Muzzleloading is the hobby or sport of shooting black powder muzzle-loading firearms. These firearms are usually reproductions of historic firearms, such as Kentucky rifles, Brown Bess muskets, or muzzle-loading shotguns and pistols.
That raises the question, “What gun should I buy?” we recommend that you first visit a muzzle-loading club, talk with the shooters and take a look at the different types of firearms available (You’ll want to join a club anyway so you can learn the skills of muzzleloading from experienced shooters and have access to a range facility). You may find that you like the graceful styling of a Kentucky or Pennsylvania long rifle. On the other hand, you may prefer the short, stout Hawken rifle. Most muzzleloaders are friendly people and will often invite you to take a test shot or two with their firearms.
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September 29th, 2007 · No Comments
There are three variations of the SAF submachine guns. The first is their standard full-size gun designated simply the SAF (top). The second is an integrally-suppressed version called the S1 Silencer SAF (middle) and, last but not least, a very compact version called the MINI-SAF (bottom right). The bottom left gun is the standard model equipped with the side-folding stock. All three versions resemble copies of the same three versions of the MP5 series but with some very innovative features not found on the H&K guns.
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Anti tank rifles have a short, 28 year, but interesting history. The appearance of the tank on the Western front in World War I caused the German Army to seek ways to destroy it. This started an international race between the tank designers and the arms designers to create more heavily armored tanks and more powerful guns to defeat them.
Tank armor remained at 1918 levels until the mid-thirties when most anti tank rifles were designed. The Lahti model 39 in 20mm was one of the largest of these rifles. The Lahti anti tank rifle was derived from the Lahti aircraft cannon of 1937. As few modifications as possible were done to produce the ground gun. A pistol grip and trigger mechanism were made; a muzzle brake, shoulder pad, sights and a bipod were fitted.
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The single action pistol comes with a curved back on its grip. When the gun is fired and goes into recoil, the strong hand has a tendency to climb up the pistol’s curved grip. This upward motion of the hand causes the web of the strong hand to be wedged firmly around the bottom of the hammer, preventing the shooter from cocking the pistol for the next shot.
The best way to grip the gun is to lock your little finger at the bottom of the grip. This keeps the hand from slipping upwards when the gun goes into recoil. Complete the grip with your weak hand, making sure to position your weak hand’s forefinger on the trigger guard front. This acts as leverage against the cocking motion that the weak hand thumb has to perform, a nessessary procedure which prepares the pistol for the next shot.
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Automatic weapons have two basic methods of keeping the barrel cool: air and water. It doesn’t take very many rounds through a gun to get the barrel hot. Repeated and continuous fire will quickly get the barrel too hot to touch with the possibility of causing a serious burn if one is not careful. And, in the case of heavy machine guns, one can fire until the barrel starts to glow cherry red, then white hot to almost translucent where the barrel then literally melts down causing irreparable damage. Thus, by necessity, design and function, cooling is extremely important to the reliable operation of an automatic weapon.
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June 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off
Performance Specifications
The MK19 Mod 3 was developed and tested to meet the U.S. Government’s stringent operational performance requirements. These requirements provide the users with a weapon that works consistently and reliably in demanding combat environments.
Rate of Fire: 325 rounds/minute minimum. All guns are measured during production acceptance testing.
Targeting and Accuracy: 3-round burst must strike a 14-meter square target at 1,000 meters. Production acceptance based on all rounds striking 84-cm square target at a distance of 60 meters.
Belt Pull: MK19 must function with a 28-round hanging belt. Production acceptance based on firing a 3-round belt with an equivalent 25-round weight hanging from the belt.
Remote Firing: Must operate with solenoid-controlled triggering.
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June 7th, 2007 · Comments Off
Thus, in the narrower sense, a battle rifle is defined somewhat circularly, relative to the advent of assault rifles: any distinction between battle rifles and assault rifles is necessarily comparative, meaningful only by reference to the historical evolution of downsized “intermediate” cartridges of shorter case length, lesser overall size and power relative to standard military rifle cartridges of the time.
For example, the 7.62×39 mm assault rifle round fired by the AK47 is literally and archetypally “intermediate” in case length between the more venerable 7.62×54 mm Russian battle rifle round and the 7.62×25 mm submachine gun cartridge.
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No matter how hard and tight you hold the gun it will still recoil. Understanding the recoil cycle will help you to focus on each shot placement. There are two factors (among others) to deal with in recoil. The first is rearward push and the second is muzzle rise.
Controlling Rearward Push
Body position, weight distribution and gun mount all factor into controlling rearward motion. Try to keep an aggressive stance. Use an athletic stance, head in front of shoulders which are in front of hips which are in front of knees etc… Weight distribution should be even over both feet and with about 75% of your weight on your toes. What about weird shooting positions you ask? Try to bend your knees for better balance and control. Bend a little and roll with the punches. Gun mount (or upper body form) should be a natural and especially a neutral stance. Pushing or pulling with the hands or upper body will do nothing but drive the gun in the same direction, (there goes sight alignment). Grip tension was covered in the last tip. Using all of the above information should give you a comfortable stance and mind set to achieve any of your most difficult shots.
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May 21st, 2007 · Comments Off
A quick overview of the PT900 series. The PT908, PT940, and PT945 are all single stack, 9 rd., stainless or blued compact guns. They have takedown features identical to the prior series of PT-99’s, and they differ in the slide design. The locking system is more like a Sig-Sauer’s, and the slide is enclosed.
A very attractive feature is the safety system. They incorporate a traditional frame-mounted safety with a decocker, all on the same lever. Pressing down brings the gun off-safe, and pressing down firmly a bit further decocks the gun. Thus, the guns may be carried cocked-and-locked, hammer down and safety off, or hammer down and safety on.
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