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PATH, I believe the Gander Mountain is already open--I just drove past it a few days ago. I was, however, pressed for time and could not stop there. But next time I go to Middletown, it's Gander time.

I'm trying to find speedloaders for a Rossi R351, which is a 5-shot in .38 Spl. Anybody have any ideas? TIA.

I've taken my new Baretta Tomcat to the range and found that at about 20 feet, it shoots an astonishing 6-8 inches (!) low, and even at about 8 feet, it still shoots about 3" low. I've been shooting 71gr FMJ because that's all the gun store or Wal-Mart had. Has anybody else experienced this...

FedGunner, if you're a ballistic technician, are there any resources you could point to? The equation that csmkersh's link goes to E = 1/2 (Wr / 32) (Wb x MV + 4700 x Wp / 7000 x Wr)squared is missing all the neccesary grouping brackets, such as is it: E = 1/2 (Wr / 32) (Wb x (MV +...

Thanks very much, Mal.

Mal, Any chance you know of any links describing this? When I google anything physics related I get innundated with tons of scientific papers instead of the basics that I want.

45crittergitter, Thanks for responding, but I am confused. I agree that: E = mass x velocity, and metrically this would be kg m^2/s^2, or kilogram meters-squared per seconds-squared. So when you say: e = .026 x 2700 x 2700 / 64.4 = 2910 ft lbs(m) how can .026 lbs x 2700 ft/s x...

I'm doing some work for a friend about recoil, and I need to get very mathematical and specific about it. Projectile energy is expressed in foot-pounds by the ammo manufacturers, but as far as I recall from my moderately extensive physics education, foot-pounds are normally a measure of torque...

In David Brin's The Practice Effect, the main character has a weapon that basically looks like a pistol. However, to give it ammo you put any piece of metal you can find into the handle where the magazine would normally go. The pistol then shaves off pieces of the metal and propels them (using...

"Can't believe I'm the first to make a gratuitous comment abouth the perp's name." I can't believe that his name is Stiff.

Got any friends with .22 rifles or pistols you can borrow? If not, start with the Makarov. Pistols are fun no matter what, and a heavy slide is better than freaking them out with the SKS as their first shot. They'll like the semi-auto pistol, and then you can fire the others and ask if...

Every gun that you see in Bad Taste was hand made by Peter Jackson. They are all props, and all of them were done by him in the basement. Pretty cool. Also, in his movie Meet the Feebles (think of an NC-17 rated Muppet Show), at the end one character goes nuts and starts mowing everybody...

28 Days Later isn't too good. It does have the moronic animal rights activists releasing the "rage" virus at the beginning, and while it does portray them as a bit stupid and thuggish, it could have slammed them worse. Also, the movie rips off Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, and The Omega...