I cannot help but occasionally cruise Taofledermaus’ YouTube channel ever so often, and I usually end up doing so waiting to see what shotgun load he’s come up with now. In the past they’ve varied from interesting to strange to “don’t try [Read More…]
Aguila, which is a subsidiary of the TECNOS ammunition factory, has announced they’re going to be selling their shotshell line in the United States. The 54-year-old company manufactures a number of shotshells including skeet, trap, and sporting clays competition [Read More…]
Home defense is one of the leading reasons for many gun purchases, partly because many people who either do not bother or are not comfortable carrying concealed still want to have a firearm in their home. That’s a discussion for another day, though. Today [Read More…]
It’s been a few years since the Great Ammo Shortage began, but it hasn’t been so long we’ve forgotten the difficulty of locating .22LR. Some states were worse than others, for example, back in Washington State .22LR was quite literally nonexistent. [Read More…]
A project called SALT- A Safe Gun for a Safe Home has been started on Indiegogo already has over $12,500 raised in just 17 hours. Essentially it is a project aimed at introducing a non lethal solution into a home defense scenario, so no matter who breaks into your house [Read More…]
Last week we shared a video from Hornady that gave broad but enticing promises of a new, exciting technology to come. Considering the source – Hornady has been coming up with innovative ammunition ideas for more than 60 years now – it was definitely a [Read More…]
Greg from Canada emailed me an idea. He proposed creating a 360 degree rotatable musket barrel with cuts perpendicular to the path of the ball that would impart a spin on it. If a ballistic computer controlled the rotation of the barrel, the bullet could be fired in a [Read More…]
If you or anyone you know of, live in South Carolina and have experienced a firearms theft, it might be worth a shot to contact the authorities in Pageland, South Carolina with the description and serial number of the firearm. A man was recently caught with a warehouse [Read More…]
Have you ever even heard of that? A water cooled, long range, bench rest rifle? Well one of these contraptions set a bench rest long distance record earlier this month in North Carolina, shooting a group of less than four inches at a thousand yards during a recent [Read More…]
Hornady has been around since 1949, founded by a man whose “ten bullets through one hole” philosophy neatly summarized his beliefs in the value of both a shooter’s necessary skills and the required quality of ammunition. It was as World War II drew to [Read More…]
M855A1 is the Army’s new round; it boasts improved accuracy, penetration, and terminal effectiveness vs. the legacy M855 “green tip” round. We previously covered the story of M855A1, and Major Glenn Dean’s history of the round’s [Read More…]
TACCOM is in the works to produce a magnetic shotshell carrier for 3 gunners and shotgun competitors. They only have a prototype so far and are accepting preorders to the tune of $54. Although for a product to be released for shipping on the 19th, I’d expect at [Read More…]
Thomas Kivlehan Jr is a retired Marine 2112. In other words, he knows a thing or two about how to manufacture and maintain firearms of all types. The majority of his accomplishments come from being in the Precision Weapons Section in Marine Corps Base Quanitco, [Read More…]
Obviously I’m not asking the reader if they are a dummy. The topic of this article is about Dummies, Snap Caps, and other assorted types of simulated non firing ammunition. Dummies are an extremely important tool when used correctly. Unfortunately I don’t think they [Read More…]
The popular Youtube user Taofledermaus has put some interesting things in his shotgun, much to our entertainment, but probably to the disadvantage of his own equipment. This time he had the idea to use magnetic balls as buckshot, loaded into 12 gauge shells. He [Read More…]
I don’t think there is a single shooting event/competition, civilian or military, where it is declared in the safety brief, that everyone present is a range officer and has the right to call out an unsafe act or situation, on behalf of the whole group. Often times [Read More…]
A group called NYC CNC has put together a video on creating a sentry contraption jig that assisted with a computer program, can automatically detect a target, then the shooter uses a string to pull the trigger. They say that everything can be made for $150, and it seems [Read More…]
During Bullpup 2015 much of the attention was paid to the automatic and older stuff that made up most of the firing line. However on the far right, DEZ Arms was there with one of their .308 rifles all set up for anybody willing to wait in the line to fire it. Compared [Read More…]
Tom R of TFB has already written up an excellent and outstanding review on the Auto Target system several months ago, and I certainly cannot top that with my limited experience with the system. This is more of my own reflections on the system, and several updates about [Read More…]
While at Bullpup 2015, I got to spent some time at the Gear head Works booth with Paul Reavis, the founder and current owner. Gear Head Works and Manticore are probably the most prolific and dedicated Tavor accessory parts makers out there. Midwest dabbles in all sorts [Read More…]
RAT Worx has had this AUG A3 suppressor out since 2013, but they brought it out for Bullpup Shoot 2015 and it was on the line, available to all. The interesting thing about it is that the company redesigned the AUG piston system, shortening it down just a bit, and [Read More…]
While at Bullpup 2015 I met these two cool guys from LDF Research. LDF is the Youtube channel name and not a legitimate company, but regardless, they are starting out on Youtube and one of them, Dean Van Marel even has his own Bullpup design through a company by the [Read More…]
It’s nothing new to hear about various plans or queries from the USMC into future small arms programs, but the Marine Corps Times (which actually isn’t associated with the Marine Corps at all) has come out with an article illustrating some of the points [Read More…]
Earlier this month I posted about the new Lehigh Defense Xtreme Penetrator rounds, and among the questions raised was the fact that there didn’t seem to be many video reviews done thus far. Well, now there’s another one: 22plinkster, of YouTube fame, has [Read More…]
The much acclaimed and anticipated Sig Sauer MCX rifle has been shipping in 5.56x45mm for the past couple of weeks for the civilian market. MSRP is $1,999 for the standard 16 inch barrel variant. In addition, SIG just opened up an MCX giveaway for a 16 inch barrel on [Read More…]
This post is a result of a recent post done by War History Online of a story that has certainly made its rounds among different communities, American Rifleman, Field & Stream, Guns.com and Sightm1911.com. You can read the biography behind the pilot involved at [Read More…]
Now, what you think you saw in the title picture was an MG42 and a British Bren light machine gun. However, what you are actually lovingly gazing at, are .22 LR rifles inserted into the parts kit of those guns, and indeed, are fully functional with their .22 LR [Read More…]
Paul Carlson of the Safety Solutions Academy posted this photo to his Facebook page today. As you can see, this factory fresh ammunition had a single round with an improperly formed case. I’m guessing that (at the very least) he would have that round stuck in the [Read More…]
Forget about any military endurance testing of the AR/M16 platform, a rental range in Las Vegas has some extremely interesting findings when it comes to large round counts, sometimes in excess of 200,000 rounds through commercially available and full auto ARs. Granted, [Read More…]
Lehigh Defense is offering a new self-defense round called Xtreme Defense, or XD. The new rounds are being manufactured in 9mm and will soon be followed by .357 SIG, .40 S&W, 10mm, .380 Auto, .45 ACP and .38 SPL. They’re designed to create a larger, more [Read More…]
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