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Sandia Labratories Develops Laser Guided Bullet

Brian — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:37:25 +0000

The bullet is flanged with four fins for straight flight, like a dart, which are encased in a plastic sabot that falls off as soon as the bullet leaves its smooth-bore barrel. The bullet has internal electromagnetic actuators that correct its flight; it doesn’t need to spin, it stabilizes itself. “The natural body frequency of this bullet is about 30 hertz, so we can make corrections 30 times per second. That means we can overcorrect, so we don’t have to be as precise each time,” Jones said.

Recoil Magazine

Brian — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:26:02 +0000

There is a new magazine on the newsstands this month called Recoil. The magazine is marketing itself as a “gun lifestyle” magazine. This magazine looks like the WIRED of gun magazines with a textured, thick cover and a larger than normal size. Some of the features of the debut issue include:

Review of HK MR556A1

How to customize your truck as a bug-out ride.

A review of some of the popular outdoor watches

A buyers guide of some popular knifes

ATV guide

A profile of competitive shooter JJ Racaza

The ultimate zombie-proof house in Poland

Review of SCAR17S

Profile of training company Redback One and its founder Jason Falla

Uncle Ted’s Hunting Ammo

Brian — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:24:28 +0000

Ted Nugent now has his own line of hunting ammunition.

From GunUp:

Pierce Munitions, LLC of Buffalo, NY has entered an exclusive agreement to manufacture the high performance hunting ammunition for avid hunter and music legend Ted Nugent.

Pierce Munitions is a company whose main focus is producing high quality performance ammunition. The Ted Nugent Brand will be available for retail distribution exclusively through American Tactical Imports, Rochester, NY.

PNW Arms 300BLK Loads

Brian — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:37:41 +0000

PNW Arms is producing 300BLK in four variations: a 147gr FMJBT “Range” round, a 155gr BTHP “Match” round, a 125gr ballistic tip “Hunting” round and a 220gr HPBT subsonic “Defensive” round.

The GearScout blog will be conducting a 2,000 round test of PNW’s Match ammo.

Daniel Defense 300BLK M4

Brian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:35:38 +0000

Daniel Defense has announced that they will be producing an M4 in 300BLK this year.

Gunblast Review of 300 Blackout AR Upper

Brian — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:44:50 +0000

.300 Blackout Ammo Comparison

Brian — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:53:35 +0000

Over at The Truth About Guns they have a nice rundown of some popular .300 Blackout loads with graphs, as well as cost comparisons and how the round stacks up against .308 and .223 loads.

Cautionary Tale: Birdshot is for Birds – Bad Guys require 00 Buckshot

Jack Sinclair — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:48:29 +0000

Old_Painless: “I received a note from a police officer that asked me not to mention names or locations about this true event.

A police officer was involved in some shotgun training, where they used #6 birdshot in the training due to lower cost. After the training session, he forgot to remove the birdshot and replace it with 00 Buckshot, the normal carry load.

That night, while on patrol, he confronted a couple of burglars and was in a shootout with them. He shot both of them with his shotgun, but forgot that he had it loaded with birdshot.

They killed the officer and escaped.

Never use birdshot against goblins. Use plated 00 Buckshot.”

http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot22_4.htm

Corrosive Ammo Damage

Jack Sinclair — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:24:20 +0000

wild50gunner: “My in depth analysis of damage done to a Arsenal SGL-31 that went without maintainance for 9 months after fireing corrosive Rusian surplus 7n6″

Brownells November Super Selections

Brian — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:21:22 +0000

Click here for November specials from Brownells.