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Operating Systems 101: Gas Operation

Posted June 14, 2016 in AK-47 / AK-74 / Everything AK, AR-15, Daily News, Guns & Gear, News, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 6 Comments

Previously in Operating Systems 101, we covered the simple, inexpensive principle of blowback, and the reliable principle of short-recoil. Both of these mechanisms together form the foundations of almost all automatic handguns in common use today, but what about rifles? [Read More…]

Gun Control 101

Posted April 20, 2016 in Daily News, Guns & Gear by Nathaniel F with 48 Comments

Whenever anyone, regardless of their political views, asks me about guns, I talk to them openly and empathetically, and then I offer to take them shooting – and emphasize that we’ll do it safely. Out of those I’ve offered range trips to, most of [Read More…]