Ammunition

Field Review: .50 Caliber Ammo Cans

M2A1 ammo cans, like the Military ZAA-095 cans we sell for $14.97, are used extensively by the military to transport ammunition to the troops. Because I shoot a lot of different guns during the same range trip, I use them to “can” my ammo choices by cartridge and mark what’s in which container.

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Ammunition

Cartridge of the Week, the .22 Long Rifle Rimfire

So, you think the .22 Long Rifle is a kids round? Do not bet your life on it. This grand old cartridge predates anything we have previously reviewed. It came about in 1887 and up until 1890; manufacturers loaded it with only black powder. It is one of the oldest self-contained cartridges still in mass production—and it is lethal.

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Firearms

Starting Your World War II Rifle Collection

Many of us have respectable firearms collections. Some of us collect everything we can get our hands on. Others collect specific guns from different eras, countries, or conflicts. A fellow gun collector had mentioned to me that he wanted to start collecting firearms from World War II.

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Ammunition

Cartridge of the Week, the .380 Auto, .380 ACP, 9mm Browning, 9mm Short, 9×17, 9mm Kurz

Now we have many choices in pocket pistols, or Get- Off-Me-Guns as I call them. The most popular come in a caliber once again designed by his Excellency John Moses Browning, the 9mm Browning or, as we now know it, the .380 ACP.

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