Firearms technology
How important are good pistol sights to you? The sights on our guns are the windows through which we see whatever it is that we’re shooting at; and as you...
Author: Caleb
J-Frame Accuracy
J-frames are not easy to shoot well, that much we all agree on. The small size, short sight radius, and heavy trigger all combine to create a pistol that is hon...
Gun manufacturing photo quiz
This is one of the tools used at the Walther factory in Ulm, Germany. Can you guess what it’s used for? The first correct guess will receive a free copy o...
Bill Drill with a .50 BMG
Jerry Miculek can do a Bill Drill with a .50 BMG faster than a lot of shooters can do it with a handgun. Wow.
Photo of the day: HAMMERTIME
From the Umarex facility in Arnsberg, Germany where the Walther P22 and loads of other .22 LR guns are built; these are P22 hammers about to be heat treated. To...
Mossberg MVP Patrol
Yesterday I took a look at the bolt-gun and wondered on its relevance as a self-defense tool in modern times. In that article, I mentioned that I wasn’t a...
What your IDPA Division says about you
Yesterday, I was restoring old posts that had been lost during the great and terrible hack of 2013, and I found and restored one of my all-time favorite posts, ...
Ancient weapons and hokey religions
Everyone in the firearms community knows the famous quote from Han Solo in the first Star Wars film about how ancient weapons and hokey religions are no match f...
Walther P38K
One of my favorite looking guns from history, the Walther P38k (for Kurz) is exactly what it looks like – a chopped down version of the venerable Walther ...
Team Captain Julie Golob Marks 7th Anniversary With Smith & Wesson® By Receiving Top NRA Action Pistol Distinction
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (August 29, 2013) — Smith & Wesson Corp. announced today that seven-year Smith & Wesson Shooting Team Captain Julie Golob has...