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Well, I bet the folks at this party didn't figure there was going to be a threat, either.  Good thing there was a gun handy or more of the party goers might have died.   http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-opens-fire-ex-girlfriends-family-break-up-killed-brother/   Things like domestic violence and so on often increase on holidays and the 'threat' doesn't have to be someone who was invited to the party.  Combine being depressed because she (or he) left with plenty of booze and the extra salt in the wound of knowing the ex is having a good time at a party with someone else and a threat could pop up real quick like.  .I would really rather not end up as collateral damage just because some jackhole gets pissed that his ex-girlfriend is at a party with another dude - or for any other, stupid reason.  So, again, I'd carry - especially since I wouldn't know most of the folks at the party.  And to turn the statement about 'if you think you will need a gun then you probaby shouldn't go to the party' around, if they think they need to frisk/wand people at the door then that probably ain't a party I want to go to.   Good thing for me is that most of the folks who would invite me to a party (that I would actually attend) are people I have been friends with since high school.  They know I carry, they know I am almost certainly carrying when I come into their homes and they don't care - they don't usually even ask unless it is a question like, "So what are you carrying, lately?"   From the article linked, above:  

Maybe I am just an inconsiderate jerk but I completely fail to see how carrying a handgun that the home owner will never know about (unless you have to use it in which case there are more pressing matters than hurt feelings to deal with) is being discourteous.  Sure, if you were carrying your 'barbecue gun' in a very visible manner and flaunting the fact that your were carrying to anyone who would listen even though the home owners may not like it then that is being discourteous.    I tend to view the issue along the same lines as Cruel Hand Luke.  Further, to use a current issue, I would think of it this way:   If I had a Confederate Battle Flag picture as the background/wallpaper on my cellphone I wouldn't ask if the homeowners were offended by the flag before I carried my cellphone in their home nor would I change the background out of fear of being 'discourteous' because there would be no reason for anyone there to know about it.  I wouldn't be drinking because of current health issues.  Even without those issues, however, I probably wouldn't drink because I have never felt comfortable drinking at get togethers comprised mostly of people I don't know - and that was true long before I started carrying.

While I agree that one must keep one's cool as much as possible when carrying I don't know that there is never room for getting upset.  Based on what the OP said, I think of numbskulls in the Walmart parking lot, for example, who have their heads so far up their butts that they can see their own hearts beating, sometimes just wandering around in la-la land and, more often than not, with their cellphone to their ear as if it is surgically grafted there.  These idiots will walk past a vehicle (say a full sized van) without even looking to see if the next vehicle - the driver of which could not possible see them coming until they are actually behind that driver's vehicle unless said driver had Superman's x-ray vision - and then act like it is the driver's fault that he/she doesn't have ESP and the ability to read what little mind the numbskull has to know that said numbskull is about to pull such a numbskull move.  In a similar situation, I probably wouldn't have dropped an F-bomb but there is a very good chance, carrying or not, that I would suggest that the numbskull in question should remove his head from his butt and pay attention to where he was walking and to whether or not drivers would be able to see them before it was too late.  As a driver I try to pay attention to everything but sometimes it is simply impossible to see someone coming in a parking lot when there is a vehicle parked next to you that completely obstructs your view.  As a pedestrian, I try to keep that in mind and actually pay attention to my surroundings.  After all, in a conflict between a pedestrian and a vehicle it is the pedestrian and not the driver who will be a greasy spot on the pavement.

  Aren't the S&W knives made under license by Taylor Brands - the same brand that bought Schrade and ruined that brand, at least for a while?  I recently bought a Taylor brands Schrade Sharpfinger and was surprised to find that it stood up fairly well against the old, U.S. made (real) Schrade I bought years ago - much better than the couple of Schrade junk knives I bought right after Taylor took them over (Schrade's Old Timer pocket knife line was a favorite of mine back before Taylor purchased them.)  I have also heard good things about some of the larger, fixed blade (outdoor, camping/bushcraft type) Schrade knives that have come out recently so maybe Taylor brands are trying to improve, at least with the Schrade line.  They are, apparently, using more and better quality high carbon steel, at least in those knives.  Most of the S&W knives I have held seemed pretty junky so I haven't been able to bring myself to buy one, yet, to see if they have also improved.

I recently went on a 'quest' for the perfect (for me) edc folder.  I started a thread about it but some of my posts were kinda long as they went into detail about what I was looking for in an edc and so on.  As part of that quest, I ordered a few lower cost (but good brand) knives from Amazon to try out.  Rather than rehashing it all here, I am going to try and provide links to the specific posts in that thread which were specifically about the knives in the hopes it might help you out.  I got some good advice and suggestions from others in that thread, as well, so perusing the whole thing might be helpful for you, too:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/86966-my-developing-knife-philosophy-and-recent-purchases/#entry1256461   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/86966-my-developing-knife-philosophy-and-recent-purchases/page-2#entry1258374   For me, the Spyderco Resilience has (for now) won the battle to be in my pocket on a daily basis.  I like that it has a nice, long blade (long enough that it would have been illegal under the old, four inch limit) that is still practical for daily use.  I convexed the edge a little and sharpened it up to shaving/near shaving sharp and - with an occasional stropping on an old, leather belt I use for the purpose, it has held the edge well.  I mostly use an edc blade for mundane tasks (like preparing my lunch at work) and the Resilience will peel the heck out of an apple, slice bread as well as a serrated bread knife and cut right through hard cheese better than some kitchen knives.  The length of the blade really helps in tasks such as the latter two I mentioned.  I have gotten used to the thumb hole and can now open it as quickly as a knife with a thumb stud.  With its large thumb hole and multiple options for mounting the pocket clip it should be a pretty good choice for a southpaw, I would think.   If the Spyderco hadn't won, I have a suspicion that the Ontario RAT would have.  I absolutely love the shape of that blade.  It has a thumb stud on both sides and also provides multiple options for mounting the pocket clip right or left, tip up or down.   Like others in this thread, I am a fan of Kershaw's 'budget' line.  I feel you get a lot of 'bang' (or would that be 'slice'?) for the buck with those.  I carried the Freefall for about a week before the Spyderco arrived and liked it just fine.  I suspect I would like carrying the Manifold, too, but never got past the Resilience enough to really carry it.  One potentially really good thing, for you, is that the Freefall and Manifold are both assisted opening knives with a 'flipper' on the rear of the blade, making them easy to open with either hand.  The deep-concealment pocket clip on the Freefall mounts to the butt of the knife and could easily be switched over for left pocket carry.  It seems that one, potential weak spot for the Kershaw is that the pocket clips often get loose and fall off so if you go that route you might want to put some loctite on the screws (I don't plan on moving the clip on mine so I put a dab of Gorilla Glue on it.)   The Spyderco was the most 'expensive' of all the knives pictured at right around 40 bucks - which still isn't bad, at all, and you get a lot of knife for the money, IMO.  The others were pretty much in the $20 to $30 range.  I hope this helps.

I went 'old school' when I made this one a few years ago, To give an idea of how long that has been, the leather thongs in the brade and the piece of leather i cut for the end were all 'natural vegetable tanned leather' color when I made it and I didn't apply any coloring, etc. The color all came from use - I like that. I made and started using it because I don't like all those keys in my pocket (that is my bigger ring with keys to my Mustang, Mustang key fob and truck key plus keys to the doors at work and home) so I bought that metal belt clip to carry them on my belt. Problem was that I wasn't sure the belt clip was all that secure so I added the 'lanyard' just in case. Lately, though, I have been thinking about 'updating' it with something using paracord, etc.

  True - but I honestly believe I can work that pump 'fast enough.'  Not as fast as a semiauto as I think that trying to run a pump that fast is (for me and the shotguns I have, anyhow) a good way to get a short stroke.  Pump shotguns are, to me, truly a place where the old addage, "Slow (within reason) is smooth and smooth is fast," holds true.  I just hope I never have to find out either way.

I told someone the other day that it was so hot the nightcrawlers were pushing each other out of the way to be next on the hook so they would get to go in the water.

  Honestly I think that seven or eight rounds of 00 buckshot would likely be enough to deal with more than one intruder.  I'm sure you realize that shotguns set up for HD may well hold more than the standard 4.  My Maverick Security 88, for example - as I went for the 20 inch model - holds seven in the factory tube.  No aftermarket extensions or anything.  Of course, my Savage/Stevens 320 Security model - which is actually my bedside shotgun at the moment (I really like the pistol/full buttstock that came on it) - 'only' holds 5 in the tube but I still feel okay with it.   I don't know that having 30 rounds on board in such a situation is all that important.  Sure, high-cap mags are nice to have and I oppose any and all attempts to limit civilian access to them but to paraphrase dcloudy777's sig line (ironically), if you are facing a threat where you are up against a large enough number of home invaders who are determined enough to kill you that you need 30 rounds to deal with them then you probably aren't going to LIVE long enough to fire all 30 rounds.  I mean, in such an unlikely (unless your name is John McClane) scenario it isn't like those eight or ten assailants aren't going to be shooting back.  I feel similarly about a situation in which seven (or, really, even five) rounds of 12 gauge 00 buckshot are insufficient to stop the threat - or at least give time for a reload.  Of course, for those who are concerned about that issue there are always options such as the KSG,  If that isn't enough, there are mag-fed shotgun options but honestly I believe that If 12 or 13 rounds of 12 gauge 00 buckshot (or mixed buckshot and slugs) are insufficient to stop a home invasion then, IMO, that threat ain't gonna be stopped by one person with anything that ain't belt fed and full auto.

  And if he were to have a few of them as freebies as part of a promotional deal or something then the recipients would be telling people how he gave them a 'Chubby'.   Seriously, though, that is a pretty cool looking little knife.  As hipower said, not exactly my style but still pretty cool looking and nice craftsmanship.

  Probably right on that.  I also know I am weird - in this day and age - in that I started out mostly shooting shotguns as the majority of new shooters likely start on .22 rifles.  I was in my thirties before I even owned a .22 rifle.  Heck, I owned my SKS and a Mosin-Nagant 91/30 before I owned a .22 rifle - I learned to shoot a rifle mostly on dad's (now mine) lever 30-30.  Dad had a semiauto .22 rifle when I was a kid (mom still has it) but we rarely ever shot it.  Anyhow, the recoil/report of the AR would probably not scare a new shooter or potentially cause them to develop a flinch the way a big, ol' 12 gauge might.  For someone not used to shooting and the factors involved outside of pulling the trigger, the lighter weight of the AR might appeal more to them than a 12 gauge pump which can be pretty fatiguing to hold up, especially if you aren't used to it.  In fact, my mom bought a Mossberg 500 .410 pump largely because, as she ages, a 12 gauge was a little heavy for her to hold in position for very long - that and she couldn't handle the recoil of a 12 the way she used to.   Like I said, I've never ever fired an AR and don't know that I will ever own one.  I have nothing against them, they just don't appeal to me very much.  That said, if I ever get to the point that I don't feel confident with the shotgun I'd have no hesitation relying on something like my M1 carbine.  Talk about high capacity (I have both 15 and 30 round mags for it) and zero recoil!  To tell the truth, at the risk of being pointed and laughed at, before I got an HD shotgun I kept my Hi Point 9mm carbine handy, just in case, and never felt unarmed - especially since I also keep a bedside handgun at the ready.

  Yeah, just like with smaller caliber handguns I think ammo selection is possibly more important with a .410 than with a 20 or 12 gauge.  A somewhat grisly example:   I have probably mentioned on here that one of my degrees is in Anthropology.  I really wanted to go into Forensic Anthropology but when I was in college the only two places one could study for such was at UTK (where I attended undergrad so they wouldn't let me do the graduate program there) and Arizona (and no way in Hades was I moving to Arizona - actually, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Arizona is Hades.)  That and the fact that I'd have to spend another 8 to 10 years in school to be one of thousands of applicants for every job that came open doing what I wanted to do dissuaded me.  I did have a few classes taught by Dr. Bill Bass, though, and he would often show us slides from cases he had worked and tell about the cases.   Well, in one case a woman got ticked because her estranged (maybe ex, can't recall for sure) husband had taken up with a much younger woman.  She ended up getting a couple of guys to agree to kill the younger woman.  They bashed the younger woman's head in with a rock, slit her throat and took the body to the house of the woman who wanted her dead where they wrapped the body in a shower curtain and an old blanket.  Then they took the body to dispose of it.  Along the way, they stopped to get gas and could hear the young woman thumping around in the trunk - seems she wasn't dead, after all.  When the girl's body was found and the two guy's caught, they recounted all of this and then went on to tell that, when they got to where they were going to bury the young woman, they wanted to make sure she was dead before burying her.  One of them had a .410 shotgun in the car so, without unwrapping her from the shower curtain and blanket, they shot her with it from pretty much contact distance and then buried her.   The problem was that Bass could find no evidence that she had been shot.  Figuring that the guys had no reason to lie about that detail, he had the remains x-rayed and ended up finding one, small shot pellet in the area of one of her vertebrae - not enough to have killed her or to have even done any, real damage.  Then, on a hunch, he had the blanket she was wrapped in x-rayed.  It was full of shot.  The .410 load they had used had failed to even penetrate a couple of layers of blanket - meaning they had likely buried the poor girl alive.

When sitting on the commode, if there is some concern that your firearm will slip out of your pocket, etc. then by leaving your pants up around your knees or so you have a very convenient place to put the gun - cradled in the crotch area of your pants.  That way it won't be forgotten in the restroom and it is ready at hand on the off chance an assailant tries to literally catch you with your pants down.  I mean, there are situations in which a person is more vulnerable than that but maybe not too many.

  While carefully not mentioning that - according to the accounting of events - he was not carrying illegally.  The article says he saw what was going on through the front window of the store so he retrieved his handgun and entered the store.  Due to the recent change in the law (last year, right?) no permit is needed for someone not otherwise prohibited from having a handgun to legally carry a firearm in their vehicle in Tennessee - which the 'retrieved' detail makes me think was the case, here.  Using said handgun to protect a third party from an imminent threat of serious injury or death is also not illegal.  The stupid media probably doesn't want to make that clear and the stupid mother won't be able to get any criminal charges filed because no criminal act was committed by anyone other than her late and not lamented son.  Why the hell some people think that they and/or their offspring (or simply people of similar skin tone) should have carte blanc to commit violent crimes while people who dare to stand in their way or stop them from committing violence against innocent victims are the 'bad guys' and should be charged I have no idea.  Of course, that approach to parenting - always blaming the actual or intended victims of his actions rather than placing the blame where it belongs - on him - might be a big part of the reason that things got to the point that her little 'angel' will now be a featured item on the all-they-can-eat worm buffet.   Oh, and the mom thinks things were 'getting better' just because the little ba**ard managed to graduate high school in between committing violent burglaries and violent assaults.  Yeah, right - and her statement about the past being the past just because he went from being a violent juvenile to an (obviously violent) adult (offender) - even though that 'past' was just a few months ago - is classic of the kind of bullcrap the relatives of offenders spout once said offender's luck finally runs out.  As if a switch flipped when he turned 18, he suddenly saw the error of his younger ways and became an upstanding pillar of the community Obviously that didn't happen as he was shot while committing yet another violent crime.  So, mama, if the past is the past and his juvenile offenses 'don't matter' then what about the fact he was starting his adult life off in the very same fashion as he ended his juvenile one, idiot?

Take off and nuke 'em from orbit.  It's the only way to be sure.   I actually think that skunks are pretty creatures - not that I plan to cuddle up to one any time soon.  They are also said to dig up yellow jackets' nests and eat yellow jackets.  I hate yellow jackets.

  Nah.  I'm 43 - turning 44 in two days and, while I have gone 'clean shaven' a handful of times since then I have pretty much had (as teecro put it) some type of facial hair more often than not since I was in my mid to late 20s.  I have a Pink Floyd t-shirt but I wear it because I like the band, not to be 'ironic' (same goes for any other band t-shirts I might wear.)  I have western style ('cowboy') boots, work boots, hiking boots and some that are similar to 'combat' type boots and, again, have worn such footwear (as well as 'sneakers' and sometimes even sandals - although I absolutely refuse to even own a pair of flip-flops) for many years.  I have never and will never own a pair of skinny jeans, however (nobody wants to see that.)       Hey, just wait until one of them gets ahold of a pair of Liberty type overalls!  Oh, man, that gave me a bad thought - can you imagine 'skinny' overalls?

  First, let me say that I am neither taking issue with your post nor am I saying you are 'wrong'.  My purpose, instead, is to point out how our experiences impact our opinions and how there are no 'absolutes' when discussing such things.   I have no doubt that, for you, every one of the statements in your above post is absolutely true.  For me, however::   1.  The rifle may have less recoil but - for me - getting back on target at short (as in likely SD/HD) ranges with a shotgun (pointed using a bead front sight, not truly aimed unless it has rifle style sights) is still generally faster.  This could possibly be addressed by simply point-shooting the rifle, I suppose, but I am not entirely sure of that - not if the shotgun is loaded with shotshells (including buckshot.)  Now, my shoulder might like me less when all is said and done.    2.  Is a mag-fed rifle easier to reload from empty than a pump shotgun?  Well, I wouldn't necessarily say 'easier' but certainly faster.  On the other hand, a pump shotgun can be topped off 'on the fly' if the situation allows so there could, potentially, never be a need to truly 'reload', from empty, with the pump.   3.  Easier to hit with?  Having never shot an AR but having shot plenty of rifles I have to say that, in my case, absolutely, positively and unequivocally not.  Again, not when using shotshells in the shotgun (including buckshot.)  Not even close.   4.  Easier to address stoppages?  I can't really speak to that as I have never, ever experienced a 'jam' type stoppage with a pump shotgun (dangit, I probably just jinxed myself.)   Of course, that all comes from experiences where the first time I ever fired a pump shotgun I was so young and small that my dad knelt behind me to help me hold the gun up and keep it from knocking me down and where the first, two firearms I actually owned were (single shot) shotguns.  I like to think that I am at least decent with rifles and handguns but if pinned down on the subject - while I certainly don't consider myself an 'expert' in the use of any of them - I'd probably have to self-identify as a shotgunner rather than a rifleman or a handgunner.  I have simply shot shotguns a lot more, both throughout my life and more recently when shotshells were easier to find than handgun and some rifle ammo.  I certainly have no objection to rifles or handguns and both of those are likely 'sexier' than shotguns.  Heck, while I think shotguns are very effective they aren't very 'sexy', at all - but then neither am I.  :pleased:

A .410 is not a 12 or 20 gauge but I know that deer have been humanely taken with a .410 slug by people who knew what they were doing.  From what I can gather, the right .410 slug - while it might be lacking compared to a 12 gauge slug - stacks up pretty well against good 'stopper' handgun rounds such as .357 at short ranges.  The lack of rifling, lower initial power (compared to a 12 gauge, etc.) and poor ballistic coefficient result in .410 slugs petering out rather quickly.  My understanding is that is why they are considered to be an 'expert's gun' for hunting deer. - because you have to be able to get close, you have to know when to take the shot and when not to and you have to get a good hit solidly in a kill zone and you would need to use the right ammo.  It is my understanding that the Brenneke slugs in .410 are a world different than more standard Foster type slugs from Remington, Federal, Winchester, etc.  There also seems to be quite a marked difference between the energy levels produced by the 3 inch Magnum Brenneke and the 2 1/4 inch version, natuarally.   http://www.brennekeusa.com/cms/410_magnum.html   http://www.brennekeusa.com/cms/410_closeencounter.html   I have a soft spot for the .410 and especially single shot .410 shotguns as the first firearm I ever owned was a single .410.  I have never taken it into the woods when hunting deer (not that it would matter given my record with deer hunting - or, actually, lack thereof.)  In fact, to my recollection it has never actually killed anything other than plastic bottles and such - I use #5 field loads in one of my 20 gauges or my Rough Rider with the .22 Magnum cylinder installed for nuisance raccoons, possums and the like (and, taken together, those two choices have shuffled several such critters off the mortal coil quickly and humanely - a Hornady Critical Defense .22WMR round will make a big possum DRT.).  In my teens - even after getting a single shot 12 gauge a few years later - I often carried my .410 when just bumming around the woods.  I still love the little fellah and think it would likely do just fine with the right load for controlling small pests like chicken killing possums and 'coons (I mean, if a .22WMR will devastate a good sized possum with good shot placement then why wouldn't a .410?), hunting small game and even (in the right hands, with the right slug/choke combination) for taking Tennessee white tail sized game.

  From the article I got the sense that the reason these guys start/started carrying a pocketknife is/was exactly as you say - as a fashion statement and something to give them bragging rights among their friends.  Further, the article was, apparently, in the Men's Fashion section of the NYT so a slant in the 'fashion' direction is to be expected.  However, I also got the sense that after they start/started carrying one they come/came to realize that pocketknives really are handy tools with lots of usage potential on a daily or almost daily basis and that their pocketknives - formerly only fashion statements - are now actually being used.  So by the time the hipsters move on to the next fad (maybe wearing tutus and Roman sandles with bowler hats and bowties?) maybe, just maybe, their pocketknves will have secured a place in their daily lives that goes beyond fashion and that might even influence this younger generation of New Yorkers to view pocketknives as invaluable tools and a friend to have with you rather than as pocketable WMDs or something.   To me, the bottom line is that there was an article in the New York Times, of all places, that took a favorable and positive view of pocketknives and the daily carry of them.  That seems pretty significant.     Even better, perhaps, is the likelihood that many of those hipsters are liberals.  In other words, not only do the liberals want their votes but this could indicate a significant trend among at least some groups of New York liberals towards accepting and even embracing the idea of a personal, daily carried knife.

  While you are likely correct, unless I am mistaken this isn't the first time Colt has gone bankrupt.  Again, unless I am mistaken, the first time was when Samuel Colt, himself, was still running the company.

  I noticed that none of the guys whose knives were specifically mentioned carry a $20 to $30 Kershaw or such.  That damascus blade the British photographer carries is quite beautiful, though.   The same co-worker who pointed out the article has a son who lives in NYC.  She said he was carrying a pocketknife but it was confiscated at the door when he went into a club.  I can't imagine any club I would want to go into badly enough to let them take my knife rather than just walking away.  Of course, I could have just said that I can't imagine any club I would want to go into and leave it at that.  Then, again (as I told her) the blade length of my current edc (a Spyderco Resilience) - which is perfectly legal in TN - would probably get my butt thrown under the jail in NYC.  I think I have read that the legal length limit there (and maybe in the entire state, I'm not sure) is 3 inches.

  I saw on one of those 'news' programs a few years back the story of a police officer who was shot in the chest by a bad guy with a shotgun at close range.  The projectiles did not penetrate the vest but it still pretty much put him out of the fight, at least for a few minutes, just from the concussive force.  He said it felt like getting hit in the chest with a sledge hammer and he was severely bruised, afterward.  Might even have cracked his sternum and/or a rib or two, I don't remember.  It is my understanding that kind of force hitting a person in the chest could, potentially, stop someone's heart.   I also do not get the comments that a shotgun is more difficult to use than an AR15.  Maybe that is because the first guns I ever owned in my early teens were shotguns and I have never owned an AR.  However, I do know that at night, with a 20 gauge - from a (later) measured 18.5 yards away using a flashlight attached to the shotgun - I can acquire and humanely drop a raccoon that is about 10 feet up a tree and quickly scurrying further up (after trying to invade my chicken coop) with one shot.  I would have zero confidence in my ability to do that with an AR.  Of course, raccoons are not two-legged home invaders - they are a much smaller target.  In the interests of full disclosure, I didn't shoot the raccoon with buckshot or with my main HD shotgun (which is a 12 gauge.)  I use #5 field loads in 20 gauge for such things.

The same co-worker who recently made me aware of an article in the New York Times about the lady who was making custom kitchen knives told me this article, also from the NYT.  It talks about how younger, urban men are once again embracing the idea of carrying a pocketknife as a tool to be used on pretty much a daily basis - even in New York.  Of course, the article was apparently in the Men's Style section and it does appear that these guys view their pocketknives as fashion statements as much as tools but what the heck?  Honestly, who among us doesn't like a nice looking pocketknife?  If there is enough of a groundswell for the resurgence of pocketknife carry then maybe acceptance will grow even in areas that currently have draconian knife laws and maybe some of those laws can at least be lightened a little.   Anyhow, here is a link to the article:   http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/11/fashion/mens-style/its-a-jungle-out-there-carry-a-pocketknife.html?_r=0  

Dolomite is probably right but I will mention another possibility based on a problem I had.   I inherited an old Stevens double from my late, maternal grandfather.  It, too, would only fire one barrel.  I pulled the buttstock so I could get to the action and found that there is a sort of 'Y' shaped piece that cocks both the internal hammers when the gun is opened.  For some, strange reason that piece - which was mounted on a bar - had slid to the left and so was not catching the right hammer.  I slid it back and that worked for a few shots then went right back to not firing the right barrel.  I took it apart, again, and of course found that the 'Y' shaped cocking piece had slid to the left, again.   This gun is not part of my HD plan or anything of the sort.  For that reason, I didn't really want to spend a lot of money having it repaired.  That said, it is fun to shoot (when both barrels work) so I wanted to try and come up with some way to fix it.  Ultimately, I ended up sliding a spent .22 short casing over the right limb of the 'Y' and sort of crimping it into place with a pair of needle nosed pliers.  The short casing adds just enough length to the right limb of the 'Y' to allow it to cock the right hammer even with the 'Y' sitting to the left of center.  Both barrels have fired every, single time since my jury-rigged solution was put into place.

  Right there with ya, brother.  Right there with ya.  And that Godson caught my eye immediately, too.   Unfortunately, I've got Porterhouse tastes on a SPAM budget.