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People were definitely carrying .380 ACPs, but they were an oft-ignored subset of carry guns, not given much respect…and then Ruger introduced the LCP. In short order, Ruger sold a million of these guns, and the success of that pistol actually caused a nationwide shortage of .380 ammo. The sudden popularity of .380 pistols (because not only did Ruger keep selling them but other manufacturers offered competing designs) pushed ammo makers to develop modern JHPs for that cartridge which actually performed. .380 ACPs have since been eclipsed by micro compact 9mms like the SIG P365, but all those millions of .380s are still out there and being carried, and there are more choices than ever when it comes to good defensive ammo to feed them. Here’s just a small sample…

Dick Casull was born in 1931. While names like Colt, Glock, Luger, Ingram, and Browning are burned into the lexicon, that of Dick Casull remains a bit more obscure. However, Casull was nonetheless a gifted and influential designer. Casull’s forte was big bore cartridge development. He expanded the classic .45 Colt into the behemoth .454 Casull and then crafted his own enormous single-action revolver to fire it. He also designed the first adorable little stainless steel mini-revolvers that eventually morphed into the tiny pistols offered by North American Arms today. Along the way, Dick Casull also dabbled in some pretty exotic rimfire long guns. Source Material Dick Casull designed the semi-auto Casull 290 .22LR rifle in the early 1960’s. The gun fed from a 290-round top-mounted drum magazine in the…

If you want to have the most fun and shoot the fastest, short of splurging on something select-fire, the best option is a pistol-caliber carbine (PCC). Let me tell you about Brügger & Thomet (B&T) a Swiss defense manufacturer that got started back in the old days—as in 1991. B&T does things differently. They build what customers ask for. They will build it to the best quality standards, to the precise dimensions, and to be as reliable and durable as possible. So, enter the B&T SPC9. This looks, at first glance, to be another AR-15-based 9mm carbine. Yes, and no. It handles like an AR-15, and it shoots 9mm ammo, but there’s more, a lot more, here. Why? Because a particular law enforcement agency in Europe wanted an AR-15-based carbine…

According to statements from Hornady a few years back, a specialized entity within the Department of Defense (“cough” Delta Force) requested a cartridge with certain capabilities. We can deduce these as greater effective range and better exterior and terminal ballistics with increased penetration over the 5.56x45mm. Basically, it sounds like they were looking for the benefits of the 7.62x51mm but in a smaller and lighter package. The result of this request led to Hornady introducing the 6mm Advanced Rifle Cartridge, or ARC. Hornady’s 6mm ARC is based off another very popular design, the 6.5mm Grendel. The 6.5mm Grendel was developed for use in the AR-15 and makes sense as a parent cartridge. However, the 6mm ARC is not simply a necked down Grendel case with a 6mm bullet stuffed into…

France shocked the military authorities of the day when they announced the general issue of the Fusil d’Infanterie Modèle 1886, the famous “Lebel” rifle, firing the revolutionary, smokeless powder 8mm Balle M cartridge. Towards the end of the 19th century, the French high command realized that the Lebel had been rendered obsolete and embarked upon a secret, long term plan to develop a semi-automatic rifle, using a rimless cartridge. The Fusil Meunier A6 (a.k.a. Fusil semiautomatique Modèle 1916), chambered for a rimless 7mm cartridge, was tentatively adopted in 1910 it proved incapable of standing up to the rigors of combat. When WWI erupted, most French soldiers were still armed with the Lebel, supplemented with some clip loading Berthier carbines and rifles. The Fusil semiautomatique Modèle 1915 CSRG rifle was provisionally…

Established in 1958, Chiappa Firearms has long been known as one of Italy’s foremost manufacturers of blank and signal guns, rimfire and small-caliber sporting firearms, and most importantly, historic replicas: the passion that the founder Ezechiele “Oscar” Chiappa harbored for the epics of the Old West led him to start the manufacture of a long, well-appreciated line of single-action revolvers, lever-action rifles, break-barrel and lever-action shotguns, and muzzleloading rifles, all replicas of the guns that wrote history in the American West. As time went by and new generations of the Chiappa family succeeded him in the control of the family business, the Chiappa Firearms product line saw a steep modernization as focus shifted towards meeting the needs and tastes of modern-day hunters and sport shooters: the early 2000s saw the…

It would be possible to feel sorry for Homer Van Meter were he not such an utter psychopath. Born in 1905 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, young Homer was the son of an alcoholic train conductor. He ran away from home in the Sixth Grade, eventually landing in Chicago. Van Meter kept himself fed early on working as a waiter and bellhop. With the crystalline clarity of hindsight, Van Meter likely suffered from antisocial personality disorder. In the vulgar tongue, this simply means that he was born without an operational conscience. Those so afflicted invariably end up in prison. In Van Meter’s case, his first arrest came as a teenager for being drunk and disorderly. His first of several jail sentences came at age eighteen for larceny. In 1924, Van Meter…

As someone who has professionally tested riflescopes for almost 30 years now, I have to say the improvement in recent years of both their design and build quality has been simply incredible. Over the last two decades, partially due to the Global War on Terror, riflescopes have continually become more user friendly and effective as a system to put rounds on target. Daylight illumination speeds making hits under a variety of lighting conditions while modern reticle designs aid shooters in ranging and ballistic/lead compensation. In conjunction with this, magnification ranges have also been pushed to the absolute limits of current technology. Lens coating technology, especially hydrophobic coatings, has been improved and today fully multi-coated lens are the norm. Lens quality, their design, and the materials used in their construction has…

Shotguns, as weapons, have been with us pretty much since the beginning of gunpowder. Opting for a payload instead of a projectile makes sense when the distances are close and the time for precision aiming might not be available. Plus, for a long time, with a few exceptions, the US military choice for shotguns meant a pump shotgun. That changed back in the 1990s when the request for a self-loading shotgun went out to those interested in having Uncle Sam as a customer. The result was the first Benelli shotgun that was gas-operated and became the M1014. For those of us interested in such a tool, there was one problem: import regs. The importation of a self-loading shotgun within the regulatory limits meant that the end result was a five-shot…

On September 5, 1972, eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September slipped into the Olympic Village in Munich, West Germany. They were dressed in tracksuits and carried bulky duffle bags containing AKM rifles, Tokarev pistols, and Combloc hand grenades. German Neo-Nazis provided their logistical support. In their initial assault, the Black September terrorists killed Israeli athletes Yossef Romano and Moshe Weinberg before seizing another nine of their countrymen. In exchange for the safe return of these captured Israelis, the terrorists demanded the release of several hundred incarcerated terrorists as well as safe passage out of Germany. Faced with the prospect of a political disaster of Biblical proportions, West German police staged an immediate armed rescue. The post-war German constitution prevented the use of the West German armed forces…

Bringing the rifle up, I triggered off a short burst. The sights danced as the rifle snorted and 123-grain FMJ-BTs impacted the target. I sent another burst down-range and the rifle flung steel case empties in a high arc. The cyclic rate was a textbook 650 rpm and with proper technique good work could be done at reasonable distances. While Kalashnikov based, the assault rifle in question is not very well-known in the US. Designated the Rynnäkkökivääri 95 taittoperä (Assault Rifle 95 Folding Stock) or simply RK 95 TP, it’s the rifle protecting Finland from its historically violent Eastern neighbor. Both this rifle and the country it defends have an interesting history, so let’s dive right in. For the last few years, threats, intimidation, and aggression by Russia towards its…