Gun Digest » Gun Quotes http://www.gundigest.com Expert advice from the world's leading authorities on gun values, gun prices, gun history, gunsmithing, shooting and tactical gear Fri, 24 May 2013 14:37:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 How Fast Does That .22 Long Rifle Go? Bull … .http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/how-fast-does-that-22-long-rifle-go-bull http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/how-fast-does-that-22-long-rifle-go-bull#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:15 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=193118 Reports of .22 Long Rifle speeds seem to have been greatly over-estimated at a certain point in time. “The Model 63 was designed for Winchester/Western Super Speed and Super-X Long Rifle; it’s stamped right there on the barrel. The first high-speed LR ammunition came out in 1930. If you look at those old ammunition handbooks [...]

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]]> http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/how-fast-does-that-22-long-rifle-go-bull/feed 0 Magnum Rounds: Separating the Real Ones from the Pretendershttp://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/magnum-rounds-separating-the-real-ones-from-the-pretenders http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/magnum-rounds-separating-the-real-ones-from-the-pretenders#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 17:54:25 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=193039 It was all so simple, once upon a time. Magnum rounds were few, the guns to chamber them even fewer. Today, that’s all changed.  “Back in the Jurassic era, when I was budding gun weenie, I pretty much knew what a magnum was, and so did everybody else who was into guns. Back then—I’m talking [...]

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]]> http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/magnum-rounds-separating-the-real-ones-from-the-pretenders/feed 0 Freedom And Firearms: Kennedy And Words To Live Byhttp://www.gundigest.com/article/freedom-and-firearms-kennedy-andwords-to-live-by http://www.gundigest.com/article/freedom-and-firearms-kennedy-andwords-to-live-by#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 18:31:40 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=192963 On the heels of the many passionate speeches given at this past weekend’s Annual Meetings of the NRA Membership, these words from the President John F. Kennedy still ring true for our firearms and freedoms.   “The cost of freedom is always high—but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, [...]

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]]> http://www.gundigest.com/article/freedom-and-firearms-kennedy-andwords-to-live-by/feed 0 Concealed Carry–Shhh, It’s A Secrethttp://www.gundigest.com/article/concealed-carry-shhh-its-a-secret http://www.gundigest.com/article/concealed-carry-shhh-its-a-secret#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:22:09 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=192770 It’s “concealed” carry for a reason. The advantage is yours only if others don’t know you’re armed. “I recall the morning I was eating breakfast at my favorite diner. … A seventy-ish man, one I knew to be a retired Philadelphia cop, was putting on his coat, when an elderly couple seated nearby complimented him [...]

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]]> http://www.gundigest.com/article/concealed-carry-shhh-its-a-secret/feed 0 Rust Happens (Even on Stainless Steel Firearms)http://www.gundigest.com/article/rust-happens-even-on-stainless-steel-firearms http://www.gundigest.com/article/rust-happens-even-on-stainless-steel-firearms#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:32:22 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=192697 So you bought that snazzy stainless firearm because the guy behind the counter told you it’d shed the elements like water off a duck’s back. Yeah, right. “The trend in firearms clearly seems to be away from the classic blued ones and in favor of those being marketed as stainless. But a big misconception comes [...]

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]]> http://www.gundigest.com/article/rust-happens-even-on-stainless-steel-firearms/feed 0 Passing it On–Gun Sports and the Next Generationhttp://www.gundigest.com/article/passing-it-on-gun-sports-and-the-next-generation http://www.gundigest.com/article/passing-it-on-gun-sports-and-the-next-generation#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:10:50 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=192463 We can’t expect to keep our heritage of shooting and gun sports if we don’t pass it on to the next generation of sportsmen. “I landed in Des Moines [for the] Youth Hunter Education Challenge camp … . More than 100 young people … were participating. … Several of the events involved ‘live fire.’ In [...]

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]]> http://www.gundigest.com/article/passing-it-on-gun-sports-and-the-next-generation/feed 0 Ankle Holsters Can Save A Lifehttp://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/ankle-holsters-can-save-a-life http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/ankle-holsters-can-save-a-life#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:43:59 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=192163 It’s usually not the first choice for a self-defense carry rig, but ankle holsters can be a smart choice for many situations. “Many years ago, I wrote an article … that extoled the virtues of the ankle holster … . It included cases like the officer … who was caught off-guard by two vicious armed [...]

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]]> http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/ankle-holsters-can-save-a-life/feed 1 The Practical, Tactical Self-Defense Shotgunhttp://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/the-practical-tactical-self-defense-shotgun http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/the-practical-tactical-self-defense-shotgun#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:59:22 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=192134 Sure, some “tac” guy behind the counter told you buckshot was the only way to go in your self-defense shotgun. He was only part right. “Remember, the load is called ‘buckshot’ because it was originally used for killing large animals, like buck deer … . It is powerful stuff … the shotgun round that people [...]

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]]> http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/the-practical-tactical-self-defense-shotgun/feed 1 Ithaca Made Rifles? Why Yes, Yes it Did!http://www.gundigest.com/article/ithaca-made-rifles-why-yes-yes-it-did http://www.gundigest.com/article/ithaca-made-rifles-why-yes-yes-it-did#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:58:52 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=191930 Certainly better and best known for its shotguns, including the famous Model 37, Ithaca once dabbled in rifle building, as well. “The Ithaca Gun Company of Ithica, N.Y., is best remembered for the double barreled shotguns they once manufactured. If your father or grandfather was a waterfowl or upland bird hunter he might have used [...]

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]]> http://www.gundigest.com/article/ithaca-made-rifles-why-yes-yes-it-did/feed 0 Why Guns are not Necessarily Weaponshttp://www.gundigest.com/article/guns-are-not-necessarily-weapons http://www.gundigest.com/article/guns-are-not-necessarily-weapons#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:54:16 +0000 Jennifer L.S. Pearsall http://www.gundigest.com/?p=191394 Noted and award-winning author Wayne van Zwoll succinctly explains why calling your gun–and my gun, and their guns–”weapons” is a problem. “… I take exception to the use of ‘weapon’ in describing firearms never intended to be weapons—and even those that were. ‘Weapon’ has nothing to do with a mechanism or a firearm type. It [...]

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