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Reloading 101: Beating the High Cost of Ammunition (Part 2)

March 6, 2025June 26, 2020 by Martin Albright

This is the second of two posts on the basics of reloading ammunition. See part one here. If there’s one thing I like more than shooting it’s being a cheap bastard saving money. It’s the main reason I got into reloading: more shooting for less bucks. Eco-warrior that I am, reloading spent brass also gives … Read more

Reloading 101: How to Beat the High Cost of Buying Ammunition (Part 1)

March 6, 2025June 24, 2020 by Martin Albright

Besides being mechanically inept, I don’t have a particularly green thumb. In my 23 years of military service, tending to the greenery was a work detail, or, more often, a punishment (oops, I mean “additional training). So we have a strict separation of duties in our house: I mow and water, and the wife tends … Read more

Open Carry vs. Concealed Carry? Wrong Question . . .

August 25, 2010 by ttag

Oh, sure. I know what you’re thinking. Just after Martin Albright posted a well-reasoned, rational argument against Open Carry, here comes another article with a contrarian view. Will the madness never end? Why can’t we all just get along? When will Kozak stop shooting off his mouth?

Ahem. (Short answer: never.) Well, strictly speaking I do not disagree with Brother Albright. (Even if I did, I wouldn’t. It’s the unwritten 13th Commandment for TTAG writers: Thou Shalt Not Flame a Fellow TTAG Scribe in Public.) But I happen to think he makes some valid points. However (and this is a big “however”), I think we’re asking the wrong question, or more to the point, we’re dealing with the wrong issue. Let me explain . . .

Gun Review: Century Arms WASR-10 (Romanian AK)

May 21, 2010 by Don Gammill Jr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouSiJXJs6m0

“Loose is good.” I think. Since that’s really just a hunch, I did the easiest most journalistically-thorough thing and Googled the phrase. My results? Well, let’s just say they stuck a collective finger in my gut: nearly every hit involved Weight Watchers. Then I repeated the search with the SafeSearch™ filter off, at which point I’d rather not say where the collective finger was sticking. Regardless, other than loose-fitting jeans (and, uh, loose-fitting other things), nothing I could find supported my contention that my friend’s loosey-goosey AK-variant, the WASR-10, is superior to its less-wobbly alternatives. But I still think it is.

SKS Trumps AK

May 18, 2010 by Martin Albright

The AK is the epitome of the sexy/scary “assault rifle” genre. With its sinister angles and scythe-like Magazine, the weapon just oozes danger and coolness. In contrast, the SKS is an ungainly, plain-Jane looking lump. You could even say that the SKS (Samozaryadni Karabin Simonova or Simonov’s Self-loading Carbine) is the AK-47’s ugly older sister. While it’s undboutedly true that the AK has a cool factor that is unmatched in the shooting world, an objective comparison reveals that, at least for the civilian shooter in America, the SKS is actually the better rifle.

Show Us Your Gun: Martin Albright’s New AR-15

April 23, 2010 by Robert Farago

During the course of TTAG’s relocation exploration, I met up with Army vet and TTAG writer Martin Albright in urban sprawl Colorado. After patiently waiting for your humble scribe for an hour-and-a-half (sainthood pending), Martin demoed and shot his new AR. As usual, I mega-flinched during the initial firing sequence. If you must know, I was also nervous as hell firing the weapon; I acted like a total newbie. [Second video post-MORE.] “Bullets face forward.” I knew that! The AR-style gun is a hit because they’re so damn easy to fire with .223 ammo: gentle recoil, maximum accuracy. OK, so I only got one round on the target at 50 yards. But it went in the black. FWIW. Martin’s grouping was, as you’d expect, as tight as an F. Scott Fitzgerald socialite (in the jazz age sense of the word, obviously). The AR’s trigger pull was crisp, clean, light yet refreshing. I gotta get me one of them guns. Or more. Meanwhile, kudos to Martin for building such a lovely piece of machinery that didn’t blow up once.

Victory for University of Colorado Gun Ban opponents

April 15, 2010 by Martin Albright

The Denver Post Online reports that the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in favor of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. The group, profiled here by TTAG, argued that 1994 Colorado University (CU) concealed weapons ban violated state gun laws. Specifically, the ban tramped on the Concealed Carry Act of 2003. The ruling revives … Read more

The Truth About Guns Clocks 18k+ Visits in its First Full Month

February 2, 2025April 1, 2010 by Robert Farago

After creating, selling and leaving The Truth About Cars, I thought I’d never find a subject that would engage me as fully as all things automotive. Boy, was I wrong. The Truth About Guns (TTAG) is the most exciting project I’ve ever started, and man I’ve started a few. (Then again, too many to mention.) … Read more

Editorial: Pop Culture and Guns in “Couples Retreat”

February 2, 2025March 31, 2010 by Martin Albright

Rented the movie “Couples Retreat” a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, not much more than a mediocre film (maybe two stars, max.) As is the case with too many movies today, the trailer makes it look much funnier than it actually is. I’m not even sure it should be classified as a “comedy.” But there’s a very interesting scene near the beginning of the movie. Without giving too much of the plot away, the movie focuses on four couples. One of the male halves of one couple, played by Jason Bateman, is trying to get the other three couples interested in going on the retreat of the movie title. He’s so anxious to get an answer that he enters the home of another couple (Vince Vaughan being the husband) after that couple has gone to bed. Bateman sets off the house alarm, and Vaughan reaches to his bedside, activates a small safe, and takes out a semi automatic pistol to go investigate. Ultimately, he realizes it’s just his friend and after yelling that he almost got shot, Vaughan puts the gun away. It’s never seen or referred to again. I got to thinking about this scene last night because it seems to represent a sea change in how gun owners are portrayed in popular culture.

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