Glock pistols do not have an external safety that be can engaged and disengaged at will. Instead Glocks have various internal safety mechanisms to ensure the pistol does not fire a round unless the trigger is pulled, ie. not when dropped, knocked etc. Rob has written a [Read More…]
Kahr Arms is more than just the manufacturer of some of the smallest and most lethal weapons on earth (including the tommy gun, made famous by Al Capone). It is run and mostly owned by a son of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, the billionaire and self-proclaimed messiah who [Read More…]
A very detailed review of the Walther P99 pistol has been post on the PAFOA forum here. It also includes some beautiful photos of the P99. So, the real verdict, how does it shoot? Well, for me, it shoots better than any gun I have ever fired, which includes an [Read More…]
I came across a great review of the Taurus 44-Ten Tracker .410 caliber revolver/shotgun. How about penetration? Well, at all distances the shot pellets went through the board. However, logic tells us that they used up a lot of their force getting through the dense [Read More…]
This beautiful flash animation shows how a Glock works. Like the AR-15 anatomy it allows you to hide or make transparent various parts allowing you to see inside. Below is just a screenshot. Click here to view the animation.
This video shows the gun market of Durra, Pakistan, where guns and ammo are manufactured by hand and then sold. Some gun shops in the western world frown upon dry firing before purchasing, in Dura, you live fire guns in the street before purchasing them! The World Press [Read More…]
A great article from the Shooting Times about the evolution of magnum handgun cartridges from the .357 Magnum developed in the 1930’s to the colossal .500 S&W Magnum. In the 1930s, handgunners were looking for ways to extend the power of the popular .38 [Read More…]
I came across this post by RUDY850 on the PAFOA forum showing a very clever way to save space in your gun rack by mounting pistols on the gun safe door.
This article has a great comparison between wet and dry suppressors. It also includes some great videos. The term ‘wet’ means some sort of liquid, be it oil, water, grease, gel or another substance is used to cool the gasses exiting the suppressor. The gas [Read More…]
Below is a very funny 34 second video clip from the TV series American Dad. “Pen gun, mightier than the sword”, haha 🙂 Below is the infamous “Stringer” pen gun:
A very interesting article about the Chinese .45 ACP Broomhandle. Review of Mauser Machine Pistol: A famous design in its own right, the C-96 Mauser “Broomhandle” was extremely popular with the Chinese. Since the C-96 was considered a highly effective [Read More…]
Here is a video showing the infamous cell phone gun. It appears to be firing .22LR cartridges. AT first glance I assumed it was a derringer type weapon but it appears to have four ‘trigger’ buttons. This videois by no means new and I have seen it before but [Read More…]