I found a great video on reloading using the Lee Loader I wrote about a couple of days ago. It is a simple system and can easily be done in the field:
Lee Precision is making two new PaceSetter die sets for 2012: the 338 Lapua and 300 AAC Blackout. Both sets are two-die sets, though the company is also making a new factory crimp die (sold separately) for the 300 AAC Blackout. All dies are now shipping.
The 338 Lapua is a standard two-die set that includes a shellholder, load data and a powder dipper. MSRP is $39.98.
The 300 AAC Blackout is a “Very Limited Production” set. Lee does not explain exactly what this means on their site, but I suspect that if you want one, you should buy sooner rather than later. The dies are not even available on the Lee site (out of stock), so you are probably going to have to hunt down a set through a Lee dealer.
Categories : Reloading/Handloading
Packing Pretty is one of the gun blogs that I have recently started reading. Labeled as “A Tactical Guide for Women on Concealed Carry & Personal Protection,” the site caters to women, but will appeal to anyone looking for a fresh perspective on using firearms for self defense.
Categories : General Information
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Arsenal Firearms announced that the new AF2011-A1 pistol will be chambered in .38 Super later this year. Currently the double barrel 1911 pistol is available in only .45 ACP.
Arsenal also announced they are testing a “mix-calibre” pistol which would combine .38 Super and .45 ACP into a single pistol. So, one trigger pull and you send one of each downrange. Arsenal states this “…will also break new barriers and offer to the self defense shooter or the hunter an unprecedented opportunity of a high penetrating and powerful stopper at each pull of the trigger.”
Credit to Arsenal Firearms for breaking the mold on this series of firearms.
Categories : Pistols
Reloading cartridges in the field is something that has been done by hunters and partisans for as long as we have had firearms. Modern soldiers and sportsmen have access to seemingly unlimited supplies of factory loaded ammunition, but handloading ammo while in the field is still a great skill to learn. You never know when the zombies may show up, or the Cubans paratroop into your town (see: Red Dawn).
For handloading while on the move, there are two kits made by Lee Precision that fit the bill. They both work, and both are inexpensive.
The first option is the Lee Loader. The Lee Loader is a simple kit that contains everything you need to reload a single caliber (minus the components: powder, primer, bullet, brass). This kit allows you to use a hammer, rock or other heavy object to decap, resize, seat a new primer, add the powder and seat a bullet in about 30 seconds.
Categories : Reloading/Handloading
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Tuff Products makes fantastic products that showcase their ingenuity and quality. Randall at BlueSheepdog.com wrote this Tuff Products Tacllet review and used their QuickStrips in his article on reloading a revolver.
FYI – If you want to save 10% on Tuff Products, plus get free shipping, join the Blue Crew. Membership gets you that discount plus more than 15 others from 5.11, Magnum Boots, MilSpec Monkey, the NRA and more!
Categories : Holsters
I am probably one of the last guys to discover FPS Russia, but in case you’ve not seen any of his videos here is one with a full auto Glock pistol:
Check out the other videos from FPS Russia to see him fire a mortar, flamethrower, recoiless rifle, M240 and more. Great stuff.
Categories : Video
Gear Scout is reporting that a new Glock magazine baseplate has been developed by Vickers Tactical. The new magazine floorplates are wider than standard baseplates to allow for stripping the magazine from the pistol during a malfunction clearance. Vickers does not have the parts listed on their website yet, so I don’t know what the MSRP will be.
Categories : Magazine
Troy Industries published this torture-test video of their magazines:
As you can see, the shooter put six 7.62×39 rounds through one of the Troy BattleMags and then took the damaged magazine and ran it in an AR. Damage to the magazine prevented more than 23 5.56 rounds from being loaded, but they all ran without a hitch in the gun.
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