The .45 ACP was developed to offer a reasonable substitute for the.45 Colt, save in a self-loading action. The .45 Colt was designed to give troopers a fighting chance and to drop an Indian war pony at 100 yards. The cavalry was an immensely important and influential department of the ...
In the 1986 shootout, two FBI agents were killed and five more wounded by two bank robbers armed with semi-auto rifles and wearing double layers of soft armor. The FBI adopted the 10mm round and associated pistols to up the firepower of their agents. In time, they un-adopted the round,...
Maybe. But there was also the concern of mixing up subsonic .308 with regular .308. I don’t mind mixing up subsonic 9mm with regular 9mm (or .45) because my pistols will digest either one just fine. But my PTR-91’s may have other ideas about subsonic ammo. I may revisit this an...
are the subject of scores of detailed and favorable decisions. Thomas Jefferson, who kept a veritable armory of pistols, rifles and shotguns at Monticello, and advised his nephew to forsake other sports in favor of hunting, would be astounded to hear supposed civil libertarians claim firearm owne...