DocHawk

I'm in Cleveland all the time! I live on Harrison Bay, 15 minutes west of you. Welcome to the forum and good luck in your search.

I have one for sale in my shop in CA, but it would be a chore to get it here.

I deployed with a USO on a DMR. The old school (circa 2000-2010, like this ST) US Optics scopes were all made in the USA, and they were the rival of Schmidt in quality. Drop off cliff, shoot zeroed. GLWS.

What an unfair way to leave the planet... showering at home.

Certainly there must be *some* kind of break top you find interesting?

Thanks Alleycat, I'll go browse the menu. Also, it isn't you.

Greyfox said: Both are Smith & Wesson .32 Single Actions AKA the Model One-and-a-half ----- No, definitely incorrect. Top is probably a Model 2 .38 owing to the humpback, bottom a Model 1-1/2.

I just checked all the major US distributors; I don't think it has been released on the market yet. Or it was released and discontinued? UPC 082442894188

It would be nice if the forum software would allow users to block content from another user, so that the blocked user's posts and messages would not be displayed for the individual blocker. I've noticed several threads over time that get derailed and hostile, with a passive-aggressive or even downright insulting post calling out other users over a difference of opinion, not fact. Recently, I've put together that it is basically one user who is the instigator. That user's content really detracts from the otherwise friendly camaraderie on the forum. Hasn't happened to me, I just observe and I avoid commenting. I am not asking for sanctions against anyone, but if the option was there to automatically ignore someone displaying chronic, aggressive negativity, I believe it would improve the TGO user experience for everyone. Not all of us can resist responding to negativity. The regular baiting by this instigator is inevitably followed by a "F** you" from the users he insults. Any options?

If your wanderings ever take you to Chattanooga, send me a PM

2nd gen xTerra might check all the boxes for you. Might need to be in rough cosmetic condition for your budget, but they are very reliable.

I am a collector, with an especially soft spot for Marlins and Winchesters. If I could only have one, it would be a model 94 or equivalent from one of those two manufacturers, carbine length, 357Mag. Marlin, Winchester or Rossi on a budget because these are more or less true to the classic design. Get one without a cross-bolt safety if possible, which is going to push your budget up towards $1000+. Don't get a Henry (fine rifles, I own several) unless it is a side gate loader. Nothing is more un-John Wayne than pulling a magazine tube sleeve out the front of your manly rifle and loading cartridges in the nose like a kid's .22LR. This is your one lever gun; get the whole and proper experience. Carbine length to enjoy the handy nature of this lovely rifle. Rifles get front heavy and if you ever want to play from horseback or in cowboy action you'll wish it were shorter. 357Mag because 38Spc is just about the cheapest way you can enjoy a centerfire lever gun, and you still have the 357Mag on tap to take down game if you want. Enjoy! The lever gun is one of the best things about shooting, period.

After getting tired of scrounging for these and then fearing dropping them once I bought them, I converted Valmet mags out of polymer mags; they work flawlessly in my Valmet. $45 each plus the cost of the mag (or provide one), made to order.

I did not realize that Memphis Police Director CJ Davis had been previously fired from Atlanta PD. As Assistant Chief of Atlanta PD in 2008, she directed the department not to investigate a man who was sexually abusing children, because he was married to an Atlanta PD Sergeant. After APD failed to investigate, a federal investigation led to the molester pleading guilty to federal charges related to producing child pornography (in which he raped minors). This lady protected a child rapist. I have never been impressed with Davis. She's the gal who left her service handgun in her Porsche last year while she went home decor shopping, and got it stolen. She utterly failed to protect the city from violent protests in 2021, and nearly 700 people have suffered violent deaths in Memphis over the past 2 years. She oversaw diversity quota hiring of officers that subverted established police minimum standards and background qualifications. I believe all five of the officers initially fired in the Tyre Nichols incident were hires under those reduced hiring standards. I'm wondering where is the outrage over this Peter Principle Person leading MPD? Is it simply the same progressive city politics that put those unqualified officers on the streets (in Davis' SCORPION unit, no less) that protect this unqualified Chief, because she's black? It shouldn't be about the color of her skin. It should be about her character, and her professional results. Well, as command staff of a major metro PD, she actively and deliberately protected a man who continued to rape children under her protection. That is the same moral and professional conduct that her officers engaged in against Tyre Nichols. which she herself said left her "horrified," "disgusted," and "confused."

It looks like that's a DPMS pattern LR308, not an AR10. They are good guns, and capable of being much more accurate than the PTR, FAL, or even SCAR-type piston guns if you get something other than a Bear Creek barrel. Even the heavy-for-class BCA is still lighter than the rifles you mentioned, though - you may be having optimistic memory. The BCA might be 8 or 9 lbs... those old battle rifles are all 10lbs dry. If you want something more tactical/battle rifle handy, try Ruger's new SFAR. All the punch of a 308 using essentially AR15-sized hardware and furniture. It is amazing - the weight feels like an AR in the hand. I just picked one up and kitted it out; I like it so much, I want to get another one. I will wait until they come out with a 6.5 Creedmoor version before dropping the coin into a second one. They do not take typical DPMS pattern LR308 barrels due to the hybrid sizing.

There isn't a one-size-fits-all answer. The most important question to answer is, what's your mission profile/use case? What do you want the rifle to do for you? What barrel do you have on there? Hunting Rifle Battle Rifle DMR Benchrest Precision Tactical SPR Each of these roles (or your own special case) dictate different stock and grip attributes. Nobody can give you a meaningful answer to your question without knowing what it is for.

Welcome, Dan. I'm local to you, hopefully we'll see each other at an event or on the range sometime. I'm a gunsmith and instructor. Sounds like you enjoy your Glocks?

Still ready to buy at your current price ($450), I'm just in Chattanooga. Do you get over this way at all?

Just sold my 66-2 locally for 900. Good condition with Pachmyer grips. For reference.

I can probably find something you're looking for in the safe. Will write tomorrow. Where are you? I'm in Chattanooga.

Ooooh. What kind of groups does she shoot at 100 yards? Also, please PM me the serial #

I swap (sometimes twice in a day) between guns depending on activity and outfit. The key is, the manual of arms for all my guns is the same, for all carry locations. My P320's, P365, and M&P 2.0 are different sizes and calibers for different situations. The P365 fits in a dang bathing suit. One P320 is a compact and streamlined for IWB carry. Another P320 compact is kitted with a 400 lumen weapon light. Takes more to conceal but still fits IWB with jeans and a tee shirt. The M&P 10mm goes OWB or on a chest rig depending on the activity. All of these firearms (and every other handgun I carry for immediate use) are striker fired without a thumb safety, carried condition 1. The procedure for draw and defensive use is the same. My hands and eyes don't care which one is in my hands, and I don't have to waste a single mental clock cycle on considering which gun it is, which condition I left the thumb safety in, whether the trigger is going to be a DA or SA press, etc. My entire OODA loop is dedicated to dealing with the threat. I am a huge fan of SAO hammer fired guns, SA/DA combat pistols and competition handguns, revolvers of all eras, etc. I've carried a Colt SAA in a cowboy crossdraw holster as well as a Western thigh holster around town in Tombstone, AZ, where I have a ranch. Even with the loaded cowboy gun on my belt, I had the P365 (or prior to that, a G43) IWB at the opposite location (appendix or 3 o'clock) to use for self defense. That modern firearm has come in handy on more than one occasion, especially in Tombstone.

Here are the findings of Dean Weingarten's study, Handgun or Pistol Against Bear Attacks (2021) 104 cases, 97% Effective Key Takeaways Pistol shots stopped 97% of the bear attacks. 12.5% of shooters were injured after firing on the bear. Weaker ammo needed more shots to stop the attack than stronger ammo. Hollow points needed more shots; multiple reports cited them glancing off of bear skulls. The 4 failures: .22lr vs. polar bear, .38 special vs. black bear, .357 Magnum vs. grizzly bear, .45 ACP vs. black bear. 5 incidents were initiated by dog(s). Dogs assisted in 2 incidents, buying time for the owner to fire. Several successful uses of firearms followed the failure of pepper spray. Warning shots were successful about half the time they were tried. Aiming for the heart or lungs was highly effective By the way, this is in direct conflict with the "use bear spray" results you'll get if you google "firearm or bear spray vs bear." Notice who posts and parrots those results: typically progressive, liberal, and conservationist sources. The most-often cited studies on these pages are BYU's 2012 study, which found firearms generally ineffective and bear spray 97% effective. However, dissecting their methodology reveals a grossly biased study, where incidents in which a person carrying a gun but not drawing it were counted as gun failures, but only incidents with ideal conditions in which the bear spray was deployed prior to close contact with the bear were counted. When the samples are evaluated using similar deployment criterion, the statistics are reversed. Bias in science, sucks.

Therein is the essence of the issue. If we have a functioning definition of an adult, the age of emancipation, draft age, and age of criminal liability, then all the rights, privileges and protections of adult citizenship should thence apply. If we say yeah but not these rights or those rights and cite maturity, then we need to recalibrate the society's definition of the age of majority for all things. My son is 50 days away from 18. He is a better marksman than most LE and military, and better at actually fighting his handgun than most gun owners. At the age of 10, his *younger* brother beat 44 adults including SWAT, Recon Marines, Sheriff Deputies and several veterans in a man-on-man hostage rescue competition. Hostage rescue shot from concealment followed by cleanup of two more aggressors. Smoked 'em. Give either boy a scenario, and you'll be amazed at their situational awareness and self defense methodology. Hopefully they are never in fear for their lives, but they've trained for a very bad day to survive physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. On the other hand, some of their classmates are eating Tide Pods. So yeah, it's a struggle.

The unwritten shorthand is that the hard cast bullet is assumed to have a flat, wide meplat with sharp edges for similar penetration to FMJ but better wound channel creation. The problem is - and is seldom addressed - is that the best bullet design with a purely flat meplat would probably not feed reliably out of a semiautomatic. A deep penetrating, expanding JHP is not a bad choice for bear, in my opinion. Most LE "barrier blind" rounds (another misnomer) would do well. Think Hornady Critical Duty. Sacrilege, they say. Well, "they" probably haven't actually read the scholarly study of human/bear encounters that concluded every single person who actually employed their firearm against the attacking bear, survived - and almost all without injury. *Most* of those engagements were with 9mm and 40S&W law enforcement ammo. The one guy who shot his bear and survived with the most serious wounds did so with his toes shot off - he put his legs up in defense, and proceeded to shoot the bear through his own feet in the heat of the moment. Another pair of guys got thrice pounced by a very determined grizzly, and successfully drove him off (3 times) with an itty bitty micro 9mm carry handgun. A fascinating study, well worth the read. I'll come back and link it if I get around to it. The moral of the story is, it matters more how you carry and whether you draw, than precisely what you draw. Having said all that, I run high pressure/high velocity 10mm JHP out of a 4.6" M&P 2.0 10mm when I'm in the woods. And sometimes even when I'm not!