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Wilson Combat: AR-10 Performance From an AR-15 Platform

Wilson Combat: AR-10 Performance From an AR-15 Platform

“The 7.62×40 has no business performing as well as it does, but it does.” That quote from Bill Wilson, founder of Wilson Combat pretty much sums up lethal force of the new 7.62×40 Wilson Tactical round. “This project began when I started tinkering with the .300 Blackout cartridge. I wanted to get more out of the round than the factory ammo could give.” Wilson continued. “I was working in my reloading room and put together a .30 caliber round using a .223 Remington case. It occurred to me that this idea was so simple that surely someone else had already done it.” Bill did some research and found that a man named Kurt Buchert had previously worked up a similar…

Why the Russian AK Ban Matters to You

Why the Russian AK Ban Matters to You

The simple response to the recent Executive Order issued by Our Dear Leader banning the importation of small arms from Russia is to say “I don’t care. I don’t own or desire to own an AK.”  An additionally common response is, “No big deal, I’ll buy one of the new American AK’s or one from a country other than Russia.” Many may not be aware of it but, a couple of years ago during the advent of the SHOT Show 2013 the BATFE issued out a type of questionnaire/memorandum to FFL holders nationwide. In that letter they specifically addressed the Saiga 12 magazine-fed shotgun and posed the question/made a statement as to whether or not said shotgun had a “legitimate…

The Fire Extinguisher Gun: Ready When You Need It

The Fire Extinguisher Gun: Ready When You Need It

“What gun should I get to keep in the house?” I’ve heard that question a hundred times or more during the last couple of decades. When your friends and co-workers find out you are a ‘gun guy’ you become the de facto expert on guns. Having been a Marine, Police Officer, and Small Arms Instructor for the military I get that question on a regular basis. Back in the late nineteen-eighties and early nineties my patent answer was to purchase a mid-sized double-action revolver in .38 Special or .357 Magnum with a stainless steel finish. The S&W “K” frame or something similar was the specific answer. Diehard gun people aren’t the ones asking the house gun question, it’s the novice…