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The 29 shaping up to be a "sometimes" carry gun for the concrete jungle as well for hunting. Realistically, once "shorts weather" arrives, I will probably go right back to S&W 340 for daily carry. Still working on/experimenting with "details" for the 29. Got a "...

AMT .380 "Backup". But I dumped it long ago. It was unreliable and downright hurt to shoot. Altho I've got a friend's Kel-Tec .380 now, which is about 1/2 the weight, and it's not very painfull - to me, anyway.

Yesterday turned out to be "snake day" in scouting a promising new lease west of Archer City. Between 4 of us, we got a rattler and 3 confirmed kills on water mocs. All with handguns and solid projectiles. The rattler was "tag teamed", so to speak. It startled city-boy huntin' bu...

I heard a new one the other day. 82-year old man in for a renewal class said that the last time he was fingerprinted, the guy doing it eventually had to borrow a special device used to get fingerprints at the morgue.

Steve - Thanks for the update.

Chas - My pleasure. :) HV - Maybe one of these days. It's a small hassle to set up the chrono, so we usually try to plan in advance at a time when hopefully others will not be needing to use the (only 2-position) range. But, when someone with a Freedom Plan does happen to show up, they usually want ...

Some new toys and ammo arrived Friday so a buddy and I made time for some "playing" late yesterday. We both got acquainted with the new compact via some stand-up shooting before chronographing each of the following 10mm loads with 5-shot strings of Double Tap. 135 grain JHP: 1,481 fps 165 ...

Dont' feel lonesome. It happens all too frequently. Rather high rate of rejection of fingerprints is one of the reasons that, even as CHL instructor who could be qualified, I don't do them. I went to a special class on fingerprinting several years ago. The more I learned about it (and the cost of th...

Something sounds a little fishy there ...

Quote: "Perhaps Ms. Denny would not object to putting an exception in the bill for CHL?" I went by her local office today. Closed, with a sign on door that they were all in Austin in session. But, it gave a phone number which I called and left my concerns on voice mail. And requested someo...

OK, I just located the text in HB758. It mentions a "pilot program" (starting in Denton County only?) and appears to have had last action on 3/16/05. While the concept seems to have some merit, my concern is that CHLers might all too easily suddenly find themselves in a "prohibited lo...

At lunch yesterday I read in little local paper about Rep. Mary Denny (normally very pro-gun) having proposed a bill to expand polling places. The gist of it seemed to be, for convenience and to encourage more voting, to allow citizens to be able to do computerized voting, maybe even early voting, a...

I'm quite hopeful, but not so optimistic about the employer parking lots ... That nail may take multiple hits to get driven, if ever. :( I'd love to wrong though and see it passed this session.

$100, whether for 4 or 5 years, would get us at least "competitive" with states like Florida ($117 for 5 years).

Yes, Gov. Perry, I hope this one flies!

Back in college days while kicking around a junk yard on a friend's farm, we shot a '63 Impala (without engine) with a 12 gauge slug. It penetrated the radiator, the firewall, the dash, the front seat, the back seat, then the sheet metal near the bottom of the trunk before finally being stopped when...