Firearm history goes way back also for handgun and rifle – Magnum Academy offers shooting range in Benoni.
The .30-06 Springfield cartridge pronounced “thirty-aught-six” or “thirty-oh-six”, 7.62×63mm in metric notation and called “.30 Gov’t ’06” by Winchester, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and later standardized; it remained in use until the early 1980s. The “.30” refers to the caliber of the bullet in inches e.g./ .300 inch, and the […]
Nothing since the dawn of time has influenced our lives more than the firearm, well, maybe the automobile. For over 500 years, it has provided us with protection and food. The exact date of the development of gunpowder is unknown, but is believed to be early 11th century in China. The earliest record of the […]
A shotgun also known as a scattergun or peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece, it is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug. Shotguns […]
The first fundamental is stance, it must start from the bottom and it’s your feet. The isosceles stance forms triangles with your legs and arms when you face your target head on and toes pointing forward, knees slightly bent to give you balance and quick movement if necessary, arms locked out and punching towards the […]
A superbly crafted Firearm is only as good as the hands that hold it. You can never be too careful. Shooting accidents are often caused by careless oversights such as failing to control the direction of the muzzle, keeping your finger off the trigger, failing to fully engage the safety catch if the firearm has […]
In 1816 Eliphalet Remington was confident he could make a flintlock that was as good as or better than any he could buy. His confidence was well founded. The barrel he handcrafted set a new standard for firearm accuracy and spawned generations of products that have made Remington® Arms America’s leading gun maker. While performance […]
The 9 mm Parabellum, most commonly referred to the Handgun, e.g. what 9mm do you have? this is very widely used and should be correctly named and referred to the Firearm manufacturer and the calibre of what that firearms fires. Abbreviated 9 mm, 9 mmP, 9×19 mm or 9×19, cartridge was designed by Georg Luger […]
The Glock pistol, sometimes referred to by the manufacturer as a Glock “Safe Action” Pistol or colloquially as a Glock, is a series of polymer-framed, short recoil-operated, locked breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Glock Ges.m.b.H., located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. It entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after it was the top […]
Many newcomers to handguns have erroneous views about handgun barrel lengths. It is widely believed that long barrels are the most accurate and that extremely short barrels are best for carrying for self defense. In both cases, these assumptions are not necessarily true. Longer barrels are generally best for hunting and target shooting. Advantages of […]
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