Despite the uneducated jokes, France developed the modern army as we know it today. She also had a hand in many innovative technologies–artillery ballistics, the helmet, the bayonet, standardized weaponry and uniforms. But the innovation we in the gun community take for granted today is smokeless gun powder, invented by–you guessed it–the French. This brand […]
Civilian Legal FN M249
Have you ever shot Fabrique Nationale’s M249 belt fed machine gun and wished you could own one at home? Well not you can own a civilian legal FN M249 if you live in what we like to call a “Free State”. There is only one or two major issues that will stop people from saving […]
What’s a 12 Gauge Firearm? Shockwave and Tac 14
Courtesy of Kommando Blog So I like shotguns and own close to a dozen of them, ranging from your mass produced Turkish shotgat to the pride of my: collection a Winchester 1897 produced in 1902. This intro is going to sound kind of odd when I say we aren’t talking about shotguns today. We are […]
Carrying Concealed: When Do You Shoot? Defending 3rd Parties
Like many, I’m sure, I have been watching certain legal current events in the news and it makes me ponder about my own decision making ability during a “live or die” moment. In particular, I am wondering about the possibility of taking action to protect the life of another when carrying concealed. These musings don’t match […]
The Good News: Salient Arms Did NOT File for Bankruptcy
Good news everyone. Initial reports were wrong, as they often are. A different company, “Salient Security Services, Inc.” of California which Did Business As “Salient Arms International” was the subject of the incorrect reports. This is not the Salient Arms International Inc. (Nevada) that we know and love. Feature Image Courtesy: RecoilWeb.Com
Smith & Wesson to Sponsor 2017 NRA World Shooting Championship
Smith & Wesson Corp. announced today that it will return as the Silver Sponsor for the 2017 NRA World Shooting Competition on September 14-16 at the Peacemaker National Training Center in Glengary, WV. The NRA World Shooting Championships are a unique shooting event, in which both professional and amateur shooters must only use pistols, rifles […]
Concealed Carry: Keeping Your Weapon Secure
No one likes to hear about accidental or negligent discharges (depending on your school of thought, those two are one in the same), particularly when they result in someone’s death. The case of a 24-year-old Detroit woman who was killed when she hugged an off-duty policeman at a party—the embrace discharging his IWB holstered .40 […]
Classic Bolt Action Rifles: The Lee Enfield
Have you ever wondered what the best all around rifle is? Not surprisingly, it depends on who you ask. For some people its an AR or AK rifle variant. What surprises me, however, is how often that question has been answered with the British Enfield. The classic Enfield variant is the No. 1 Mk. III […]
Wicked Wednesday: Join or Die and the 1911
Benjamin Franklin once made a comic with a snake separated into segments with a simple caption, “Join or Die.” I learned about this in Social Studies and it always stuck with me. When I had to option to choose a set of grips for my Wicked Grips review I spotted the Join or Die grips […]
Aero Precision September Builder Sets M4E1 & M5E1 in Spartan Worn Cerakote
The September Builder Sets include the pieces you need to assemble your own Spartan Worn Cerakote Rifle, featuring an M4E1 or M5E1 Enhanced Upper Receiver, AR15 or M5 (.308) Gen 2 Lower Receiver and a Gen 2 Enhanced Handguard of choice. The M4E1 set also comes with a billet trigger guard. Get them HERE while they […]