by James Downey | Aug 30, 2020 | ballistics, Discussion., historic rifles, Krag-Jørgensen Rifle, reviews, technology, testing, YouTube
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...
by James Downey | Aug 29, 2020 | .45 Colt, Discussion., historic rifles, Remington Rolling Block Rifle, reviews, Spencer Repeating Rifle, Springfield Model 1873, technology, testing, Trapdoor Springfield, Winchester Model 1885, YouTube
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...
by James Downey | Aug 28, 2020 | .22, .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, 9mm Luger (9x19), American Gun Craft, black powder, Data, Diablo 12ga, Discussion., reviews, Shotgun ballistics, storage, technology, testing, video, YouTube
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...
by James Downey | Aug 27, 2020 | .577 Snider-Enfield, black powder, Discussion., historic rifles, Martini-Henry, reviews, technology, testing, YouTube
“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...
by James Downey | Aug 26, 2020 | .577 Snider-Enfield, black powder, Discussion., historic rifles, reviews, technology, testing, YouTube
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...
by James Downey | Aug 25, 2020 | 12 gauge, bullpup, Discussion., IWI, reviews, shotgun, Shotgun ballistics, Tavor TS12, technology, testing, The Firearm Blog
This past weekend I got to try the new(ish) Tavor TS12 semi-auto shotgun, made by IWI. This gun got a LOT of attention when it was announced at SHOT 2018, and generated a fair amount of interest later when the commercial version was finally released not quite a year...
