I really like my 438, which is a 638 in black. I have had it for a couple years now and have enjoyed shooting it and carrying it. I use .38 special for practice and +p for carry. (of course I do SOME practicing with the +p to be prepared for the extra bite, which isn't all that much)
My Grandfather gave me a 1948 Marlin 30-30 when I was born. I have many fond memories of packing it all over the Cascades in South Western Oregon on hunting trips with my Dad as a boy. I still have it, it is still totally functional, and I have no intention of ever letting it go. I also have...
I am a transplant from the Northwest. Just a country boy who wound up wrangling servers for a private university in Indiana. I own a 10 gauge double barrel Remington that originated with my Great-Grandfather, a 30-30 Marlin that my Grandfather gave me when I was born, and have only recently...