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We are much malined for dropping the bombs but the act saved probably over a million Japanese as well as Allied lives. The Japanese civilians were being instructed to fight to the death by any means possible. It would have been a bloodbath unseen in history. Fortuneately their Empiror litereally saw the light when the bombs were dropped.

My Dad also carried an M1 Carbine during cave clean up on Okinawa. I made a discovery the other day as I investigated M1 Garand availability for my next gin project (an M1 Garand in 35 Whelen with 20" barrel): Original M1 Carbine sales out of the Civilian Marksmanship Program are completely sold out, and are now so rare that they are auction only if and when they become available, and Gun Broker prices for originals are sky high. More, the current firearm and ammo panic buying, combined with Covid closures at CMP, has resulted in near zero availability for Garands, too. Gun Broker availability of Garands is still fairly good, but prices are going up. My Garand bear repellant rifle is maturing into a potential small business idea. I'm now thinking of using the future prototype to market the concept in Alaska to compete with the lever rifles.

Welcome to the BFF, bradyboi7007! This is the right place to come and learn. Plenty of material to browse and of course, ask questions of the membership!

Welcome , bradyboi7007 !

My dad was on Tarawa with the 98th Navy Construction Battalion heading up the sign shop; he and his crew made grave markers for the 1,100 plus Marines and Navy Corpsmen killed in the invasion as well as memorial markers for the cemeteries. They finished in March and rejoined the Battalion, which had already left, in Hawaii. When the bombs dropped they were on Maui training for the invasion of Japan. My older brother and two sisters were born before the war, but I came along in '51. Had the invasion proceeded as planned I may never have been born. I've got his issue knife, albeit with a new grip as the leather washers rotted away while I was a kid, but still would like to find a decent M1 Carbine like he carried.

Yup. Thank God for Fat Man and Little Boy. The invasion of Japan would have been incredible devastation.

I hunted out of tree stands for decades, its a fantastic way to observe wildlife. You don't need to be very high up depending on coverage. It should be Bigfooting 101 to spend hours in a tree stand just watching, you might not like what you learn but it will be very educational.

Roger on the flip phone......I'm sure the BF feels your pain and understands....uh....astrally that is.

I had friends who cut the barrels of Remington Model 7400 semi auto 30-06 rifles down to 16", installed pistol grips designed for Remington 870 shotguns in place of the buttstock, and got 10 round magazines from Sportsman's Guide. They were dedicated bear baiting bow hunters, and carried these slung shorty rifles up into the trees with them because of BIG grizzly trouble. They were essentially the size of WWII "grease gun" submachine guns, but shooting 30-06 energy.

This is exactly the sort of feedback I was hoping for. I have no expectation that shooting this gun is going to be "fun", but I'm still looking forward to taking it to the range. Your description gives me a very good idea of what I should expect. Thank you. It came along at a price that I couldn't say no to, and if I decide to sell it, I will easily make a 50% profit. Just to clarify, I wasn't asking a serious question. I was just looking for general input on this revolver - which you very descriptively provided!