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…]
Slaton @ Gun Shots discusses long distance (100-200 yard) slug hunting: I started deer hunting with a slug gun. Well, let me qualify that. It was actually an old side-by-side Stevens, and back in college, just before the deer opener my buddy and I would drive to an [Read More…]
The Shooting Times UK has a review of the Yildiz over-and-under 20 gauge (or 20 bore as they call it in the UK). The Yildiz 20-bore is that sort of gun, combining some of the latest manufacturing techniques with other quite traditional virtues. It has pleasing, [Read More…]
Izhevsk Mechanical Works is a Russian arms and vehicle manufacturer founded in 1807 by Tsar Alexander I. Below are some of their firearm promotional videos. I enjoy watching and reading military promotional material which are usually designed to entice the buyer to [Read More…]
A reader recently asked where he can find an animation showing how a pump action shotgun works. This is not the best animation ever, but it is all I could find. Click here to view it (scroll down the page). Below is a screenshot (just an image. Click here to view it.):
Ha! I would love to have one of these! Musical craftsman Luis Alberto Paredes and his family have branched out from their fine classic string instruments to fashion electric guitars from shotguns and AK47s once used by fighters caught up in the country’s lingering [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…]
Have you ever heard of a punt gun? A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. Punt guns were usually custom-designed and so varied widely, but could [Read More…]
Students in Svalbard, Norway, are taught how to use a shotgun and ammunition to fend off polar bears at the beginning of every school year. Since polar bears can outrun a human in a matter of seconds, every student at the University Center undergoes weapons and arctic [Read More…]
From the SurvivalBlog.com “When customers ask me to choose between the Mossberg 500 and the Remington 870, I go with the Remington.” I personally prefer the Mossy 500, not for any reason in particular, just my personal preference. I find people often prefer [Read More…]
A a very interesting article from the American Hunter Magazine comparing different slug designs including various sabot slugs. In the days of my youth, we transformed rabbit guns into deer guns by simply changing the fodder; you bought slugs from a hardware store bin at [Read More…]
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