Review: S333 Thunderstruck.
This is the Standard Manufacturing S333 Thunderstruck revolver: It’s an innovative, 8-round revolver which fires two rounds of .22WMR (.22mag) with one pull of the trigger. OK, if you like this not-so-little handgun, you might not want to read this review. Just move along and save yourself some time. No, really. If you have to […]
The Liberal Gun Club Michigan Chapter Announcement
In keeping up with the string of new chapters, Michigan formalized their structure and are now officially a chapter, having voted on and ratified their bylaws on Saturday, August 29th! If you are in Michigan and would like to sign up for the chapter, you can join the...
Two Classic Battle Rifles.
You can probably guess which ones I mean. Yeah, that’s how big of an impact they had on history. The M1903 Springfield and the Lee-Enfield (specifically, the SMLE No.1 Mk III). Both bolt-action guns (actually, both derived from the G98 Mauser design). Both shooting powerful .30 caliber cartridges with an effective aimed range in excess […]
The Liberal Gun Club Pennsylvania Chapter Announcement
Like our recent announcement about Ohio, members across the country continue to organize and get formed up! Our newest chapter, LGC Pennsylvania, was formed (via virtual meeting) on August 9th, 2020. If you are in PA or in a surrounding state and would like to sign up...
1898 Krag-Jørgensen Rifle
Man, I’m happy that I took a lot of images last weekend when we shot these rifles. OK, as I’ve noted, I’m not really a “rifle guy”. And especially not a “historic rifle guy”. Oh, I can generally ID most of the major designs in history, but damned if I would be able to identify […]
4 Nice Reproduction Rifles
As part of our historical rifle weekend, we shot 4 different reproduction rifles all dating to the latter part of the 19th century. In rough chronological order, these were the Spencer Repeating Rifle, the Remington Rolling Block Rifle, the Springfield Model 1873, and the Winchester Model 1885 (High Wall version). Here are our four reproductions: […]
Review: Diablo 12ga double barrel pistol.
Want some fun? Get an American Gun Craft 12ga double-barrel pistol. Want a serious self/home defense gun? Get something else. Oops. I gave away my review’s conclusion. But you should go ahead and read the rest of this, anyway. * * * When one of my friends sent me a link about the new American […]
The Martini-Henry .577/450
“OK, the Snider was fun. Let’s shoot that Martini-Rossi.” “Martini & Rossi is a booze brand, dumbass. The rifle is a Martini-Henry.” “Er … right.” * * * OK, I’m not saying that actually happened. But I will admit that historic rifles are not really my thing. Fortunately, my BBTI buddies are more knowledgeable. The […]
The Bench Doctor’s Shorts
We are very excited to announce a weekly video series, "The Bench Doctor's Shorts" in addition to our regularly scheduled Social Distance Learning Classes and Panels. These short videos by Scott Richardson, aka "The Bench Doctor," cover some aspect of what the Scott...
Shooting an original .577 Snider-Enfield rifle.
Recently the BBTI crew got together to shoot some historic rifles. I’m not going to go into a lot of the details about each rifle, since there is plenty of information available about each online. But I thought I would share a few pics, some video, and my thoughts about each gun. The first is […]