Comments on: Things That Just Last: Great Guns and Gear Based On Decades of Real World Use https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gear-review/things-that-just-last-great-guns-and-gear-based-on-decades-of-real-world-use/ Tue, 27 May 2025 16:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: tsbhoa.p.jr https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gear-review/things-that-just-last-great-guns-and-gear-based-on-decades-of-real-world-use/comment-page-1/#comment-42620 Tue, 27 May 2025 16:10:50 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=24292#comment-42620 my ’70 s’blackhawk was my first firearm purchase. po had sent it in for the xfer bar (and magna- porting).
much later i got a single six. the bearcat is my favorite.
the ithaca pumps hold up too.

]]> By: Jon Wayne Taylor https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gear-review/things-that-just-last-great-guns-and-gear-based-on-decades-of-real-world-use/comment-page-1/#comment-42605 Tue, 27 May 2025 14:59:16 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=24292#comment-42605 In reply to LKB.

Many years ago a friend of mine bought a new house and found a Model 39A in the attic. He didn’t want it so he gave it to me. A little cleaning an oiling it ran like a champ for years. I eventually gave it to that same man’s son.

]]> By: Jon Wayne Taylor https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gear-review/things-that-just-last-great-guns-and-gear-based-on-decades-of-real-world-use/comment-page-1/#comment-42603 Tue, 27 May 2025 14:56:33 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=24292#comment-42603 In reply to LKB.

Jesus…we used to be a nation.

]]> By: LKB https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gear-review/things-that-just-last-great-guns-and-gear-based-on-decades-of-real-world-use/comment-page-1/#comment-42477 Tue, 27 May 2025 00:31:36 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=24292#comment-42477 But in the spirit of “what works,” I’ll give a shout-out for an old Marlin .22 levergun.

Still have my old 1973 Xmas present, and have shot the heck out of it for decades . . . and it still is a tack driver,

]]> By: LKB https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gear-review/things-that-just-last-great-guns-and-gear-based-on-decades-of-real-world-use/comment-page-1/#comment-42475 Tue, 27 May 2025 00:18:30 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=24292#comment-42475 Russell Moccasins *used* to be absolutely great — I have two pairs of custom RM shoes that I have had for 20 and 25 years (resoled many times) that are damn near perfect, and with care will probably outlive me. They had my last (the custom foot mold) on file, and I should have had more made.

Unfortunately, few years ago they had a change in ownership, and quit making truly custom / bespoke shoes / boots. When I last called to order, they informed me that they had trashed all the old lasts, and so it was just off the rack sizes. (My feet are weirdly shaped, so that’s just noise.)

]]> By: Chris T in KY https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gear-review/things-that-just-last-great-guns-and-gear-based-on-decades-of-real-world-use/comment-page-1/#comment-42440 Mon, 26 May 2025 20:30:10 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=24292#comment-42440 Thanks for the reviews. From a gun owner who is still learning.

]]> By: jwm https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gear-review/things-that-just-last-great-guns-and-gear-based-on-decades-of-real-world-use/comment-page-1/#comment-42204 Sun, 25 May 2025 19:12:40 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=24292#comment-42204 +100 on the Ruger revolvers and the Mossberg pumps. I’ve spent a lot more on other guns but they will not outlast Rugers and Mossbergs.

]]> By: Dude https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gear-review/things-that-just-last-great-guns-and-gear-based-on-decades-of-real-world-use/comment-page-1/#comment-42188 Sun, 25 May 2025 17:35:46 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=24292#comment-42188 ]]> *Gulf of America. 😉

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