If this continues, you may need to soak the barrel again, rest it, and then brush again. It all depends on how many rounds were shot since the last cleaning. If you deer hunted and shot the gun a half dozen times in a season that is of course much different than running 500 rounds...
mobility was not an issue when riding atop a moving horse, but on foot, its size and weight proved to be a problem. There were many times soldiers had to fully disarm and retreat. The Magisters conducted extensive research into this issue and ultimately succeeded in achieving a smaller and...
The Tale of the Tommy Gun .. Kyle Mizokami Kyle Mizokami is a writer on defense and security issues and has been atPopular Mechanicssince 2015. If it involves explosions or projectiles, he's generally in favor of it. Kyle’s articles have appeared atThe Daily Beast, U.S. Naval Institut...
I will first start with the stripper clip (also referred to as a charger clip in commonwealth countries). These were originally invented by Mauser in 1888 and used by many military rifle models since. It consists of a long strip of metal into which cartridges may be slid. At both ends of...
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I’m a huge proponent of “practice how you intend to perform,” so to the woods and the range with me and experience a new paradigm of carry for this purpose-built pistol. When I hear the word “compact” when referencing a handgun, I typically jump to “may be unfriendly to shoot...
Humans have been creating glass for millennia. Furnaces capable of generating incredible heat melt the right type of rocks down into what we call a glass melt. At this stage, you can shape the glass in many ways, including using a tube to push air into the mass. We call this technique ...
The pistol came clean and lightly oiled. I disassembled it and oiled it up some more, and it function checked well. I have taken it to the range several times, and ran around 200 rounds through it. I used six different magazines from a variety of three different manufacturers, including ...
9mm Browning) 6 Rounds in the magazine with capability to be carried safely with 1 in the chamber, hammer cocked and safety on. After all, the pistol is rather small. load bearing equipment. Pull back the slide to line up the indentations, then remove the slide release lever. Improvements...
dry-fire does not also include "dumb-fire." All of you know the "unloaded" handgun may well be the most dangerous gun. I have a general impression that accidental discharges happen more with "empty" rather than loaded guns. How many times have we all read or heard, "I didn't think ...