Ballistics Testing: .40S&W (Updated!)
We have talked about pistol-caliber carbines before. They are light, fun to shoot, more accurate than a handgun of the same caliber, and give your favorite cartridge a little extra velocity, too. But...
View Article9mm Ballistics – Ultracompact pistol
After kicking the tires of the growing assortment of little 9mms, I settled on the Kahr CM9. It was soft shooting, and the trigger was an easy enough transition from a DAO revolver trigger. During the...
View Article.38 Special Ballistics – Snubnose
While I was caught short on 9mm ammo to test, I had plenty of .38 laying around so I decided to test that. I discovered some pretty troubling things. To be clear: most manufacturers publish their...
View ArticleMore Ammo Testing…On The Way!
After looking back at my ballistics testing, I find myself very troubled by the results of the .38 Spl ammo tests. In addition to testing more 9mm in the short-barrel Kahr, and more .40S&W in the...
View ArticleNew Toy
Sorry for the interruption in posting. Life happens, and we had a bad storm in Connecticut as well. I was looking for a .22 handgun that I could use for cheap realistic practice. Since I already have...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo: “You only need 7 shots”
Just when you thought the 10-round limit was absurd, the blowhard governor of New York decides to go full retard. Sorry, the link goes to an outlet of the drive-by media. From the article: “The...
View ArticleThe “High-Capacity Magazine” Myth
Most shooters understand that the attempts to demonize magazines for the number of bullets they hold are a false-flag attack on our rights. The rabid gun-haters are throwing everything they can think...
View ArticleCT Legislators Declare War on Second Amendment
(UPDATED) Well, it certainly didn’t take long for the left-wing gun-haters in the Connecticut legislature to trot out their proposals. It’s almost like the proposals were already written, and they...
View ArticleThe cupboard is bare (mostly)
Like the rest of you, I am feeling the effects of the ammo shortage. I am using .22 guns for practice as often as possible. Why? Because 9mm is nearly impossible to find. Not surprising, given its...
View ArticleCops run out of ammo
Apparently it isn’t just civilian shooters who are having trouble finding ammunition. Police departments in Tennessee and Oklahoma say that they are having trouble getting ammo as well. Guns are also...
View Article.22 Ammo Starts to Reappear
.22LR ammunition has been impossible to find for a few months. That shouldn’t surprise you. Occasionally a few boxes of standard-velocity ammo were available, which is fine for target guns and bolt...
View ArticleAmmo Status?
Is anyone seeing an improvement in the ammo situation where you live? I have been seeing some ammo here and there, but nothing in quantity except some hunting and birding ammo. Handgun-wise, I see a...
View ArticleAmmo Price Gouging
Wow. Up until today, I hadn’t actually seen any price gouging on ammo. Heard about it, read about it, but haven’t seen it. But today that changed. Went into a gun store with Crapgame (not going to...
View ArticleObama Assault on The Second Amendment
Well, to anyone that was paying attention to who Barack Obama really was when he first ran for U.S. Senate, it was clear that he was a calculating socialist with a well-funded public-relations team. A...
View Article.22 Ammo Reappears
I have been in 3 stores in the past week that all had .22 ammo in stock. 100-round plastic boxes of Winchester HP, bulk tubs of Remington Golden Bullet, 50-round boxes of Federal Target, 100-round...
View ArticleFirst CT Gun Law Arrest
6 days! The first arrest under the draconian and pointless “assault rifle” and “high-capacity magazine” law took place on the morning of January 6:...
View ArticleAmmo Bingo
I have read a lot of articles about the ammo shortage. Some on the internet, some in glossy gun magazines. Lots of people claim to be able to explain the situation, but no one seems to be able to...
View ArticleThe Great .22 Rimfire Ammo Shortage of 2014
Well, most of the ammo shortages that we have experienced over the last few years are not a problem at the moment. We visited Hoffman’s in Newington, CT over the weekend and they had virtually every...
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