StoppingPower.Info

Now this is an awesome project presented via Toolmonger.  I thought the magazine mod (look further down on the linked page) is a nice touch.

From Freakanomics:

What about indirect evidence? In Chicago we have a gun ban and 80 percent of homicides are done with guns. The best I could find about the share of homicides done with guns in D.C. is from a blog post which claims 80 percent in D.C. as well. Nationwide that number is 67.9 percent, according to the F.B.I.

Based on those numbers, it is hard for someone to argue with a straight face that the gun ban is doing its job. (And it is not that D.C. and Chicago have unusually low overall homicide rates either.)

It’s nice to see a rational, data-based, analysis of the issue of gun bans.

via Make

I’ve added a new resource guide to stoppingpower.info covering the online and off line gunsmithing schools that I’ve been able to find.  Given the general lack of schools available, it would seem to be a bit of a dying art (at least as popular professions go).  I have to wonder how many gunsmiths still operate independently in the US.  Given the large number of firearms that Americans keep and maintain, it would seem to be a common enough profession, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.  Given the bit of trouble it took me to track some of these schools down, I’ve put together another resource guide to make it easier for all of us.

StoppingPower.Info Resource Guide: Gunsmithing Schools

If you’ve had the chance to actually visit and/or attend one of these schools, please feel free to provide a review/comment on the schools page (down at the bottom).  I’m hoping that this could help other students interested in gunsmithing decide on the right school for them.

While Brownells is one of the most highly useful gun sites and suppliers in existence today, I hadn’t realized that they actually publish a fair number of “how to” videos on their site.

For example, these grabbed my attention at first glance:

• Installing A 10/22 Barrel
• Mounting a Scope on a Rifle
• Brownells Remington 700 Armorer’s Kit
• Determining Scope Ring Height

Check out their complete list of online instructional videos.

There was an interesting email sent out by Remington the other day (sign up here) talking about their new Model 25 semiautomatic rifle. It’s interesting to see th calibers that they initially released, or as they say “The Model R-25 is available in 243 Win., 7mm-08 Remington and 308 Win.; three of today’s most popular short action hunting cartridges.”

Head over to the Model 25 page and take a look.

via BoingBoing

We’ve been busy with life and work this past spring and it’s taken much longer to get our new videos that I anticipated. However, I’m finally getting the our newest set of tile videos up on the site, and here’s an example with the 45 ACP:

Explanation:

We chose tile because:

1. I had ready access to a large supply of excess tile
2. It’s something different
3. We can try different spacings and see the effects

Interesting article over at wired.com this morning on new materials used in weapons developers.   Short version: We’re going to use a reactive casing that is part of the *boom* instead of just holding the *boom*.

Check it out.