Author Archives: Nick Leghorn

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About Nick Leghorn

Nick Leghorn is a gun nerd living and working in San Antonio, Texas. In his free time, he's a competition shooter (USPSA, 3-gun and NRA High Power), EMT-B and enjoys mixing statistics and science with firearms. Now on sale: Getting Started with Firearms by yours truly!

Ask Foghorn: How to Load an EnBloc Clip for an M1 Garand

Tyler Kee and I have recently purchased a pair of M1 Garand rifles. We have some grand plans for these guns involving much hog slaughtering and paper punching, and are planning to put them through their paces this Saturday. But … Continue reading

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Gun Review: H&K M320 Grenade Launcher

As RF likes to point out, I have a bit of a thing for grenade launchers. I can’t rationalize it or find a practical use — there’s just something amazingly fun about firing gigantic projectiles at distant targets. Especially when … Continue reading

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Gun Review: Ruger American Rifle

If you’re someone looking for a good bolt action rifle that doesn’t break the bank, you’re not alone. The budget bolt gun market is practically booming these days, with companies like Savage, Mossberg Weatherby and Remington all jockeying to get … Continue reading

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This is Awesome: Rheinmetall Fire Control Unit for Grenade Launchers (NDIA)

H&K makes a pretty nice grenade launcher for the military. It swings out to the side instead of forward (like the M203), which allows it to take the slightly longer medium velocity grenades in addition to the low velocity ones … Continue reading

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Firing the M249 PARA Like an Idiot

There are moments in my firearms career that I am proud of and remember with great fondness. Hitting the 10 ring from 1,000 yards away on the first shot. Scoring 4 headshots on delicious animals with a 100% accuracy rate. … Continue reading

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Posted in Fun and Games, Training & Technique, War | 20 Comments

Gun Porn: General Dynamics .338 NM Machine Gun

This thing is so pretty that I took a couple hundred pictures of it. So I thought I should share the better ones. Here we go…

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NDIA: General Dynamics Introduces .338 Norma Magnum Machine Gun

General Dynamics are the current manufacturers of the M2 Browning machine gun for the U.S. military, as well as many other awesome gadgets for the modern warfighter. This year they are showing off a brand new never before seen machine gun chambered … Continue reading

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