Weapons

Articles on handguns, rifles, shotguns, ammunition, weapon setup, manipulation, maintenance, selection, and responsible practical application.

Range Report – Taurus 856 Talo

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So I’ve had time to clean and inspect the 856 after its first range trip. This will be my thoughts and observations thus far.  I put together a sampling of the 38 special I had stashed away in my ammo locker. I brought along Winchester White Box 130gr FMJ, Federal Personal Defense 110gr JHP and … Read more

A Simple Explaination of Duty Pistol Caliber Terminal Ballistics

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Optimal pistol wounding is caused by a balance of projectile weight, construction, size, materials, shape, and velocity (not even talking about shot placement here). Too much or too little of any variable and the projectile performs poorly. Performs poorly- being compared to HST or Gold Dot which are the current standards of optimal performance within … Read more

PCC for Practice and Competition

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PCC in competition Competition will not get you kilt in the streetz, and competing with a PCC is no different. Getting practical experience moving with, reloading, transitioning, and just working with a duty or defensive rifle is difficult for many people due to the lack of proper facilities. Even many of the more practically-focused bays … Read more

Sons of Liberty Gun Works MK10 Review

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I recently had the opportunity to dive a bit deeper into one of the 308 battle rifles being compared for the InRangeTV/P&S collaboration video shoot.  Since Karl will be releasing plenty of high quality video content comparing the various guns, I will not get into that. I wanted to specifically look at the SOLGW MK10 … Read more

Nightfighter on the Range

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I know what some people might be thinking. “Nate, since you graduated from school, you must have gotten some dream job with a 6 figure salary enabling you to purchase all manner of luxury firearms items.” Well, first off I have no dream job, and second off I did not purchase this pistol myself. I … Read more

Accuracy and Precision- The ego chase.

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 Many years ago, I watched as the internet simultaneously applauded a company for offering a 1 MOA guarantee while saying that Defoor’s 4 MOA shooting standard was too tough. A great shooter can do great things with a bad rifle, but you can only get so far. Along with that, a bad shooter with a … Read more

A case for .40 S&W

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Once the darling of law enforcement, .40 S&W has fallen on hard times. As major federal agencies like the FBI switch back to 9mm; smaller state, county, and city agencies are following suit. The swing back to 9mm has been driven by improvements in pistol bullet technology that has rendered all service calibers pretty much the same in terms of terminal ballistics. Agencies have responded by ditching their harder recoiling and lower capacity guns in favor easier to shoot and more capacious 9mm pistols.

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