Recent content by DB404

It seems like quite a few responders on this now weary to read through thread have a simplistic problem analysis-solution set. That being, big bear attacks = big gun to stop. Wrong definition leads to wrong answer. An adrenalined up bear (even a small one) shot anywhere except the brain pan, the...

These bear gun threads bring out good stuff, and just stuff. Lived in AK for 20 years. People there often referred to handguns when going bear hunting as “get off me guns”. While living on the Kenai Peninsula I kept track of the bear attacks in the area for awhile. Take aways were that when the...

Unfortunately Shortgrass, it appears that in your rush to make a point, you've taken my use of the term 'modern' completely out of context. Allow me to clarify my prior comments. Since other readers might not be as well versed as you appear to be in the history of the steel industry of Latin...

This post is pretty old, but I wanted to add a bit to it. First the 1910 Mexican Mauser is a small ring Model 98, and has the features of the M 98. The Mexican Mauser 1910s were produced intermittently in Mexico of modern steel, starting in 1910. It continued in production up to 1935/36, when...