Author: Paul-Martin Foss

While the 5.56×45 NATO cartridge certainly has killed its share of bad guys in combat, every now and then soldiers wish they had something with a little more oomph, like the 7.62×51 NATO. As the saying goes, 7.62×51 turns cover into concealment. Hide behind a tree with someone tossing 7.62 NATO your way, and pretty […]

Every now and then, AR-15 owners may feel the need for something a little more powerful than the standard 5.56mm NATO chambering. Whether it’s hunting big game, stopping cars, or punching through brick walls, sometimes you just need a little more oomph. That normally means a bigger bore and a lot more power. And over […]

While the 9mm Luger/9mm Parabellum is the dominant 9mm cartridge in the US today, and indeed in the world, it was once just one of a number of 9mm handgun cartridges vying for dominance. Aside from the 9mm Luger, there were the 9mm Glisenti, 9mm Browning Long, 9x25mm Mauser, 9mm Short (.380 ACP), and the […]

In the heyday of market hunting, large-bore shotguns were the name of the game. Hunters hunted waterfowl like ducks and geese in small pontoon boats with pintle-mounted smoothbore guns. These large guns, known as “punt guns” because the boats in which they were mounted were called punts, featured large bore diameters up to and surpassing […]

One of the great advantages of the AR-15 platform is its modularity. With the lower receiver housing the fire control group and magazine well, and the upper receiver housing the barrel and bolt assembly, changing an AR-15 to fire a different caliber can be as easy as swapping out the upper receiver assembly. Pop out […]

When preparing for a s*** hits the fan situation (SHTF), there are three types of preparedness required: mental preparedness, physical preparedness, and material preparedness. We covered mental preparedness in our last installment, and now it’s time to cover physical preparedness. Imagine a stereotypical prepper, and most people probably think of an obese gun nut covered […]

The 1980s saw a proliferation of new designs for cartridges to be chambered in pistols and personal defense weapons (PDWs). While some of those, such as 10mm Auto, continued in the same vein as traditional pistol cartridges, others carried on with research into small caliber, high velocity (SCHV) cartridges. While they were largely intended for […]

Like its larger brother the .308 Winchester, the 5.56x45mm/.223 Remington cartridge has been used by wildcatters since its inception to create new and interesting cartridges. Since the 5.56 is already a .22-caliber cartridge, necking it down hasn’t really been feasible until recently. But necking it up to take larger-caliber bullets has been practiced for a […]

If you own a gun, this November’s elections could be critical to determining whether or not you’re allowed to continue owning that gun. Joe Biden recently released his campaign’s gun control proposals, and they’re a real doozy. If he wins the election and is able to put even half of his proposals into action, it […]