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Dave Markowitz's Blog O'Stuff about computing, shooting, RKBA, and whatever else I feel like ranting about.

Sunday, October 20, 2019

New Grips for the Ruger Police Service Six

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I've had my Ruger Police Service Six for years. It came with Pachmayr Presentation grips that covered the backstrap. However, I have sma...
Saturday, October 19, 2019

Wadcutters for Self Defense

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This is a really good, comprehensive, and well-reasoned article  on bullet selection in .38 Special, with a focus on wadcutters. Highly re...
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Sunday, October 13, 2019

Range Report and Some Revolversmithing

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I've been on a bit of a revolver kick lately and last night accompanied my dad to his club with my Ruger Police Service Six .357 Magnum ...
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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Shooting the Smith & Wesson No. 1 1/2 Revoler

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Yesterday I put together some black powder .32 S&W handloads using the following components: Remington brass, CCI No.500 small pist...
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Monday, September 02, 2019

.32 Caliber Range Report

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On Saturday I was able to get the Beretta 81 out to the range. I put 50 rounds of Aguila and 20 rounds of Fiocchi .32 ACP through the gun. I...
Friday, August 30, 2019

A Brace of .32s

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Nowadays, .32 caliber handguns are not super popular with American gun owners. When choosing a small bore, most will just get a .22. And whe...
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Sunday, August 25, 2019

Video: Jewish Americans, the Democratic Party, and the Right to Bear Arms

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Video: How to Smoke a Pipe

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Sunday, August 11, 2019

Video: Day Hike, Lunch, and a Pipe in PA State Game Lands 110

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Sunday, August 04, 2019

Video: Why Carry a Pocketknife

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Thoughts From the Shop, Ep. 2.

Video: Let's Stop Using the Term "Man Cave"

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Saturday, July 06, 2019

A Few Things to Improve My Get Home Bag

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Full post on my other site, Survival and Emergency Preparedness. Please go check it out .
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Fishing With A Dirt Cheap Rod

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Last year when I started to get back into fishing I became aware of Tenkara, including some very inexpensive rods imported from Asia. By ine...
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Sunday, June 09, 2019

The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepper

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This piece from last year is well worth reading . As gun policy discussions unfold in the wake of mass shooter incidents, they routinely...
Monday, June 03, 2019

Fishing

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I've never been a big fisherman, my brother held that title in my family. However, in the past year my younger daughter has really gotte...
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Monday, April 29, 2019

Report from a member of the Poway Chabad Synagogue

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I’m sure that you’ve already heard about the shooting at the Chabad synagogue yesterday in Poway, CA. For those unfamiliar with Chabad, it ...
Sunday, April 21, 2019

Beretta Cx4 Storm and Holosun RDS Range Report

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Last week I bought a Holosun HS515C red dot sight to replace the Bushnell TRS-25 that I used to have on my Beretta Cx4 Storm 9mm carbine. T...
Monday, April 15, 2019

I've Got Big Balls

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Welp, now I know why my home cast round balls were hard to seat in my Rogers & Spencer on Saturday. I measured a few of them with my mic...
Saturday, April 13, 2019

Got the Rogers & Spencer Out to the Range

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Tonight I got the Euroarms Rogers & Spencer percussion revolver out to the range. The load I used consisted of .454 balls that I c...
Monday, April 08, 2019

Running Ball

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(In this post, I used the word "balls" a lot. Huh, huh.) This past weekend I'd planned to shoot my Rogers & Spencer perc...
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