12Jun, 2023
Check Out This Gun: Turkish Mauser
On a recent episode of Gun Owners Radio, we briefly discussed the standard long arm of the Ottoman Empire in World War I: the Mauser bolt-action rifle. As I mentioned […]
15May, 2023
Check Out This Gun: Last-Ditch Type 99
Introduction During my segment at the end of yesterday evening’s episode of Gun Owners Radio, the discussion turned toward the Imperial Japanese Army’s standard long arm during World War II: […]
17Apr, 2023
Behind the Gun Counter: Trade Shows
The NRA held its annual meeting, NRAAM, this past weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana. Although it exists primarily as a summit for the organization itself, NRAAM also hosts its own trade […]
10Apr, 2023
Why Don’t We Have “Smart Guns?”
In the field of computer science, there exists a longstanding rule of thumb known as “Moore’s Law,” which dictates that the number of transistors available on an integrated circuit will […]
03Apr, 2023
Jack of All Weapons or Master of One?
Part of the fun of the firearm hobby is being able to choose your own hardware. People have been making guns for more than half a millennium, so even if […]
27Mar, 2023
Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Started Reloading
Do you ever wish you could just press a button and instantly receive ammunition? Of course you do. We’re still a long way off from Star Trek replicators, but a […]
20Mar, 2023
You’re Preparing for the Wrong Apocalypse
Working behind the counter at a gun store, a big part of my job involved answering customers’ questions. With any type of product, prospective buyers always want to know what […]
06Mar, 2023
“Nobody Needs an AR-15”
The continuing debate over gun control is an interesting one for many reasons, among them the fact that only one side of the argument actually understands the subject matter. Most […]
27Feb, 2023
Why Does Everyone Hate .40 S&W?
There’s no doubt about it—we gun guys like to argue. If you’ve been in the gun world long enough, you’ve witnessed and probably even participated in a few of the […]
26Dec, 2022
There Is No Substitute for Practice
by Sam Lichtman
Ever since early man figured out that banging two rocks together can sharpen one of them into a more effective tool, engineers—or what passed for them—have worked tirelessly to build […]