Recent content by JohnKSa

It's pretty common for pellets to be a tight fit in the breech. Generally that's a good thing for power and accuracy as long as it's not taken to an extreme. Crosman tends to use a pretty hard alloy for their pellets, so the combination of a tight fit and a hard alloy can make them harder to...

Good video. Should be required watching for people who think they might intervene. It has good real-world examples and discusses things from a practical perspective.

Unless you are 100% sure that you can incapacitate the attacking animal with your first shot, whatever you pick needs to be something you can shoot without having to readjust/reacquire your grip in between shots. It's really hard to shoot accurately and quickly if you can't keep a good grip on...

Actually, even if you watch a lot of videos you will only rarely see that. That's how targeted murders/hits are carried out, but those are not very common. Furthermore, if one does watch enough videos they will see a few where an armed defender was able to successfully defend against even that...

In my experience, hand strength issues in adults are often seen in combination with recoil sensitivity. So while revolvers seem like an obvious answer, the more abrupt felt recoil in a typical centerfire revolver can be an issue, even if the DA trigger isn't. It's easier, in my experience, to...

AUS-10 is a pretty good knife steel. A good choice for a small folder. AUS6 is more of a budget stainless steel. Neither AUS10 or AUS6 would be good choices for a large knife or sword. There are a few stainless steels that would be decent choices for a large knife or sword, but most...

For whatever it's worth, I would guess just the opposite. As material science and tooling technology has advanced, it has made it easier to deal with harder metals. Here's the quote I found some years back. Unfortunately the link that went with it no longer works. "AISI 12L14 is often used...

I doubt any gun owners actually measure the hardness of their barrels, but some manufacturers are willing to provide some information in that regard. Based on your comment/question, it sounded like you knew the hardness of your barrel and felt that information suggested it was harder than most...

I have no reason to think, nor evidence to suggest, that they are significantly different in hardness now than they used to be. Why, what do you think the hardness of your .22 rimfire barrel is? I've seen figures indicating that some rimfire barrels can be in the high 80s on the Rockwell B...

1. Letting the cleaning rod rub against anything during the cleaning process. The jag and/or brush should contact the barrel, no other part of the cleaning rod assembly should touch anything. The rod can have garbage on it that acts as a lapping compound. Also, aluminum rods usually have...

If you look at the results of the test I linked to, some of the test metal plates showed significant corrosion within 24 hours while some were still corrosion free when the test was stopped after weeks of outdoor exposure. It is true that they all worked better than nothing at all. With that...

A katana-looking sword made to remind one of a Kabar with a partially serrated stainless steel blade. If it weren't for the nylon sheath, there would be nothing at all authentic about it... :rofl:

Any coating that doesn't promote corrosion will help delay corrosion to at least some extent. Paint, lard, wax, some gels, grease, certain types of oxidation or surface treatments, oil, butter, etc. Generally speaking, once those wear away or wash away or evaporate, the corrosion prevention...

If a company makes a pistol that holds 15 rounds and makes 10 round magazines for sale with the gun in areas where 15 round mags are prohibited, are they off your list too? That's how I see this. I would be upset if a company decided to stop selling any hi-cap mags to anyone, even where it's...

Here's one. https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=546316