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The A1 ammo the competitors were allowed to test in limited quantities prior to the Army Carbine project was vastly different from the A1 that has been issued recently for testing, I suspect they're still tweaking it to get the performance and reliability characteristics they're looking for...

A few years ago my wife and I had gone to the local indoor range to practice, I had just picked up a nice pre-billboard Security Six snubby in .357 Magnum so after we put a few mags through our carry guns I pulled out the Ruger and worked my way up from light .38Spl to some warmish .357 factory...

Not particularly cheap or easy, but you could buy 150-200' worth of old shipping containers, hire an excavator, and bury them end to end. If you or a friend have some fabrication skills you can weld up an above ground entrance with stairs down, and you can open them up and connect them end to...

Because when a competitor's product is reverse engineered you don't have the drawing package with dimensions and tolerances, you just have the parts set to measure. That set of parts is (presumably) within tolerance but you don't know whether it's in the middle of the range or right on the...

Looks like the FN football logo on the lower. FN has only been manufacturing commercial ARs in the US for about a year or so and military M4s for maybe three or four years but were producing military M16 variants for a much longer period of time. The chances of it being a civilian lower are...

You DO know that Ted Kennedy found himself on the no-fly list at one time, simply because he had the same name as an IRA terrorist? If I recall it took him weeks to get it straightened out. If a sitting US Senator and brother of a former POTUS gets put on the list in error and has difficulty...

Lead core bullets lose accuracy when a firearm is shot hard enough to get the barrel really hot too, if you let a round sit in a chamber that's hot enough to soften the lead the jacket will spin up but the lead doesn't spin up as fast. That causes the bullet to jump when it leaves the muzzle.

I have seen such a breakdown but I don't have the link saved. I recall that my impression was that most hits were below the belt, which would be consistent with ugly, debilitating wounds that had a decent likelihood of not being fatal with prompt treatment.

That's unfortunate, but I'm sure Ruger will repair it. So how did it shoot? How was the recoil?

It's lighter than I would like, but I try to put 50-60 rounds through it every time I go to the range and that does keep me aware of it.

I'm still happy with mine. I installed the hammer spring and recoil spring kits after the first range trip, it's not unpleasant to shoot now and it's small enough to pocket. I can't carry at work so mine goes into the console of my vehicle every day so that it's available to pocket if I need...

We used to have three years or more to design, develop, test, and industrialize a new product. We would build prototypes, test, refine, and along the way we would see easier ways to do things or we would see operations the shop had issues with and incorporate changes to simplify the process...

Word on the street is that Remington hasn't been able to successfully deliver the rifles that were selected by the Military for the Precision Sniper Rifle project either, and the government is looking at the other competitors again.

Taurus 24/7 compact in .45ACP Around six or seven years ago I was looking for a compact semi-auto in .45ACP for concealed carry. I picked up a Taurus 24/7 as an impulse buy, it only cost around $300 plus transfer and it fit my hand decently well. It turned out to be just a hair too large for...

What web browser do you use? I've run into problems with some scripts not working properly with some browsers, whenever I need to schedule service for my car I always have to remember to open Internet Explorer because the scheduler won't open in Chrome.

Excellent point. My hobby is building accurate, detailed scaled models of historic American racing vehicles. Several of my tools, laying out in plain view on my workbench, could draw suspicion and I do use hemostats from time to time for clamping and holding small parts. The thing that would...

The officer has every right to ask questions. I'm perfectly willing to stand on the porch and answer them until it either becomes a waste of my time or the questions begin to infringe on my right to not be bothered in my own home by someone stopping by unannounced in the evening. You say he's...

The 17S has a reputation for being hard on optics although you probably won't put thousands of rounds through it so you can probably get away with something a little less durable than the military uses. Try to find a mount that isn't a quick disconnect and attach it securely, and try to keep...

Those who beat their swords into plowshares shall be made to plow for those who don't.

Individuals will never have the ability to call in a background check based simply on a name and address. The courts' decisions and years of case law on privacy would never allow that, and I wouldn't want to put myself in the position of telling a prospective buyer (who might be a criminal...