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https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/do-waiting-periods-prevent-crime/374168 Do waiting periods prevent murder? "The authors of the study specifically examined cause-of-death data from the National Center for Health Statistics to determine firearm and non-firearm homicide rates from 1990 to...

I'm not a collector, but I ended up with a firearm that is more of a collector piece than a shooter through no fault of my own. :D It is a Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer in .38ACP (NOT .380ACP) that has been handed down three generations in my family. It's in perfect working condition, as far as I...

Violence Advisory: A person is killed in this video. There was a church shooting not long ago where the perpetrator was shot in the head from several yards away. There's always a probabilistic component when shooting at a small moving target, but it's clear that there was skill required. To...

Informative writeup in the May 2019 American Rifleman Magazine. 68 female shooters, ranging in age from 25 to 76, and with similarly wide-ranging levels of experience took place in the project. They fired 26, currently available, self-defense oriented firearms, chambered in .380ACP, 9mm, and...

I ended up with these 6 rounds of Peters .38ACP ammunition. The bullets look like they are steel-jacketed, but they do not attract a magnet. They appear to be copper-jacketed bullets with either zinc or tin plating over the copper jacket. The headstamp is PETERS .38 A.C.P. I would be...

I recently read an account of a police shooting involving a gang member and an officer. The officer scored a number of hits in the initial burst of bullets and reported that the attacker "withered" and fell to the ground. That's a fairly encouraging thing to see when you're in a gunfight...

Interesting comments by Kyle Lamb in the May 2017 issue of Guns and Ammo Magazine. Lock, Stock & Barrel Column. "What to look for in the right shooting instructor" "Having a good resume does matter. What matters less is what is on that resume when it comes to life experiences. ... Having...

(grains/100) x (fps/100) x (fps/100) x 2.22 ≈ ftlbs The error in the approximation is less than 0.004%--negligible for firearm energy calculations. I came up with this approximation awhile back and thought others might find it handy. If you want to know how/why it works, keep reading...

I've put together a number of plots that some may find useful. How to use the plots. The plots come in pairs. Each pair assumes at least a particular number of hits required for "success". The number of hits required for "success" ranges from 1 to 6 so there are a total of 12 plots...

It appears that the Dallas PD has concerns about whether or not the P320 is drop safe and has gone so far as to tell any officers that are using the P320 that it is no longer on the DPD approved list...

After reading an incident where a person purchased a gun which turned out to have been dangerously modified, I began wondering how people usually handle used gun purchases. Votes are anonymous and multiple options may be selected.

...you are wasting your time on nonsense. Complete quote about carbines: If you are carrying a gun for real, you need to look at it every 5,000 rounds or so. But if your cleaning takes more than 10 to 15 minutes, you are wasting your time on nonsense. Pat Rogers. Sept. 2016 SWAT Magazine, The...

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Most folks know that Cooper popularized the stance that Weaver began using in the 1950s. In the May 2016 issue of The Blue Press, there's an article by Duane Thomas. In it, he makes an interesting observation. He found a 1962 picture of Elden Carl who participated in the same competitions...

This relates to the Interarms PPK pistols made in Ranger Alabama. I bought one of these little pistols in the early 1990s. It's been perfectly reliable at the range but there was one little wart that has plagued me over the years. If you start with the slide forward and try to chamber a round...

...when facing a man whose pistol is in his truck is the pistol you are carrying at the time. An instructive and amusing anecdote related by Kyle Lamb in the Lock, Stock & Barrel column of the August 2014 Guns & Ammo magazine. He encountered a fellow at a local gun shop who was expounding to...

I was just browsing an online ammo website and found some corrosive 1950s era military surplus 7.62x25 Tokarev ammo. The price was 24 cents a round for bulk quantities (1000+ rounds) of the stuff! Not too many years ago, virtually any corrosive ammo sold for under 10 cents a round and surplus...

https://www.youtube.com/user/childofjuly/videos This guy has a number of short videos that show removal/replacement of various Beretta 92/96 parts. I ran across a couple of his videos trying to find some good pictures to provide to someone having problem with their Beretta. I haven't watched...

We’ve all heard someone make a comment to the effect that they know just enough to be dangerous. We’ve all chuckled at the intended humor and then, like as not, moved on without thinking about the truth of the statement. In many cases, the topic being discussed isn’t really important in the...

I know, it's a "fun" topic. It's always entertaining because everyone seems to be an expert on the topic and people tend to have strong opinions about it. It remains an entertaining/exciting subject because there's not much empirical data to rely on which means that it's not easily put to...