Andrew answers the question How Many Guns Do You Need? ...
On one hand there is the old adage "Beware the man with one gun because he probably knows how to use it.". On the other we have the gun-nut school of enlightened modern thought that states "Never ever stop buying guns". I am firmly a modernist.
Andrews old school thinking would cripple the industry (Just joking 
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Allison Barrie has published a list of the latest gadgets for military and special forces. I did not know I needed a Disposal Explosives Tool, but now I realize that I am woefully underprepared if I ever need to crimp a C4 blasting cap. At just $99, can you afford not to have a Gerber 600 with Blasting Cap Crimper?
I missed this when I happened, but last year Fox News reported on an Afghan soldier who had a 14.5mm bullet embedded in his head. Neurosurgeon Maj. John Bini, anesthesiologist Maj. Jeffrey Rengel and a member of the bomb disposal team removed the bullet at the Bagram Air Field hospital.
Fox News indicated that it was a high explosive round. A high-explosive (HE) 14.5×114mm load does exist, but judging from the x-ray photo it looks like it contains a solid metal core with a cavity in front. The bullet looks almost identical to the Chinese 14.5mm API (armor-piercing incendiary) bullet pictured below.
We have some ammunition experts here (Tony, I am looking at you!) whom might be able to tell us if the bullet did or did not contain high-explosives. Regardless, a 14.5×114mm round, originally designed as an anti-tank cartridge, is far more powerful than a .50 BMG and it is a miracle that he survived. He must have been hit at an extreme range, or a colleague fired a round directly up in the air and he was hit by the bullet falling to the ground. I would put my money on the latter scenario 
[Hat Tip: Max Popenker ]
A few months ago Barnes Bullets, which is part of the Remington empire, expanded their Barnes VOR-TX line of precision loaded ammunition and added safari-class rifle, metric rifle and handgun cartridges as well as adding a couple more calibers to their rifle hunting line-up.
The new cartridges are ...
I can't ever recall hearing the term "pumpkin balls" before to describe a type of shotgun load, despite being a big fan of the TV drama The Wire. James discusses the concept over at Hell In A Handbasket ...
The inspiration is supplied by the character of Omar Little, a vastly feared stick-up artist who makes a living robbing drug gangs of their money and product. Although adapt when handling any firearm, Mr. Little favors a shotgun loaded with “pumpkin balls”.
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When discussing shotguns, pumpkin balls are nothing but lead balls that will barely fit into the barrel. Load as many as will fit into a shotgun shell, and you have a pumpkin load.
The concept is popular with .410 ammunition manufacturers. 000 "triple-ought" sized balls are small enough to fit snugly inside a shot-cup inside a .410 barrel. Winchester packs three 000-sized discs, backed by smaller shot, inside their Supreme Elite PDX1 .410 round. It seems to work well.
This poll may appear political, but it is not. I don't want to know if you think Obama is going to win or lose, or if he is a gun-grabber or not, but if you believe other gun owners are going to start stockpiling guns and ammunition before or after the election. Sound off below ...
