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Sawed-off, short-barrel and the 26-inch line

Nick55September 1, 2026

Barrel length is the number everyone reads and the wrong one. What separates a Shockwave from a registered short-barrel from an AOW is whether the gun ever had a stock, and how long it is end to end.

10mm: the round the FBI asked for and handed back

Nick55Aug 31, 2026

The 10mm was built to a spec, adopted by the FBI, judged too much, and cut down into the .40 S&W. Everything strange abo...

How to read a Ruger PC Carbine

Nick55Aug 28, 2026

PC and LC look like the same two Ruger carbines with a letter swapped. They are different guns, and the letters tell you...

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Derringers: Two Barrels and a Spelling Mistake

Nick55Aug 27, 2026

Two fixed barrels, no cylinder, and a name that comes from a newspaper typo in 1865. What a derringer actually is, why n...

Bullpup Shotguns: The Same Barrel, a Foot Shorter

Nick55Aug 26, 2026

An 18.5-inch barrel in a 28-inch gun instead of a 39-inch one. How the layout buys that, what the twin and triple magazi...

What a .22 Pistol Is Actually For

Nick55Aug 25, 2026

Target pistol, centrefire understudy or trail gun: three different jobs that barely overlap. Why blowback makes these ac...

The .410 Shotgun: Bore, Not Gauge

Nick55Aug 24, 2026

Why the .410 is measured in inches when every other shotgun is measured in gauge, how tungsten shot turned it into a ser...

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