Magical Death Rays
Handguns aren’t. Even .40 and 10mm won’t magically stop bad guys with a single shot, particularly if the bad guys are hopped up on adrenaline or other drugs. Practice, practice, practice. That’s how...
View ArticleAmmo Promo: Prvi Partizan
Normally I don’t mention commercial services (( I don’t accept advertising or get any money or perks from the few services I do mention. )), but I recently got an email from Ammoman about how Prvi...
View ArticleSwiss no longer keep military ammo at home
It is well known that the Swiss are a prickly bunch: military service is mandatory for able-bodied males and those military members keep their army-issue rifles at home. They also keep a sealed package...
View ArticleAmmoman’s open list gets spammed, subscribers lose their minds
Ammoman?uses a Yahoo Groups mailing list to announce the availability of various products, specials, etc. Evidently the list manager failed to configure the list to be “announce only” for authorized...
View ArticleSierra Bullets: shutdown of the Doe Run lead smelter shouldn’t affect ammo...
The recent shutdown of the Doe Run primary lead smelter has some people wondering what effect this might have on lead supply for bulletmakers. Sierra Bullets issued the following statement, which I’ve...
View ArticleBallistic Monte Carlo Methods
This is a paragraph I never thought I’d see in the academic literature: “[W]e advocate the use of ballistic-assisted (i.e. projectile-based) random sampling methods because they are both easily...
View ArticleMore memes: pseudoephedrine vs. ammo
I’ve recently seen an image meme making its rounds on the Book of Face. It consists of two pictures, each with their own text. However, for the life of me I can’t find it now, so you’ll have to deal...
View ArticleQuestion of the day: Can the Swiss keep ammo at home?
A common meme going around the gun control circles these days is that, though the Swiss have lots of guns, they’re not allowed to keep ammunition at home, and that ammo is only available at authorized...
View ArticleSome good news about California ammo laws
In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 63. It, in conjunction with related legislation, requires that — among other things, like banning the mere possession of magazines with a capacity greater...
View ArticleEnough ammo for a lifetime is cheaper than I thought
Today I was perusing the Ammoman website to look at pricing and availability for .22LR ammo. As I’ve been living abroad for nearly seven years, I was pleasantly surprised to see ammo in stock and...
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