Innehållsförteckning för March 2020 från Guns & Ammo

A MUST READ I’d like to recommend the newest Bob Lee Swagger novel, “Game of Snipers” (2019) by Stephen Hunter. The story line surrounds a mid-eastern sniper who plans a long-distance assassination of a high value target in the U.S. It’s up to Swagger to stop him. The book goes into detail about the firearms, equipment, reloading products and environmental considerations faced by long-distance shooters, all of which are familiar to readers of Guns & Ammo. The author even recognizes our friends Craig Boddington and Garry James in his “Acknowledgements” section. The book is an exciting page turner. $27 Ned Pooser Sopchoppy, Florida IS THE ARMY CHANGING TO 6.8? I hear the military is going to change from 5.56 NATO to 6.8. Is this true? Dex Blankenship Hollister, Florida As…

“Smithsonian” Winchester Model 70 A pre-‘64 Winchester Model 70 in .375 Holland & Holland (H&H) with excellent provenance realized a comfortable $10,000 at a September 10, 2019, Sportsman’s Legacy sale. Made in 1941, the rifle was used by David J. Hasinger to take the huge tiger displayed at the Smithsonian. It features a 25-inch tapered barrel with original front sight, matching number on the bolt body, Paul Jaeger detachable side mount with 1-inch rings, and a Lyman aperture rear sight. The bore is strong and bright. The rear sight is absent, however. Bluing is approximately 85 percent with some general scratching and thinning over the bolt knob and floorplate, and thinning, browning on the triggerguard. The stock has an added ebony forend tip. Overall, stock finish and condition are commensurate…

THERE HAVE BEEN SHOTGUNS made for almost every need. I suggest “almost” because as long as the scattergun has been around, it has been customized to meet specialized needs. Engineers at O.F. Mossberg & Sons have created another shotgun that’s certain to catch the eye of more than one crowd. If you’ve pined over the idea of an over-the-counter “shotty” to meet your 3-Gun needs, the Mossberg 940 JM Pro may be the one. From woods and waters, to law enforcement and home defense, shotguns still play a considerable role in the world of firearms. There is no doubt in my mind as a former Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operator, that shotguns are a frontrunner in the application of force. From the most violent suspects to breaching doors, shotguns…

THE ANTI-GUN COMMUNITY will continue to champion gun control as the solution following any tragedy, and they will pressure businesses to oppose our interests. Your ability to find firearm magazines such as Guns & Ammo has already been restricted in many grocery stores and megaretailers, while internet search engines are secretly eliminating search results and incentives for us to communicate with each another. Recently, Apple removed Gun-broker, the popular gun-auction website, from its App Store, which many of us would never know because applications already downloaded are still functional on devices — for now. In my opinion, given that our right to keep and bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment, there should be legal protections that guard against businesses discriminating and restricting our ability to communicate with one…

“The Martini-Henry for Queen and Empire,” by Neil Aspinshaw, Tharston Press, 2019, 256 pages, UKP, International Military Antiques, ima-usa.com Firearms and films have gone together since the days of Thomas Edison. There is no better example of this statement than the craze that emanated for the previously, almost virtually unknown British Martini-Henry rifle because of the 1964 movie “Zulu.” At the time of its release, Martini-Henrys were hard to come by, but thanks to imports of quantities of them from Nepal, they are now available and affordable. Adequate books on the Martini-Henry have come out over the years, but the latest effort, “The Martini-Henry for Queen and Empire,” has raised the information level on this fascinating arm to a new height. Beautifully illustrated in full color, this volume tells the…

RELOADING IS A GREAT HOBBY that can enhance your enjoyment of shooting through the making of your own ammunition, and it can save you money. It also allows you to optimize the performance of your firearm through the careful selection of components and custom reloading techniques. You can find a lot of information in reloading manuals and books about the basic procedures, practices and equipment for reloading, but what if you want to get the most from your reloaded ammunition and the best possible performance from your firearm? What follows are several techniques and specialized tools that will enable you to load uniform and accurate ammunition. Cartridge Case Preparation The cartridge case is perhaps the most important component of a reloaded round of ammunition. It is the glue that holds…

THERE IS NO LAW that says shotshells have to be 23/4-, 3- or 31/2-inches long. And Federal reminds us of that fact with its new Shorty 12-gauge shells that increase magazine capacity, decrease recoil and make for a great time on the range. If, as I do, you live in a rural area with lots of personal shooting ranges, you will have noticed that people seem mainly to shoot one way these days — as fast as they can for as long as they can. Tactical rifles and increased-capacity pistols have facilitated this trend, but shotgunners have largely been left out. Unless you’re willing to buy a shotgun with a box or multi-tube magazine, you’re pretty much limited to the five rounds a tubular magazine can hold. Magazine extensions will…

Imagine the perfect rifle, one so well engineered that even a decade after its release, it still holds the title as the world’s most advanced hunting rifle. It has to be the German-made Blaser R8. Besides the cost to own one, I can’t say a bad word about it. A straight-pull design, the Blaser R8’s unique features are numerous including a combined magazine and trigger group, manual cocking system and almost as much modularity as an AR-15. Most notably, perhaps, is the R8’s ingenious takedown abilities. With a single Allen key, the rifle can be completely disassembled and reassembled in around 30 seconds. Plus, it returns to zero. Not close to point of aim — exactly to point of aim. Barrels can be ordered for everything from .22 LR to…

COLT ALASKAN? Q: My 95-year-old uncle recently showed me his alleged “Alaska Gun,” purchased a few years ago for $25. He was told that it was modified with a large triggerguard to enable a gloved finger and had little value. Unfortunately, someone modified the sights. But is it actually a rare military gun? On the barrel: “COLTS PTFAMFG CO HARTFORD, CT U.S.A. PAT’D AUG 5, 1884 JULY 4, 1905, OCT 5, 1928”. Near the hammer “RAC” is stamped. The frame is marked “U.S.” K.G. Port Orange, Florida A: Though often called the “Alaskan Model,” the Model 1902 variant of the Colt Model 1878 double-action “Frontier” revolver is more correctly known as the “Philippine Constabulary” model. The ’78 was Colt’s first foray into the large-caliber double-action field, and while the mechanism…

DRILLS EXIST to make you more effective in the real world. They don’t exist to make you better at shooting drills. Don’t lose sight of the forest through the trees. I love shooting drills. I think that they are an important component to a solid training plan, and I also think that they serve a valuable purpose in setting the benchmark to compare one’s skills. The problem with many modern interpretations of drills is that they have been turned into marketing tools by savvy instructors who don’t have a lifetime of experience in the use and instruction of arms to fall back on. Why bother earning your spurs the hard way when you can simply shoot the same drill dozens of times, and then take the footage of the best…

THE PHONE CALL with Guns & Ammo Editor Eric Poole, started out as most do with updates on articles and discussions about what’s new and exciting. Then he threw a question that stopped me dead in my tracks. “Do you see a lot of law enforcement officers training to point shoot?” “No,” I said immediately. We both took a breath and the discussion continued. If it isn’t viable, why are so many people trying to point shoot? Is it another fad that we can’t seem to shake? Before I get too deep into this discussion, let me explain what I call “point shooting.” Point shooting is the unaimed fire with a pistol beyond contact shooting distances. The next definition we need to understand is “contact shooting.” Contact shooting is pistol…

I’M A SUCKER for Ruger single-action revolvers, particularly of the Bisley variety. A friend tipped me off to a Single-Six chambered in .32 Harrington & Richardson (H&R) Magnum at auction. The fact that it was one of a handful built for members of the Ruger Collector’s Association in 1986 made it even more attractive. To me, these guns are beautiful and highly functional. It was time that this one come live with me. I placed my last-minute bid and waited, somewhat impatiently, for the result. When the gavel fell, my bid was the winner. Ordinarily, the agonizing anticipation of getting my hands on a new gun would be delayed further by a visit to my local Federal Firearms License (FFL) dealer, but not in this case. You see, 18 months…