winchesters didn't have cross bolt safeties. Purists detest these. Older guns seem to draw premium money and have some collector value, especially Winchester. Winchester's up-and-down financial status over the years probably contributes to this, much like Colt. Also, Marlins built in the years immediately after Remington took over have bad reputations, thus the "JM" marked guns (pre-Remington) are preferred by many. I have a gold-trigger, non-safety 70s era Marlin 336 that I will never sell. I might could get $500 for it today and probably more for it in the future, but I don't care. A similar .357 would probably be worth twice as much. IMO, it blows away new Marlins quality-wise. The opposite may be true for recent Winchesters. FN is making Winchesters now and I bet the quality of a new 94 is pretty good. I have a year 2000 or so 94 that might not be as nice as the new FNs, but it did cost 1/4 as much lol. Winchesters like mine can still be had for less than a new one (at least in .30-30).

I don't know--my ears take a beating every time I go to one and the muzzle awareness of the clientele is usually lacking.

I'm not a huge fan of indoor ranges for various reasons, but I plan to visit, mainly because I like Jay Hill and Ben Ferguson. I regard indoor ranges like open carry--they are not my favorite, but I definitely want them to be available.

Pretty cool story. I also like how the kid on the right says "yes ma'am" several times. It's just so rare to hear kids say that nowadays.

What principle? Colt has been in financially precarious waters the past few years and the AR market is flooded. It makes perfect sense to get out of ARs for the time being. Their timing is unfortunate because it helps feed the loony left's narrative that retailers, manufacturers, and gun owners all support bans, but nothing indicates that Colt has bowed to pressure from the anti-2A crowd.

True, but the fact that the term "commercial" was used leads me to believe that someone regards what we call private sales as something different. I may be wrong. The licensed transfer agent is interesting. Someone on here the other day pointed out that, if background checks are so important, why isn't NICS available to everyone? The licensed transfer agent could be a step in that direction.

Commercial sales are apparently anything that is not a private sale. An individual-to-individual sale at a gunshow would probably be illegal. Yawn. If this largely symbolic measure is all Trump will support, the "apologists" should be the ones on this forum who were calling Trump a gun grabber a few weeks ago.

I handled one the other day and was impressed. They also recently released a 4” adjustable sight version similar to the one of 30 years ago. I shoot autos, but have a soft spot for wheelguns. Reviews of the new snake guns have been positive. I think Colt is on the right track.

I was in an elevator at a Sandals resort in Jamaica going downstairs to check on my fiancee's wedding dress. A guy told me about the first tower. I went upstairs and turned on the TV and was getting dressed when the second plane hit. I got married a couple hours later. Happy 18th Anniversary to us.

I still don't see the logic in Kroger's move, but logic is so 80s nowadays. What does OC have to do with a madman shooting someone inside their store and out in their parking lot? I don't have a problem with Kroger barring OCers, but their timing smells. I would not boycott Kroger just because they banned OC, but I would consider boycotting them if they banned OC as a knee-jerk reaction to a non-OC related shooting at a Wal-Mart. But good luck to anyone hoping to boycott Kroger in the Memphis area--there aren't many alternatives. Regarding the lawsuit, they are suing them in part because Kroger "had no policy in place to prevent the shooting." SERIOUSLY??

I haven’t heard about the Kroger lawsuit. What's that all about?

But why does Kroger have to pick a side?

I'll go ahead and speak blasphemy. I was born and raised in Memphis and I'm not really into BBQ pork. HOWEVER, I have a couple favorite BBQ places--Baby Jack's in Bartlett and Interstate BBQ on S Third. The chicken w/ white sauce at Baby Jack's is the bomb and the smoked turkey at Interstate is worth the rude servers. There is also a hole-in-the-wall place in Abilene, TX I went and had beef brisket for the first time. I horrified a couple Texans when I said, "Man, that's good stuff. It ain't BBQ, but I like it."

Looks like the Model 7 will fit a 4.25." IIRC, the compact is just a shorter grip, so the barrel length is the only thing that would matter for a holster. An extra 1/4" of holster wouldn't be too big a deal. Why the 3-slot? The Model 5 is an open end holster and would fit a Compact or a 5" gun, but has only 2 slots.

Check out the Bianchi Model 7 Shadow. I have the two-slot version of this (Model 5 Black Widow) and like it.

No, I do not. It's brief span was over several decades before I was born. However, I don't see how widespread alcohol availability and consumption has improved life in America, except maybe helping ugly people find fornication partners.

Has the war on drugs worked? I don't know, we have nothing to compare it to. As far as banning drugs vs banning guns, I have no problem banning heroine/meth/cocaine etc. They have no legitimate purpose, as opposed to guns. Weed is arguably useful medically, but lots of people suddenly develop medical problems when it becomes medically legal in their locale. While cutting the grass earlier, I heard a commercial (for the first time) about how driving high is a DUI. These PSAs have probably been playing in CO for a couple years. Yes, people will get drugs whether legal or not, but making it a pain in the ass and/or legally treacherous doubtlessly cuts down on some of the stupidity. I was in CO last month. Beautiful state, until we pulled into just about any city. I saw more meth heads and junkies in CO Springs than I've ever seen in Shelby County. Wonder what it was like before the MJ revolution.

I have never understood how making drugs legal and therefore cheaper and more available is supposed to improve things.

Nothing to see here.

Saw a cool one today at the LGS. Ruger Vaquero .357 was $689. Same gun with an extra 9mm cylinder was $819. Hmmmmmmmm