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Question of the Day: Short Range or Long Range?
My job here at TTAG is the head honcho of gun testing, and that requires me to test all sorts of crazy gunpowder-fueled contraptions. Some are purely short range toys, like the JP enterprises 9mm rifle (above). Others are long range ... Read More
Gun Review: Marlin Model 60 [P320 Entry]
By Ing In his 2010 review of the Ruger 10/22, TTAG’s Brad Kozak called the .22 long rifle the Rodney Dangerfield of cartridges (it gets no respect). If that’s true, then the Marlin Model 60 is the Rodney Dangerfield of ... Read More
Lasers, Stupidity and Bad Decisions
By BK In the summer of 1996, when I was going into eighth grade, a buddy who was a few years older showed me his newest toy. It was amazing, it was brand new to the market and it was ... Read More
ShootingTheBull410 on Winchester’s PDX1 Defender .45 Colt
Choosing ammo should involve a little more than just asking the guy behind the gun counter what his favorite brand is. Sometimes you have to match your gun food to the gun you’ll be shooting, and this is perhaps most ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Bizarro World Edition
“…new gun regulations are necessary for many reasons, including the long-term preservation of our Constitution. The widespread availability of high-powered military-grade weaponry does not keep us secure from tyranny — in fact, it increases the probability that one day, our ... Read More
Daily Digest: Ugly As Homemade Sin Edition
A shipyard worker at Newport News Shipbuilding found an unattended firearm onboard the USS Enterprise last week. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is in the yard undergoing decommissioning. The owner of the gun, a crew member on the Enterprise, was found, ... Read More
MI Open Carry Encounter: A Police Officer’s Perspective
TTAG reader BG writes: As a cop, how should I encounter a belligerent possibly intoxicated person open carrying a long gun? After several reports of irrational or possible drunken behavior of an obviously armed person? Or would he have been ... Read More
Everytown for Gun Safety Sending 2,432,448 Post Cards to Pols
“What does the number 2,432,448 mean to you?” an email blast asks. “To the team here at Everytown for Gun Safety, that’s the number of postcards we’ll be delivering to U.S. senators, representatives and governors in every state over the next ... Read More
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Un-named Miami Police Officer
Transparency. It’s a good thing, not a bad thing. Especially when you’re talking about public servants who have a remarkable tendency to abuse the power bestowed upon them by their fellow citizens. Double especially when these public servants are in ... Read More
NSSF: Yes, You Can Still Buy a Gun as a Gift. Probably. Kind of.
In the aftermath of the recent Supreme Court ruling on “straw purchases,” the NSSF has some guidance for gun gift givers: On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case involving a Virginia man who could legally purchase a ... Read More
P320 Entry: Winning Hearts and Minds with Positive Thinking
by Mad Cow As an engineer, I lead a data-driven life. My days are spent pouring over piles of information to try and understand the complex interactions taking place in our products and making conclusions to try and optimize or ... Read More
3 Reasons Why Outside-the-Waistband Holsters Are Better Than Inside-the-Waistband Holsters (And 3 Reasons Why They’re Not)
There are as many ways to carry a firearm as Israeli models worthy of linkage. But just as Bar Refaeli and Esti Ginzburg stand apart from their comely colleagues, inside-the-waistband (IWB) and outside-the-waistband (OWB) holsters are the go-to options for concealed carriers. Adherents of ... Read More
P320 Entry: Six Tips for Training New Shooter
By Jay D. Some friends and I recently took a trip to the desert to go shooting. In our group were two women with little to no experience with guns. After observing what worked and what did not work for ... Read More
Medal of Honor Recipient Cpl. Kyle Carpenter Visits FN Manufacturing
As wjla.com reported, Marine Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter will be awarded the Medal of Honor at a ceremony at the White House today. In November of 2010, Cpl. Carpenter and another Marine, Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio were on a rooftop in ... Read More
Question of the Day: When is OK to Call Someone a Price Gouger?
I got an email this afternoon from someone who saw one of my Facebook posts for 22LR ammo calling me a crook and a price gouger. Well, for starters – my state has no laws against price gouging except during a state ... Read More
Gun Review: CZ 455 Varmint
When I first started writing for TTAG I owned (and reviewed) a Zastava MP22R rifle. It was an excellent little gun for the price I paid and served me well, not only for teaching basic marksmanship to new shooters but ... Read More
Hillary Clinton: Platitudes, Never Principles, With One Exception
In Hillary Clinton’s 2016 putative run for the White House, one rhetorical trend is already clear: speak only in platitudes, virtually never articulate principles. She wants everyone to think hard, and think carefully, and make hard choices. About which specific ... Read More
Game Preview: Battlefield Hardline
There’s little doubt that a good portion of the new shooters flooding into the gun stores and ranges started their interest in firearms thanks to playing video games. First person shooter games especially have had a huge influence, as evidenced ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Impure Thoughts Edition
“Hillary Clinton poses as the coolly thoughtful presider over a national conversation, but if you listen to what she’s saying, she already has her answers and she’s not going to let you hold any other viewpoint. The woman who once famously said, ‘I ... Read More
P320 Entry: Bored With Your Guns? You Need a Curio & Relics FFL
By Clayton K. We see a lot of the latest and greatest on this website, but even as a youngster myself, I can appreciate that, in some cases, they just don’t build them like they used to. Take, for example, ... Read More