1 I'm fairly well hooked in to the gun crank community and haven't heard of any airline initiated seizures... yet. I have had ignorant TSA & airline staff try to get me to do illegal acts but when confronted back down. 37 states now "allow" a "right" so I'm much more comfy driving to where I need to be and just not going to those states that are unconstitutional in their actions. 

2 Last time I flew with a firearm was pre-9/11, and when I opened the case so it could be tagged, the women behind the counter said, "ooh, pretty". Thompson/Center Contender FTW.

-j

3 Is that for target shooting?

4 Serious (but not serious) target shooting, and also popular for hunting, due to interchangeable barrels ranging from puny little pebble-shooters up through rifle calibers. I've shot .30-30 and .223 Remington out of mine, but the heavy-duty model will handle .30-06 Winchester; just thinking about that makes my hand hurt.

-j

5

I can imagine that firing a high-power round out of that would be tough.

It almost looks like a modern version of a dueling pistol. And I gotta agree that it's pretty.

6 I once fired a .44 Magnum round out of a Ruger Blackhawk (wikipedia tells me it must have been a "Super Blackhawk") without knowing just how much oomph it was going to have.  I knew it was going to make big bang, obviously, but...

I imagine a .30-06 out of that thing would make my wrist and thumb hurt and my eyes water just as much.

For the record: I appreciated the chance to do it, thanked the owner for letting me try, then put the gun back in his hands and never, ever, thought about firing a second round.  I'm thinking there were a lot of people snickering behind my back while I was lining up the shot...