Effective Range of 6.8 SPC
The firearms, ammunition, and shooting industry is full of debates. How many cartridges are needed in a conceal-carry round? What’s the [...]
Mikhail Kalashnikov – Father of the AK-47
"Blame the Nazi Germans for making me become a gun designer ... I always wanted to construct agriculture machinery.” – Mikhail [...]
What Does A Pistol Compensator Do?
Surely this has happened to you. You see a guy driving a nice sports car, or maybe a truck with a [...]
Revolver Calibers – A Roundup of Popular Options
Semi-automatic pistols are great. Their detachable box magazines mean you get to fire more shots in between reloads – not to [...]
44 Magnum for Self-Defense
It’s happened to all of us at least once. You watch Magnum Force and Sudden Impact back to back and you [...]
What is Gun Bluing?
Guns are valuable. In our efforts to preserve our guns, mankind has developed several protective treatments for them including Parkerizing, Cerakoting, [...]
What Makes a Trigger a Hair Trigger?
When a firearm’s trigger is set to release at the slightest pressure, it is said to have “hair trigger.” Now, a [...]
Alvin York’s History, Rifles & More
"A higher power than man guided and watched over me and told me what to do." – Sergeant Alvin York Spanning [...]
How to Score A Buck
“That’s a nice buck! What’s the score on that rack?” Hunters of all experience levels have been asked this question, but [...]
458 SOCOM vs 5.56
You’re probably already familiar with the omnipresent 5.56x45, but you’d have every right to wonder what the heck the 458 SOCOM [...]