Any way you look at it, 1930 was a pretty rough year. On the one hand, there was a little law called National Prohibition that was making bootlegging and booze running rather profitable for the adventurous types who thought they could fool the police. And, on the other hand, it was the Great Depression and times were plenty tough; so ...
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We at CANCON are deeply saddened by the devastation and loss of life caused by Hurricane Helene. In partnership with Silencer Central, we are making a limited amount of Friday, November 8th tickets to the areas hit hardest by Helene completely free for a limited amount of eligible attendees. People with a government-issued ID card showing they live in the ...
In 2014, I was a retired DEA Special Agent working for the U.S. government in the Counter Narcotics (CN) program as a mentor to a Counter Narcotics Police Afghanistan (CNP-A) National Interdiction Unit (NIU). Gone were the days when active-duty agents mentored the host country counterparts. I was stationed in Herat, Afghanistan, at a CN base just a couple of ...
Heritage Manufacturing has just unveiled the new 12-gauge Coachwhip side-by-side, break-action, double-barreled shotgun with a pair of 18-inch barrels. True to Heritage Manufacturing’s western styling, the new Coachwhip shotgun is outfitted with walnut furniture, a case-hardened receiver, a double set of triggers and the classic exposed hammers, a reminiscent detail found in many stagecoach shotguns from the time period. Unlike ...
The projectiles of most modern ammunition designs are made from lead and most often come with a copper jacket of some sort. The lead is inside the bullet because it’s heavy, giving more energy on-target than other metals. Lead is also easy to work with. It’s soft which means it deforms under pressure for more effective terminal ballistics and it ...
For years, the AR-15 was thought of as a mid-range rifle, capable of accurate hits out to around 500 yards, but not much further than that. Part of this was due to the energy of the .223 Rem/5.56 NATO round, which ran out of energy past that distance, and part of that was due to the AR-15s of the time, ...