Author: Paul-Martin Foss

While Democrats may be in control of both the White House and Congress, their hold on power is tenuous at best. But that isn’t stopping them from trying to ram through as much onerous legislation as possible. Among their proposals are increased gun control, including banning the production of homemade firearms, which they refer to […]

With President Biden’s recent promise to use agency rulemaking to enact new gun control, Americans’ ability to build their own guns could be severely curtailed. We don’t know yet what the Department of Justice’s rule will look like, but at the very least it will try to treat “Buy, Build, Shoot” kits that package 80% […]

We all knew it was only a matter of time before the Biden administration would move to crack down on gun owners. But it came quicker than many expected. With Biden’s announcement yesterday of new actions to restrict gun ownership, he has already done more than President Obama did to harm gun owners, and will […]

The passage of the National Firearms Act in 1934 ushered in the most sweeping restrictions on firearms ownership ever seen in the United States. Whole categories of firearms were banned from common use. Among them were firearms with a bore larger than .50-caliber unless they were deemed to be for “sporting purposes,” a completely arbitrary […]

The .405 Winchester is an iconic cartridge in US history, being associated with President Theodore Roosevelt and his hunting escapades. Roosevelt is said to have called the .405 Winchester his “medicine gun” for hunting lions and other African big game. And while the cartridge was once thought to be obsolete, it found a newfound resurgence […]

As smokeless powder technology began to develop in the 20th century, cartridge designers were able to push bullets to unheard of velocities. With the discovery of hydrostatic shock as a method of wounding and killing game, many designers readily adopted small caliber, high velocity cartridges. The race for velocity was on. One of the cartridges […]

A few years ago it seemed that short, fat magnums were the wave of the future. But as the AR-15 platform began gaining in popularity, and particularly among hunters who appreciated the modularity of the AR-15 system, new calibers have begun to be developed to maximize the potential of cartridges in the AR-15 envelope. With […]

At one time, the 6.8 SPC looked like it was going to take the shooting world by storm. Developed by Remington with input from the US Army Marksmanship Unit and US Special Operations Command, the 6.8 SPC quickly became a favorite with many who owned AR-15 rifles. Directly competing on the civilian market against the […]

While the AR-15 platform has become the most popular rifle in the United States, and offers a plethora of different cartridges to suit every shooter’s need, the AR-10/LR-308/AR-308 platform hasn’t seen quite the same level of interest. In part that’s due to the fact that there is no standardization when it comes to large-frame ARs, […]