by James Downey | May 4, 2023 | 9mm, 9mm Luger, 9mm Luger (9x19), ammo, Anecdotes, ballistics, BBTI, carbine, cartridges, Discussion., Firearms, Guns, Guns.com, jim downey, Kel Tec, M&P FPC, Optic, reviews, Sig Sauer Romeo, Smith & Wesson, Sub-2000
Sometimes, smaller *is* better: Yup, that’s the new Smith & Wesson M&P FPC (Folding Pistol Carbine), which I got to shoot recently. I’m a big fan of Pistol Caliber Carbines, and am on record loving my Kel Tec Sub2000 folding carbine in 9mm. That...
by James Downey | Apr 7, 2023 | .40 S&W, ammo, ammunition, Anecdotes, ballistics, BBTI, black powder, Discussion., Firearms, General Procedures, Guns, Hand Gonne, jim downey, Liberal Gun Club, maker
Last Fall I taught a day-long workshop on “Primitive Black Powder Firearms” for the Liberal Gun Club‘s Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. In addition to my own black powder guns, I borrowed a couple of items from friends to help fill out the historical...
by James Downey | Jul 26, 2022 | .22, .22short, ammo, ammunition, Anecdotes, ballistics, BBTI, black powder, cartridges, Derringer, Discussion., Firearms, Guns, jim downey, reproduction, Sharps Pepperbox, Uberti
As anyone who has read much of this blog probably knows, I (and the other BBTI guys) like weird guns. Anything that is innovative, or unusual, or uses a transitional technology, is likely to catch my eye. One of those I got to try this past weekend is a reproduction...
by Eric M | Feb 17, 2021 | Firearms, LGC Blog, Press Release
In the realm of not helping, The Firearm Blog yesterday published a completely wrong post about the California roster. Here’s a screen grab of the content: The California DOJ did NOT de-certify 1500 handguns from the handgun roster at the start...
by James Downey | Aug 24, 2020 | .44, .44 Magnum, .458 Win Mag, .50 Alaskan, .50 BMG, .500 Jeffery, .500 Nitro Express, .500 S&W Magnum, .600 Nitro Express, .700 Nitro Express, .950 JDJ, 11 x 59mm R Gras, 12.7 x 108mm, 14.5 JDJ, 50-110 WCF, cartridges, Cartridges of the World, Enlightened Art, Firearms, Glowforge, Guns, lasers, Links, Wikipedia
Remember the post about the various large cartridges? Well, I made a display box. Actually, I made three — one for each of the BBTI team members. And now that I’ve given the other two guys theirs, I can share pics: That’s all three boxes....
by James Downey | Aug 2, 2020 | .44, .44 Magnum, .458 Win Mag, .50 Alaskan, .50 BMG, .500 Jeffery, .500 Nitro Express, .500 S&W Magnum, .600 Nitro Express, .700 Nitro Express, .950 JDJ, 11 x 59mm R Gras, 12.7 x 108mm, 14.5 JDJ, 50-110 WCF, cartridges, Cartridges of the World, Discussion., Firearms, Guns, Links, Wikipedia
Yesterday I got a box of cartridges. Now, even with the shortages these days, that isn’t that unusual. But take a look at the contents: OK, for scale: that’s a full-sized .44 magnum cartridge on the right, outside the box. What the Hell??? This was a box...
