Him: "That's a cool hat you got, there!" Me: "Hmm?" Him: "That hat. The Blackwater hat. It's cool. Where'dja get it?" Me: "Blackwater." Him: "Oh." Actually, I didn't, because we spent so much time shooting that by the time we got done, the pro shop was closed. I know, I know... The things I have to ...

It's important to prep for the scenarios you think you might face. I'm not sure if Zombie Bob is kin to Rob Zombie, but I am all spun up for the dance, just in case. I feel bad about those two dropped shots with the Para LTC9... PS: Why do targets put the A-Zone on the noggin above the eyebrows? Is ...

...but it's real hard to feign much enthusiasm about it at what my hindbrain is telling me is 0mygod30 in the AM. I'm abandoning my roomie to her typing and heading to Nat'l Gun Day in L'ville. Back later!...

There is a strong undercurrent of WJB-esque populism on both sides of the political spectrum. Today I got to see it surface when somebody blamed the fat cats for the current ammo shortage:I think it's the ammo manufacturers taking advantage of a demand side spike to run up prices when they could jus...

As I mentioned elsewhere, it was too cold for pins, and so some impromptu steel stages were set up. The first one was pretty simple, just five steel plate targets set up at varying heights and distances, but all around ten yards out or so; one shot per target, three runs, keep your best time. The th...

An actual question asked by a new poster at The Firing Line:Hey guys im not a gun expert like most of u guys.but i would like to know which is the best combat handgun in the world? The parameters are a)it can be a pistol or revolver b)it should be semi auto or auto c)can include military or civilian...

...because they shoot back. That looks like a nice little budget "scout" setup that JR brought to the range. Makes me want a scout-type rifle again, a concept I find myself falling in and out of lust with on a fairly regular basis. As it is, I have a few nice, light, handy carbines, but they all are...

That metallic *ka-chink!* as a bayonet locks onto its lug. I opened my Big Box O' Bayonets, which has sat taped up since the move last year, and fitted pigstickers to the muzzles of... oh... say, fifteen or twenty rifles. The sword bayonets for Arisakas and Enfields are especially satisfying. I thin...

...it's Tucson. In Arizona. In my country. A car screeches into a suburban driveway, four dudes un-ass the vehicle, including one with a rifle, and they charge the house. In broad daylight. In suburbia. In my country. Luckily for the homeowner, who was not carrying a gun, he managed to get inside an...

Some pinhead apparently had miles to go and promises to keep. I haven't seen a description or picture of the unregistered rifle in question yet. I don't suppose it was a pimped out M4gery? That'd be my guess... UPDATE: Okay, I went fishing around in Google and it was a wood-stocked .22LR. Maybe he w...