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What are the odds of this happening? Seems like a possibility although there may be pressure from domestic manufacturers to keep the status quo.

A comment on a different forum about poor range etiquette got me thinking about where does the line in the sand get drawn on muzzle control. The conversation was about keeping firearms pointed in a safe direction whilst putting in or taking out of cases. Some people felt this should extend to...

A while back I bought a case of 62gr Wolf polymer coated .223 FMJ ammo (Black Box, Tula arsenal) for use in my AR. I have had generally good results from this ammo. Groupings are under 3" using irons at 100yds - except when they spontaneously start flying elsewhere - or even seem to group...

When buying guns or making mental lists of guns I want, I find myself drawn in different directions: Guns that fill a void in my collection or serve a specific purpose vs. guns that are just too fun or sexy to pass by vs. guns that will see the most use. I could really use a pocket pistol. I...

Now that they've been on the market for several years, what is the general concensus on the Accustock? I've only handled the non-accustock synthetic Savages and they do feel a bit chintzy but the price savings over the Accustock models can be huge. I've seen rifle+scope packages on sale for...

Not sure how this would even be feasible unless they banned all home manufacture of firearms or required firmware that resticted certain shapes. http://boingboing.net/2012/12/09/congressman-calls-for-ban-on-3.html

CDNN has some pretty good prices on M77s right now and I was especially interested in a stainless 30-06. According to their catalog, their 30-06 All Weather is a "Compact" with 20" barrel. I don't see any equivalent to that on the Ruger website. All the "Compacts" on the Ruger site have a 16.5"...

If you could hit the "reset" button and begin your involvement with firearms anew, what would you do differently or do again? What would you do training wise? What would you buy or not buy? I'd redo the overly conservative safety regime I learned from camp and my grandfather. I'd get into...

I sometimes read comments along the lines of "lighter bullets tend to hit lower" and I was wondering if there any rules of thumb regarding the effects of bullet weights on trajectory (fired from the same gun). So a 115gr 9mm round should hit lower than a 124gr bullet if both are fired at the...

I'm looking to get a .308 do-everything go-to bolt action. Something in a hunting profile, reliably accurate but perhaps more importantly, durable. Truthfully, it will probably see more use at a range than anywhere else but I'd still like it to be something I don't have to baby and that my kids...

Is there anything particular to the manufacture or materials in a Combloc pistol that makes them "built" to shoot steel cased ammo or is it just that no one expects them to be fed brass? Similarly, what makes another western autoloader "unfit" to shoot steel cased stuff? I won't argue that...

For home/recreational use: 55gr or 62gr? OK, let me clarify: I'm looking to buy a bunch of ammo for my AR (16" bbl, 1in9 twist), primarily for targets/plinking at <300m range. For the range, accuracy would be the most desirable attribute. And while I have no intent of ever using this as a...

The thread on Makarov penetration got me wondering how much, if any difference shooting through clothes would make. Box Of Truth did a feature on the myth of the .30 carbine being stopped by frozen jackets which pretty much debunked that story to my mind. Is there anything to the idea of...

It seems like more new guns have ambidextrous controls and more older models are getting "upgraded" with them. As an average right-handed shooter I must say they don't appeal much to me. Swappable controls are OK I suppose but I don't like having a full ambi setup. What is your opinion on...

I'd like to get some type of side rail mounted optic for my AK. I'm not interested in scout mounts and my price range isn't very high. I also like the idea of a "commie" setup. Currently trying to decide between a 4x24 POSP (with x39 bullet drop reticle), a PK-AS (or PK-ASV), or a Kobra...

I couldn't bring myself to pay for diopter sights that cost twice as much as my rifle so now I'm planning to scope my K31. My question is, are there any particulars for how should one zero a scope that is not centered over the bore? Presently I only have access to a 100yd range. If I zero at...

My wife has a Mossberg Maverick 88 that she bought for HD a few years ago and never fired. I took it to the range the other day to try it out. Chambered the first round, pulled trigger, "click". Checked the primer, not so much as a scratch. All I could think was "glad she never needed to use...

I saw these on a Canadian site: http://www.marstar.ca/gf-AIA/index.shtm They look nice if maybe a bit expensive. Anyone here have one of these? How come Enfield action type rifles aren't more prevalent?

What makes one AR manufacturer superior to another? Metal quality? Tooling? More aggresive quality testing? Parts? Machine maintainence? I'm under the impression that building an AR consists largely of loading your specs into CNC machines, pressing "GO", then throwing those parts together...

Just curious. I'm guessing you didn't chamber a round until you needed one?