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Has anyone here ever encountered weak and inaccurate slingshot bands? I bought a slingshot, the band was easy to pull back and as a result it was weak (low powered), inaccurate and also broke fast. I found a slingshot that I have not used in 10 years and it is powerful and accurate. I...

When a "stovepipe jam" happens is it possible that as the slide goes only part of the way forward (because of the stovepipe jam) that the next round is only partially fed or chamberd thus leading to a second jam (even after you taped and racked) ? If so, Is this common after a stovepipe jam...

How much does m.o.a. increase every 100 yards? like for example -does 2 moa equal 6 inches at 300 yards? -or does 2 moa equal 8 inches at 300 yards?

who here has ever made a gun from scratch? a so called "basic gun"(not a zip gun). i saw these books about making guns and making gun receivers. what do they mean by "it is legal to make a basic gun"? what are the laws on making your own firearms?

why in the usa does no one make a semi auto ak-47/akm from scratch? they could make them in heavy factorys by the thousands. retail price would be around 500$ dont gun companies like making money and quality rifles? just look at how izhmash makes ak rifles.

could the rpk be a good sharpshooting rifle? how about buying a semi-auto rpk then adding a scope,sniper stock and removing the bipod? (this would make it like the tabuk i guess.) how much more accuracy and distance does the rpk 23inch barral have over the 16inch ak47 barral...

a tool of day to day work,survival and gardening.what are all the applications this versatile tool can be used for? what is your favorite kind of machete for survival and if need be self defense?

what modern bow would be best for self defense/tactical? a compound bow or modern recurve bow? (p.s.- what if a bow and arrow was all you had in a emergancey. some placess you cant get firearms. so dont get mad at the question.)

surplus rifles like the mosin nagant and mauser. are alot of these rifle good to shoot out of the box? or do you have to refurbish them some times? i understand these old rifles have been sitting in warehouses for years greased up with cosmoline. can you get a m44 mosin nagant that works...

i believe it's important to retain all of your mags in a tactical sitiation. in a semi auto pistol. if you did happen to lose all of your mags could you still load the chamber from the ejection port with no mag in the pistol?(assuming the pistol has no magazine disconnect)

who here thinks the s&w 625 would be good for self defens and carry? the sustained fire power could rival a semi auto. moon clips load even faster than speed loaders. and if you did ever runout of moon clips you could still push out spent shells with a cleaning rod or stick.

i heard stories of mini14s breaking down alot during basic training with the Bermuda Regiment, then they had to replace it with the m16. and then i heard stories about the mini14 firing 100,000 rounds whithout failing,in some kind of test. is the mini14 a delicate sporting rifle? or is it...

will a level 2 kevlar vest stop .30carbine?

is anyone familiar with the practice of pointing a cap and ball revolver up when you cock the hammer,so if a cap falls off, it falls down your arm and not into the revolver action? is this a necessary practice? how do you keep the caps from falling off?

for the remington army and the colt army, whats the best way to carry the revolver safe and ready?, resting the hamer on an empty chamber or resting the hammer on a inbetween notch? if you cock the gun then decide not to fire,how do you lower the hammer and get the gun back into a safe...

what distance are cap and ball revolvers zeroed for out of the box?

like a ak47 or glock. how to clean the moving parts. where to put drops of oil/lubicant? explain the field striping and cleaning proses.

in a converted cap and ball revolver do have to use special ammo, or will any black powder ammo work? (like .45lc in a .44 colt or rem revolver). sub question- how do you make your own paper cartridges for cap and ball revolvers? do any of you? what are the advantages?

i read that thers a caifornia militia lol, they dont have many rifles to choose from.like ak47 and ar15. mini 14 would be cool, if you can find 10shot factory mags.

have you ever seen in movies where some one drives out to a remote part of the desert and shoots soda cans? is that legal???