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In the American Revolution, the principle battle longarm was the Brown Bess musket. A musket is different from a rifle because it has no rifling, so the bullet doesn’t spin. The Brown Bess is .75 caliber, which is essentially an 11 gauge smoothbore shotgun, used to fire, historically, a cast .69 caliber lead ball weighing just over once ounce. The range on a Brown Bess is a couple hundred yards, but because the ball isn’t spinning, the musket wasn’t used as an aimed weapon past 20 yards or so. Companies of men fired batteries of musketfire to rain lead balls down upon the opposing force, hoping that someone would hit something. This would be followed by a charge with bayonets, because after a couple shots with traditional black powder (smokeless wasn’t invented until 125 years later), shooting a musket more than a couple times without cleaning can be difficult. This mode of war made for bloody battlefields, and a lot of hand to hand, in your face combat.

Fobus’s new tactical holsters are built to accommodate one gun with any of a wide range of lights or lasers–so if you’re having trouble making up your mind about options, you can still stick with the same holster. Talk about versatility….

In NOIR Episode 21, Jerry Miculek proves in shooting, age is just a number. Colion and LaSorte hope to follow his lead and continue to do what they love for the rest of their lives.

22plinkster continues to explore how different rounds react when they encounter bulletproof glass. In this latest installment, 22plinkster shoots an Ak-47 (7.62×39) round and an AR-15 (.223/5.56) round at the glass.

Angled iron sights make a solid backup for traditional optics. They don’t take up much space and they make close target acquisition easy. Now XS Sight Systems has improved on the concept with low profile angled irons that include tritium. Read the review….

Let’s face facts, as long as there are strictly enforced gun-free zones, you’re not always going to be armed. In those instances, it helps to know how to quickly end a fight against a would-be attacker. Ryan Hoover of Fit-to-Fight and Funker Tactical shows us how to do just that.

DemolitionRanch presents titanium ammo.

Are you buying a firearm for your girl this holiday season? Well, Danielle Thompson of NAGR has some helpful advice that you should keep in mind while shopping.

Cleveland authorities released video footage Wednesday that depicts the fatal police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.