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When I lived in MO, any centerfire was legal for deer if it fired a single expanding projectile. .25 ACP from a Beretta was legal. Were these made for an 870 or similar? Custom barrel blanks? I’ve never heard of a 28 gauge slug but people like to tinker.

I had a bolt action .410 that was labeled as an “Eagle Arms”. I believe it said made in Spain. I assume they were an importer.

Shooting a double action revolver makes shooting other handguns a snap. Shooting a flintlock rifle certainly helps on a cartridge gun. I like goos triggers but there is something to learning to keep applying steady pressure until the shot breaks with the front sight where you want it.

Ultimately that is the key I believe.

No offense, but a j frame is capable of much better accuracy with practice. I shoot mine extensively both from the draw and in slow fire plinking at rocks. It is certainly harder to shoot than a 4” 357, but I am not convinced it is any less mechanically accurate. The J frame has a niche but it...

And if you wanted to be extra safe, push the slide open, push the slide release up to lock the slide, then insert a loaded mag and chamber in a safe controlled direction.

Cocking a revolver’s hammer against a table sounds extremely dangerous and would be awkward at best.

I have shot my dad’s with my 158 grain reloads. Never anything bigger. It is a decent gun but the front sight fiber optic fell out. It does handle recoil well compared to a j frame. Like all Taurus stuff, if something breaks, you have to send it in for repair. They do not send parts. I would...

Ive shot squirrels with a 38 Special. They do a lot more damage than a .22 pistol. I think rimfire is all you want or need. The .38 made a mess but still edible. I loaded up some wadcutters in .357 cases today. I’ll try them on rabbits next fall. Rabbits head is a bigger target and they sit...

Does anybody know the origin story of the European starling in the americas? Supposedly they were introduced by a director of a Shakespeare play. He felt they added to a scene and night after night he released them over a summer. Now, they are one of the most numerous birds in North America.

So does the 5” 629 Classic N frame have the same grip as a round butt L frame?

ill check them out. Agreed on the factory

I few years back I purchased a 5” 629 Classic. I shoot it fairly well single action but the stock grips are too large for me to shoot double action well. It has the stock rubber grips that cover the backstrap. I can’t get my trigger finger in the proper location for DA. Anybody have...

You might try using a red light for a while given you have to use a shotgun.

I have one like yours. It is hard to shoot well, but when I am in practice with it, it shoots as well as any .22 pistol excepting a long bull barrel Browning or Ruger. The short sight radius and poor sights handicap it quite a bit. Have yet to get a miss fire after 500 rounds and shoots to...