Best Civilian Sniper Rifles For those of you new to the game of shooting, I urge you to read a couple of articles before diving into the deep-end and buying some over-priced rig: Building An Affordable Sniper Rifle Urban Guerilla Sniping Understanding the role of the Civilian Guerilla Sniper’s role down through history can…
Category: Gun Hacks
The Guerilla Gunsmith: Building a Pipe Shotgun
Building a Pipe Shotgun with the Pop-A .410 DIY Kit Practical Skill-Set’s like this are NEVER a bad thing to have in your bad pocket folks. Will things get so bad that we will NEED something like this? Before you answer that go over to Impro Guns Blog and peruse some of the weapons…
Know Your Weapon Terminology: Piston Driven vs Direct Impingement
Direct Impingement vs Piston Driven Systems There are a number of semi-auto platforms out there with a large number of them using either the Direct Impingement system or the Piston-Driven system. The one that really seems to garner the most controversy is the AR-15 system. The Direct Impingement system was the original design. The AR-15‘s gas system uses…
7 Signs a Weapon Is Being Concealed
7 Signs a Weapon Is Being Concealed The Seven Signs slideshow begin HERE.
Guerilla Gunsmith: Scrap Metal .22 Short Derringer
Scrap Metal .22 Short Derringer Never underestimate what an unarmed man can do with a little scrap and ingenuity.
Armed Citizen Corner: Rifles vs. Pistols – The Basics of Terminal Ballistics
Rifles vs. Pistols: The Basics of Terminal Ballistics For the last 100+ years, a great deal of the effort expended in ammo technology has gone toward trying to make pistol bullets act more like rifle bullets. Every few years, a new cartridge or bullet design arrives on the scene, claiming to have gotten us…
Know Your Firearms History: Lessons and Lore from Elmer Keith
Lessons and Lore from Elmer Keith For those of you who are just joining us, this “Elmer” guy is Elmer Keith, known to some as the Sage of Salmon, Idaho, and Dean of American Gunwriters to others. He was a cowboy, hunter, packer, guide, shooter, prolific experimenter, and gun writer during most of the…
The Figure 8 AK Xterminator: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
H/T EatGruelDog
Tradecraft: How to Spot a Concealed Weapon
How to Spot a Concealed Weapon – Fast Around the U.S. and the world, people carry guns. If they are not working in an overt context, whether legal or not, they will endeavor to conceal the gun, usually a handgun. They could be another armed citizen going about their day, possibly like you, an…
Pistolcraft: Why Carry With A Round In The Chamber?
Why Carry With A Round In The Chamber? COMMON SENSE dictates that if you have a firearm for self-defense you need to be able to USE that firearm in an instant, Why? Firstly because an unloaded gun is just a fancy paperweight and Second as a very wise man once told me: “Trouble does…