HomeMore

More

Latest Articles

Handloading Update: An Excerpt from the 2011 Gun Digest

With the increased prices of factory loaded ammunition, interest in handloading should also increase – and apparently it has, judging from the recent backorder situations at many manufacturers of reloading tools and components.  The equipment covered in this update doesn’t cover everything available, but it should provide an idea as to what is currently available and what’s new.

FFLGunTrader.com Creates Licensed Gun Dealer Marketplace

Innovative marketplace lets Federal Firearm Licensed (FFL) dealers buy and sell inventory.

Primers: An Important Factor in Precision Reloading

The purpose of primers is to ignite the main powder charge. However, there are more considerations than mere caliber and type when looking at the ignition end of a cartridge.

Detroit Police: Man With CCW Permit Kills Carjacker in Shootout

Detroit — Video surveillance footage shows a 5-year-old girl's confusion as she watches her mother's boyfriend stumble around a gas station after he

Landlord Shoots Former Resident in Self Defense

DAYTON, Ohio -- A local man who was shot yesterday will likely face charges after he pinned his former landlord against an apartment building with his

Darien Man Shot in Brunswick Home Invasion

BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick man shot an intruder who broke into his apartment lat

The Needle Gun Started It All

The first breech-loading rifle to fire a self-contained cartridge is a great collector piece.

Gun Digest Greatest Guns: Remington's 40-XB

Accuracy, particularly with over-the-counter rifles, often is worse than the buyer expects, or hopes it will be. Remington, however made a gun with a guaranteed level of performance - less than one-half MOA in some calibers! Here's a full report, from Gun Digest 1968, on a workout of Remington's hot 40-XB.

Why You Need Gun Insurance

Surrounded as we are with thieves, scoundrels, rogues, knaves, scalawags, prowlers and the light-fingered in this modern civilized era, the collector would do well to take safeguards to protect his valuable guns.

Gun Collecting and Grading

Firearms collecting is a rewarding hobby. Firearms are part of our nation's history and represent an opportunity to learn more about their role in that American experience. If done skillfully, firearms collecting can be a profitable hobby as well.

Ammo: Long-Term Storage Tips

With the run on ammunition and threats from elsewhere, it pays to store your ammo right.

13 Tips for Electronic Powder Scale Accuracy

Weighing powder charges requires as much care as throwing the charge. Your powder measuring technique, no matter how careful, will be useless if you can't weigh the charge accurately. These tips will give you a head start on accurate powder weighing and save you from many of the tough lessons I learned the hard way.

Video: Powder Selection for Precision Shooting

Dave Morelli, our Precision Marksmanship columnist, describes how to select powder to achieve the best accuracy for your loads in this exclusive video.

What would you do?

In the story on the link... a driver saw a truck matching the description of one believed used in an abduction. He saw a little girl in the truck and

Shotshell Pressure: How to Avoid Trouble

One hears about several types of shotshell pressure, but for handloading there is only one pressure that you truly need to understand, service pressure.

The Basics of Selecting Reloading Powders

Modern reloading powders are divided into three basic types on the basis of their use. These are pistol, shotgun, and rifle powders. But for the beginning reloader, these are but a starting point in selecting the right powder for the desired load.

MUST READ ARTICLES