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Agreed. There are some loads that perform better in short barrels, and some that just don't penetrate enough period. One of the first loads I found that under penetrated was the 85 gr Mag Tech load. I expected no expansion at all and was surprised to get great expansion but underwhelming...

As others have noted the balance is poor and the trigger and accuracy are "meh" at best. Still, the folding stock and over all small volume might be enough to offset the downsides for some people. I'm not a fan of the recent Springfield Armory Kuna for similar ergonomic and balance issues...

Airlines and airports can both have their own policies and you usually end up following the most restrictive. Plus TSA can decide that it needs the key to re-inspect a firearm. I had an oddity once where the airline staff had to escort me out the terminal and all the way to my transportation...

I carry both revolvers and semi autos, and when small size matters that includes J frames and .380s. But...care needs to be taken to ensure a hollow point will perform well in both .38 Special and .380 ACP, particularly in short barrels. .380 ACP takes a big hit in velocity as barrel lengths...

Agreed. Which is why we should be calling semi auto civilian versions of sub machine guns and semi auto civilian versions of assault rifles " home defense weapons" or "personal defense weapons". Spin things in our favor once. It's easy for anti-gun folks to justify banning "assault rifles"...

Roller delayed PCCs like the MP5, GP SP9, and SA Kuna, are under rated as home defense weapons. A locked bolt 9mm PCC shoots much smoother and with less perceived recoil than a direct blow back operated 9mm PCC. Folks can argue the benefits of a short barrel 5.56 in home defense in terms of...

In the first few episodes of Magnum PI, he's shooting a Star Model B in 9mm for what is supposed to be his old issued 1911A1. The Star Model B was a common stand in for the 1911 and appeared in several well known American movies: - The Halls of Montezuma; - The Sand Pebbles; - The Wild Bunch...

When the National Firearms Act of 1934 was passed the justification was to ban firearms that were being used by road gangs of the time like Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, etc. Even then they recognized that that were after banning firearms like Clyde's sawed off Colt Monitor...

First, most states that use a CCW as a purchase permit and or waive the Brady requirements only provide those privileges to a CCW permit issued by that state. Second, check your state's laws but here in NC I am required to notify the sheriff in the issuing county of my change of address...

They weren't assault rifles then, and they still are not now. And those of us who knew better pointed that out at the time. But it's a case of the gun rag and the gun industries creating a media monster that came back to bite us in 1994.

What us occurring is a combination of factors: - the slide and frame have some vertical play between them; - the sear engagement is less than the norm at around .040"; - the parts are MIM and are left unpolished; and - the firing pin safety is prone to sticking due to powder residue or brass...

Tactical toilet paper holder.

We'll have to disagree with how "tacticool" is used. We agree that a modular system is designed so that you can equip a rifle or carbine specifically for the mission at hand. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. "Tacticool" as opposed to "tactical" refers to the guy who buys an...

From the media perspective, sure. From a military, definitional perspective, no. An assault rifle is by design capable of fully automatic fire. Most can also be fired semi-auto, but will still have a selector switch (or be able to have a selector switch installed) to allow full auto fire...

I’ll argue that anyone who sprays and prays is using neither muscle memory or any kind of sight picture. Call the sight picture what ever you want, the reality is that a well trained, experienced and well practiced shooter will bring the front blade up into their line of sight on target note...

We're in total agreement that using the term isn't helping our cause. It's not like appropriating the mis used term will take its power away from the anti gun crowd. "Military grade weapons" is just another misused term being used to promote gun control, obviously by people who don't...

The three on the right are Mauser 98s but the second from right is inletted for a small ring action. Keep in mind that back in the 1970s and 1980s it was common for people to build custom Mausers starting with surplus military Mausers, often already sporterized, as well as with commercial M98...

It's a simple set of issues that people like to make complex. I deal in the world as it is, not as I'd like it to be and that has a big effect on my views of misguided efforts like "lever action assault rifles". 1) Let's be honest, this is all about marketing and trying to sell people more...

I understand the sentiment but in this case "assault" in "assault rifle is an adjective, as it describes the noun "rifle". same as "target rifle", or "Deer rifle" or "rimfire rifle" or "centerfire rifle". Plus of course assault, like target, can be an noun or a verb, or as discussed above an...

I am in no way a fan of this. Period. Full stop. 1) As a new LEO in the mid 1980s I was required to use a 6 shot revolver and was issued .38 Special ammunition. Even at that late date the administrators in charge were not pro gun and not progressive in terms of tactics. They only allowed a...