Ace Virtual Shooting Simulator: Range Time at Home

In today’s article, Peter Suciu reviews the Ace VR shooting simulator from AceXR. This system puts a virtual shooting range in your home with the ability to train with real-world firearms like the Springfield Armory 1911 TRP. “It’s not around the block,” was an often-used saying of t...

By Peter Suciu •

POTD: Gallager Saddle Ring Carbine – Cavalry’s Forgotten Breechloader

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Richardson & Overman Gallager breech-loading percussion saddle ring carbine from the early 1860s. Union cavalry was desperate for breechloading carbines during the Civil War. Loading a muzzleloader from horseback in a fight is a miserabl...

By Sam.S •

What’s the Best Shockwave Ammo

I did an article recently on how to shoot the shorties, the Shockwaves, the Mafteahs, the 990 Aftershocks, and all those fun little stockless 12-gauge firearms. I mentioned ammo selection being a key part of a successful Shockwave use. Let’s expand on ammo for these little guns. What’s the be...

By Travis Pike •

How a Mercenary Movie Invented a New Type of Weapon

It is hard to overestimate just how much movies shape modern gun culture. Like many, I attribute my fascination with firearms to Hollywood movies. But I am only aware of one instance when a movie gun accidentally created a new type of armament.

By Vladimir Onokoy •

Flying with Guns: Episode 59 – Southwest from Las Vegas to New Orleans

Episode 59 was filmed May 20th, flying Southwest from Las Vegas to New Orleans. This one had a wrinkle at check-in, but nothing that changed the outcome. Check-In at LAS Declared firearms. This trip I was traveling with my large Pelican rifle case carrying a rifle and a few handguns. Because of t...

By Luke McCoy •

History of the Trapdoor Rifle

My passion has been collecting and acquiring representative United States Service rifles. That includes items like the 1898 Krag-Jorgensen, 1903 Springfield (and its variants), the M1 Garand and the M1 Carbine. However, one of my favorites in that collection is the Spring...

By Cory Ross •
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