Snipers shoot to be named USASOC sniper team of the year

By Aaron Spuler | December 21, 2010 |

As the sunshine glimmered off the frozen ground at Fort Bragg’s training grounds, Dec. 6, most Soldiers gathered for their unit’s regular physical training. However, at the Miller Training Complex, sniper teams from all over the United States were preparing to compete in a grueling five-day competition in hopes of being named the 2010 U.S.…

Mail Call

By Aaron Spuler | December 20, 2010 | Comments Off on Mail Call

How did Civil War Cannoneers aim their artillery pieces? Exactly how does night vision technology work? How do you clear a minefield?

BATFE Requests “Emergency” Authority To Track Semi-Automatic Rifle Sales

By Aaron Spuler | December 18, 2010 | Comments Off on BATFE Requests “Emergency” Authority To Track Semi-Automatic Rifle Sales

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has proposed that it be given emergency authority for six months, beginning January 5, to require about 8,500 firearms dealers along the border with Mexico “to alert authorities when they sell within five consecutive business days two or more semiautomatic rifles greater than .22 caliber with detachable…

Duck Hunt Gone Wrong

By Aaron Spuler | December 17, 2010 | Comments Off on Duck Hunt Gone Wrong

A Certain Degree

By Aaron Spuler | December 17, 2010 | Comments Off on A Certain Degree

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. James Madison Constitutional Convention July 11, 1787

Winchester President Richard M. Hammett Announces Retirement

By Aaron Spuler | December 16, 2010 | Comments Off on Winchester President Richard M. Hammett Announces Retirement

Richard M. Hammett, Olin Corporation Vice President and President, Winchester, has announced his intention to retire effective February 28, 2011. Hammett has spent 42 years with Olin Corporation in a variety of finance, marketing and senior management roles. He was named President of the Winchester Division of Olin Corporation on September 27, 2002. “I have…

Tom Knapp

By Aaron Spuler | December 16, 2010 |

Pretty amazing what Tom is able to do. Talk about excellent hand-eye coordination… I believe he’s been able to do a maximum of 10 clays off one throw.

Shotgun impacts in slow motion

By Aaron Spuler | December 15, 2010 | Comments Off on Shotgun impacts in slow motion

GUNS Magazine February 2011

By Aaron Spuler | December 15, 2010 |

The good folks at FMG Publications are kind enough to offer digital editions of Guns for free. Subscribe and you’ll get an email when the new editions come out. Read the February edition here:http://fmgpublications.ipaperus.com/FMGPublications/GUNS/GUNS0211/

Navy’s Mach 8 Railgun

By Aaron Spuler | December 13, 2010 | Comments Off on Navy’s Mach 8 Railgun

There wasn’t much left of the 23-pound bullet, just a scalded piece of squat metal. That’s what happens when an enormous electromagnetic gun sends its ammo rocketing 5,500 feet in a single second. The gun that fired the bullet is the Navy’s experimental railgun. The gun has no moving parts or propellants — just a…

2025 Texas Gun Legislation

Legislation affecting gun rights in the 2023 session.
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