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Depending on the type of fiber used, ballistic vests will sooner or later degrade over the years and / or when exposed to moisture and sunlight. Is a vest thus considered unsafe for service completely useless or will it still stop at least less powerful threats than originally designed for...

It might be a rather odd and general question: While gun people seem to differentiate their stuff according to its function ("range gun", home defence", "CC", " hiking gun"), I couldn't very mich find such distinctions when scrutinizing the various statements objectively. The very same guns that...

I'm well aware of the technical differences between (super short) carbines like the MK18 (it still seems kinda awkward to me calling these "AR psitols", though I'm aware of the legal reasons for that nomenclature) and SMGs like the MP5 or the UZI, Mac etc. To be exact, there is even a third...

...is there such a thing? I know NAA necked the .32acp down to .25 caliber, but is there something like a .25acp necked down to .22?

Recently it occured to me that it's been 20 years now since I first read about the FiveSeven pistol in a military magazine during my service time... For me it sounded like this class of PDW ammunition - 4,6x30 came out a little later I reckon - would without any doubt be the future of handgun...

I just wondered what actual use these so called "AR-pistols" in .223 or even 7,62x39 have... According to ballisticsbytheinch, out of a 3" barrel a .223 does not produce significantly more power than a .32 acp...

Does anybody have any additional information in the Bond Arms Bullpup? Is it going to be essentially the same as the Boberg super shorty or the even shorter version (smaller than 5,1") that Boberg was supposedly working before being bought? Is it going to be all-metal again or maybe more...

Maybe you folks have any suggestions in this: I consider swapping my Taurus PT22ply for another small semi. I'd like either something in the samesize range but with more punch and in 9mm so I can use the same ammo as my main handgun OR something in 22 or 25 still, but considerably smaller. Any...

Which system do you use to define semiauto handguns size-wise? While there's normally kind of an agreement what "full size" does mean, below that category there sems to be kind of a mix-up sometimes. I'd use the following categories: Target / Competition (e.g. G17L) Full Size / Service (e.g...

I've been a little off grid firearms-wise lately since my new employer has blocked firearms related content (as if it was -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED- or drugs... ) and I don't habe any other web access - apart from the phone... Anyway, ranting aside, - is there anything new...

given the short engagement distance they are intended for and the minuscule barrel length: Would it make a real difference for a mouse gun (of, let's say a barrel length of clearly less than 2''9) if it had no rifling at all?

it occurs to me that some of the "Saturday Night Specials", particularly semiautos by Röhm, were actually only live-firing versions of models that were elsewhere marketed as blank firing guns / starter guns. Is that correct or is it just a superfcial resemblance? Given that blank firing guns are...

I have recently received a surplus Second Chance IIIA body armor, with both soft armor panels long expired (on top of having expired 2007, they are also part of the lot that has been made of Zylon, which obviously has failed in some cases...). Is there any remaining protection capacity in these...

The wikipedia page about the Reagan assassination attempt claims that the assassin used "exploding" rounds called "devastator". Does or did something like an "exploding" 22lr really exist outside a James Bond novel? Or is it just a misconception of the term "expanding"? Kind of an odd...

for the folks who have a sound meter: what are the (muzzle) sound levels of different firearms? Last time at the (indoor) range I realized that even through the mufflers, there is a huge difference in quality and sound level between 9mm and .22lr. Apart from the measurements, it would only be...

I know that's quite a disputable approach, but sometimes intuition can be more significant than measuring: Given the felt recoil of 9mm, say in a G17 or a similar pistol, is 100%. How would you intuitively rate other calibers out of a weapon the same size? I would especially be interested in...

Has anyone here on this forum read one of the Stieg Larson books? He will most lkely agree with me that while the guy definitely had a sense for suspense, he didn't have a clue about firearms. I recently finished the second volume ("The Girl Who Played With Fire"), and it is full of errors in...

while up to the 1980ies (and especially in Europe), .32acp used to be THE caliber for compact and pocket semiautos, its niche within the current market is not that obvious to me. With a surge of .380ies and even 9mm pistols as small or even smaller than the venerable PPK, it has somewhat lost...

I guess even people other than the kind of marketing nerd I am may have heard of the Country of Origin (CoO) - effect. The theory basically stresses the fact that common images of certain countries can be transfered to products manufactured there. E.g., since the French are said to be good...

what are the advatages / disadvantages of loads gaining their muzzle energy largely from heavier bullets as compared to those more relying on velocity? E.g. some 5,7 loads may have the same ME as some .45 acp ones, still of course they have completely different properties in terms of inner...