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Warning: Not for the math/physics phobic. :D Someone else kicked off a thread in the handgun forum about sectional density, and this prompted me to start this thread, which might be of interest to some. Sectional density is commonly linked to penetration, but so far few have shown us how...

This is academic to me because I don't plan on going anywhere near this gun, but I recently saw an online ad for a gun from which the seller said a previous owner had tried to scratch off the serial number. Just an opinion, but this sounded very un-kosher to me. Does anyone have any facts...

I still have a hard time believing this one, but here it is. Can anyone guess which cartridge caused this wound in a 130-pound doe?? (Without cheating and scrolling down to the bottom to read.) Answer: A 9mm Auto with 124 grain Hornady XTP bullet at approximately 1250 fps...

(Mods: I hope this belongs here.) Here is an amazing article about the British Barclays bank and their mistreatment of a South African safari company. Barclays' hypocrisy is simply astounding, especially in light of the fact that this bank has a connection with the genocidal Zimbabwe...

How is this pronounced? In my mind, I'm going "moh-SEEN Nah-GAHNT." But usually it just comes out as "That Russian rifle." :D

The big question which seems to be unanswered is which metallic cartridge is suitable for which type of game. I have always thought that this was worthy of an answer, but so far nobody has had a really good one. But some people, especially and notoriously gun-rag writers, have always been more...

Well, someone had to compete with the "new, improved" :barf: GunsAmerica: http://www.gunsinternational.com/ Looks like a winner, but it just hasn't attracted many customers. Yet.

This is just the way I see it, folks. 7.62x25: Cons: I understand. It's a cartridge for some discontinued weapons which made it into the surplus market and were sold at bargain prices. But what's the big deal? There was already the .30 Luger, which fell into general disuse by...

McCall's Penetration Predictor (simplified for desktop calculator) This is just one portion of the penetration predictor that I worked up some time back from my own independent research (i.e. I ain't read it from no books.) It is intended for use in small arms applications and...

(I know, I know. Too many P's! :D ) This may be of interest to some who don't mind "doing metric." Note: Make sure the C1 value is set to 1 instead of 1000, and the C0 value set to 4! I found this website which deals with the penetration predictor as expounded by the French...

Tonight I learned something new about the UK's firearm laws, as relating to Northern Ireland, but before we get the warm fuzzies about the gun laws in this region, read this: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmniaf/67/6703.htm Select Committee on...

I've been racking my brain, bumping my head against the desk all night and can't come up with this. Anyway.... What was the name of the double action frame that was introduced for the 1911 about 25 years ago? For the life of me, I can't remember it! (I was going to ask how this...

The price seems right for these decent-looking old 12-gauge autoloaders, so right that I'm suspicious of them. :scrutiny: Was anything wrong with the Winchester Model 1911?

...did the company which manufactures the L.A.R. Grizzly announce plans to introduce a monster .308 handgun some years back? It seems I recall this from the cover of a gun rag, but I never bothered to check on the details (as my mental faculties are pretty much intact. :D ) Anyway, it...

Several years ago I had to part with what would have been my favorite autoloading handgun, the famous Browning Hi-Power. The reason? I couldn't shoot it without being "bitten" by the slide and hammer! Granted, this may have more to do with the construction of my hand and not the construction...

Greetings. I have a 1960's vintage Herter's Powermag revolver in .401 Magnum that I would like to convert to .41 Magnum. Does anyone know if such a change is feasibile? If so, any ideas on how much a gunsmith might charge? Thanks for any help.