May 14, 2010
One of the hottest pistol cartridges ever conceived was the 7.63x25 mm Mauser. Known as the .30 Mauser on the American shores, this was a bottlenecked round that drove an 87-grain bullet to more than 1,400 feet per second.
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May 11, 2010
The Semmerling was a handgun that came out of the miniaturization craze of the late 70s and early 80s. A 4+1 .45 ACP repeating handgun, the little Semmerling bore a strong resemblance to many autos of the day. Indeed, it worked from a unique four-round, single-column magazine.
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May 07, 2010
Bisley is a place that gave its name to a gun. It is a range complex in Great Britain where many great matches were once fired. I am told that the range is still in use for some shooting.
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May 05, 2010
This interesting term was coined by my late buddy, Chuck Karwan. It really means the same thing as accepted fallacies. In other words—baloney.
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April 28, 2010
The first products of High Standard were not guns, but rather machinery and tools with which to make guns. That was in the 1920s, but by the early 30s, this old-time gunmaker offered a high quality .22 pistol.
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April 26, 2010
In another of those gun store counter sessions, I got into a discussion of accuracy with a couple of new shooters. One of them asked a probing question: “What's the most accurate handgun cartridge?”
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April 20, 2010
I handle guns all the time and sometimes find my attitude becoming a little overly-familiar. Since I know that familiarity breeds contempt, I periodically take a look at the sign above my working desk and reflect on the wisdom thereon.
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April 16, 2010
Old-timers from the 30s, 40s and 50s may remember the Berns-Martin holsters, but a couple of generations of handgunners have now come of age without this classic gun scabbard as an available product.
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April 09, 2010
We may be missing a bet with the new .327 Federal Magnum cartridge. It is being touted as a defense revolver round. OK, I'll concede that it whips up a fair amount of energy, but in my book, no cartridge that uses a 100-grain bullet is ever going to have enough smack 'em to stop fights.
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April 06, 2010
One of the great breakthroughs in modern revolvers of power is the S&W X-frame in.500 S&W Magnum. This monster of a gun throws huge, half-inch bullets that weigh as much as 450 grains. That's just over an ounce. When you consider that the extended length of the case permits a veritable sugar scoop of powder, you get lots of velocity and recoil in the extreme.
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