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| Striker-fired | Action |
| MOA | Optics |
| Twist rate | Ballistics |
30 gun, ammo and optics terms explained in plain English.
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| NFA tax stamp | $0 |
| Permitless carry | 29 states |
| Suppressors legal | 42 states |
50+ NFA, carry and gun-law terms, from Freedom's Lodge.
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When I get that feeling, I want ballistic healing … Shooting is the most fun you can have with your pants on, and this month, we’re proving it with the Yours & Mine $10K Guns & Gear Giveaway! Everything about this prize package is about doubling your pleasure and your fun with a shareable treasure…
Finally, the grown-ups have joined the conversation about banning ammo sales to civilians from the Lake City plant. A few days ago, our friends at Freedom’s Lodge reported that several Democratic state attorneys general have demanded that Biden’s L Team cease ammunition sales from the Lake City plant. Their stated reasons are every bit as…
You’re alone in the dark, waiting, when the silence is broken by a chilling, inhuman warble and a storm of howls. Of course, there’s nothing scary about a tom turkey. Big, ungainly, silly-looking critters they are, with their blue and white faces. Nor are coyotes anything that most of us have to fear. But ask…
If it’s medicine, why aren’t patients allowed to own firearms? There’s been a paradigm shift in the way America treats marijuana over the last 10 years. Right now, 38 states permit its use for medical purposes … and those medical purposes do seem to be legitimate, including stimulating appetite for cancer patients and relieving intractable…
When all the professional shooters, hunters, and gunwriters are willing to actually pay their own money … Here’s a little insider information about life as a gunwriter: The best way to tell whether we really like a new product or not is whether we beg the manufacturer to sell us the sample they sent us…
Ever heard of the “Gun Violence Archive”? Sure you have … Every time you’ve read an above-the-fold, mainstream-news story about crimes committed using guns, the “gun violence archive” is the source they’re quoting. (Why yes, that’s the one that refers to 19-year-old gang members as “children,” if you were wondering.) Basically, if you can think…
Ever read Dickens’ Great Expectations? In the classic novel, one of the central plot devices is a lawsuit called Jarndyce v Jarndyce, a contested inheritance case winding its way through the courts for several generations. The suit is only resolved when the entire fortune in question has been absorbed by the legal costs. Dickens–and everyone…
You’d think the gun-grabbers would be ashamed to say these things … but if they had any shame, they wouldn’t be gun-grabbers, would they? A new “study” by Everytown for Gun Safety which claims that 298,000 lives could be saved if all states adopted strict gun control policies like California is “misleading at best,” the…
Breaking: NRA‘s longstanding CEO has resigned on the eve of a trial for corruption and graft. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s long-time leader, announced his resignation from the powerhouse organization yesterday afternoon in what those of us in the business call a “Friday-afternoon news dump.” The idea is to try and bury the news over the…
Rob Pincus is a whirlwind force in the firearms industry who never settles for the status quo … and that’s why Avidity Arms and its flagship pistol, the PD10, have moved to North Carolina. It’s a win for Pincus, for Avidity, for the pistols, and for you. Florida Man The original PD10s were manufactured…
It survived the K-T extinction. Can it survive you? There are few animals more perfect than the alligator. This reptilian predator has been virtually unchanged since the Mesozoic. When the meteor struck Earth 66 million years ago, a full 80 percent of life on the planet went extinct … but not the gator. It was…
Looking for a hot piece of glass? Who said optics can’t be sexy? Definitely not Primary Arms, who undressed the SLx® 1-6x24mm SFP Rifle Scope for its 4th-generation release. Suitable for both intermediate and full-power cartridges, the 4th generation SLx 1-6x24mm SFP Rifle Scope takes its legacy of quality to a new level. This new generation features…
