300 Winchester Magnum History: The popular 300 Winchester Magnum centerfire rifle cartridge is a 30 caliber, commercial, belted, bottleneck cartridge case design that is loaded commercially (factory produced ammunition) or reloaded by individual hand loaders with various combinations of primer, powder and .308″ diameter bullets. The 300 Win Mag was developed by Winchester, and based […]
220 Swift Ballistics
The 220 swift was introduced to the public by Winchester in the summer of 1935 and was the end result of Winchester trying to build a super speed 22 caliber centerfire. Its cartridge case was the adaptation of two well known cartridge cases, in Winchester’s own words “we used a special Lee case with a […]
380 ACP Ballistics and Guide
Why 380, and why now? While there is a good reason as to why my family owns a couple of pistols chambered in 380 I’m going to be completely honest with you and say that the 380 is not my first choice for self-defense. I’ll get to the reasons why it’s not my first choice […]
Rifle Ballistics Chart
Center fire Rifle Ballistics: The below rifle cartridge ballistics table will give true caliber and diameter of rifle cartridge bullet weight measured in grains, bullet ballistic coefficient, bullet velocity measured in feet per second, bullet energy measured in foot pounds and bullet trajectory measured in inches for the more popular and new introduced centerfire rifle […]
Moving To A New State With Firearms
How do you move to a new state with firearms? We recently moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina with more than one gun. I won’t disclose what kind of guns or the number of guns, but suffice it to say that there is more than one. Thankfully, the guns I have were legal in both […]
308 Winchester Ballistics, Pros, Cons, Uses, and History
308 Winchester History The very popular 308 Winchester centerfire rifle cartridge was introduced to the public as a civilian sporting cartridge by Winchester in September, 1952. Winchester’s Model 70 bolt action and Model 88 lever action rifles were then chambered for the commercial 308 Winchester cartridge. Two years later, in 1954, the 308 Winchester would be slightly modified for […]
How Many Spare Magazines Should I Carry?
As with all things in our industry, you’ll find varying degrees of comments regarding the usage of spare magazines, also known as reloads. Some folks have decided to not carry a spare mag on them citing several different reasons as to why, while other concealed carriers do state that they carry at least one reload. […]
Ammo Manufacturers Respond To Rumors (Videos from Federal and Hornady)
There are never any shortage of rumors floating around on the interwebs. Throw Facebook and a few others into the mix with angry customers who can’t find the ammo they’re looking for and you end up with a nasty caldron of crap stew. The current ammo shortage has taken its toll on our industry as […]
What is a Stovepipe Jam?
Just about any firearm can have a malfunction. The purpose of this article is to discuss one of the most popular jams to occur on a semi-automatic pistol, and sometimes semi-automatic rifles, as well as how to fix these malfunctions. If you’ve been around guns for any period of time and have watched or read […]
Top 3 Best Concealed Carry 9mm Pistols of 2021 (Subcompact)
Picking out the right concealed carry pistol is important. There are a lot of different guns out there claiming to be the best and it’s my goal to help you navigate this landscape to the best of my ability by putting what I consider to be the three best concealed carry 9mm pistols out there […]
