I have been getting many visitors coming to this blog looking for SKS manuals. I thought this was strange as I only had one small post linking to an SKS manual. It turns out that SKS manuals are very hard to find! Many sites are selling the PDF versions of old manuals [Read More…]
A humorous blog post from Dave Petzal: If you are not familiar with the 8-bore, it shoots a 1,250-grain conical bullet at about 1,500 fps, or an 860-grain round ball at 1,650 fps ….. This year, one of the .375 shooters got the chance to try it, and asked me if he [Read More…]
From Australian International Arms (AIA): Australian International Arms have manufactured the 5th generation of Lee-Enfield, for target shooting, military match and sporting markets. However, unlike the 4th generation, this is not a ‘converted’ Lee-Enfield. The AIA [Read More…]
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…]
No Longer Trendy: The .300 Weatherby : First, the .300 Weatherby has committed the cardinal sin of becoming old. Introduced in 1944, commercial ammo was first available in 1948, which makes it either 63 or 59. Some cartridges, like the .45/70, are so old that they [Read More…]
I came across this very cool easy to load AR magazine at SayUncle.com. It opens up allowing you to simply drop in your .223 cartridges then close it up. For me loading mags is the most boring chore I have to do involving firearms. Below video showing it off. More [Read More…]
UPDATE: I have posted an extended blog entry with SKS manuals here. If you are interested in AK type (Saiga, Grail, AK47 etc.) , SKS and Dragunov rifles, or just firearms in general this webpage has many downloadable manuals for these firearms in PDF format: The AK [Read More…]
I would never recommend hunting medium sized game with a .22 short but this just goes to show what a little 29 grain chunk of lead traveling at a measly 700-800 fps can do! From RimfireCentral.com: More pictures if you follow this link.
This web page describes how to adjust the objective settings on a cheap scope that does not have an adjustable objective. This is useful if, for example, you are using a scope with a parallax setting at 100 yards and you wish to use it on a rimfire rifle where a setting [Read More…]
Funny, but the same story happens in every army, at least these soldiers have skilled trainers! Hat Tip: Precision Rifle
Simple instructions on how to bore sight your rifle: How to bore sight a rifle by Chuck Hawks If you are new to shooting and don’t know what bore sighting is then I recommend reading the article. Bore sighting allows you to more or less sight your scope (align the [Read More…]
A nice example of a rifle and bow rack from Eric300 at RimFireCentral.com. I really like a nice publicly displayed rifle rack but these days I think it is just to much of a security risk. [UPDATE: Unfortunately some of the photos were removed] Hat Tip: [Read More…]
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