What Should be Your First Gun? Part 1.
This is a question that everyone's asked before, because everyone who owns a gun has had to have a 'first' gun. Unless you've had a very fortunate beginning, you've had to (or are still trying to)...
View ArticleWhat Should be Your First Gun? Part 2, Caliber Selection.
So, now that we've decided that our first gun should probably be our carry gun (since a carry gun can be used as a home defense gun, but a home defense gun cannot necessarily be used as a carry gun),...
View ArticleWhat Should be Your First Gun? Part 3, Pistol Selection.
So, now that we've decided on buying our carry gun first, and it really should be in 9mm, what gun specifically should we get? Well, first off... DO NOT CARRY THE SMALLEST GUN YOU FIND. Please. Why?...
View ArticleKinetic Energy, Momentum, & Knockdown Power
First, we need to agree upon terms. These are what these terms mean, and how they will be used for the rest of the post. Kinetic Energy = (1/2)*mass*velocity², and is measured in foot-pounds. (a grain...
View ArticleRange Day and Testing the New Carry Piece
I finally made it to the range this week. This is the first time I've been for the sole purpose of practice in... let's just say a while. First thing I did was the Press Check "No Fail Shot", as it...
View ArticleThe New 300 HAM’R From Wilson Combat!
Holy smokes, what new hotness has ol' Bill Wilson unleashed on us this time? Huh. Kinda looks like a .300BLK. There's probably some sort of ballistic special-sauce that isn't obvious. Let's look a...
View ArticleProject: Epicyon
I have a gun. I actually have a few, but one sticks out as unique, as the most powerful, as the most... ...visceral. I am talking, of course, about my 460 XVR from Smith & Wesson, chambered in...
View ArticleStupid Sayings: “There are Enough Calibers Already!”
This phrase doesn't come around too often, usually only when someone is discussing a new cartridge from an ammo manufacturer, or a wildcat they are contemplating. That doesn't mean this saying isn't...
View ArticleRedundant Calibers
The last post was getting a little long, and the subject had plenty of material left, so I'm splitting it off into it's own post. If I find enough of these little footnotes of history, I may make this...
View ArticleWhat Guns do the Authors Use? – Home Defense
Author poll, part 2. What do we grab when we hear a bump in the night?
View ArticleBrush Gun: Myth or Reality?
Brush gun: What is it? Is it real? Why Do I care? All those answers and more! After the jump...
View ArticleThe Firearms Industry Needs More Innovation pt.4
An update on the state of new stuff in the industry
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