Guns for Beginners

" was having a sleepover with his 17-year-old cousin at the home attached to the church, when they heard a noise they believed to be someone trying to break into the church, and went...

Last week we posted an Ammoland article about maximum point blank range. The article touched on -- but didn't explain -- some topics related to long range shooting. Among them: the Coriolis effect ....

John Farnam writes : Conversations with “precision riflemen” often get into tedious, esoteric mathematical realms, and usually very quickly. Many factors influence the bullet during the brief fraction of a second (sometimes longer) while it...

"I can't tell you what's going to happen next, but I will explain it once it's over," the TSA supervisor said to me after the explosives detector alarmed on my shotgun case. Again. Last week...

In the video below, Floridian Michael Wanger confronted a motorcyclist speeding through his Cape Coral neighborhood. Mr. Wanger admits that he was screaming at the biker using some "strong language." Minutes later, the motorcyclist's...

https://content.jwplatform.com/players/nArv3656-OyAvjWHo.js Lots of concealed carriers choose either inside the waistband or outside the waistband and stick with it. Then there are those of us who switch back and forth depending on circumstances, time of year...

Small handguns suck. There's less mass to soak-up recoil. There's less surface area for a secure grip. They tend to shoot smaller bullets, which create smaller wound channels, delivering less "stopping power." In...

Completing the paperwork for a suppressor purchase can have you running all around town for passport photos and fingerprinting. Then it's off to a long, slow process filling out forms at your dealer. But...

(sponsored content) Being a successful waterfowl hunter begins with choosing the right gun. A quality, reliable shotgun that won't fail when you need it is crucial when chasing the elusive waterfowl grand slam, as I...

If there's one thing that any concealed carry training regimen should include, it's dry firing practice. And plenty of it. Some might even argue that it's the most important training a concealed carrier can...

A Texan can shoot someone "who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property." In the northeast, shooting a fleeing nighttime burglar would...

//content.jwplatform.com/players/0pqhSBOu-OyAvjWHo.js A surprising number of people don't understand the basic features of optics but are too embarrassed to ask. End the shame right here. As a recap from the video above: 1. How do I understand those scope...