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You’re right about the cost to some degree, but bulk low brass skeet loads aren’t too expensive or punishing. Federal, Fiocchi, and Remington all load lower recoil buck shot and slugs that take a lot of the pain out of the 12 gauge. This is why it baffles me that anyone is advising birdshot for...

Now that’s a cool story!

I’ve loaded lots of them without incident. The shoulder generally has a bit of a rounded edge, and you don’t have to drive them as fast since they’re unjacketed lead. I’d use them again if I fell into them.

It’s not just your shots you need to think about. A wounded attacker could return fire and send a magazine full of 9mm ball through a family member’s bedroom while you’re trying to hit him again.

Yeah, I’d use whatever I had if I needed to but people do need to educate themselves on proper loads for the job. No. 2 steel is for migratory waterfowl. No. 4 Buck is generally the minimum for defensive loads. The pattern with a birdshot load indoors should be really tight, but the penetrating...

They are made to piggyback two sheaths one another. The Companion type sheath has a keyhole slot on the belt loop to slide over a larger button (shirt, coveralls, etc.) and lock on.

Wadcutters have a couple things going for them just as they are. They are already a full diameter cylinder and cutting with sharp edge whether they expand or not. They’re relatively affordable compared to premium JHP loads. And generally they’re really controllable and shoot to point of aim in a...

Oil can work its way into cartridges around the bullet or primer. If a magazine is reliable, it doesn’t need oil. If it’s not reliable, oil won’t help. One thing I have done on a few milsurp mags is carefully smooth out any edges, welds, stamping on the follower with a little emery cloth. And...

I’d tell her your SAA’s are worth $2,000 each and need to be taken care of. We put a family heirloom rifle in a gun sock with lots of oil for storage, and still discovered rust six months later when we pulled it out to check on it. Thankfully the rust wiped off with some Cold War era bore...

If it truly is antique 45 Schofield ammo found in a barn, it’s probably worth a bit to collectors. It should be safe to shoot in any 45 Colt handgun, but… 1. It might be loaded with black powder. This would require pretty thorough cleaning. 2. Being stored in a barn with swings in temperature...

I’ve thought about this lately - because I don’t want to have to replace all my guns as I age. There’s also the chance that you might be injured and need to tone things down as you recover. I think the light weight and mild recoil of 5.56 will make an AR carbine a good choice. As noted a 9mm...

Man, that’s an idiotic prank to pull on someone these days. It’s a good way to get yourself shot through a door. People are scared and tuned up anymore.

Along with wills and estate records, we know that many men did show up for militia service during the F&I War without weapons. Many households would have had a gun, but maybe they didn’t have two guns in the household. I think the gun community over-romanticizes guns and the founders. You...

I’d say if you only have birdshot and the BBB load, use the larger shot size until you can get some 000 buck. The Federal 2.5” and 3” 000 are plated with copper and kept all the pellets in a hand size pattern for me at 15 - 20 yards. I have notifications set to swoop in and buy a bunch of the...

I like his style. He’s pretty thorough and presented a lot of useful info for anyone curious about shotguns.

I don’t know of tests for BBB. I wouldn’t want to get shot with it, but it probably wouldn’t get the 12” to 18” in ballistic gel that’s generally considered necessary to hit a vital organ. I saw a video of a guy testing .410 Federal 2.5” 000 on a 12” block of gel, and pellets zipped right...

I just decided after studying it that the F&I War was a very historically significant event. It was a global conflict at the time that involved the two most powerful empires of the era, and it set the conditions for the American Revolution. I started calling it the Seven Years War after I...

I believe it was around 1754, but it’s been about fifteen years since I read that. I used to have a lot of interest in the Seven Years War, and spent some time in libraries looking up primary sources. I still have a copy of Crucible of War and a copy of Of Sorts for Provincials around somewhere.

As far as a prepping or fun shooting rifle, the SKS had some things going for it. They were reasonably accurate, mostly reliable, and cheap. You didn’t need extra magazines or even stripper clips to make them work. I shot them better than I could shoot the AK’s in circulation back then. But for...

Not necessarily. A lot of the game in settled areas had been hunted out, and a lot of the arable land was under cultivation. Market hunters did go out on the fringes and bring meat in for sale. Definitely, some people still did own guns and hunt. But you’d just as likely eat food that was raised...