Misc
Top Shot All-Stars: Thread The Needle
A returning challenge receives a daring makeover, literally throwing contestants for a loop. The spin of a wheel determines their bodies’ angle as they aim with the Rutgers Security Six Revolver.
Read MoreTrackingPoint Aims To Produce “Super Gun†With 3000-Yard Single-Shot Accuracy
Ars has written several times before about Austin-based TrackingPoint, producers of “precision guided firearms,” or PGFs. TrackingPoint’s current set of products is a range of bolt-action hunting rifles which use a large computerized scope to assist their users in making shots at distances up to about 1000 yards (about 915 meters). The system works well…
Read MoreTop Shot All-Stars: The Mile Shot
Long-range sniper shots are a Top Shot staple, but a challenge of this magnitude has yet to be seen. Marksmen are put to the test with the Barrett M-Rad.
Read MoreSeventy-Two Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation In Boston
National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw. Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the…
Read MoreIndependence
Who Authored the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, which was then edited by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. Jefferson took their edits and incorporated them into what would become the version finally adopted. Independence Day Should Have Been July 2 July 2, 1776 is the day…
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