An oft-forgotten segment of most range shooters’ training is the tactical reload. That’s usually due to the range environment, which discourages anything that looks like rapid movement on the part of the shooter. Most range shooters will, after realizing that their magazines are empty, calmly put the weapon on safe and eject the magazine in
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Americans who want to know what future gun control laws might look like should look north of the border. Canada’s gun control laws give us a good look at what future US gun control efforts look like. Even though Canadian gun control laws are stricter than those in the US, they’re just as inconsistent. The enforcement and implementation of Canadian gun laws is just as confusing and illogical as gun control legislation in the US. As in the US, gun control efforts in Canada are driven by emotion and often swing to extremes. Canada’s Illogical
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For many shooters, it’s a ritual to pack the range bag and head off to the shooting range. Shooting ranges are great places to, well, send rounds downrange. You show up, unpack your things on the little bench, pull out your weapon, break out into your favorite weaver or isosceles stance, and fire off a
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There are a lot of buzzwords about rounds that get passed around. For a new or casual gun owner, these can cause some confusion. As I sat down to write this, I made a list of bullet terms, and the list just seemed to go on and on.  I will keep this list more basic and give descriptions of terms that most shooters are likely to see. FMJ FMJ is an acronym for “full metal jacket.” This term was popularized by the Stanley Kubrick film of the same name. It refers to the copper or
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When someone buys a gun for home defense, they tend to fall into one of three categories. These categories are based on the amount of thought an individual puts into their planning. Although you may find yourself falling in between two categories, these distinctions should help you see any improvements you can make in your
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While this article may be disputed, but in my humble opinion, guns are a much better gift for a woman than any piece of jewelry. A firearm in a woman’s hand is honestly probably the greatest step toward safety that there is. Firearms are a guarantee of rights for all people, guaranteeing equality when it
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The idea for an article on Russian optics was born when I received one strapped on one of my new rifles and had no idea what it was. Searching around on the internet, I found very little information—and what little I could find was mostly about WWII Russian scopes, not the newer optics. But as
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The AK-47 has been a platform I’ve been in love with since I first took up an interest in firearms, and after firing one, I was sold. When I was sixteen, I didn’t want a car; I wanted a WASR 10 AK clone hanging in my local gun shop. I got it that year, and
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Eugene Stoner is perhaps the father of the American .308 battle rifle. While semi-automatic rifles – and even .308-caliber semi-automatic rifles – existed before he introduced the AR-10, few are as innovative as Stoner’s design. Before the M16 series of rifles existed, Stoner designed what looks like an M16 – except in .308 caliber. It
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Every prepper should strive to own a center-fire rifle of some kind. This rifle should also be of sufficient caliber and power to take big game cleanly. You can spend hundreds (even thousands) on a nice, big game rifle, but most preppers are budget-minded and would rather put that kind of money into other types
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