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There are many interesting quotes on the use of firearms. Some are known, while others are anonymous.
August 26, 2013
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There are many gadgets designed to help shooters, especially bullseye shooters, but many of these excellent tools are counterproductive, or even down-right dangerous, on a self-defense gun.
August 14, 2013
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Since its beginnings, Smith & Wesson have made many types of revolvers. Several have stood out, with variations ending the careers of others.
August 12, 2013
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For the first time in its history, Winchester has combine two different calibers into one box to satisfy the need a particular type of revolver.
August 06, 2013
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In its original configuration, the cap-and-ball revolver didn’t last that long, but its life was extended through conversion.
July 31, 2013
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There are some great books on defensive shooting from the past, which today’s experts build upon and often paraphrase for their own classes.
July 26, 2013
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Some believe that the original 1911s had tighter tolerances than today’s guns, but since they were intended for field duty that is probably not the case.
July 23, 2013
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Wiley discusses the rise and fall of the Smith & Wesson K-32.
July 18, 2013
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I travel a great deal on the open highways of the western states. As a retired Peace Officer, I have the required permits to make it perfectly legal to carry a gun while I do this. You will never get me to condone carrying guns when it is in any way illegal. There are many laws that are nonsensical, but I have a citizen’s duty to obey them—and exercise the citizen’s right to vote to change them. At the outset of this discussion, please understand that when the laws of your state do not allow carrying as a motorist, the rest of what I have to say is moot.
July 09, 2013
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This is an old term that describes the means by which a handgunner can tie his handgun to his person. Without exception, a lanyard ring is a steel ring or oval mounted on a swiveling mount on the butt of the handgun. The shooter uses a lanyard (heavy cord) that usually goes around his torso and snaps into the ring on the gun. If the handgunner goes into the water or takes a serious fall in rough country, he can be assured that the gun won’t stray too far.
July 08, 2013
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In researching several topics, I keep coming up with quotes from several handgunners of note. Some of them are well known, others may be the sort that gets lost in the pages of history. There is a great deal of wisdom in this kind of stuff, and I thought that readers would be interested in seeing what the old-timers were thinking about and also how they expressed themselves. Some of the language seems stilted and awkward, but I think you’ll agree that they can really make a point that is as true today as it was a century back. How about this one?
June 25, 2013
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The last revolver I carried as a peace officer was a Smith & Wesson Model 581. That is a fixed sight gun, so it requires a little skullduggery to zero for windage. In this case, it wasn’t too difficult and I regularly qualified with the gun, even running the Colt Target PPC clean once or twice.
June 20, 2013
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For some reason, I have lately been reflecting on a lifetime of shooting, which includes the fine gun people I’ve met and the great gun places I have visited. I found both in the old San Francisco Gun Exchange. The store has been out of business since September of ’99, but it was an iconic institution for the 52 years preceding that unhappy date. Those who study marketing would be well advised to examine the way that grand old store was run. They had what you needed (as well as most competing products), their sales people knew a great deal about the product and the sale was completely honest and above board. It was a dignified, yet cordial atmosphere, and for most of the five-plus decades the SFGE was in business, owner Nate Posner worked hard to keep it that way.
June 11, 2013
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In a revolver, the hand is the long bar that reaches up through a slot in the standing breech. The upper tip of the hand engages a lug on the rear of the cylinder (usually part of the extractor) and turns the cylinder.
June 05, 2013
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The swing-out cylinder DA/SA revolver has been around since the 1870s and has been refined in many ways. While there are variations in the common brands and models, they pretty much remain alike with their handling. However, they usually differ in the way you get the cylinder open for extraction and loading. Colt always used a pull-back latch, originally “L” shaped and evolved into a gracefully rounded knob. Smith & Wesson favored a dished-out button that you pressed forward to allow the cylinder to swing out. When Dan Wesson came along with the flat lever that tilts down to release the cylinder, it was mounted forward of the cylinder on the left side of the frame. That unusual arrangement drew criticism until PPC shooters discovered the utility of the system’s ease of reloading.
May 28, 2013
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