Will Carry

Nashville is a fun town. Las Vegas is a sh!# hole. They call Asheville NC, Ash Vegas. I quess since Nashville is a tourist town maybe that is why. I lived in Nashville while I was in school, I'd still be there if things had worked out....

What about a Glock 36? Just becuase it's a back up gun doesn't mean it has to be a mouse gun. If, God forbid, you ever need a BUG you'll probably wish it was a 45.

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There are certain things you need to check before firing an old revolver. The clearance between the cyclinder and the firing cone, the cylinder lockup, timing ect. If the box didn't burn and it passes inspection....give her a try. Here is Chuck Hawks comments: Specific things to check on used revolvers 1. Note the condition of the forcing cone at the back of the barrel. Slight erosion in this area, particularly on magnum revolvers, is not cause for concern, but it should not be seriously eroded. The more erosion you see the more the gun has been fired with heavy loads. 2. Check for cutting of the top strap at the cylinder gap, particularly with magnum revolvers. A little erosion here will not hurt, but excessive cutting is undesirable and indicates a lot of shooting with heavy loads, or a wide cylinder gap, or both. 3. To test the safety notch of a traditional single action revolver, pull firmly (about 8-10 pounds--this is not intended to be a test to destruction) on the trigger with the hammer in the safety notch to see if it can be easily forced. Put the revolver on half cock (the loading position) and repeat the test, applying about 5 pounds of pressure on the trigger. The hammer should not drop. This test does not apply to New Model (two screw) Ruger SA revolvers, as they use a different lockwork than traditional SA revolvers. 4. The cylinder of Colt double action revolvers should be completely tight when the trigger is pulled all the way back (the hand forces the cylinder against the bolt). S&W revolvers are never as tight as a Colt, but at least they should not rattle. Slight cylinder play is permissible with S&W DA (and also Ruger SA) revolvers. 5. Check the cylinder gap. It should not exceed .010", and .006" is ideal. Cock the gun to turn the cylinder so that every chamber, in turn, lines up with the barrel. The cylinder gap should remain constant. Also, the cylinder should not slide back and forth appreciably on the cylinder pin. This is called endplay, and it generally increases with use. 6. The crane of a swing out cylinder DA revolver should fit tight to the frame (when closed) without any unsightly gaps. If it doesn't the crane may be sprung. When you wiggle the cylinder with your fingers the crane should barely move, if at all. While you are at it, check to make sure that the ejector rod has not been bent. This is easy to see if you spin the cylinder, which should spin true. 7. Use you fingers or thumb to put a small amount of drag on the cylinder while you manually cock the revolver (single action mode). The cylinder bolt should click into the locking notches in the cylinder, locking the cylinder in place, at the end of each segment of cylinder rotation. If it does not, the gun is out of time and needs work. Then rapidly thumb cock the gun (don't "fan" a revolver)--the cylinder should not rotate past the proper locking notch. Also, the bolt should not be dragging on the cylinder as it turns. If it does it will leave a clearly visible wear line in the cylinder's finish. 8. Examine the sideplate of a DA revolver. If it has been improperly disassembled it may show pry marks at the edge or have been warped. The sideplate should fit flush and tight, without any gaps. 9. Check the tip of the firing pin, it should be smooth and rounded, not sharp or broken. The firing pin hole should not be chipped or burred.

My only problem with Gettysburg was that of all the Confederate reenactors they used in the movie, they seem to put the fat ones in front. When the Army of Northern Virginia went to Gettysburg, they were thin and hungry. Look at some of the photographs taken of Confederate POWs after the battle. They looked like scarecrows. Otherwise it was a good movie.....I just wish we'd won.

The original barrel KBd back in 1973. I have a new barrel on it now. That 1-800 number works! They are closed today but I will call them Monday. Thanks.

Mister Roberts Cross of Iron Pearl Harbor? WHAAA HAA HAAH HHAAA! I love to hate that movie. That movie sucked in so many ways that I watch it just to see how many historically inaccurate things I can count. Tora Tora Tora was 100 times better.

I have an old 870 in 16 gauge. The serial number is 72251W. Can anyone give me help finding out how old this gun is? I have had it since the late sixties but my great uncle owned it before.

If you have to ask? You're a dork. I watched the Waltons every week.

+1 for letting her pick the gun. I bought a 38sp snubby for my wife and she hates it. She likes the GP100 with a full house load. She ain't no bigger than a minute. I asked her why she wants to carry a hand cannon like the .357. "I only want to have to shoot'em once." was all she said...........

I will take a Ruger GP100 over ANY autoloader on the market. The GP100 will shoot the hottest .357 rounds all day long, until your hand hurts. I'm talking 625 foot pounds at the muzzle. The .357 magnum 125 grain semi-jacketed hollow point is the KING of one shot stops. You don't have to worry about failure to feed, failure to extract, magazine springs, recoil springs, lubrication, bad ammo or spent shell casings pinging all over the place and littering the crime scene. Plus you can shoot 38 special and 38 special +, for those lite days. If I could only have one handgun it would be, without a doubt, a Ruger GP100 .357. The Ruger is tough and accurate.

I was shooting at a 12" X 12" piece of lexan once with my Ruger Mark I to see if it was really bullet proof. The round struck the lexan, bounced back and hit me in the nuts. It did not penetrate my one layer of denim.

Yeah, those Kimbers are nice and shinny and fancy all right, but I'm just a blue collar worker and I can't drop $1300 on a gun like that. These guys are good friends and all, but I do like out shootin'em. I would like to show those guys that money won't make you a better shot. I wanna go retro on'em. I want to go old school! What is a good revolver that I could buy that will out shoot those dang Kimbers? Maybe a good old Smith and Wesson model 27 or something. Any of you crafty old wheel gunners got any ideas?

It was in my vest pocket loaded with 5 rounds of 38 sp. Federal ammo. What are the odds that these rounds will still fire after being washed in the washing machine? They do smell springtime fresh! I'm taking them to the range next week. I'm thinking that all 5 rounds will fire as directed. I will post to let ya'll know.

You have a Garand! I have always wanted to shoot a Garand. The rifle that won WWII and saved the world from Nazi tyranny and Japanese expansionism. Do you have a bayonet with that?

Chamber load with #1 buck shot. .357 mag loaded by the bed. Home Defense Plan: Make my bedroom a fortress. Let the bad guy come to me. Let the LEOs clear my house when they get here. The minimum number of TRAINED people required to "clear" a house is two (according to US ARMY doctrine). One guy cannot clear a house safely. He will just get killed by the intruders. Two guys clearing a house is still very dangerous. In a situation like having an intruder in your house, the man who is moving is going to get shoot by the man who is in a defensive "ambush" position. Unless you have loved ones to protect, don't leave the fortress.

Trap are easy to clean but I can't say much for the taste.

Tennessee is a wonderful place. I sure miss it. California? What's the deal with a 10 shot limit on magazine capacity? I will never understand that. Just like New Jersey outlawing hollow point bullets. It don't make sense at all.

I have to agree with the minister of bacon. A 22 magnum was made for varmit shootin'. BUT if a 22 is all you got then by all means.....Coyotes are hard to get in your sights. Them's is wily critters.

I have read about them experimenting with flechets in Viet Nam. They came to the conclusion that they were less effective than the round shot loads they were using. I used to load cat's eye glass marbles into 16 gauges shells when I was a kid. Now THAT was cool. They would go through 3/4 inch plywood and shatter.

A 1911? That's original. That makes how many companies making a 1911? I have a 1911 with a horsey on it. But seriously. What does Remington have to make their 1911 better? I would rather see Colt start making revolvers again, but I can't imagine what they would ask for one. Being they want 1200 bucks for their cowboy gun. I bet a new Python would go for $2000.

Robert E. Lee was asked after the war which general north or south was, in his opinion, the best. Mars Lee said, "It is a man I have never met. His name is Forest." The yankees called him the devil. Sherman, the pyromaniac, said he wanted Forest dead if it took 10,000 men and broke the federal bank. Forest once consoled General Stephen Lee after he got his ass kicked. "Don't feel bad general, if I had me a West Point education, the yankees would be whoppin' me all the time." With out a doubt, the best cavalry commander to ever ride a horse. Erwin Rommel and George Patton both studied Forest.........

Thanks for posting. Thanks for volunteering! I have never heard any grunts say good things about the SAWs rifle. I never know what to say to a soldier going in harms way while I'm sitting on my ass at home. Everything I can think to say sounds corny and insincere.

587 foot pounds at the muzzle according to Glasser. That'll stop zombies AND vampires.

I must confess. I bought some Glasser Silver Dots when I first got in to shooting. They fired fine through my 9mm and my revolver and I understand they work pretty well. Right now they are in my gun safe where they will stay, to remind me of my folly. I guess if Zombies attack my house and I run out of ammo, they will be my last resort. Not to say anything bad about the round or Glasser, but for the reasons posted above I will stick with my standard ammo.