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NMLRA Hosting Black Powder Cartridge Weekend In August
For the smokepole fans out there, the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA) is hosting a Black Powder Cartridge Bonanza weekend thisĀ August 14-16 at the Walter Cline Range in Friendship, IN. To complement the NMLRA Black Powder matches, a NRA Silhouette BPCR Regional will be held simultaneously. According to match …
Understanding Different Muzzle Devices and How they Work
The question of which muzzle device is best for a given rifle comes up quite frequently in conjunction with my gun work. Understanding the basic differences between types of muzzle devices and how they work for or against your needs should simplify the process of choosing the right one. …
Accuracy vs. Precision: Sharpen Your Shooting Skills
If you have been involved with shooting in any capacity for any amount of time, you have likely heard the words āaccuracyā and āprecisionā used a lot, probably even interchangeably. But do you really know the difference between accuracy and precision? Letās take a deeper look at what these two …
Contrived Data at Odds with Lived Reality
Social science research is not as clear-cut as the hard sciences; research findings require interpretation and explanation. The findings have to be plausible. When the explanations are not grounded and experienced reality conflicts with the findings, the validity of the research should be questioned. Case in point: the latest research …
Nighthawk Counselor
When you get a chance to review a Nighthawk pistol like the Counselor, you donāt say no. And so that is how I ended up testing the personal pistol of the Nighthawkās CEO Mark Stone. The Counselor is an aluminum-framed, officerās-sized Model 1911 chambered in 9 mm Parabellum. Nighthawk took …
Gun Licensees and Privacy in the Empire State
The Daily News, a New York City newspaper, recently filed a lawsuit to compel the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and licensing officials to release the full names, the type of license, and the residential zip codes of individuals who had been issued a firearm license or renewal in …
4 Essential Elements of Self-Defense
If you say āpersonal defenseā to most people, I expect they would immediately start thinking about guns. I like guns and have made my living for my entire adult life with guns, one way or another. But let me suggest a few things, in no particular order, that might be …
A Scary Fact Found in a Gun Survey on the Upcoming Election
Deep in a survey of likely voters, paid for by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for firearms manufacturers, is the startling fact that most people donāt realize Joe Biden, the Democratic Partyās presumptive nominee for president, is a gun-control extremist. While 95% of likely voters said …
The Militia & Dealing With Crime
Sadly, one of the most important things we have left off in the Second Amendment is the mention of the militia. The militia is the key to enforcing the law, repelling invasions and putting down insurrections. In looking to the militia, which is a biblical approach to defending a country, …
Government Takes Aim At Vets’ Guns – Yours Are Next!
When the usurper, Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah signed the NDAA in 2012, it contained unconstitutional provisions to detain American citizens indefinitely and deny them due process. In 2020, Congress is pushing through the NDAA with red flag laws in it targeting our veterans. Trump says he won’t sign it, …