Recent content by tipoc

Thanks for the comparison. Thanks also for the link https://www.handgunhero.com/

A few comments on the original post: Someone else mentioned this, but it's worth noting, that the list here and the description of the progression of the rounds mentioned is off. The 45 Colt and the 45 acp had approximately the same energy and close to the same mass (230 gr. vs.250. grains)...

Thanks for posting the link to this article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/23/kentucky-gun-owner-gun-violence-archive-mark-bryant It has the rundown on this website. The site has value and it tries to be honest. It is also limited as the article explains. Each of the major websites...

They have an address in Washington, D.C. and an email address. They also have a Facebook page. They are a "Non Profit" legal group which means that they have to file that information and it's public. But they do not name any of their officers or responsible persons or who funds the organization...

An arched MSH. In my hands it works much better.

The op hasn't been back, but if we read his post it's clear that he was asking about defensive shooting and not hunting. Drawing from the experience of hunting can help illustrate some things but misses the mark mostly. As the primary objectives, killing the game with one shot vs. stopping an...

I recommend the book American Rifle by Alexander Rose http://www.alexrose.com/american-rifle It can be found at Amazon, B&N, etc. A very well written and researched history that reads like a novel. I also suggest "Ammo and Ballistics" by Bob Forker, "Cartridges of the World" by Barnes and...

What is it that you disagree with?

It is true that the mechanical recoil is identical for semiauto firearms as for revolvers, leverguns or bolt action rifles. The measurement for the recoil is the same given the same bullet being fired and the same weight of weapon, all else being equal. The formulas work for both. But the "kick"...

Helpless and cynical...a combination you can find often, whether it's buying guns, cars, Hummel figurines or politics. We're "back to square one" because we don't trust our own eyes or because we don't have the experience to make a sound call based on that experience. We get to know guns by...

What matters is the condition of the gun. That should always be the main consideration. You are buying the gun and not what the seller says about it.

The truth is that Colt issued a public statement saying that due to the pressure of fulfilling the deadlines of military contracts and slow sales in the civilian market they would halt production of civilian versions of the rifle to catch up on the military side. Sales of AR's had slowed at...

Colt 1911's are already less expensive than Dan Wesson 1911s. What CZ gets from Colt, that they don't have, are Colt's military contracts and connections.

There is another factor as well. The formulas for recoil, like this one: http://kwk.us/recoil.html are based on the recoil of bolt action rifles and can't take into account the action of self loading, semi automatic or fully auto handguns or long guns. That's why the felt recoil of a 1911...

"Colt wasn’t unionized during their glory days?" What I say below I'm taken from the book "Crisis and Political Beliefs--The case of the Colt Firearms Strike" by Marc Lendler. Short answer is they have been union since 1940. There had been various efforts to organize a union there in the...