RUAG Copper-Matrix SX: Safe Short Distance Steel Shooting
RUAG, which sells civilian ammunition under the brand name "RWS," has a new and interesting ammunition they were showing off at NDIA. Their ammunition uses a solid copper bullet designed to shatter upon impact...
Gun Review: Marlin 1894C .357 Magnum
RF and I had big plans: we were each going to get a Marlin .357 Magnum lever-action carbine and trick it out in dramatically different ways. He was going to build a 21st-Century Cowboy Assault...
Gear Review: Pedi-Paws
There are several things I never do without. One is my constant little bulldog, Piggy. I bought her when she was three-weeks-old...
Ask Foghorn: Why use cheap ammo to practice?
Bob writes:
As a new(ish) shooter I have a question. Why would you practice with different ammunition at the range than you would use in a match? Doesn’t the different ammunition affect your accuracy and...
HK 416 in .300 AAC Blackout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhhSc-Pq24o
I don't have enough information or pictures for a full review of this gun, but I get the feeling that I will not too long from now. The person holding the camera for me...
Day One of the Lucky Gunner Blogger Shoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8IHm9fGZpQ
Hot weather, hot lead, helicopters, attack dogs, gleeful gun writers and a bevy of badass ballistics. Day One of the Lucky Gunner Blogger Shoot (and they didn't mean that literally) may not have been...
NDIA: Giggle Switches EVERYWHERE
It's all over. The conference closing ceremonies were held this morning. Two hours later we were on the range blowing shit up. The final cease fire was called around 4:30 PM, much to the...
NDIA: Report on the XM-25
Major Chris Connoly just presented a report here at NDIA on the effectiveness of the XM-25 Individual Semi-Automatic Airburst System in combat in Afghanistan. Major Connoly was in charge of the first Forward Operational...
NDIA: Lube in your chamber is BAD
Here at the National Defense Industry Association symposium, it's more than just a bunch of people looking at booths and handling guns. There are also a series of talks going on covering a number...
Ammunition Consistency Testing: SetPoint, Hornady and Prvi
Until this point our consistency testing's been focusing on the .223 Remington / 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. This time we branch out into another popular rifle caliber: the .308 Winchester / 7.62x51 NATO round. Specifically,...
TTAG at the NDIA Small Arms Symposium
The National Defense Industrial Association is holding their annual symposium on small arms systems this week in Indianapolis, Indiana. I'm flying out tomorrow morning to cover it. There's going to be all sorts of...
Ammunition Consistency Testing: Nosler Custom Varmint
Just when you thought you were safe from the boxplots, I bring you another mathematics filled post about ammunition consistency! Well, not mathematics filled, but more than you'd anticipate outside a statistics classroom. This...