Recent content by Paul B

My experience with Black Bears is long but very thin. I had to kill one back n 1959 that had decided one of the lady campers was going to guest of honor at his table. I had the only gun in camp. This was at a church campout. The gun was an S&W .38 Spl. 38/44 Outdoorsman. (.38 Spl. on a .44...

1911. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I have a few 1911A1's that have been reworked for combat reliability except for two. One is a target gun based on a Caspian frame and Colt Colt Cup slide. The other is al almost strictly stock Colt Combat Commander that I polished the feed ramp and throat...

There's no way in hell I would shoot one of John Linebaugh level loads in a Colt Single action Army .45. regardless of generation. I have a few 3rd gen Colts and the the cylinder walls just aren't thick enough to suit me. I do have a couple of Ruger .45 Colts though and have run John's loads in...

I'm not sure just what equipment the OP has which make is difficult offering advice, If he has a luber-sizer tool, Lyman make a small gadget you can use with the luber-sizer to for all practical purposes perfectly seat gas checks every time. I've used one for years. Don't know what they run now...

It is my understanding that if the wood on a firearm that was in a fire was even slightly charred, then the gun was toast. Plastic on handguns I have no clue. Plastic does melt at high temps but at what temp or how hot I just don't know. At what temp does a polymer plastic gun frame become...

To be honest, I was the only one who had a firearm along. It was a group of college age kids mostly in their lower 20s and frankly they didn't have much of a clue on camping or anything else. I had to help some of them set up their tents. I didn't tell them I had it with me not knowing how...

"That was what bird hunters coined the slang word "magic" pellet. Meaning a single pellet in the head was all that hit the bird and killed it." Back around 1964 while stationed at Osan AF B Korea, a few of us went hunting for pheasants near Suwon. Sad to say the pheasants are highly...

Not fuzzy memory. I just can't type worth spit. It should have been 1959 and I fixed it. I also till have an S&W 38/44 Outdoorsman on hand, albeit not the one used to take down the bear. I made the mistake of selling to get money for some silly reason. I'm keeping the one I have now. Paul B.

Before a bad car wreck and other health related problems stopped me from my time in the boonies I used to explore the desert and the local mountain range. I always carried a powerful handgun just in case a bear or Mountain Lion decide to get a bit too friendly. In more years than I care to...

Let me go and get my hip boots. it's getting pretty deep. A 1911 is my favorite carry piece and it ain't that good. Paul b.

"Condition 1 carry is no joke. It is for an immanent threat, not walking around in a walmart." You don't shop at my nearest Walmart. Always have two deputy sheriffs on hand and four on weekends stating at 12 noon on Friday. My usual cary ever since I got my first one at age 16 has been a Colt...

All those negative remarks about Mr. Bonds handgun. For shame. I have carried a PPK/PP. and PPK/s at times and frankly like the guns with one grip. The slide will draw blood when cycling. The edges at the rear of the slide are very sharp. All my pp/ppk variants have been made in Germany with one...

At that price, whoever buys it is stealing it. That's at least half or less than half I would ask for mine. Paul B.

I have one as well. Damn thing broke the stock when I shot it. It sits in a Ramline now and use it as a bad weather gun. I agree on the recoil but honestly, I also have the Remington M700 Classic and it kicks just as bad if not worse. My serious go to .35 Wjelen is on a WW1 Oberndorf mauser...

Well my carry piece is a Colt Combat Commander .45 ACP, the more or less 1911's baby brother. It's carried cocked and locked. I'm more than comfortable with the design. On the other hand, sometime when I feel the need (rarely) I'll switch to an S&W 6906 9MM. S&W copied the Walther P-38 design...