Proud to present an article from Forest Bruton, one of our local LoadoutRoom Team members and contributors. I was looking for an off-the-shelf bolt rifle to fill in for my MPA BA Pro in 6mm Creedmoor. After shopping around all the options, I determined it would be the Solus. After watching countless reviews in many […]
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Want a handgun in NYC? Hand Over Access to Your Social Media Accounts First
New York recently approved a law requiring those applying for a concealed handgun permit to provide access to their social media accounts so that their “character and conduct” can be evaluated. It would be the responsibility of the local sheriff’s office personnel, the judges, or the state officials to read over those accounts and evaluate […]
Are Hollow Points Illegal? Yes, But Also No
Hollow points are the preferred bullet of hunters due to their greater stopping power. But are they legal? And if not, where and why aren’t they legal?
Get To Know the Small Arms of the Ukrainian Army: Part Two
In part one of this series, we looked mainly at the venerable AK family of weapons carried by troops of the Ukrainian armed forces. Today, we’ll look at a few other weapons carried and employed by the Ukrainians, but in smaller numbers than the Kalashnikov. Fort-221 Carbine The Fort-221 carbine is a straight-up license-built copy […]
M134 Minigun – Old Painless Lives and Fires
Good old General Electric produces everything, and I mean everything from microwaves to miniguns. The subject of today’s article is, of course, the latter. If you want to learn about microwaves, comment below, and I’ll help you out. Is there a more visceral 7.62mm weapon than the M134 Minigun? I saw them here and there […]
The CMMG FourSix – The Personal-Defense Weapon Comes Home
Personal-defense weapons sit somewhere between the assault rifle and submachine gun in terms of power, range, and capability. True PDWs like the MP7 and P90 are select-fire weapons made for close encounters. They offer more range than 9mm and can punch through soft armor quite efficiently. Due to infringements on the 2nd Amendment, we can’t […]
America’s Military Shotguns – The 5 Shotguns in the Armory
Military Shotguns are devastating close-range weapons that are brutally efficient in close-quarters combat (CQC). Most bad guys can’t take a blast of 00 buckshot and shake it off. A load of buckshot at close range can be devastating to the threat. Not only that, but in warfare, the shotgun’s spread of buckshot can help hit […]
The Origin 12 From Fostech – A Primo Shotgun
The shotgun is a formidable weapon to master. It’s superbly capable for extreme close quarters and delivers an unbeatable level of firepower per trigger pull. Yet, it offers low capacity, has high recoil, and is slow to reload. A company called Fostech recognized the issues with the shotgun and sought to create a weapon that […]
The Mk 23 – The First Offensive Handgun
In the world of military firearms, handguns are sidearms. They are the weapons soldiers turn to in special conditions and rarely issued. Sidearms are not necessarily defensive weapons, but they are certainly not primary weapons. You won’t lead a charge with a handgun or lay down suppressive fire with a sidearm; that’s not traditionally how […]
The Gucci SIG P365 – Upgrade and Blast Away
Who doesn’t love the SIG P365? I can remember when the press release hit my email and I was blown away by the specs. At the next SHOT Show, the gun was everywhere and beloved by all. I got one as quickly as I could, and over time I began to extensively modify my P365 […]