For all the gun-related gaffes and myths Hollywood portrays in TV and movies, they can actually teach us a valuable lesson once in a blue moon. These are seven of my favorite “lessons” from Tinseltown and the films in which they appeared. Lesson 1: Use proper technique to manage recoil Example: Men in Black (1997) […]
The 9 Worst Hollywood Gun Scenes Ever
Hollywood always gets everything right when it comes to guns. That’s why I get most of my gun-related information from watching TV and movies! After writing over 1,000 gun-related articles, I still have a lot more to learn from the firearms experts in Hollywood. Just kidding! On the whole, Hollywood does a terrible job of […]
A Brief History of Guns: The Smokepole Years…
Continuing on with an excerpt from our new book, The Rookie’s Guide to Guns and Shooting, Handgun Edition… 1700’s American pioneers have great success with long, rifled-barrel flintlocks known as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky rifles. Meddling politicians influenced the design of the California Rifle around this time, but adoption was limited due to the fact […]
About Derringers: Pocket Guns, Sloopy and Hoochie Koo
Even though the word “derringer” sounds French, it still manages to sound tough doesn’t it? Technically, a derringer is a pocket pistol, and for any given caliber, it’s about as small a gun as you can get. Derringers typically are not repeating firearms as the mechanism to support a repeating action would make the gun […]