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The Fifth Element is one of those movies you can’t help but watch all the way through whenever it’s on TV. There are just too many wonderful moments to miss, but clearly Adam Savage’s favorite was the reveal of the Zorg ZF-1 blaster. Why else would he spend over 10 years building a replica of […]
I had heard of Vanquest Tough Built Gear before, but didn’t know I was in for such a treat until I received the Vanquest Mobius 2.0V Packer and a universal CCW holster. This bag is very well constructed, heavy duty materials and has numerous compartments to store your items. The carry harness, which by the […]
Upon hearing about my fellow TAG team member Brian‘s article titled “Do All Roads Lead to Glock?,” I knew with absolute certainty I had to present the other half of the argument and be that guy—the Glock hater. I’m tired of shootists perpetually singing the praises of this platform—it’s the ultimate in reliability, they’re inexpensive, all […]
In basic training, one of the first tasks you learn with your rifle is the emergency reload. It is called an emergency because you are out of ammunition in a firefight. How long do you have to get your rifle running again? The rest of your life. While it is important to reload fast, it […]
We were recently sent a sample of the new Swab-It’s Bore Sticks for research and development purposes but weren’t allowed to tell you anything about it, until now. This past summer the folks from Swab-It’s reached out to us and asked if we would be willing to help them with the development of redesigned product […]
How deadly are cap and ball–aka percussion– revolvers? I teamed up with Matt from Murphey’s Muskets to find out. We shot a trio of Uberti made Colt revolvers into 10 % ordinance gel straight out of the packs from Clear Ballistics and got some surprising results. We pit the civilian 31 caliber against the […]
by Rex Nanorum If two is one and one is none, then the little things are big and the big things are essential. I’ve said it in more than a few of my articles: America’s next battle rifle will be less of a paradigm shift and more of a collection of all the incremental improvements […]
Range Etiquette 101, it sounds so very basic but sometimes people forget things like I did this past weekend so we here at The Arms Guide though it would be a good time to write a refresher course. The topic can be as simple or difficult as someone wants it to be, and that is […]
(Originally published on kyledefoor.tumblr.com) I had a couple of experiences recently that got me thinking about group size/accuracy in the shooting and gun industry. How many rounds are a “group”? There is no set standard with this, which is sad. And, if you think about it, the smaller number of shots someone uses for their […]
by Philip Massaro Undoubtedly, one of the most influential rifle cartridges of the 20th century was the .30-’06 Springfield, serving its country proudly in two World Wars, and setting the hunting and shooting world on its ear. However, shortly after the First World War, the U.S. Army began to look at a shorter cartridge that […]
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