I loathe when people bring up meat tests to justify terrible ammunition choices. In my world, it’s commonly used to justify using birdshot for home defense. People have seen a ‘meat test’ and are convinced it’s a valid way to judge how a round will perform against a soft target. The idea ...
Every AK owner who has tried to run a suppressor has bumped into the same three problems: the barrel lacks a shoulder for a conventional mounting index, the gas system produces back pressure that increases cyclic rate and parts wear, effectively decreasing longevity, and that same back pressure d...
Photo Of The Day and we take a look at the Colt MK47 40mm Advanced Grenade Launcher. At 39.6 pounds, the weapon operates as either a standard automatic grenade launcher or with programmable airburst capability, accommodating both in-bore and radio frequency programming for precision ordnance deli...
You’ve almost certainly seen an ARWEN in a movie (more on that later), but chances are you didn’t know what it was, or its Cold War backstory.
Tired of ordering ammo only to land in backorder purgatory? HOP Munitions’ new In Stock Ammo page shows what’s actually on the shelf and ready to ship. The post HOP Munitions Makes Ammo Shopping a Little Less Annoying appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Michigan State Police say one round struck two men during an August argument. A hard lesson in pass-through and ammo choice. Read the original story: Over-Penetration Happens, and a Michigan Shooting Just Proved It Again
A Rochester homeowner used a legally owned handgun after an accused burglar entered his house before dawn. Police say the dead man was on parole and the shooting appears justified.
Ammunition Depot has 1,000 rounds of Browning 9mm 115-grain FMJ ammunition for $241.77 with code ALAND5. That works out to approximately 24.2 cents per round and saves buyers 19% off the regular price.
Springfield’s new Prodigy 3.5 combines a compact slide with an 18-round, full-length grip. After 300 malfunction-free rounds, the unusual crossover proves it was built to shoot.
We haven’t seen an influx of new gauges that matches the rifle world’s flock of new calibers that have debuted in the past few years. We’ve got long-range calibers, short-range calibers (aka “straight-wall” cartridges), we’ve even got new rimfire calibers for r...