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Dang, that was a close call...twice!

It's a Boomba!

The LOP looks to be 12" on that gun! Must be a little dude...hobbit? Side note: love the hat, ha!

That's just hard to believe. That was a very short "retirement".

Not a single Silver Snipe (20 ga or otherwise) came up with a gunbroker.com search. That's going to be a tough find. I had a 12 ga Silver Snipe back in 1987. That was the first and last one I ever saw. I wish you luck with your search. If you come across a Browning Citori or Beretta 686 in 20 ga, you might buy them to get you by while you continue your Silver Snipe 'hunt'.

So...the government can now read my mind? Have they resurrected Carnac the Magnificent? It's bad enough my wife knows what I'm thinking.

This is a good ruling. Thanks for passing it along. For now, the courts still seem to be working as designed. Hoping that continues.

The Auto Mag Raven? I associate "Raven" with cheap, low quality .25ACPs. Is that just me? Maybe Auto Mag Dark or Stealth would have been better.

Ruger LCP or Glock 43x. Flatter profile. Light. Higher round count. But I love revolvers for shooting & "drawer/glovebox" gun.

@hipowerI agree - bullpups just aren't my thing. Their compact size is neat, but that's where it ends for me. I'd just as soon have an AR-based gun, where everything is where I'm used to & expect it to be. Too much muscle memory built up to switch to a bullpup now for this old dog. But it's nice that the manufacturers keep giving us options to pick from.

If I go by which one gets pulled out of the safe and shot the most over the course of my life, it would have to be my Ruger Mark I with 5 1/2" bull barrel, by a landslide! It wears a red dot these days & it is just too much fun to put that red dot on a tin can or clay pigeon and see the hit time & again if I do my part. It is truly "favorite". If we are talking something with more horsepower I'd chose the Sig p210 Target. It is very accurate & pleasant to shoot. Plus it just looks sexy to me. It's a great pistol for a day of plinking. But saying that makes me feel guilty for ignoring another long termer that has been with me on many adventures, my 4" Ruger GP-100. It has had a trigger/action job & been parkerized. It's seen a lot of use over the years & is an old, reliable friend I just can't ever let go. Too many memories attached to it now.

In my opinion, it did. I'm sensing you feel otherwise. I can see what you are saying, so I guess I must be weighing the threat posed to public safety by the shooter as higher than you are. It's a decision I'm glad I didn't have to make in a second, like the officer did.

@OLDNEWBIE thanks for posting the video link. It's all much clearer now. Dude was emptying his magazine into the air! And that is as residential as it gets...look @ all the houses in every direction. Completely ridiculous to be discharging a rifle in that area, pointing up or not. What's crazy is the cops got there after his first volley & they were assessing next steps when the guy comes back outside & lets loose again with seemingly 20 rounds in rapid procession. The wife's statement was a lie (shocker! not...) More guns & body armor in the house when they went in. Guns just laying out & there are at least two (maybe 6) kids there? Seems like a "model" father. Here's what I know about wooden fences like the one that surrounded that porch - you can see thru the gaps in the slats and as you move and see thru more slat gaps you can get an idea of what's there. Plus the cop aimed high & got the idiot in the chest. I have no issue with the actions of the cop. Reckless endangerment like we see here by the shooting home dweller is no joke. Those bullets came down somewhere. Easily could have killed other people. You want to celebrate? Buy some firecrackers. Leave the guns in the house, preferably locked up if there are kids around.

Discharging a 5.56mm/.223 Rem into the air, 8 times, in a sub-division is the epitomy of ignorant. He could have just as easily killed someone himself. But cops shooting thru the fence when they had no way of knowing who was on the other side is troubling, too. Seems to be a lot unsaid here. More to come, I'm sure.

The population is aging. Recoil is a factor. More capacity is always a plus. I'm curious to see how it plays out. But I'm not optimistic as the laws of physics still apply. If it is launching the same bullet weight as a .380ACP (100gr) but 220 fps faster, recoil isn't going to be soft & easy on aging hands. And running at @50,000psi chamber pressure isn't going to be easy on the firearm itself. 10mm Auto beat up guns pretty good when it first came out & it is running less than 40,000psi. I like that manufacturer's come out with new things for us to try. It keeps things interesting. We'll see how it pans out when pistols are in hand & rounds are launched downrange by a lot of end users.

Alec Baldwin claims he didn't pull the trigger? It's a single action revolver which means someone opened the loading gate, put live ammunition in the cylinder, closed the loading gate, cocked the hammer & applied pressure to the trigger to cause the gun to discharge a bullet. Baldwin can claim whatever he wants, but the truth is already known. In a scene being rehearsed that did not call for the gun to be cocked, nor fired, he did both. On top of that, he pointed the gun directly at a human being while pulling the trigger. These are the known facts. He's already on record telling the police he was the one that shot poor Ms. Halyna Hutchins. How did live ammo get on set? Who put live ammo in the gun? Not known just yet. But we know the assistant director (Dave Halls) picked up the gun, handed it to Baldwin & said "cold gun" without checking it properly. He is liable. Baldwin shot a person with that gun (by cocking the hammer AND pulling the trigger.) He is liable. The rest is just noise. But we all know how this will play out. Baldwin will get a slap on the wrist, criminally speaking. The insurance company will settle the civil suits out of court. And Hollyweird will welcome him back with open arms while condemning guns as being dangerous and evil, yet they will still be using them to make movies & money. Situation normal.

Ohio & Michigan was epic! Great game to watch. Michigan was fired up & hungry to win. Alabama and Auburn was a nail-biter. Auburn looked to have it in the bag, but Alabama took it 99 yards with something like 1min 38sec on the clock & no timeouts. Clutch football when it mattered. The four over-times were the icing on the cake; what a great showdown! Props to Tinley from Auburn playing so well with a bum ankle. Truly a gutsy performance.

@deerslayer, Congrats on the 15 year Tacoma anniversary! They are great trucks that accomplish a lot for their size. A little PM now & again is all they ask in return for years of troublefree service. I love my 2001. I can relate to your post. Your truck looks great, by the way.

I'm not understanding the title of this post. How is she a "good girl with a gun"? She intentionally struck a motorcyclist with her car, then refused to wait for police when people caught up to her. She then went to a home and came out with a gun & pointed it at the motorcyclist who was licensed to carry and shot her. She committed assault twice & was justifiably shot. Always more to a story, but just based on the article you linked to, she was not a good girl with a gun (nor a car).

Wait a minute...I thought when the hammer drops the fun STARTS! Nice gun. I love to see great firearms resurrected. Maybe post a "before" pic?

Yes. The recoil movement is different sled vs shoulder. Plus the sleds are notoriously hard on optics. Try sighting in w/o the sled & if scope still adjusts accurately & groups are still good, your optic survived the 'sled experience' (yay!) If not...that's a bummer

Thomas Binger learned nothing from the Rust/Alec Baldwin fiasco ("unloaded" gun with human finger on the trigger can go bang & kill people.) Surprised the judge didn't put a stop to this behavior right away.

I just keep thinking that it all would have been avoided if the AD had actually checked the gun for ammo before handing it to Baldwin & saying "cold gun". That single step would have broken the cycle of live ammo being on set being an issue. As @OLDNEWBIEpointed out, not just one problem with this movie but many(!) people doing many things wrong & that cascade of sloppiness, willful misbehavior, & failure to follow standard protocols when an actual gun is used as a prop led to one persons death & another being wounded. Seems like there is a lot of blame to go around but the fatal mistakes were made by the assistant director (Dave Halls) not checking the loaded status of the gun before declaring it safe & Alec Baldwin cocking the hammer & pulling the trigger of the gun while it was pointed at a human being when that was not in the script (he was just supposed to draw the gun & point it @ the camera.)

Because that's the new thing to do - blow off court rulings that don't go the way the mini-Emperors want.

Just read today that the scene they were rehearsing didn't even call for the gun to be fired, just drawn & pointed at the camera. That means the hammer was cocked AND the trigger was pulled while pointed @ a human being in a rehearsal for a scene where that wasn't in the script.