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Interesting to see how many differences of opinion gun guys have on this, I've heard everything from "only clean when you start to have malfunctions" to cleaning mid range session.

Personally, my...

I'm not so sure all the patriots are gone. There's a large number of young men and women in uniform who have been deployed to Iraq/Afghanistan multiple times in the last 14 years of conflict. They...

Congrats, that's a great looking animal.

I also was thinking of testing some Ltd under a cast bullet. Do you have any idea what type of velocity you were getting with that load?

Hi Everyone,

I hope this thread is in the correct area. I just wanted to share a positive experience I recently had with customer service at Hunters Supply Cast Bullets.

First the bad, I...

I shot the Patol Tactical in .223 a couple of weeks ago. It was wearing Trijicon's new 3x9 illuminated reticle scope, and it was awesome.

The "lightning" trigger felt very good after a day of...

The police generally aren't in the habit of releasing information about ongoing investigations because it tends to taint witness statements.

It would be difficult to distinguish real witnesses...

I would guess the shooting and missing is more of a factor of the stress and "pucker" factor than the action type of the handgun involved. I'm not sure we can conclude the hit percentages would be...

6bg, you are going to talk me into one!

I'll probably never buy a hi-point.

I just wish I had a better reason apart from them being ugly and cheap looking. Why can't they just be as crappy as they look? It would make my purchasing more...

That's not fair, you have to ask him before he gets to shoot black powder. After a few rounds of cocking the hammer and making smoke, he'll think he's John Wayne!

Your glock should be able to do at least 4 inch groups at 25 yards.

Our department had many different types of service ammunition in circulation and ran a test to see if the different types of...

Well no skill is no skill no matter what you are using. And I have no doubt you'll shoot tighter groups with a single action wheel gun than with a DAO plastic pistol. But, but...I challenge you to...

I don't get it. You feel the same way?

If you shoot cast to save money, the new barrel will more than offset any savings over the first thousand rounds or so. I would save the money and buy several hundred jacketed projectiles (can I say...

I feel like we sometimes have a tendency to pick the guns we like (for whatever reason) and try to convince ourselves they are well suited for the job at hand. I'm guilty of this, we all are.

I...

Thanks for the offer doc. I'd love to see that live.

That's impressive for sure. But even that guy admits the discipline has nothing to do with gun-fighting. Its based on movies. That said, I wouldn't want to get in a duel with him.

There is...

OK, I certainly don't know much about cowboy shooting. How does it work? And why is the single action army inherently faster than something like a 1911? Is it the shape of the grip?

I still don't understand how a gun that requires you to cock the hammer before firing is faster than one that doesn't.

There is nothing inherently fast about a single action, black powder gun....

I can agree that old style revolvers are some of the coolest guns out there.

I think the world has moved on from them for good reason. It seems like your opinion is that handgun designs have...

1)I don't think its necessarily a fact that a .45 caliber round ball will do more damage than a .357 hollow point. I could be wrong. But, if round balls are so effective, why don't ammunition...

Sure, I'll qualify it. There are no absolutes.

Any modern handgun used by a military unit or a police department will be better for self defense than the very best cap and ball revolver.

There...

Yikes, I had no idea it was that bad. I would have guessed 4 to 5 inches at 25!

End of story IMHO.

What you have there is a 1911 the way it was intended to be.

If you want a race gun, you'll be better off buying one flat out.

It really isn't even a discussion from an effectiveness standpoint. A modern handgun can do anything a C&B can do but it will do it better.

People keep mentioning that C&B worked in 1866 so it...