Some Firearms Related Articles and News

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• "SHOT Show 2023 Roundup"--Revolver Guy. While ARs and polymer framed, striker fired handguns remain hot items, the author picked up on a couple of other trends and hot items: (i) double-stack 1911 style pistols; (ii) lever actions; (iii) Turkish made firearms; and (iv) the Revolver Renaissance is alive and well. And on the latter topic, being the Revolver Guy, he then goes into various models announced or shown off at Shot Show. As a side note, he also mentions that Federal is promising to increase its production of revolver calibers including .32 H&R Magnum, .327 Federal Magnum, .38 Special, .357 Magnum and .44 Special. I've noticed that even though shelves have filled up with popular semi-auto handgun rounds like 9mm, .40S&W, .45 ACP and even some 10mm, there has been little or no revolver offerings.
• "What’s Up With Primer Production?"--The Captain's Journal. Herschel links to a video that purports to have some answers as to why primers are still expensive and rarer than a hen's tooth, and offers his own comments as to why some of the explanation is B.S. It appears, however, that the military and law enforcement are getting the lion's share of new primer production.
• "The AK-74: From Soviet Small Arm To Resistance Symbol"--American Rifleman. They say that imitation is the best form of flattery, and the AK-74 was the Soviets' attempt to imitate the performance of the 5.56.
• "Myth Of M1 Carbine Penetration Failures in Korea" – Scattered Shots. The author decided to test some myths floating around that the M1 Carbine wasn't able to penetrate the thick winter uniforms worn by Chinese soldiers in the Korean War. He put up some padding, stuffed extra thick with old clothes, and found that M1 Carbine ball ammo had no problem penetrating the padding, wood used as part of the backstop, and several inches into soil--all at a distance of 200 yards. Closing thoughts from the author:

“When a  Soldier or Marine  is shot multiple times and tough it out to carry on the fight and prevails, he is a bad-ass napalm eating super soldier hero. When an enemy soldier  takes multiple hits from US troops and continues to fight beyond what is normally deemed possible, the issue gun sucks is underpowered and is lowest bidder garbage”.

• "Fact-Check: Mass Shootings Actually Increased During Federal ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban"--The Federalist. The article found two things. First, the research that indicated that the assault weapons ban reduced mass shootings during the AWB were intellectually dishonest in two ways: (a) they didn't use the AWB's definition of "assault weapon" to classify what weapons counted, and (b) they ignored the total number of mass shootings. Second, and more important, is that mass shootings had been trending upward over the decade prior to passage of the AWB, continued to climb during the AWB, and continued to climb after the sunset of the AWB. In other words, the AWB didn't make an iota of a difference on mass shootings.