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Been on a 45 kick lately. I had bought a 645 back when they were still in production and after shooting groups, I knew something was wrong with its obsession with flyers. Some how, Smith bored the chamber out of center with the bore. It was pretty drastic. On one side of the chamber throat, the lands had a long taper cut into the bore WITH some of the groove diam. On the opposite side the lands had virtually no tapered throat at all. they just started at full depth just forward the chamber. The woman at S&W CS referred me to the performance center and after I described the issue, he simply sent me a new barrel flat out! He didn't want the gun or the bad barrel back. Now that was in the early 90's so I don't know whats going on over there these days. Any way, the big 45 was a good shooter with the new barrel but still not great because the slide had its share of walk in battery. Enter everygunpart.com and I spot a parts set for a 4516. Hmmmmm, My mind goes full retard thinking "carry....carry....carry" Well, it took some mill work up front on both the slide and frame but that's actually great because I was able to machine and hand fit the front end to a really nice no wobble mate up. THIS puppy should shoot! Just finished it up tonight and I love it. Smith blew the 3rd gen when they deleted the checker aluminum back strap for that crappy plastic wrap around garbage on the 4506. Sooo, I got the best of the old world Smith in this little guy IMO.

Bumping this up. My kids were making what they refer to as "the greatest redfish lure of all time" last night using some of Doug's swimbaits. This one's got black and gold holographic flake, and there's not much in the saltwater that won't bite it.

He is 100% wrong. All firearm transactions that take place across state lines between private parties must go through an FFL. North Mississippi pretty much is Memphis and vice-versa but it is still a different state.

So I’ve been wanting one for no good reason since they came out. Now that they are becoming increasingly available, the prices are at a tolerable level, and early reliability issues seem to have been addressed, I have one. Academy carries them and they were kind enough to send me a 10% off coupon in the mail a couple of weeks ago with actually very few restrictions. It was good for firearms. That made it a very attractive purchase and I could no longer resist. Finally got out to break it in today and I simply love it. Very accurate and 100% reliable. Put about 300 rounds total through it with half of that being Winchester NATO. Oh Shoot even fed it a bunch of that Winchester Forged crap and it ate it like a fat kid does candy. Put a Sig Romeo5 on it about halfway through the fun and it’s a great combo. Just put the dot on what you want to shoot and it’s going to get hit whether you’re using 115 or 124 gr bullets. Very pleased with it. It’s really a lot of fun and would make a dandy defense carbine as well. BTW, Champion BioBird clays are junk. They do not shatter to satisfaction and actually melt in the hot sun, lol.

I haven't put together a 1911 in quite a few years. Back in 1982 I was asked to put together a 1911A1 production line by Doug Nickells who was the manager of Auto Ordnance West Hurley at the time. George Numrich had a crap load of GI 1911 parts across the drive way at Numrich Arms. So after we got the thousands of parts transferred over, I set up the tooling to get the Essex frames and slides fit with GI parts. Thus the Auto Ordnance 1911A1 was born in 82. I have to say, Fridays was the best work day of my life! All I did for the day was test fire the week's production run. 4600 1911A1's went threw my hands up until I quit in late 83. Yup, that was a neat job for sure. Well any way, This thing started out as just a Springfield armory Champion barrel and slide from "everygunpart.com" . GB had nice SS commander 80% frames for $144 and the rest of the parts came from mostly Ebay. I wanted a nice flashy piece for a change so after everything was fit to working order, I put a mirror finish on the side flats and glass bead blasted all the outer contor edges. The frame rails are +- .002 with the slide for a start then hand fit over what ever slide warp there was. A fun project that should print fairly well to boot! The first shot you can see me holding the camera and my red tee shirt while in the second shot, it just refects the white ceiling.

Hello guys. I haven't been around a lot lately due to taking care of my mother, after a long battle with Alzheimer's/ Dementia she was called home last Monday. I kept my promise to her, with a ton of help from my wonderful wife, although tough to do at times and never put her in a assisted living home. She passed with me by her side quietly after suffering a stroke a couple weeks ago. I am relieved that her suffering and confusion are finally over. This disease that took my mother away years before she passed is an awful thing for anyone to have to go thru, and if anyone of you are caring for a loved one with this disease just know you are not alone out there. If you need to talk to someone who will understand what you are going thru and have no judgement at all, or if you just need to vent please dont hesitate to contact me.

That is the absolute correct statement of the applicable law.

He is incorrect. Interstate transfer of firearms requires the use of an ffl. If it is a handgun then the transfer must take place through an ffl in the receiver’s home state. Youll have to send or deliver this handgun to an ffl in MS and the buyer will have to fill out a 4473 and undergo a NICS check in MS. Relevent US Code: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/922

"A release from District Attorney General Russell Johnson says authorities had received at least five previous calls from the home for domestic violence, although none resulted in criminal charges." That's surprising in this day and age. Usually a domestic violence call ends in an arrest.

Check out episode 18 of the SN podcast as well. https://www.shootersnation.com/podcast/018-womens-perspectives-on-the-second-amendment-and-the-gun-culture/

Prayers for the boy and his mother. Just glad the boy was there to step up and protect his mother...........JMHO

Caitlin loved catching ladyfish or as we called them, baby tarpon.

I think that looks like one of my swim baits on that rig.................

Caitlin used to love to throw a jig off the docks in the canals because you never knew what you would catch. She caught these when she was 8.

Actually, a coworker has everything he needs as he tried getting into the holster business but never really did. I may very well try to do exactly that. We were talking about it this morning at work actually, I think he just wants everything "gone" and I've got the space for it. He said it "gone" would make his wife very happy.

Find a good oyster bed, and it gets ugly. My middle daughter calls speckled trout "fish tacos."

At 72 years old and involved in the filming of Blue Bloods and other things he may want to do in his life I don't blame him for stepping down. He did not pull his membership and is still a member. Just not a board member. There comes a time in everyones life that there are changes that need to be made for them to be more comfortable in later years. All I will say is his leaving the board is his choice and I can respect that.............JMHO

Yes, it is awfully light. A friend also has one and he's loading 80 or 90 grain .380 bullets for it. The powder charge is very light as well but he told me he's going to go a little higher because when the charge is that light, ignition is inconsistent and he'll occasionally get a stovepipe.

Good thing I put up a new ground blind so I don’t have to sit out in the rain.

What a friggin huge coincidence!!! He been hanging out with judge Kavanaugh?

Decontamination from Andromeda Strain.

Well I'm getting tired of thinking about ugly & cheap 1911s....., here is a picture of the most Beautiful 1911 that I had ever held in my hands.

Excellent recommendations. She may find some of her questions at Kathy Jackson's Blog, "The Cornered Cat". MS. Jackson is very knowledgeable well respected in the industry. https://www.corneredcat.com/article/practical-issues/concealed-carry-for-the-fashionable-woman/ When I helped friends I work with (a couple) in their indoctrination phase we provided quite a few different handguns and didn't try and influence them towards anything in particular. He and she initially choose Glock 19's but eventually gravitated towards a 9mm Shield for her and a G 43 for him.

Chupacabra?

Bigfoots dog?

So I have been told, in no uncertain terms, that I AM NOT in the market for another rifle (Bet you can't guess at who told me that!) ... but ... I found a Tikka T3 Lite in 7mm-08 that is just begging me to try to sneak it past her. I've never had a Tikka and don't know anything about them except what I read on the net. The T3 is the older model (not the T3x) but it looks like it has never been shot. I like the 7mm-08 as a deer cartridge but I'm wondering about the Tikka's "true" accuracy (I take most everything I read about accuracy with a grain of salt) and how it will hold up to a hundred or more rounds a month on the range. Any comments, pro or con, will be appreciated (and if you talk me into buying it I promise I won't tell her it was your fault!) Thanks

HOW IS THIS THREAD STILL ALIVE I haven't been here in like two years, and here it still is lol

Hopefully all the hard work and craftsmanship didn’t just go into the packaging. Lol.