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…
Category: Gun Maintenance
Guerilla Gunsmith: Building a 12 Gauge Pistol
Building a 12 Gauge Pistol This “machinist shop special” comes to us from Thailand. All I can say make sure your life insurance is paid up before you pull the trigger on this beast!
AK Corner: No Boosters on Long Guns
Sage Advice from the AK Wizard, Jim Fuller at Rifle Dynamics.
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…
Re-Calibrating Your Mentality on Guerilla Arms
When your average American armed civilian hears the term “Guerilla Arms” the majority of them are going to get a mental picture of a group of pissed off citizens armed with a “smorgasbord” of weapons, ranging from AR-15’s to AK-47’s to K98 bolt action rifles to Dad’s .270 Winchester Deer Rifle. The majority of…
Setting Up A Kalashnikov For Combat
Setting Up A Kalashnikov For Combat: The Palmetto State Armory GF-3E Outstanding article by fellow AK Afficionado and one of the best trainers currently working in the business, NC Scout (aka Brusbeater.) As I have said many times, If you are in the market for an AK, Palmetto State Armory is the place to…
SKS Collecting And Identification: A Buyer’s Guide
SKS Collecting And Identification: A Buyer’s Guide I had a C&R License (FFL 03) for around twenty years off and on back in the “golden era” when you could find plenty of German and Yugo Mausers, Lee- Enfields, Mosin-Nagants, Swiss K-31’s and Norinco and Russian SKS’s all for very reasonable prices. It was a…
Storing Your Survival Ammo
Storing Your Survival Ammo: A Quick Guide For Preppers Wax Paper and Absorbents if you got em’.
Glock Pistols- What Breaks and How to Fix It
Glock Pistols- What Breaks and How to Fix It OK, let me get this out of the way right off the bat. I carry a Glock pistol during about 95% of my waking hours. My police duty gun was either a Glock 21 or a Glock 17. A Glock 26 or a Glock 19…
Know Your Weapons: Nordic Cooperation – The Swedish M96 in Finnish Service
Nordic Cooperation: The Swedish M96 in Finnish Service One of the significant foreign rifles in Finnish service during the Winter War and Continuation War was the Swedish M96 Mauser. These rifles began arriving in Finland even before Finland’s independence, and in 1919 the Civil Guard was given ownership of 1,390 of them. The numbers…