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A conservative friend of mine, who in the past, served in both the Colorado Senate and House sends out a weekly newsletter in which he offers his summation of the good and bad in Colorado politics. I thought the listing of Bills concerning firearms and the disposition of the Bills would be of...

James O'Keefe interviewed a Department of Defense employee who seemed to have a bad understanding of how to defend the Constitution, basically saying that if there was any killing to do the government would do it. The tyranny meter is certainly on the rise...

We spent last week in San Antonio and of course we visited the Alamo touring both the church and the museum. They had a lot of Alamo memorabilia from Phil Collins of the band Genesis. Phil was an Alamo artifact collector and he donated his entire collection to the museum as well as commissioning...

Interesting article in the February issue of the Muzzle Blasts magazine concerning the muzzle velocity of .45, .50, .54 caliber muzzle loading rifles vs the 30-30. Surprisingly to me, the round ball BP loads expanded more than the 170 grain jacketed soft point from the 30-30, at least on the...

This story came across my news feed today. You have to ask, did he load it to shoot the intruders or does he keep it loaded by the door? https://www.theblaze.com/news/75-year-old-vermont-homeowner-opens-fire-with-muzzleloader-after-he-says-3-armed-men-tried-breaking-in

If I want to make a little noise tonight with one of my flintlocks, what do I put on top of the powder? I have never shot anything black powder without a projectile on top of it.

If you believe the "misinformation" put out by the press and certain politicians you would think that the United States is the most dangerous country in the world but this article digs into the actual real statistics. The surprising thing to me was how high the homicide rate of the US Virgin...

Years ago when I acquired an 1861 Springfield rifle and then built a Pedersoli Brown Bess musket kit I bought several cleaning rods which were long enough to allow the jag to reach the bottom of the barrel. Fast forward to now, the longest rod which I never used) has a 12-28 male thread which...

My government induced 3 day waiting period expired today so I picked up the Mini and brought her home. I really like the look and feel of it but the heat shield on the barrel is the most butt ugly thing I have ever seen so I started looking for something to replace it with. The most interesting...

I am not looking for opinions about how bad Mini 14's are but since I bought a new one today with a beautiful aftermarket stock and since it came only with two 5 round magazines I would like to know what aftermarket if (any) magazines work well with the Mini. Thanks for the information.

Since the weather here has not been suitable for shooting I decided to make some buck and ball paper cartridges for my Brown Bess. I watched Mike Beliveau's video and rolled a few of my own just for the experience, which then got me thinking about some of the other front loaders I have. Is it...

I found this report in my daily AMAC news report concerning the abilities of the armed folks inn the IRS. Sounds like the agents are in need of a basic gun safety course. Maybe they could get with Alec Baldwin for a group rate. 3. More Unintended Discharges Than Intended Ones The poor firearms...

This may be on the fringe of the subject of this section but I thought the practical ideas presented by this Doctor were worthy of sharing. If you blend in you are not as likely to be singled out by someone wishing too do random harm to people...

Last week there was a thread here about Arizona based Ammo Inc. donating ammunition to Ukraine that went off the rails and had to be closed. This weeks issue of The Epoch Times has an article stating that Ammo Inc has shipped 1,020,000 rounds of 7.62x39 to Ukraine and that Vista Outdoors has...

I realize now that I should have taken pictures while I had it apart, but unfortunately I didn't. I have a Podewils-Lindner Austrian breech loading rifle dating from @ 1860. It requires the use of paper cartridges and the thread on that subject the other day got me energized to make a few more...

After reading the question about using a shotgun slug in a muzzle loader I started to wonder about the void in the back of a minie ball. If the minie or a slug is not rammed hard into the powder charge wouldn't you have the dreaded "air space" in the chamber that is supposed to make BP guns into...

Since my wife had her knee replaced the first of December we have been mostly housebound and since there is mostly just excrement on the television we have been watching a lot of old westerns on INSP. While watching Gunsmoke Episode #354 titled "Aunt Thede" they had the lead guest character...

Do any of you have experience/recommendations for laser training for pistols? Last summer while back home (where I grew up) my nephew let me try his Laserlyte pistol and target unit. It was fun and great practice but I think I would prefer one with the laser cartridge that fits in the pistol you...

We all know the basics. After building a new house, surviving the Covid Panic, and retiring, I decided that I should dig out some black powder arms to properly observe Independence Day. It has been at least 5 years since I have smelled the holy black so I decided to take my Pedersoli Hawken...

The local Ace Hardware here has a gun section which is usually filled with the typical selection of new rifles and pistols but they do take trade in's and consignments. I am a bit of a collector so I usually cruise through to see if they have anything of interest when I go there. Today, while...