Ballistic: Education & Entertainment For Firearm Enthusiasts

AMEX Issues ‘Cease & Desist’ to Trailblazer Firearms Over LifeCard Pistol

American Express recently sent a letter to Trailblazer Firearms demanding the company stop using AMEX’s likeness, referring to the LifeCard pistol specifically. The letter also included an absurd request for information on Trailblazer customers. [in_content post=”7574″ alignment=”align-left” /] American Express demanded Trailblazer remove any images or products that feature “the

Ballistic Staff April 23, 2019

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The PSA Approval 15 Stripped Lower for AR-15s Takes Jabs at ATF

The ATF isn’t the easiest government group with which to deal. Most folks believe this is because the ATF seems to blow with political winds, depending on who is in power. Because of this, some manufacturers and groups occasionally poke fun at the firearms watchdogs, with the latest being the PSA

Ballistic Staff April 22, 2019

TSA Arrests NY Man Concealing Handgun Inside DVD Player at JFK

This week’s award for the world’s dumbest criminal goes to … drumroll please … JFK gun smuggler guy. Our hero attempted to conceal a handgun inside a DVD player within his checked baggage at John F. Kennedy airport. What a guy. [in_content post=”7813″ alignment=”align-left” /] Now, we love guns here.

Ballistic Staff April 19, 2019

Sorting Through .224 Valkyrie Fact and Fiction With a Few Savage MSRs

Whenever someone introduces a new cartridge into the marketplace, like the .224 Valkyrie, it typically gets a lot of press and attention. In the beginning a lot of what you hear and read sounds pretty much the same and is generally favorable. Along the way, the gun-Internet trolls crawled out

Jay Langston April 18, 2019

Gun Review: The PWS MK116 MOD 2 and Its Long-Stroke Piston System

Primary Weapons Systems first introduced the MK116 MOD 1-P and MOD 2 in both .223 Wylde and .300 Blackout. Then PWS decided to change up the game a bit by offering both a rifle and pistol chambered in 7.62×39 Russian. Many in the industry have tried this amazing feat and

Mitch Hardin April 17, 2019

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VIDEO: How to Keep the Scope Level on Your Rifle

“Lady, you’re about a half bubble off plumb, and that’s fer sure and fer certain,” said Mathew Quigley. Now unless you want to name your scope Crazy Cora, I need to level with you. [in_content post=”7943″ alignment=”align-left” /] Putting a scope on a rifle properly requires numerous little, but necessary

Lauren Young April 16, 2019

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Global Precision Group Shooter Hits 6,000-Yard (3.4 Mile) Shot

Update: The video of the Global Precision Group shot was taken down from YouTube, but the details are below. Team Global Precision Group pulled off a remarkable shooting feat recently. The team got together and made a shot previously unheard of before, when Paul Phillips hit a 32×48-inch target at

Ballistic Staff April 15, 2019

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Why Kel Tec Is the Underappreciated Modern Marvel of Firearm Innovation

Once in a generation the human population produces a gun designer that is a legitimate artist. John Moses Browning was like da Vinci with parkerized steel. Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov wielded an industrial press like Michelangelo slung pigment. George Kellgren is another of the great masters. His medium is plastic. [in_content

Will Dabbs MD April 12, 2019

VIDEO: The Precise Art of Scope Lapping With Lauren Young

For those of you looking for the video on scope lapping, it’s at the bottom of this post. Sitting impatiently by the front door you test the limits of just how many times a UPS tracking number can be refreshed to see where the last piece to your long-range puzzle

Lauren Young April 11, 2019

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