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.38 Special vs .357 Magnum: The Basics and Differences
in Ammo
A guest post written by Richard Douglas, founder of Scopes Field.
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The Smith & Wesson .460 XVR: When .44 Magnum Isn’t Big Enough
There’s an old joke that goes something like this: “A man is asked why he carries a forty-five. His response is that it’s because there isn’t a forty six.” But there actually is, thanks to Smith & Wesson.
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Glock 44: The Littlest Glock
in Glock
No, not little in terms of overall dimensions … but little in terms of caliber. The Glock 44 fills the long-discussed gap in the Glock line for a pistol chambered in .22 LR. It’s no surprise that this gun has the same outside dimensions as a Glock 19; many would argue that the 19 is the best gun in the lineup. The Glock 44 started shipping earlier this week, and I stumbled across one at a local shop for the going street price of $379. A completed 4473 and four Benjamins put the newest Austrian in my safe.
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Charles Newton: The Forgotten History of the Wildcatter Who Created the .22 and .250 Savage
in Ammo
Originally published here over at Ammo.com. By Sam Jacobs.
Wildcatters are a specific subset of firearms enthusiasts – nerds among nerds, if you will. And their king is Charles Newton.
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A Brief History of the .45 ACP Cartridge
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A guest post written by Chris Colson, Editor-In-Chief of ColsonTaskForce. For over 400 years, the Spanish Empire ruled the Philippines. Then, in 1898, the Spanish gave the Philippines to America with the Treaty of Paris. This resulted in the Philippine War. This war led to a rebellion which would lead to the invention of the first .45 caliber, and later the .45 ACP. Thanks to this, we now have the two finest weapons known to man: the M1911 and the .45 ACP carbine. But...
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Go / No Go Gauge
One of the unsung inventions of the industrial revolution was the go / no go gauge. Most mechanical parts have only a few critical dimensions, and the go / no go gauge was used to make sure the part fit, in the most literal sense.
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Smith & Wesson’s Union (Gutta Percha) Case
Among the rarities of Smith & Wesson’s earliest years is the gutta percha case. Between 1850 and 1861 almost 5,000 of these cases were manufactured. The cases’ fragile plastic and delicate hinges have whittled the number of survivors down to an estimated 250 cases, if that.
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The Glock 48
in Glock, Modern Guns
Until last year the gun that fit my body geometry the best was a Smith & Wesson M&P 1.0 with the Apex sear and trigger. I now seem to shoot my 19X with more accurately than both my M&P and my Glock 34. The Glock 48 may change that calculus once again, and for reasons I may have never imagined.
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The “Delta Elite” 10mm Colt 1911
in Colt, Modern Guns
The story is well documented by now, but it’s worth repeating. After the 1986 FBI Shootout in Miami, the FBI started to believe that their .38 revolvers were out of date. In 1989 the 10mm Auto round was selected by the FBI for its superior penetration, but the round’s snappy recoil proved too much for some, and the milder .40 S&W round was adopted as a compromise. .40 S&W has waxed and waned in popularity (and seems to be waning at the moment, making .40 handguns a potentially good buy), but the 10mm Auto round maintained a small but steady band of followers. This Colt Delta Elite dates to 1989, and while it’s got a bit of wear and tear on it, the gun’s heft does a surprisingly good job of managing the recoil.
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حلوان عيار 9
The M1951 Beretta pistol is the most recognizable ancestor of the Beretta 92, whose importance to the world of firearms can hardly be understated. One variant was the Helwan 9mm pistol, which was a clone of the M1951 that was made in Maadi Factory 54 located just south of Cairo, Egypt. While I haven’t found any really comprehensive accounting of the Maadi factory’s history with gunmaking, it is well known that the Maadi factory also produced AK-47 variants (and perhaps other guns) for many years.