Gun Bloggers range day
Traction Control has many great photos from the Gun Bloggers range day: Many more photos here.
Category: Pistols
One-Handed Shooting
From Officer.com: I’ve recently been looking over a number of law enforcement firearms training plans, including both qualifications and scenario-based courses of fire. One of the things that jumps out at me is the minimal amount of one handed shooting that is [Read More…]
TP-82 : Russian space pistol / shotgun / carbine / flare gun no longer being carried into space
Until today, since 1986, Soviet/Russian cosmonauts have carried an interesting three barreled pistol / carbine / shotgun into space! The Toz TP-82 has two side by side smoothbore barrels which fire 12.5mm shot shells and flares. The lower rifled barrel fires 5.45mm [Read More…]
Kim’s top 100 guns
Kim du Toit has written a post on the top 100 guns he would buy if he had an unlimited budget: Okay, I’ve just about had it with those crappy articles which ask stupid questions like: “If you could own only one gun, which would it be?” or “Name [Read More…]
Speed Reloading a Revolver
Jeffersonian shows you how to speed load your revolver. He has many photos showing the process using his .357 Magnum Ruger GP100 and HKS #586 speedloaders. Click here for more. I love watching IPSC wheel gun competitors doing their thing!
Real men do *not* travel light
USCitizen is off to the Gunblogger Rendezvous (I wish I could go!) and has posted a photo of this luggage: Contents: * One Kimber Pro Carry in .45 Auto with three magazines: empty * One leather inside-belt holster for 1911 pistol(not pictured) * One Bushmaster AR-15 [Read More…]
Pistol grip mouse
Perfect for gun bloggers! Hat Tip. Tech Blog
CZ Pistol with Bayonet and Breech Teeth
“GUNRUNNERS OF PA” @ PFOA posted some photos of his new CZ 75 SP-01 Tactical which includes a bayonet and breech teeth. Sure it is useless …. but different! Click to enlarge images. Click here for more photos.
Spectacularly blown up revolver!
I hope no one was shooting next to this person shooting this Colt Anaconda. Half the cylinder must have gone flying left! Hat Tip: The Real Gun Guys
the $0.25 Glock trigger job
I came across an article showing you how to make the Glock trigger pull smoother and well as showing you how to detail strip a Glock. I have not tried this. What we are going to do here is to polish (not alter) some parts to make the trigger pull (which admittingly is a [Read More…]
Convert a Glock or 1911 pistol into a carbine
I came across a company call Stellar Rigs who claim to be selling some pretty cool carbine conversion kits for 1911 and Glock pistol made by “Mec-Tec” The website is out of date and I do not know if the kits are still sold. I do know that in most Western [Read More…]
Suburban reviews the Kel-Tec P-3AT pistol
The Good: The little Kel-Tecs are very easy to conceal, with very little weight or bulk. They are also very inexpensive. The Bad and Ugly: On the 2nd or 3rd round fired, the little bracket that the guide rod slides through fell out and disappeared. I’m told that [Read More…]
Amazing Jerry Miculek fast shooting video
The title says it all. He is renowned as one of the fastest revolver shooters in the world, emptying a five-shot revolver in 0.57 seconds in a group the size of a playing card. Miculek currently holds five world records in exhibition revolver shooting. (See his [Read More…]
Springfield XD Safety vs. Glock Safety
Following his article about Glock safety Rob has written an article explaining the differences between the safeties in the Glock and XD. If the Glock firing pin is partially retracted and the Springfield XD is fully retracted we could draw the conclusion that the Glock [Read More…]
How the Glock internal safety works.
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…]
Inside the apocalyptic, and profitable, gun empire of Justin Moon
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…]
Gun Review: Walther P99
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…]
Taurus 44-Ten Tracker: A .410 Shotgun in Your Hand
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…]
The anatomy of an Glock
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.
Amazing video showing the gun market in Durra, Pakistan
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…]
The history of the magnum handgun cartridges
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…]
Safe door gun rack
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.
Wet vs Dry 22 Silencers/Suppressors
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…]
“Guns” – American Dad
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:
Chinese .45 ACP Mauser Machine Pistol
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…]
Cell Phone Gun
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…]