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The RIGHT to PURCHASE and OWN is a different issue from the CURRENT STATE of the MATURITY LEVEL of the average 18 year old. The issues intersect where purchasing and owning firearms is concerned without a doubt. But I hate the hypocrisy of treating an 18 year old as an adult in one area and...

I've experimented with such holsters. My tactical donut doesn't play well with them. I can make it work, but it's not the right solution for me. Also, there is a weight limit that such holster setups will hold up well with. I'll go out on a limb and say that anything exceeding 20 oz. loaded...

Lack of familiarity with / training in use of firearms of young people is a separate issue altogether from the RIGHT to own and purchase. I agree that anyone who purchases and owns a firearm SHOULD know the basics of safe firearms handling. Instead of indoctrination into the "guns bad" cult...

I was re-watching the movie "Pale Rider" a couple nights ago and observed a detail that I'd quite forgotten. In the final gunfight scene, Clint Eastwood is clearly shown executing a "tactical reload" of his cap-and-ball revolver (I believe it is a 36 Navy Colt, but don't ding me too badly if...

Although the military draft is not presently in use, I was around (and eligible) back when it was. If a person is old enough to fight for Uncle Sam, they are old enough to purchase tools needed to fight for themselves and their family. Not a hard notion to comprehend at all.

I wear blue jeans all day every day. It's tough to find those with 1) pockets generous enough to even HOLD a pocket gun, 2) pocket openings which will permit withdrawing your hand while grasping your gun. I don't wear them for style, it's just what I've worn my entire life and I'm not about to...

Several of you have beaten me to the punch, but I echo the sentiment that a small gun beats no gun at all. The older I get, the more that I value any tool which will allow me to overcome the likelihood of being on the losing side of "disparity of force." Unfortunately, this has crept up on my...

This guy in the video knows his stuff. Give a lot of credence to his doctrine.

I'm due for a checkup. Thanks for the tip. I'll inquire about the progressive lenses. I've been limping along in cheapskate mode with off-the-shelf readers.

I'm right there with you when shooting iron sights on handguns and rifles. Only a few years ago, my vision flip-flopped from a lifetime of being near-sighted with an astigmatism (in both eyes) to being far-sighted with NO astigmatism. Go figure... Of the two conditions, I much prefer the...

You preach it! I'll turn the pages!

Yeah, the 28 is a nifty shell. I've always liked the 12ga and 20ga shell with a reduced weight shot load. That, coupled with a somewhat lower powder charge, makes for a much more pleasant recoil experience when going through several hundred rounds. I've never owned a 28 ga (nor a 16 ga either...

Starting during the C19 scamdemic, 410 shells became completely unobtainium, However, 28 ga. shells were still on the shelf in most places. I lucked out and found some 410 shell online and immediately ordered a case. I needed the 410's for my "snake guns" (literal snake guns, not Colt DA...

@EmberTRPCC - - I'm having one of those "Duh!" moments, after a good night's sleep. There is a FOURTH option to fix your FLGR without having to buy anything else. Looking at the photo which you posted where the rear face of your GI guide rod is shown along with the rear face of your new...

One time too many.

Oh, and I forgot one additional, but important last step before declaring a case as truly ready to reload. That step is to verify that the resized and trimmed case is dimensionally correct by doing a "plunk" test into either a cartridge gage or into a chamber of a revolver cylinder. The...

I purchased some new Starline 38 Special brass and it arrived on my doorstep yesterday. While some reloaders might simply chortle with glee and immediately start stuffing them with primers, powder and bullets, I like to take my time and make certain that each case is "up to snuff" despite being...

@EmberTRPCC : If you decide to go with option 3 and succeed in locating a suitable FLGR, you do NOT have to create the nice pretty little "slotted" relief cut. Rather, you can carefully secure the guide rod in a padded vise and use a suitable file to cut a relief angle across the breadth of...

It's never too late to ask questions in order to gain understanding. And the only such question which are "stupid" are the ones that were NOT asked...

I'm glad that was the answer, because if it wasn't, finding the correct cause without gun-in-hand would be much more difficult. I see in your photo that the FLGR does have a relief slot already cut for clearance of the barrel link. So.... you have about three choices (maybe more, but these are...