Calibers for Beginners: What You Need to Know About .45 ACP
In a recent post I detailed some elements of the 9x19mm cartridge and why it's a good choice for beginners. I received a great deal of positive feedback on this and requests to do...
Book Review: The AR-15 Complete Assembly Guide (Vol. 2)
I didn't realize how much I missed instructional books until last month when a copy of The AR-15 Complete Assembly Guide (Vol.2) by Walt Kuleck and Clint McKee arrived at my doorstep with the inaugural...
Calibers for Beginners: What You Need to Know About 9mm
I have fired somewhere around 50,000 rounds of 9x19mm in my life to date. That may seem like an extraordinarily high number to the casual shooter, but it's not really that much when you...
Three Things to Consider Before You Buy A GLOCK: Guns for Beginners
Some will say that the first thing a Glock buyer should consider is not buying a Glock. Yes, well, while there are alternatives, Glock brand Glocks are simple, durable, reliable, accurate pistols that offer...
How to Dry Fire SAFELY – Guns for Beginners
It happened on 15 September, 2017. An Illinois Judge, Patrick O'Shea, 67, accidentally fired a short barreled Smith & Wesson five-shot snubbie (above) in his apartment in Wheaton, Illinois . . .
The bullet...
Buying a Semi and 2 Other Mistakes Concealed Carry Newbies Make: Guns for Beginners
Over at our monkey man rivals (guns.com), Eve Flanigan offers 7 mistakes to avoid when starting your concealed carry journey. If you want to know her take, take a minute to pop over and see...
Buy a Rifle with a Mounted and Zeroed Scope: Guns for Beginners
Ideally, a rifleman/hunter should know how to choose, mount and zero a scope for his or her rifle and choice of ammunition. And ideally I should be doing yoga. Soi don't worry about The...
Buy Armed Defenders’ Insurance: Guns for Beginners
As a card-carrying good guy (or gal), life may someday feed you a giant crap sandwich. You may have to shoot a violent criminal predator to defend yourself, your family or other innocent life. ...
Keep Your Finger Off the Trigger Until Your Sights Are On Target: Guns for...
" was having a sleepover with his 17-year-old cousin at the home attached to the church, when they heard a noise they believed to be someone trying to break into the church, and went...
Coriolis Effect for Beginners (Extreme Long Range Shooting Beginners)
Last week we posted an Ammoland article about maximum point blank range. The article touched on -- but didn't explain -- some topics related to long range shooting. Among them: the Coriolis effect ....
Do You Know Your Rifle’s Maximum Point-Blank Range? Guns for Beginners
John Farnam writes :
Conversations with “precision riflemen” often get into tedious, esoteric mathematical realms, and usually very quickly. Many factors influence the bullet during the brief fraction of a second (sometimes longer) while it...
Flying with Firearms: A Few New Lessons Learned
"I can't tell you what's going to happen next, but I will explain it once it's over," the TSA supervisor said to me after the explosives detector alarmed on my shotgun case. Again.
Last week...