Could prohibition era gangsters take over Canada? The simple answer is no. As everyone knows, the secret weapon of prohibition era gangsters was the Thompson Sub-machine Gun, or “Tommy Gun” as it is known and popularized in various media. Originally intended by its creator, John T. Thompson, as a military technology for “sweeping” trenches, The […]
Choosing the most fitting magazine for your firearm can be a challenging task. Understanding which product will perform at optimized capacities with a particular gun may only be where the difficulties begin.
As you might have noticed from our last post, people will go to great lengths to stealthy obliterate wild animals. But for this next post, we want to introduce you to some hunting equipment that throws stealth right out the window and goes straight for unmatched explosive power. Feast your eyes on The Tyrannosaur Round.
Every hunter in the world wears camouflage when hunting their prey. In fact, all sorts of people wear camouflage even through they aren’t hunting. Camouflage is just one item in the hunter’s arsenal of hunting equipment. Hunters collect all sorts of equipment that allows them to more efficiently turn fuzzy critters into delicious food nuggets.
Nets have been used for hundreds if not thousands of years to capture all sorts of edible animals. Many different cultures use nets in many different ways, but it wasn’t until recently that people figured out that if you shove a net inside the barrel of a cannon, you can shoot it at other living […]
Turkey is one of the most delicious animals, thats why people save the deliciousness of it to only one day per year – Thanksgiving. Hunting turkey isn’t easy – it takes an intense amount of resources to find and kill turkeys. Oh wait nevermind its pretty easy. Turkey’s are slow and big, which makes them […]
If you are a lover of guns, which we are assuming you are if your reading this, then you may be wondering what new guns are due to be released in 2015. The New Year is just around the corner and with it brings new guns, ammo, and gun gear. Here is a brief overview […]
Everybody – and all of you, gun-lovers, in particular – knows that “God made men but Sam Colt made them equal”. It’s quite a praise to be named under the same breath with the Creator himself but Colt deserves every ounce of this praise and more. A 19th-century man, he managed to live a truly […]
Mossberg. 12 gauge. Pump action. Shotgun. That is all the technical spec you need for this beauty. It looks good, is fun to shoot and whether you’re messing about target shooting or blowing away some vermin, you will do it with a smile on your face. Sure, she kicks… but don’t they all! But this […]
Hunting for those career men and women can be hard and rough when the days get long and the game is faster than your bullet. As the frustration rises, it can be hard to get enough inspiration to even lug along the heavy gun. For when the weight gets too much to take and you […]
The Marlin 70 Papoose Takedown 22LR is a semi-automatic rifle and has only had a few improvements made on it since the last model. This is because this rifle is already a great quality item as is. It has a sleek stainless steel barrel and has a self-loading take-down carbine. It has grooves on it […]
When hunting season sneaks up on you and your gun collection is not quite complete, it may be time to do a little shopping. It’s hard to resist a shiny new gun ready to add to your arsenal. Ruger doesn’t fail its returning customers, offering a steady stream of relevant merchandise. The Magpul 10/22 Hunter-X is no exception.
The Wild Rose Action Shooters recently hosted their 3 Gun Provincials on August 25th and 26th in Spruce Grove, Alberta, and there were 12 exciting stages with a 400 –500 round count. 3 Gun matches feature competitors firing rifles, pistols and shotguns, and as a result, they are one of the more challenging and entertaining […]
It is 1861. A man named Dr. Richard J. Gatling is inventing a complex engine of ballistic destruction ironically, Gatling claimed, to reduce the size of armies and therefore reduce the deaths in combat and to show how futile war was. And so, during the civil war and many times from then on, people actually […]
No matter what the skill level, we can all improve on our current position and become better shooters. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a newbie, gun experts agree on several easy ways to improve your skill level, get the results you desire, and not break the bank. These tips are applicable for almost any […]
The Spruce Grove Gun Club was home to several hours of entertaining action on Sunday, June 24th, as the Wild Rose Action Shooters held its first Steel Challenge of the year. Not only was there were over 80 entries crammed into a six hour window of shooting on the range, but to make things even […]
The KRISS Vector Gen 2 is a semi-automatic tactical carbine, and makes several improvements on the original Vector model. The gun is marketed as the “most controllable” pistol caliber carbine in the world, which is a bold claim, but it lives up to the hype, for the most part. What is unique about the Vector […]
Before we get to the exciting action in Lethbridge this past weekend, we want to quickly tell you about the match the Buffalo Target Shooters Association ran on July 14th. The competition was held at the same range near Sibbald Flats, Alberta, which hosted the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) Provincial Championships on June 30th […]
The International Practical Shooting Competition (IPSC) Alberta promoted another successful Provincial Championship match this past weekend from June 30th through July 1st, which was hosted by the Buffalo Target Shooters Association near Sibbald Flats. The winner of the pivotal match was veteran shooter Ken Kupsch, while the competition’s top lady was the 11 year old, […]
While some people hesitate when deciding to buy a gun club membership, Wild West president Ken Kupsch does not. Not only is Ken a member of his establishment, but he is also, in fact, presently a member of at least five other clubs. Depending on the tempo of the shooting season, he can hold up to 10 separate range memberships at once.
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) Alberta held its final two qualifying matches this past weekend, for the 2012 Provincials, which get underway later this month on June 30th. The matches were hosted by the Spruce Grove Gun Club, which is located in the North East quarter of the city, and took place on June […]
If you thought the Japanese kamikaze airplane was insane, then you haven’t heard of the German ELBE propeller fighter. It’s not actually called a propeller fighter, we just made that up because its actual name is the Sonderkommando, and we have no idea what that means.
Normally when a country designs and builds a plane designed to do fighting in a war, they hope that the plane will not explode in a violent ball of fire. Well, as we have discussed before, Japan does not know what normal means. So they went ahead and built a plane designed to do exactly […]
People have been improvising weapons for a long time. Even before guns, savages were tying rocks to sticks to bonk other savages with. Later on, they would invent tying a stick to itself in order to make a bow, and well, you get the picture. Thousands of years later it’s World War 2, and the […]
The Tumbleweed Tank was the brainchild of a Texas inventor, who chooses to remain anonymous. This is probably because he doesn’t want anyone to know that his only invention was a giant metal ball with guns sticking out of the side.
The Goblin wasn’t so much a jet fighter as it was a flying roll of toilet paper. It was so pathetic and turd-shaped it could barely fly on its own, and had to be carried by a larger, more competent aircraft.
After becoming aware of the jet stream over the Pacific Ocean that blows toward the United States and Canada, some high-profile military scientists came up with the the brilliant idea of strapping some bombs to balloons.
What is an indication target and why are they so important? A very common question among gun fans around the world. An indication target is a target with a layer in the center that helps you to see where you have shot. This often shows a bright color around the hole you shot so you […]
When considering the purchase of a new firearm, the H&K SFP9 Striker Fire 9mm is well worth the intentional thought. Those United States based individuals playing close attention to the industry in the last quarter of 2014 will have noticed the initial introduction of this Heckler & Koch handheld (under the name of VP9) during that time.
