Twice Is Nice: Can You Reload Cartridges With Previously Fired Bullets?
It seems I can’t walk out my door these days without getting into some sort of nonsense argument over bullets or cartridges. Granted, I do start some of those arguments, but the latest one...
Portuguese Homemade Revolver Uses Homemade Cartridges
This image from homemadeguns.wordpress.com appears to be from a Portuguese police agency. Shotgun shells are often used for the clandestine manufacture of pistol ammunition. In many countries it's much easier to obtain shotgun shells...
The Truth About 6.5mm Ammo
Ask anyone. Look on internet forums or in print magazines. Strike up a conversation at your local gun store. You'll hear it everywhere: the 6.5mm family of rounds are like a mystical laser beam. Efficiency? Lethality? The...
2016 Set to Smash The Annual Gun Sales Record to Smithereens
2016 has been breaking records for gun sales. In fact, records were being broken seven months before the ball dropped on 2016. We only have records through the end of May, but they show a...
Chicago Gunshot Lethality 2013 – 2016
If you are shot in Chicago today, what are the odds that the shot will prove fatal? Chicago offers us a real world count to determine the percentage of people who are shot that die....
Gunshot Lethality: Intention of the Shooter Makes the Largest Difference
When attempting to determine the statistical lethality of gunshot wounds, an important variable is often overlooked. That is the intention of the shooter. It is not an easy variable to measure, but it is...
Gun Muffler (Silencer/Suppressor) Status Map of the United States
Many American gun owners and shooters do not know that it's legal to own and use silencers, suppressors or "gun mufflers" in the United States. There are only a handful of states that cling...
There Is No “Charleston Loophole”
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On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof entered shot and killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Before his murder spree, Roof asked to purchase a gun at a local gun store. He filled out his ATF...
The Truth About Microstamping
Shootings suck. That's a fact that everyone of every political color can agree on. The world would be a much better place if people didn't shoot at each other and only pieces of paper...